Here are 25 kickass random facts.
1-5 Kickass Random Fact
1. Because of the amount of time it saves, the washing machine has been called “the greatest invention of the industrial revolution.” Others have considered it a key driver of women’s liberation. – Source
2. Kevin Budden caught a deadly taipan by hand and hitchhiked to town still holding the snake. He lost his grip and was bitten, but bagged the snake and made the driver promise to get it to researchers. Kevin died the next day, but the snake was used to create the first taipan antivenom. – Source
3. A man was awarded $7 million in damages after he developed a lung condition from eating two bags of popcorn every day and inhaling the steam from the bag. – Source
4. In 2024, the original design of Mickey Mouse loses its copyright protection. However, Disney can still take legal action if you draw it in color because colored Mickey Mouse is still copyrighted until 2035. – Source
5. When Robert De Niro was in the process of receiving Italian citizenship, he faced opposition from the Italian American group Sons of Italy, who claimed that De Niro had damaged the public image of Italians by portraying criminals in his movies. – Source
6-10 Kickass Random Fact
6. The design of the guillotine was intended to make capital punishment more reliable and less painful in accordance with new Enlightenment ideas of human rights. – Source
7. Scientists in a restricted zone, closed off to the public, discovered a plant grown out of the solidified lava. It was a tomato plant. Further research concluded it was from a tomato seed grown from the defecation of a scientist. – Source
8. A TV show called “This Is Your Life” invited Kiyoshi Tanimoto, a Japanese minister and atomic bomb survivor from Hiroshima. The show also featured a surprise guest, Robert Lewis, copilot of the Enola Gay. – Source
9. Japanese Sumo wrestlers’ life expectancy is between 60-65 years old or about 20 years less than the typical Japanese male. – Source
10. Married people who undergo gastric bypass surgery and lose significant weight are twice as likely to get divorced. – Source
11-15 Kickass Random Fact
11. Over 23 people have survived stowing away in the wheel well of commercial airplanes, including a man who traveled from Tahiti to LA in a 747 at 38,000 feet and was discovered with a body temperature of 79˚F. – Source
12. In the 1980s, Tom Fogerty, rhythm guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival, underwent back surgery and was given a blood transfusion that was not screened for HIV causing him to become infected with the virus. He later contracted AIDS and died from tuberculosis. – Source
13. The Federal Reserve is sitting on an unused $1 billion stockpile of $1 coins minted at an expense of around $300 million, partly because despite numerous attempts Americans do not want to use the coins but prefer to use the paper note instead. – Source
14. The BBC had no archival policy until 1978, and many of its old broadcasts were only aired live. A number of BBC broadcasts are lost, including a show featuring a then-unknown Bob Dylan; 97 episodes of Dr. Who; and most of its coverage of the moon landing. – Source
15. Approximately 70% of the world’s vegetarians live in India. – Source
