- Cats have scent glands on their face that release a pheromone when they rub onto us to say that they are ours, and we are theirs. – Source
- The Flame of Peace in Hiroshima, Japan has burned since 1964 in honor of the victims and will be extinguished only when all nuclear weapons are removed from the world and the Earth is free from nuclear threat. – Source
- Ostrich feathers are so efficient at removing dust that BMW uses a giant wheel containing thousands of feathers to dust-off automobile bodies prior to painting. – Source
- The Communist who burnt down the Reichstag in 1933, Marinus van der Lubbe had his death penalty annulled by the German government after WWII and sentenced to eight years of hard labor 31 years after his execution. – Source
- When researchers offered kids broccoli or a chocolate bar, four out of five picked the chocolate but when an Elmo sticker was placed on the broccoli, fifty percent chose the broccoli. – Source Article continued below
- When Steven Spielberg first saw a CGI animatic of the T. rex chasing a herd of Gallimimus, he told the go motion creator on set “you’re out of a job”, who in turn replied, “don’t you mean extinct?” The dialogue was later written into the script as a conversation between Malcolm and Grant. – Source
- Forbes has estimated that smaug from the Hobbit(book not the movie), was worth $8.6 billion, putting him 7th on their fictional 15 list. – Source
- In 2002, Iraq’s Vice President suggested a duel between George W. Bush and Saddam Hussein, to be refereed by Kofi Annan, as a way to settle their disputes without going to war. – Source
- The Concorde supersonic jet stretched during flight due to the heat it generated. On its final flight the crew placed their hats into a crevice in the floor which appeared during the flight, as the aircraft cooled the crevice closed, permanently sealing their hats in the aluminum airframe. – Source
- Chile fought a civil war in which its navy beat its army. – Source
- By examining high-resolution satellite imagery with algorithms developed via trial-and-error, Sarah Parcak, and her team have discovered 17 pyramids, 1,000 tombs, and over 3,100 settlements in Egypt alone. She now wants to crowdsource “space archaeology” to prevent looting of ancient sites. – Source
- David Ortiz came in third for Mayor of Boston and he wasn’t on the ballot. – Source
- Japan has an internship program for Asian foreign workers to address labor shortages where they face low wages, slave-like conditions, and death. More than 60 have died in 2008 and 2009. Advocacy groups have called the internship scheme a form of human trafficking. – Source
- Matthias Buchinger was born without arms or lower legs and was a famous magician, illustrator, and master engraver, and had 14 children by 8 wives with up to 70 mistresses. – Source
- A Polish hero, upon hearing about the American Revolution, traveled to the colonies and fought. Also, as part of his last will, he left his earnings and commission to Thomas Jefferson to buy the freedom for black slaves. – Source
- “Ready ‘n’ Steady” is a song by the artist D.A. that appeared on Billboard magazine’s Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart for three weeks in June 1979. The record, along with information about it or the artist, has been notoriously hard to find, leading many collectors to consider it a “phantom record.” – Source
- The largest French-speaking city in the world aint Paris or Montreal. The largest French-speaking city in the world is Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a population of over 10 mil people. – Source
- “Bennie And The Jets” by Elton John isn’t a live recording. Producer Gus Dudgeon wanted a live feel on the recording, so he mixed in crowd noise and whistles into the song. – Source
- Parts of Jurassic World were filmed at the abandoned Six Flags theme park in New Orleans. – Source
- Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi was initially going to feature giant aliens called Gorax who lived on the forest moon of Endor. This would’ve explained why the Ewoks were so adept at fighting the large weaponized vehicles of the Empire, as their primitive traps were originally designed to hunt Gorax. – Source
- In Switzerland, every male must attend military training and is required to keep his weapon afterwards, giving the country one of the highest gun ownership rate in the world. – Source
- There is a prison in Finland where the only thing keeping the inmates in is a yellow picket fence. – Source
- Over 1.2 million US citizens of Mexican descent were deported out of the United States between 1929-1939 by federal authorities. It was claimed that the act would create vacancies for “real Americans” during the Great Depression. – Source
- About as many horses were killed on the Western Front in WWI as people (8 million). – Source
- There is a cafe run by acid attack victims near the Taj Mahal. – Source
- Hibernophile is the term for a person who is fond of Irish culture, Irish language and Ireland in general. Hibernophiles often enjoy attending St. Patrick’s Day parades and tend to favor stereotypical parts of Irish culture: shamrocks, blarney stone, Leprechauns and wooden cudgels. – Source
- Shaq was one of the initial investors of VitaminWater and Google, but he didn’t invest in Starbucks as he didn’t like drinking coffee. – Source
- The oldest garden that has been tended to continuously is 973 years old, in China, and one of 50 surviving gardens called the Classical Gardens of Suzhou, founded in the 6th Century. – Source
- Ethiopia is the most populous landlocked country in the world, as well as the second most populous in Africa. – Source
- When monkeys were taught to recognize themselves in the mirror, the first thing they do after recognizing themselves in the mirror is to inspect their genitals. – Source
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You might want to read over number 9 I think your wording is a little confusing.
