16-20 Kickass Random Facts
16. William Bligh was not only overthrown as Governor of New South Wales in Australia’s only military coup but was previously overthrown as Captain in the famous mutiny on the HMS Bounty. – Source
17. Walt Disney World began as “The Florida Project”. Dummy corporations were used, by Walt Disney Productions, to buy up 27,000 acres of land to avoid bursts of land speculation in the Orlando area. Early rumors assumed possible development by NASA, Ford, the Rockefellers, and Howard Hughes. – Source
18. It takes only 15 mins. of exposure to noise in a nightclub, without protection, to damage hearing. – Source
19. Benzodiazepines were originally marketed in the 1960s for the relief of anxiety, stress, and insomnia and became very popular with women of the time. The gendered cultural meanings of Valium, a well-known benzodiazepine, was cemented in the 1966 Rolling Stones’ song “Mother’s Little Helper”. – Source
20. Margaret Knight (1838-1914) invented the machine to mass produce flat-bottomed paper bags and, after winning a lawsuit against a fraudster who copied her design, the patent was issued in 1871. Her first invention was when she was 12 years old (and began working in a factory). She had 87 patents. – Source
21-25 Kickass Random Fact
21. A casino can just kick you out if you win too much even if you are not cheating or doing anything wrong. – Source
22. Pipedown is a British campaign group dedicated to removing piped music from public spaces. – Source
23. When former White House press secretary James Brady died in 2014, his death was ruled a homicide because it was ultimately caused by a gunshot wound he sustained in 1981, during the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan. – Source
24. There’s a Bavarian themed town in the Blue Mountains of Georgia. – Source
25. Early drones were developed during the First World War. These radio-controlled planes were primarily for target practice but by 1942 a drone with a built-in TV camera was capable of delivering a torpedo to a ship 20 miles from the controller. – Source
