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25 Kickass Random Facts List #775

At the ancient Olympics, cheating athletes would be fined and the fines were used to build bronze statues at the entrance of the Olympic stadium, each inscribed with the name of the cheater and how they cheated. The post 25 Kickass Random Facts List #775 first appeared on KickassFacts.com. Source

25 Interesting Facts About Inventors and their Inventions

Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Inventors and their Inventions. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Inventors and their Inventions 1. The upside-down ketchup bottle earned its inventor Paul Brown $13 million. – Source 2. The inventors of Bubble Wrap, Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes, were originally trying to make 3d plastic wallpaper, which was a failure.…… Read More »

25 Interesting Facts About Winston Churchill

Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Winston Churchill. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Winston Churchill 1. When photographer Yousef Karsh took a photo of Winston Churchill, Yousef took the cigar straight from Churchill’s mouth and took the above photo and hence the grumpy result. – Source 2. During Prohibition in the United States, Winston Churchill referred…… Read More »

25 Kickass Random Facts List #774

Award-winning writer William Goldman would make up bedtime stories for his daughters (4yo & 7yo). One of them wanted tales of princesses, the other wanted brides, so he combined them. These stories became his next book: “The Princess Bride”. The post 25 Kickass Random Facts List #774 first appeared on KickassFacts.com. Source

25 Interesting Historical Photos – Part 349

Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 348, click here. 1. Circus performer Jimmy Armstrong having a smoke break, 1958. 2. Drive-in car hops in shorts and cowboy boots at the Log Lodge Tavern near Love Field airport in Dallas, Texas, 1940. 3. Press photographers and police snipers lie side by side on…… Read More »

25 Kickass Random Facts List #771

Due to Iceland’s location on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between the North American and Eurasian Tectonic plates, the country is technically part of both North America and Europe and is the only place where you can walk between them. The post 25 Kickass Random Facts List #771 first appeared on KickassFacts.com. Source

25 Interesting Historical Photos – Part 348

Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 347, click here. 1. A firefighter looks towards the heavily damaged Belgrade’s tallest building, NATO bombing, April 1999. 2. Lincoln at Antietam, September 1862. 3. Elite Egyptian women at a French tailor shop in Cairo, the 1890s. 4. The Statue of David was bricked inside this…… Read More »

25 Kickass Random Facts List #770

Irish monks invented the Catholic practice of confessing to a priest and performing penance in private. Prior to this, confessions and penance were done publicly. The post 25 Kickass Random Facts List #770 first appeared on KickassFacts.com. Source