34 Intriguing Random Facts For You To Ponder Over | Random List #180

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26Kurt Warner

Kurt Warner

Kurt Warner was cut from the NFL and got a job at a grocery store in Iowa. Four years later, at the age of 27, Warner would lead the St. Louis Rams to their only Super Bowl Championship, setting several league records, as well as being the only player in history to win the NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP.


27. The heart-shaped seeds of the Silphium plant are why we associate hearts with romance. Besides being used in food and medicine, Silphium was one of the first genuinely effective birth control. It's believed the Romans drove it to extinction.


28. In 2006, the Mythbusters tested the myth that cardboard used in cereal boxes are healthier than the sugary cereal itself. Two groups of mice were given either item and the box group ended up eating each other while both Mythbusters made remarks about it. The myth was promptly never shown on TV.


29. Cockroaches won't eat cucumbers. This is due to a chemical in cucumbers (trans-2-nonenal) which acts as a natural repellent for ants and roaches.


30. David Bowie's last live performance was singing "Little Fat Man" at a Ricky Gervais gig at Madison Square Garden in 2007.


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31Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson (the man who played Mad-Eye Moody in Harry Potter movies) is the father of Domhnall Gleeson (the man who played Bill Weasley).


32. In 2016, Pentagon ordered its staff to stop playing ‘Pokemon Go’ with a memo titled “Pokemon stop” and advised them to play the game only when outside.


33. When Oregon was granted statehood in 1859, it was the only state in the Union admitted with a constitution that forbade black people from living, working, or owning property there. It was illegal for black people even to move to the state until 1926.


34. Because clothes cannot be washed in the ISS, dirty laundry is just de-orbited and it burns as it reenters Earth's atmosphere.

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