Here are 25 kickass random facts. For part 835, click here
1-5 Kickass Random Fact
1. The Dragon Ball Z villain Frieza is a galactic tyrant who destroys all life on planets so he can resell them at a profit, was inspired by real estate speculators during the Japanese asset price bubble in the 1980s. Series author Akira Toriyama called them “the worst kind of people”. – Source
2. Tina Turner had her US citizenship relinquished back in 2013 and lived in Switzerland for almost 30 years until her death. – Source
3. 5 of the Top 10 wealthiest counties in the USA are MD/VA suburbs of Washington D.C. where the median income is roughly $134,000. – Source
4. In Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, instead of a rush hour, they have what locals call a “rush minute”, owing to the fact that the city is not connected to the rest of Canada by road and has a population of roughly 7,000 people who mostly work for the government with similar schedules. – Source
5. William Shatner would hide Leonard Nemoy’s bicycle because Nemoy used it to get ahead in line at the commissary, going as far as tying it to the rafters or placing it in a room with a territorial Doberman. – Source
6-10 Kickass Random Fact
6. Lemons are not naturally occurring fruit. They were created in SE Asia by crossing a citron with a bitter orange around 4000 years ago. They were spread around the world after being found to prevent scurvy. Life didn’t give us lemons. We made them ourselves. – Source
7. There is a depleted gold mine in Yellowknife, Canada that is sitting on 237,000 tonnes of Arsenic. The mining company had exhausted the area of gold and handed it back to the federal government, which is now freezing the Arsenic to keep it contained. – Source
8. One of P.T. Barnum’s promotions featured a “6 Foot-Tall Man Eating Chicken,” which was actually a 6-foot-tall man munching on a chicken leg. – Source
9. During WWII fighter pilot James Jabara engaged a German aircraft, they collided in mid-air, and when both pilots safely floated to the ground, they met and shook hands. – Source
10. The Ancient Olympics were held at least 293 times (1,169 years) consecutively — from 776 BC to 393 AD — nearly 10 times longer than the Modern Olympics have been running (since 1896). – Source
11-15 Kickass Random Fact
11. Margaret Theresa of Spain, the main subject of Velasquez’s famous “Las Meninas” painting died at the age of 21. She went through 6 pregnancies in 6 years, including 2 stillbirths, and at the time of her death, she was 4 months into her 7th. – Source
12. An engineer named Walter “Taffy” Holden accidentally took off in a military jet without knowing how to fly it. – Source
13. 4 months before the Rwandan genocide happened General Roméo Dallaire, commander of the United Nations peacekeeping forces warned the UN that a genocide could happen but they ignored him. – Source
14. The number of priests has been down 60% in the last 50 years leaving 3500 churches without one. – Source
15. Oregon’s largest coastal city has only 16,000 residents, despite there being 4.2m people in the state and over 350 miles of coastline. – Source
