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25 Kickass Random Facts List #723
25 Kickass Random Facts List #722
A Canadian transit fare box repairman stole 37 tons of coins worth $2.4 million from fare boxes using a magnet attached to a car radio antenna and telling bank employees that the coins came from a vending machine business. The post 25 Kickass Random Facts List #722 first appeared on KickassFacts.com. Source
25 Interesting Historical Photos – Part 328
Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 327, click here. 1. Walt Disney with the original Mickey Mouse Club lineup, 1955. 2. Johnny Clem, who joined the Union Army as a drummer boy at age 10. Clem became a legend when he shot and killed a Confederate Colonel at the Battle of…… Read More »
25 Kickass Random Facts List #721
In 2015, an Australian woman put a bet on a horse at 100-1 and won $825, she then took a selfie with the winning bet slip, posted it to Facebook, somebody saw it and put the barcode into an automated betting machine and stole her winnings. The post 25 Kickass Random Facts List #721 first… Read More »
25 Kickass Random Facts List #720
The renowned architect Buckminster Fuller experienced an epiphany around age 32 where he felt himself suspended several feet above the ground in a white sphere of light. A voice said things like, “You think the truth. You do not have the right to eliminate yourself. You belong to the universe.” The post 25 Kickass Random… Read More »
25 Interesting Historical Photos – Part 327
Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 326, click here. 1. Mugshots of children executed by the communist Khmer Rouge dictatorship at Tuol Sleng prison, Cambodia, 1975-79. 2. A mob pours sugar, ketchup, and mustard over the heads of (from left) John Salter, Joan Trumpauer, and Anne Moody during a sit-in demonstration at…… Read More »
25 Kickass Random Facts List #719
Gucci was accused of evading taxes on more than 1 billion euros in revenues between 2011 and 2017. Its owner Kering, which has denied avoiding tax, agreed to pay $1.4B in 2019 to settle the dispute, which was the highest ever agreed settlement by a company with Italian tax authorities. The post 25 Kickass Random… Read More »
25 Kickass Random Facts List #718
The first central heating system was developed for the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus around 550 BC by the Ancient Greeks. It consisted of a wood-fired furnace and pipes that circulated the hot air underneath the stone floors. The post 25 Kickass Random Facts List #718 first appeared on KickassFacts.com. Source
25 Interesting Historical Photos – Part 326
Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 325, click here. 1. Wehrmacht officers surrendering to the Norwegian resistance, May 1945. 2. Hitler justifies the invasion of Poland. Hitler speech of 1 September 1939. 3. Cannabis rights activist Ben Masel smoking a joint while voting in the 1976 Presidential election. Taking advantage of an…… Read More »
25 Kickass Random Facts List #717
Thankful Villages (also known as Blessed Villages) are those few villages in Britain that suffered no casualties in the First World War. These villages had lost no men in the war because all those who left to serve came home again when the war ended. The post 25 Kickass Random Facts List #717 first appeared… Read More »