May in this year is ahead of us, so it wasn’t this year in #3
15. *”week dogs”
Number 2
Why not mention the title of the show you are talking about. It’s like trying to have a conversation with my wife. Something happened in season 6 of something? Good to know.
With Disney’s acquisition of the Star Wars properties, Emperor Palpatine retroactively has the highest kill count of any Disney character, since it was presumably him who gave the order to destroy Alderaan.
Thank you for your posting on the random facts. I too love random facts.
Here is one fact that occurred to me and my friend Rigo and our lady friend Smupa.
We were on a journey of the mind, body, and soul in a small vessel adrift on the vast ocean.
At some point along the way, a series of humongous bubbles surfaced just beneath our tiny vessel, nearly capsizing us in the process.
A sharply foul odor was soon realized, causing in us an unusual sequence of events.
Rigo began to leap like a spider monkey from starboard to port at various intervals!
Smupa faded into a most relaxed state and began smiling in a most uncontrollable manner.
As for me, I began to vomit all of the frustrations that I had brought aboard our voyage, casting my eyes upon a visual collage of swirling colors and existences.
Smupa then passed gas from the bottom.
It was then that the eureka moment struck! I then posed the question:
Do Whales Fart?
Upon our safe return from our voyage, Smupa and I did some research into this potentiality. Following are our findings.
DO WHALES FART?
The short answer is yes, whales do indeed fart, flatus or pass gas depending on how you like to phrase it.
In fact whales, dolphins and porpoises are all marine mammals belonging to the cetacean species and they are all known to fart.
Today there are around 80 – 90 known species of cetacea currently in existence and they encompass all of the worlds major oceans from the tropics to the coldest of the northern and southern polar hemispheres.
When it comes to passing gas, farting is a common characteristic that most land and marine mammals have in common with one another.
Passing gas allows animals to release air that is trapped inside their stomach, which could lead to digestive problems, stomach cramps or other complications if not removed from the body.
When an animal passes gas or farts the air that comes out of the body comes primarily from two main sources.
The first source comes from oxygen that is pulled in through the air either while breathing (inhaling and exhaling) or when consuming food or drinking water; and since all mammals eat food and require oxygen to survive they all take in air.
The second source of air or gas comes from food that is broken down by enzymes, stomach acids and bacteria in the stomach, which creates toxic gasses that need to be removed from the body to prevent it from doing harm to the individuals digestive system.
In order to release these gases animals need a way to expel them from the body and for most mammals this means that the toxic gas has to exit through either the mouth, which causes burping or through the an*l tract which causes farting.
The gases that are expelled from a fart are mostly composed of hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and methane.
The reason some gasses smell worse than others is because of the breakdown of the foods involved.
Certain foods can cause obnoxious orders when released as gas while others do not.
From some of the statements researchers have made about whales farting they have concluded that yes, it stinks when a whale farts.
When a whale farts or passes gas underwater the sound is believed to be suppressed by the surrounding water making it silent or at least quite compared to the gas that is expelled from land based animals.
In some cases bubbles or clouds can be seen rising to the surface of the water when a whale passes gas.
Those most likely to experience whales farting are likely to be researchers involved in following whales and researching their dung or gathering information about their gestation period, habitat, social structure and other important factors.
In some cases this may also be observed by tourists and whale watchers that are hoping to get a glance of these marine mammals in their natural habitat.
Unfortunately not much research has been done on this topic, however there have been researchers who have experienced and confirmed that yes whales do indeed fart.
Wow, but where’s the potato?
Pop ups and fraudulent advertising sites has ruined Kickassfacts. Please stop this!
Didn’t realize acronyms had to be pronounced to be a real acronym
“This film had a lower budget than any of the X-Men, Iron Man, Avengers, or Captain America movies.”
