Here are 25 kickass random facts. For part 814, click here
1-5 Kickass Random Fact
1. The Fahrenheit scale was standardized 18 years before Celsius. The world switched due to the British Empire. The United States is actually using the earlier standard. – Source
2. The Myers-Briggs has no scientific basis whatsoever. – Source
3. By passing a law requiring pharmacies to be owned by a licensed pharmacist, North Dakota has essentially done away with corporate chain pharmacies. Corporations that own pharmacies must be majority owned by licensed pharmacists. – Source
4. Castaway huts (or depots) are deliberately placed on isolated islands by governments. They contain supplies and tools which can help people who become stranded there. Most were built by the New Zealand government in the 19th and 20th centuries. – Source
5. Dr. Sigmund Freud was addicted to smoking and failed to quit for good throughout a 45-year-long battle that included 33 operations for cancer of the jaw, an artificial jaw replacement, and attacks of “tobacco angina” exacerbated by nicotine. He was known to smoke up to twenty cigars a day. – Source
6-10 Kickass Random Fact
6. The prototype of the Rolls Royce Ghost was so quiet inside that it made test drivers sick. The engineers had to remove some of the noise-isolating material, and create seats that vibrated at specific frequencies to introduce some noise into the interior. – Source
7. Beneath the Puerto Rico Trench is a mass so dense it has a gravitational pull on the surface of the ocean, causing it to dip somewhat. The Trench is also associated with the most negative gravity anomaly on earth, -380 milliGal, which indicates the presence of an active downward force. – Source
8. Douglas MacArthur wanted to use atomic bombs to contain China and ultimately win the Korean War. – Source
9. The actor who played Darth Vader, David Prowse, was banned from attending official Star Wars events because he leaked too many plot details. – Source
10. If you’re unmarried when you turn 25 in Denmark, it is customary for your friends and family to cover you in cinnamon. – Source
11-15 Kickass Random Fact
11. 65% of children in Singapore are near sighted but some parents reported that after letting their children play outside regularly, it resulted in them having perfect vision. – Source
12. The first helicopter used by the US in combat was during WWII, originally meant to ferry parts from ships to shore, they quickly realized how useful they were and used them for medevac purposes. – Source
13. There is an official IRS guide for: What to Do When the Taxpayer Threatens Suicide. – Source
14. The Girl Scouts sell 200 million boxes each year, surpassing sales of Oreos, not to mention sales of all Chips Ahoy and Milano cookies combined. – Source
15. Roughly 95% of Scottish single malt whisky is made in former bourbon barrels. American laws require bourbon barrels only be used once so they are cheap and plentiful for reuse elsewhere. The barrels often add vanilla, caramel, or nutty aromas. – Source
