In 2013, a team of snipers destroyed 17 electrical transformers at the Metcalf Transmission Substation in CA, described as a ‘professional job’ using ‘military-style weapons.’ Fiber optic cables were cut prior to the attack and no suspects have ever been publicly identified. The post 25 Kickass Random Facts List #716 first appeared on KickassFacts.com. Source
In 1999, financial analyst Harry Markopolos had informed the SEC that he believed it was legally and mathematically impossible to achieve the gains Bernie Madoff claimed. It took four minutes to conclude that his numbers did not add up, and another minute to suspect they were fraudulent. The post 25 Kickass Random Facts List #715… Read More »
Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 324, click here. 1. The Undertaker looks down at medical staff checking on Mankind after he fell, unscripted, through the top of Hell in a Cell into the ring 16ft below, 28 June 1998. 2. The 101st Airborne Division’s “Filthy Thirteen” volunteer pathfinders preparing to parachute…… Read More »
The nurse treating Anthony Perkins for facial palsy secretly took his blood samples and tested them for HIV and it was positive. Anthony didn’t know he had HIV and found out in a grocery checkout line after the nurse shared the results with The National Enquirer. The post 25 Kickass Random Facts List #714 first… Read More »
Miami has an underwater graveyard, Neptune Memorial Reef. Cremated remains are mixed with concrete and formed into sculptures, with a copper plate marking each sculpture, so that family can dive and know where to visit their loved one’s specific resting place. The post 25 Kickass Random Facts List #713 first appeared on KickassFacts.com. Source
Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 323, click here. 1. A girl holds her mother’s hand while running to school, protected by an RUC officer in riot gear, as protestors shouted, spat and threw things at them, during the Holy Cross Dispute in Northern Ireland, 2001. 2. Sir Winston Churchill, age 20,…… Read More »
The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act of 1996 protects American restaurants and other donors from civil and criminal liability unless there is gross negligence or intentional misconduct. There are no documented cases of anyone in the US being sued for donating food. The post 25 Kickass Random Facts List #712 first appeared on… Read More »
Here are 17 Interesting Facts About Lithuania. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Lithuania 1. There is a small district of Vilnius, Lithuania that has declared itself an independent republic. It has its own flag, currency, president, cabinet, and an army of 11 men. – Source 2. Lithuania withdrew from the 1992 Olympics due to the lack…… Read More »
Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 322, click here. 1. Greenpeace tries to stop radioactive waste from being dumped in the ocean, 1982. 2. Vladimir Putin at the Age of 5 with Maria Ivanova, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, July 1958. 3. Commandant of Auschwitz Rudolf Höss being escorted to the gallows for…… Read More »
Here are 25 kickass random facts. For part 709, click here 1-5 Kickass Random Fact 1. Lonnie Johnson, the man who created the “Super Soaker” (the world’s best selling toy) was awarded $72.9M in a Hasbro Settlement for unpaid royalties. – Source 2. In 1895, a swarm of Rocky Mountain locusts, measuring 1,800 miles long…… Read More »