WHAT film???
What movie had a low budget? You didn’t even put in a source.
Despite its box office failure, Warner Brothers shipped 320,000 rental copies to US video stores, a figure a spokesman freely admitted was “out of whack” with the film’s performance in the theaters. What movie? No reference.
“The actors snorted crushed B vitamins for scenes that involved cocaine.”
What movie?? No source. Why do you guys keep copying and pasting random movie trivia, without including the movie title? Many people have commented on the lack of information. Do you guys even read the comments section anymore?
Learn to read, r*tard.
It’s in *any* scenes. You think there’s a movie out there where actors snorted real cocaine?
“He was voted “Most Humorous” and “Least likely to succeed” in school.”
He who?
He…who?
10/24/18
Your 9th fact says “Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Middle Eastern Countries– Part 2 of”
“The shooter in the infamous Vietcong execution photo opened a pizzeria in suburban Virginia after the Vietnam War. A lot of people see this picture and think he’s the bad guy, but really he was executing a viet cong officer.” – Implying the US weren’t the bad guys during Vietnam haha
#4 he who? Who is “he”?
There are many different species of snakes in Canada and it’s considerably colder here than Ireland. Not to mention that the Ice Age affected Canada more.
“After the lobby shootout, the camera pans back showing the aftermath of the gunfight in the lobby. During this a piece of one of the pillars falls off. This happened by coincidence during the filming and was not planned, but was left since it seemed appropriate.”
Why do you consistently offer facts about UNIDENTIFIED movies???
The Matrix
#1 is from the movie The Matrix.
The Colosseum didn’t exist when Caesar lived
Enjoyed this update, is there any way I can get an update sent in an email every time you publish a fresh post?
The age of consent in Nigeria is 18 but some northern states use islamic laws called Sharia Law, that’s the law with 11 as the age of consent. I’m a Nigerian.
For Today’s Daily Fact page the fact “Cats kill between 8.3 billion and 24.4 billion birds and mammals each year and have been blamed for the global extinction of 33 species” source should be the wikipedia page for feral cat predation on wildlife page instead of the feral cat page itself (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_predation_on_wildlife)
I was very pleasantly surprised by the picture of that chess set in the link for #7, it’s quite tasteful, I expected something gaudier.
Regarding “The American Library of Congress archives everything ever posted on Twitter by everyone, since its creation in 2008”, the Library of Congress is no longer archiving tweets, as described in their white paper released in 2017, https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/files/2017/12/2017dec_twitter_white-paper.pdf.
This facts, “Dogs have “incomplete cheeks,” which allow them to open their mouths wide but, conversely it also means that they can’t create suction like humans, resulting in scooping water backwards with their tongues.”, source is a youtube video of a dog drinking. I think that this article would better represent the fact as it sources the researchers – https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/06/no-cheeks-no-problem/. It also explains how dogs are able to swallow the water after it is already in their mouth.
FYI, the guy who lied to a reporter about being born in Scotland was Robin Williams.
The Maple Syrup fact – ” Grades of maple syrup indicate color and flavor, not quality: Grade A is lighter and milder than grade B.” source doesn’t contain any information regarding this fact. It only says Maple Syrup twice, and those times are in reference to measurements. It should be changed to a source actually pertaining to Maple Syrup grades. Old Source – https://www.foodnetwork.com/how-to/articles/how-to-make-perfect-pancakes ; Suggested New Source – https://www.maplesource.com/pure-maple-syrup-grades-explained/
Elon Musk and GM are in the race to build the first mass-market electric car <- Tesla is already a mass-market car company??? GM reached out to Tesla to assist with the Chevy Volt. I smell a clickbait.
Fidel Castro did not “liberate” Cuba. He did, however, Liberate the Cubans from their freedom, rights, and ability to vote for anyone else but him.
Gopnik means street bandit, robber
Die hard sequel to Commando?!?!?
Graphite bomb = wild fires
Nr.4, with the dutch escape room isnt really a kickass fact. There are hundreds of escape rooms all over the world.
Yet again it’s 30 facts, of which the second 15 are the same as the first, and all of which have been here before.
Why not just do five a week, if you’re struggling that much for content?
We have fixed the issue where same facts were appearing on page 2. Thank you!
#6 That possible alien artifact turned out to be an old Apollo component.
#21 has a dead source link