Here are 25 kickass random facts. For part 830, click here
1-5 Kickass Random Fact
1. The Brussel Sprouts have been systematically bred to be less bitter and taste better since the 90s. – Source
2. Highway hypnosis, also known as white line fever, is an altered mental state in which a person can drive a car, truck, or other automobile great distances, responding to external events in the expected, safe, and correct manner with no recollection of having consciously done so. – Source
3. One bad apple in a bunch will release ethylene, ruining all the other apples. – Source
4. When Captain Francesco Schettino was asked why he abandoned the sinking Costa Concordia cruise ship in 2012 while the ship’s passengers were either dying or trying to escape, his excuse was that he accidentally fell into a lifeboat. He received 16 years in prison for his role in the incident. – Source
5. In 1962, an Englishman named Brendon Grimshaw bought a lone island in the Seychelles and settled there for the rest of his life. He planted over 16,000 trees attracting countless species and made it a national park. – Source
6-10 Kickass Random Fact
6. If a member of the French Foreign Legion is wounded in battle, they can immediately apply for French citizenship under a provision known as, “Français par le sang versé” (“French by spilled blood”). – Source
7. Modern fruit is becoming too sweet for zoo animals after years of genetic modification. – Source
8. A pop-up restaurant in Japan hired only elderly people with dementia to reduce the stigma attached to it. The customers still ate the food they were served even if the waiters got it wrong. – Source
9. During the first days of a baby deer (fawn)’s life, they lie still and are mostly alone apart from brief visits by their mother. Yet this early time in a deer’s life is when they are the safest from predators. – Source
10. An Icelandic man named Felix Gretarsson, lost both his arms in a work accident. He received a double arms and shoulders transplant, which was the first of it’s kind in the world. – Source
11-15 Kickass Random Fact
11. The name for the band Devo comes from the concept of “de-evolution” and the band’s related idea that instead of continuing to evolve, mankind had begun to regress, as evidenced by the dysfunction and herd mentality of American society. – Source
12. Al Green made more royalties from the Big Mouth Milly Bass toy than any other for his song ‘take me to the river’. – Source
13. There is a drink popular in the Caribbean called peanut Punch made with peanut butter, milk, and sugar. Some think it’s an aphrodisiac. In Jamaica, it has white rum or stout beer for an added kick. – Source
14. 1960s VW Beetles didn’t have a pump for windshield washer fluid. Instead, it used air pressure from the spare tire to spray the fluid. – Source
15. The baby Sacajawea carried for 2000 miles was Jean Baptiste Charbonneau. He was delivered by Meriwether Lewis, raised by William Clark, lived in a German castle for six years, spoke four languages, and was a military scout, fur tapper, and gold miner. He’s buried in an Oregon ghost town. – Source
