- In 1975, North Korean embassy staff in Australia crashed their Mercedes, and when they went to the nearest house for help they were aghast to find that that they had knocked on the door of the South Korean ambassador’s residence. Shaken but not yet stirred, the North Koreans visited a local Mercedes dealer to buy a replacement car but were told the car on the showroom floor had already been purchased by the South Korean embassy.- Source
- Sales of Wensleydale cheese strongly improved because of Wallace and Gromit, saving the cheese. – Source
- Ancient Nubian mummies were found to have the modern antibiotic Tetracycline in their bones. They got it from beer. – Source
- In 2010, a heat wave in Russia led to the deaths of over 1,000 people, the majority of whom drowned as a result of swimming while they were drunk. – Source
- In 1970, there were roughly half as many people in the world as there are now – SourceArticle continued below
- A middle schooler won an award for her science project, which found that on average 70% of the ice that comes from fast food restaurants is dirtier than toilet water. – Source
- The only way the BBC could record its live broadcasts in the 1950s was to point a film camera at a television. It’s called kinescoping, and was the only way to preserve television broadcasts until videotape was invented in the mid-1950s. Because of this, the only known recording of the landmark sci-fi serial “The Quatermass Experiment” features an insect walking across the screen. – Source
- The UK and Iceland were involved in a series of wars with each other after neither side would agree on mutual fishing terms. They were called the ‘Cod Wars’. – Source
- A flock of around 200 goats is hired regularly by Google to chew away the grass in their lawns rather than using land-mowers. – Source
- All Ben & Jerry’s Employees get to take home 3 free pints of ice cream every single day! – Source
- The last surviving Civil War widow didn’t pass away until 2008. She married an 86-year-old veteran when she was only 19. – Source
- Nuclear power plants in the US are so strong that they can be struck by a large commercial airliner and still not release harmful radiation. – Source
- Six species of globally unique frogs were rediscovered in the few remaining rainforests of Haiti. Frogs are known as a “barometer species” that indicate environmental health which gives hope to conservation efforts in a country undergoing rapid deforestation. – Source
- Matt Stone and Trey Parker wanted to make a spoof of “The Day After Tomorrow”, called “The Day After The Day After Tomorrow.” It was going to be a shot-for-shot puppet remake , and they wanted to release it the day after the original film. Their lawyers advised them against it. – Source
- The notion that goldfish have a memory of a few seconds is not true. In fact they can be trained to react to light signals and perform tricks. – Source
- Karl Marx’s grave has an entry fee. – Source
- The KGB spy assigned to George Orwell later lost his faith in Communism, after reading Orwell’s books. – Source
- All of the tin produced in the US is recycled. The United States has neither mined tin since 1993 nor smelted tin since 1989, but it was the largest secondary producer, recycling nearly 14,000 tons in 2006. – Source
- Charlie (Peter Ostrum) from the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was offered a three-picture deal after filming. He declined the offer and bought a horse with his earnings from the movie, which spawned a love for animals and he decided not to pursue acting and became a vet – Source
- The largest desert in the world is Antarctica, because a desert doesn’t need to be hot, but only lose moisture more than it gains – Source
- The Gremlin, considered one of the worst cars ever built, was first introduced on April 1st, i.e. April Fools Day. – Source
- A 2014 study found that the rate of weight loss does not affect how much weight is regained. This is in contrast to the belief that losing weight slowly helps one keep the weight off. – Source
- Andre The Giant died in his sleep while in Paris for his father’s funeral. His father passed 12 days before. – Source
- “African Dodger” was an American carnival game where people paid to throw a baseball at an African American’s head. In 1910 “African dodger” had become “too old and commonplace” and was being replaced with dunk tanks in which an African-American would fall into a tank of water when a target was hit with a ball. – Source
- In 1958, while widening a road near the Royal Air Force’s main gate, they had to move a 15 year-old display mockup of the biggest bomb ever used in WWII. It was then that they found out that it wasn’t merely a mockup, but was actually a live bomb that after all these years was out in the open for public to climb over and be photographed sitting astride. – Source
- Corn starch (a common thickening agent in foods), will spike your blood sugar level faster than pure sugar. – Source
- The KGB spy assigned to George Orwell later lost his faith in Communism, after reading Orwell’s books. – Source
- There are Playboy magazines printed in braille. In fact, the American Council of the Blind successfully sued the Library of Congress to make Playboy available in Braille. – Source
- In 1906, Mary Astor planned the release of 10,000 imported Brazilian butterflies at her Debutante ball housed in nets lining the ceiling. They didn’t take into account the heat of the lights, and her party ended with 10,000 dead insects showering her party guests. – Source
- The SR-71 program was terminated due to Pentagon politics, and not because the aircraft had become obsolete or irrelevant, or suffered maintenance problems, or had unsustainable program costs, although these reasons are frequently cited as justifications for its downfall. – 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