Here are 25 kickass random facts. For part 821, click here
1-5 Kickass Random Fact
1. Microsoft tried a 4-day workweek in Japan as part of a “Work Life Choice Challenge” by shutting down offices every Friday. Productivity, measured by sales per employee, increased by almost 40% compared to the same period the previous year. – Source
2. A 2019 Union College study found that joining a fraternity in college lowered a student’s GPA by 0.25 points, but also increased their future income by 36%. – Source
3. During pregnancy, if the mother suffers organ damage, the baby in the womb sends stem cells to repair the damaged organ. – Source
4. It is not possible to exceed the weight limit (70 lb) of a US Postal Service small flat rate box, even if you filled it with the densest substance on Earth. – Source
5. The board game “Settlers of Catan” was created by a dental technician, Klaus Teuber. It was so popular that he retired to become a game designer. He went on to win Germany’s Game of the Year 4 times. – Source
6-10 Kickass Random Fact
6. After eating the “miracle fruit,” very sour foods will taste sweet for 15 to 30 minutes. “Miracle fruit” or Synsepalum dulcificum releases a sweetening potency that alters the taste buds. For about 15 to 30 minutes, everything sour is sweet. Lemons lose their zing and taste like candy. – Source
7. In year 2000, 41 million dollars was spent to promote the new Sacagawea golden dollar. Television ads consisted of the head of George Washington superimposed upon a body, voiced by actor Michael Keaton, discussing the merits of the new dollar coin. The coin ended up being a failure. – Source
8. Sully, the pilot who landed the plane in the Hudson notified a library about losing the book he borrowed from them about professional ethics after it sank with the plane. – Source
9. George Lucas sold Lucasfilm (Star Wars) for $4 billion to Disney in 2012, but has since earned over $10 billion from the sale. – Source
10. Despite many variations on which technologies are allowed, practically all Amish have adopted the use of motorized washing machines. – Source
11-15 Kickass Random Fact
11. North Korea is obsessed with Choco Pies from S Korea. There’s a black market for them, and factories once used them to pay worker bonuses. In 2014, S Korean activists sent 10K pies to NK with helium balloons. After an injured NK defector crossed the DMZ in 2017, he was given a lifetime supply. – Source
12. A Chinese Emperor escaped an assassination attempt by running in circles around a pilar. – Source
13. In 2022, a man died in a single vehicle car accident when the knife he was using to mix protein powder while driving was propelled into his neck by the force of his deployed air bag. – Source
14. In the early 1980’s, a newspaper accidentally switched the captions for Dennis the Menace and The Far Side comics twice. While some people found it humorous, other people found the captioning to be deeply disturbing and the newspaper apologized for the errors. – Source
15. Because white chocolate is made using only the butter or fat from the cocoa bean, but no cocoa solids, it isn’t technically chocolate at all. – Source
