Here are 25 kickass random facts. For part 833, click here
1-5 Kickass Random Fact
1. The song ‘I’ll Be Missing You’ by Puff Daddy was a huge success spending 11 weeks at number one. Puff Daddy did not secure rights to the song so Sting sued and owns 100% of the royalties until 2053. – Source
2. Humans are a tropical species. Human evolution has produced bodies that were meant to live in hot and humid conditions. Our species is in its infancy as far as cold weather evolution is concerned, and physiologically speaking, our bodies are not supposed to be able to survive there. – Source
3. Beyoncé earned $24 million for a one-hour concert in Dubai. – Source
4. Nebraska’s “safe haven” law didn’t have an age limit to drop off unwanted babies. A wave of children, many teenagers with behavioral issues, were dropped off. It has since been amended. – Source
5. The morning after the Titanic sank, a man on a nearby vessel who was unaware of the sinking photographed an iceberg with a red streak he suspected to paint from a ship. For years the law firm for White Star Line, the Titanic’s owner, had the original displayed in their office. – Source
6-10 Kickass Random Fact
6. A jet on autopilot continued flying for over 4 hours after all on board had died due to rapid depressurization. It was carrying 11-time PGA winner Payne Stewart. Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien authorized the Royal Canadian Air Force to shoot down the plane if it entered Canadian airspace. – Source
7. On 16 November 1949, students in Ghent (Belgium) stormed the medieval castle, lowered the portcullis, and threw fruit from the walls at the police to protest a new tax on beer. The event is still commemorated yearly by the city as the greatest student prank in its history. – Source
8. It is a federal crime, punishable by up to $100,000 and a year in prison, for most people in the U.S. to possess any part of a bald or golden eagle, even just a shed feather found on the ground. – Source
9. Ubisoft offered to share their detailed 3D model of Notre Dame from Assassin’s Creed: Unity, some 5,000 hours of research, with the French government reconstruction effort after the fire in 2019. – Source
10. Johnny Cash was such a devout Christian, that in 1990, he recorded himself reading the entire New Testament Bible (NKJ Version). The entire recording has a running time of more than 19 hours. – Source
11-15 Kickass Random Fact
11. Vincent Price was “greylisted” under McCarthyism in the 1950s for having been a prewar “premature anti-Nazi”, and after being unable to find work for a year, agreed to requests by the FBI that he sign a “secret oath” to save his career. – Source
12. Flat earther Mike Hughes died after crash-landing a rocket he made to prove the earth is actually flat. – Source
13. In 1880, the average age of consent in the US was set at 10 or 12 years old in most states, with the exception of Delaware where it was 7. – Source
14. Beyond Good and Evil 2 has broken the record for longest game development time, at almost 16 years. – Source
15. Domino’s Pizza was unsuccessful in its attempt to expand into Italy, they failed to win over the local Italians as they preferred their local pizzerias. – Source
