Here is 25 Random Interesting Facts List #62.
1-5 Random Interesting Facts
1. Twin popsicles were created during the Great Depression so that two children could share a treat for just a nickel. – Source
2. Walt Disney planned his own city (The Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow or EPCOT) where everybody would be employed and working for Disney in some way. They would all pay rent for the privilege of living there and would always be ensured the latest technology in their homes. – Source
3. In 2005, Dean Karnazes, an endurance athlete, ran 350 miles (560 km) in 80 hours and 44 minutes without sleep. – Source
4. George Washington and Samuel Adams, both considered to be leaders of the American Revolution, refused to join a political party because they believed the idea would divide Congress. They were instead only identified as Whigs, a common name for those supporting independence. – Source
5. While sudden heart attacks during sex are rare, most of them happen to men who are cheating on their wives. – Source
6-10 Random Interesting Facts
6. In 2013, Helen Mirren pretended to be Queen Elizabeth to fulfill a 10-year-old’s dying wish. They had tea, and he had no idea she wasn’t the queen. – Source
7. The temperature in Fahrenheit can be approximated by counting the number of times a cricket chirps in 14 seconds and adding 40. – Source
8. An Iraqi born man living in USA installed a remote-controlled paintball gun in his room in Chicago and connected it to the Internet. He was shot 60,000 times in 30 days and got a severe case of PTSD. – Source
9. The genome of modern humans contains the DNA from four different hominid ancestors, namely, homo sapiens, Neanderthals, Denisovans, and a fourth species that has yet to be discovered. – Source
10. In France, only croissants made with 100% pure butter can be straight under culinary law. All others have to be shaped differently. – Source
11-15 Random Interesting Facts
11. The Janitor from “Scrubs” was meant to be part of JD’s imagination in the first season, as a finale twist if the show was cancelled, which is why he does not interact with any other cast members in that season. – Source
12. Two days before Christmas in 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson paid a visit to Pope Paul VI where they exchanged unique gifts. While LBJ received a stunning 15th century painting from Pope Paul VI, the pope himself received a foot high, bronze bust of Johnson’s head. – Source
13. Opium cultivation in Afghanistan has increased 300% in 2013 when compared to the 7 years prior to the U.S. invasion. – Source
14. There are no longer any Safeways, Walmarts, or chain grocery stores in the city of Detroit – Source
15. The Opportunity rover is still gathering scientific observations and reporting back to Earth after being on Mars for 10 years, over 40 times its designed lifespan. – Source
16-20 Random Interesting Facts
16. The croissant, due to a legend that it was created to celebrate Christian victory over Islam, has been banned by some Islamic fundamentalists. – Source
17. The most accepted theory on how AIDS was first transmitted to humans is that a Bantu hunter, while processing a newly killed, and infected, chimpanzee, got cut himself and got the animal’s blood into his body. – Source
18. The company that used to make coral snake antivenom stopped producing it in 2003, finding that its production was unprofitable. USA’s stock of coral snake antivenom expired in 2008, but the FDA has extended its expiry date ever since to keep what is left available to the public. – Source
19. Soviet Union had signed a treaty banning bio-weapons, but ignored the treaty and continued developing them. They even built ICBMs that could be loaded with weaponized smallpox, anthrax, typhus and rabies. However, after the fall of the USSR, most of the bioweapons were lost. Their locations even now remain unknown. – Source
20. During the filming of the climactic flood scene of Noah’s Ark (1928), the volume of water used was so overwhelming that three extras drowned, one was so badly injured that his leg needed to be amputated, and a number of people suffered broken limbs and other serious injuries, which led to implementation of stunt safety regulations the following year. – Source
21-5 Random Interesting Facts
21. A Boeing 737 gets better gas mileage than a Honda Odyssey, a Toyota Camry and a Harley Davidson Sportster (per person). – Source
22. Someone has written a full 300+ page thesis on Michael Bay’s Transformers trilogy, going into detail on how Optimus Prime is a murderer and Megatron is a tragic hero. – Source
23. Early 60s American astronauts had groupies as there were “plenty of pretty women who would give anything to sleep with an astronaut” – Source
24. If Walmart were its own country, it would have the 25th largest GDP in the world. – Source
25. Sweden has almost zero child fatalities in car crashes because most parents keep their children rear facing until the age of 4. – Source