Here are 25 kickass random facts. For part 760, click here
1-5 Kickass Random Fact
1. Airport runway numbers aren’t sequential, they are based on compass bearings. Runway 9 would be 90 degrees, runway 27 is 270 degrees. – Source
2. John Steinbeck spent two months rewriting ‘Of Mice and Men’ after his dog ate the only copy of the original manuscript. – Source
3. Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 phone was so prone to exploding that Samsung released an update to brick any unreturned devices. – Source
4. Tupac Shakur was a member of the Baltimore Young Communist League and dated the daughter of the director of the local chapter of the Communist Party USA. – Source
5. The Great Binge is the period in history covering roughly 1870 to 1914. It is so known because of the widespread use and availability of narcotics such as opium, heroin, cocaine, morphine, and absinthe. – Source
6-10 Kickass Random Facts
6. Julius Chambers of the New York Tribune had himself committed to an asylum in 1872, and his account led to the release of 12 patients who were not mentally ill, a reorganization of the staff, and a change in the lunacy laws. – Source
7. The albatross almost never flaps its wings while flying across the ocean. It uses “dynamic soaring” and “slope soaring” to carve through the air, gaining velocity from wind gradients. It can cover almost 1,000 km (620 miles) every day, all without a single wing-flap. – Source
8. Crocodile Dundee was the highest-grossing film of all time in Australia, the highest-grossing Australian film worldwide, and the second-highest-grossing film in the United States in 1986, the highest-grossing non-US film at the US box office ever, and the second-highest-grossing film worldwide, 1986. – Source
9. The Happy Meal, the famous McDonald’s kids meal, was invented in Guatemala in 1974. The original meal consisted of a small burger, small fries, small soda, and a small sundae. – Source
10. Coca-Cola sells 1.9 billion drinks per day. – Source
11-15 Kickass Random Facts
11. Louis XVI wasn’t executed days after the Bastille storming but four years after. – Source
12. Continental Drift was considered pseudoscience despite the evidence to the contrary and was openly ridiculed by the scientific community. – Source
13. The value of all the world’s real estate is about $327 trillion, which is almost four times more than the global GDP. – Source
14. Volcanos hold nutrients and water, making them fertile with rich soils, heat local environments, support local wildlife habitats, and many communities use geothermal energy for heat and power and make gemstones, gold, and other metals. – Source
15. The “snake oil salesman” is attributed to Clark Stanley who gained national attention marketing snake oil at the 1893 World’s Fair. In 1916, a USDA analysis concluded there was no snake oil in his concoction at all, and that it was 99% mineral oil. He was fined $20 ($543.69 in 2022). – Source
