16-20 Kickass Random Facts
16. British musician Phil Collins has had a long-standing interest in the Alamo, the famous 1836 battle in Texas. He collected hundreds of Alamo-related artefacts (which he donated to the Alamo in 2014) and even wrote a book called “The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector’s Journey”, published in 2012. – Source
17. The 1927 General Election in Liberia had a turnout of 1660%. The winner secured 240,000 votes when the country had less than 15,000 eligible voters. – Source
18. A group of folks in New Guinea used to not want worms consuming the remains of their deceased loved ones and so decided to eat the bodies themselves. They removed the brain, mixed it with ferns, and cooked it in bamboo tubes. They ate everything at the funerals except the gall bladders. – Source
19. Bhutan charges a 200 USD tax per night per tourist visiting the country. – Source
20. Sports floors are always made of maple wood due to its high shock resistance – it allows the floor to respond to foot traffic by bouncing back, thus helping to reduce damage and fatigue in the athletes’ joints, the shock resistance also contributes to the bounce of the ball. – Source
21-25 Kickass Random Facts
21. Robert W. Service sent his poems to his father to be printed and given as gifts to friends. Service received back an offer of royalties for publication, the printers loved the poems, The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses was an immediate success and Service quit his bank job the next year. – Source
22. The southern United States converted all 11,500+ miles of its railroads from the broad gauge (5 ft/1.524 m) to nearly-standard gauge (4 ft 9 in/1.448 m) in just 36 hours, starting on 31 May 1886. – Source
23. Rutherford B. Hayes was the first U.S. President to talk on the telephone. While attending a clambake in Rhode Island in 1877, Hayes took a call from Alexander Graham Bell. After Bell spoke, Hayes said the first words by a US President on the phone: “Please speak a little more slowly.” – Source
24. Scammy manufacturers are now making blue USB 2 connectors, so you have to count pins to verify actual USB 3 connectivity. – Source
25. The US is home to a major supervolcano at Yellowstone Caldera. If it erupts again it won’t wipe out humanity but could severely alter weather and climate patterns to the point where it caused a new ice age. – Source
