Here are 25 kickass random facts. For part 837, click here
1-5 Kickass Random Fact
1. The Navy contacted the Village People to use “In the Navy” in an advertising campaign for television and radio. They gave the rights to the song for free on the condition that the Navy help them shoot the music video. The Navy provided them with a warship, several aircraft, and plenty of seamen. – Source
2. A family in Georgia claimed to have passed down a song in an unknown language from the time of their enslavement; scientists identified the song as a genuine West African funeral song in the Mende language that had survived multiple transmissions from mother to daughter over multiple centuries. – Source
3. From 2009 to 2019, out of 212 cruise ship overboard incidents only 48 people were rescued. – Source
4. The snack Pringles can’t legally call themselves “chips” because they’re not made by slicing a potato. (They’re made from the same powder as instant mashed potatoes.) – Source
5. A chess robot in Moscow broke the finger of its 7-year-old human opponent after the boy made a quick move without waiting for the robot to complete its turn. – Source
6-10 Kickass Random Fact
6. Cascatelli is a new pasta shape invented in 2021 by podcaster Dan Pashman for maximum “sauceability”, “forkability” and “toothsinkability”. – Source
7. The acronym “R.I.P.” has been engraved on tombstones since at least the fifth century. “Rest in Peace” is the English translation of a Latin phrase with the same acronym. – Source
8. When flies land on your food, they basically spit on it — because they have to release digestive juices to liquefy it into a predigested, slurpable soup they can swallow. – Source
9. Aqueducts are water channels that use gravity to move water from a source to a destination. An ancient Roman aqueduct used only a 51-foot height difference to push water down a 31-mile-long path, resulting in as little as a 1-inch drop to push water 1,500 feet. – Source
10. A former taxi driver turned billionaire. He purchased a $170 million painting with his American Express card, earning enough reward points for a lifetime of first-class travel for his family. – Source
11-15 Kickass Random Fact
11. The only wedding ceremony of a president serving in the White House was Grover Cleveland in 1886. At 49, he married a 21-year-old woman he had previously been the legal guardian of, and John Philip Sousa provided the music. – Source
12. Switzerland is so far the only country in the world that recognizes the dignity of plants in its constitution. – Source
13. In the 1950s and 60’s the Canadian government, military, and the RCMP used a device called “the fruit machine” to attempt to identify homosexual men in the public service. Subjects were made to view pornography while measurements were taken of pupil diameter, perspiration, and pulse. – Source
14. A funeral home in Michigan has a drive-thru. You can view the deceased through a window and pay your respects. There is also a registry book and a memorial box for dropping off cards. – Source
15. “Contempt of Congress” was originally defined as “bribery of a U.S. Senator or U.S. Representative.” Now, it is defined as obstructing the work of the U.S. Congress. – Source
#20 – That’s just what they want you think.
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