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16. The visual effects of the film, The Fountain, cost only a total of $140,000 on a budget of $35 million due to macro photographer Peter Parks’ creative solutions and a bare minimum of CGI. – Source
17. In Laguna, Brazil, bottlenose dolphins actively herd fish toward local fishermen and then signal with tail slaps for the fishermen to throw their nets. This collaboration has been occurring since at least 1847. – Source
18. In 1994, the family of 13-year-old Chris Kirkland made a bet that one day their son would play for Team England, with a bookie giving them 100-1 odds. The bet paid off in 2006, when the goalkeeper played for England in a match against Greece, with the family making £10,000. – Source
19. Researchers in Botswana ran an experiment to reduce lion attacks in cows. They painted large eyes on the cow backsides. After several years, they showed fewer (zero) attacks on the eye-butt cows vs unpainted cows (15). – Source
20. A woman in Pennsylvania needed a life-saving liver transplant, but she kept testing positive for alcohol, which prevented her from getting a transplant, despite swearing that she hadn’t been drinking. The doctors were confused, and it later turned out that her body produced its own alcohol. – Source
21-25 Kickass Random Facts
21. There is an island between Spain and France whose administration alternates every 6 months between both nations. – Source
22. The director Tony Kaye of American History X was regarded as unemployable by Hollywood because the studio wanted Edward Norton’s cut which had an additional 18 minutes of footage. Kaye took out $100k in ads condemning Norton and studio and tried changing his name in the credits to Humpty Dumpty. – Source
23. Jelly has traditionally been savory. The oldest known meat jelly recipe is from the 10th-century cookbook Kitab al-Tabikh and ingredients include boiled fish heads, vinegar, and whole onions. Jelly containing fruits would come later. – Source
24. Canadian country/pop singer Shania Twain is the only female artist in history to have three consecutive albums certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA); one of those albums – Come On Over – has been certified Double Diamond. – Source
25. John Wilkes Booth attended the hanging of abolitionist leader John Brown. Booth stood near the scaffold and afterward expressed great satisfaction with Brown’s fate, although he admired the condemned man’s bravery in facing death stoically. – Source
