Here are 25 kickass random facts. For part 810, click here
1-5 Kickass Random Fact
1. During Dean Smith’s tenure as head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels, 96.6% of his players received their degrees and he also helped pioneer desegregation by recruiting their first black scholarship player, Charlie Scott. – Source
2. During Prince’s Super Bowl halftime show volunteers accidentally ran over and severed three power cables during the stage setup, so a member of the lighting crew stripped the ends and held the cables in place by hand for the entire 12-minute show in the rain. – Source
3. Founding Father and author of the Bill of Rights James Madison stopped the Virginia Assembly from establishing Christianity as the state religion with the help of Thomas Jefferson. – Source
4. The thymus is a small (1 oz.) organ behind the sternum that trains new white blood cells to NOT attack the body’s own cells. Only 2% survive this rigorous training program; the rest commit suicide to prevent themselves from attacking friendly cells. – Source
5. On PC/console games, about 60% of the female avatars you meet are played by a male player. – Source
6-10 Kickass Random Fact
6. When an American film has more than one writer, an “&” indicates that the screenwriters collaborated on the script. An “and” means they worked independently on separate drafts. – Source
7. The pilot episode of LOST was the most expensive pilot episode in TV history at the time. The network president who greenlit the pilot was fired for greenlighting such an expensive episode. – Source
8. Concorde airplane flew so fast, if you left London (or Paris) in the evening flying west towards New York, to the passengers in the plane, the sun would actually appear to begin rising again shortly after reaching cruising speed. The plane flew faster than the Earth’s rotation. – Source
9. Dutch supermarket chain Jumbo has “slow lane” checkouts for customers who like to chat with the employees. – Source
10. The pajamas that we wear today actually have a story behind them. Because during World War I air raids in England, people began donning pajamas rather than nightgowns so they would be ready to sprint outside in broad daylight and still would look presentable. – Source
11-15 Kickass Random Fact
11. Babies have about 30,000 taste buds, while adults have only about 10,000. – Source
12. A South Park video game was completely finished for the Game Boy, but was personally canceled by Trey Parker and Matt Stone who felt the adult content didn’t suit the console. The developers then reskinned the game’s artwork and released it as a Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen game. – Source
13. Grapefruits were invented in 1693. A man named Captain Shaddock shipped some pomelo seeds to the West Indies, and he planted seeds next to some orange trees. After some cross-pollination, the grapefruit was born. – Source
14. Studies are concluding with a firm belief that the African continent is splitting in two. – Source
15. People were drinking beer and eating blue cheese over 2 thousand years ago according to studies of ancient bowel movements discovered in caves. – Source
