38 Interesting Random Facts That’ll Never Leave Your Brain | Random List #95

Johnny Stompanato was a bodyguard and mafia enforcer for Mickey Cohen. He dated actress Lana Turner who he physically abused. On April 4th, 1958 after threatening the life of Turner, her mother, and daughter he was stabbed to death by Turner's 14-year-old daughter (Cheryl Crane).

27. Some chimpanzees have been observed sharpening sticks with their teeth and using them as spears to hunt small mammals.

28. Male rhesus macaque monkeys will pay to look at pictures of female rhesus macaques' bottoms.

29. There is a species of samurai ant (Polyergus samurai) that is known to raid rival species nests, kill all the rival ants, collect the rivals eggs, and raise those hatched ants as slaves.

30. Seattle's Space Needle is an example of Googie architecture, a type that flourished in the post-World War 2 era and was parodied on The Jetsons. It was named after the West Hollywood Googie's Coffee Shop designed in 1949 by a student of Frank Lloyd Wright.

The city of Detroit has its own local currency, fully backed by U.S. currency. It's printed in $3 bills and features the Spirit of Detroit over the Detroit Skyline.

32. After India, the state of Texas now has the world's second-largest tiger population.

33. The oldest recorded murder victim was probably murdered 430,000 years ago. Archaeologists have discovered a skull dating from 430,000 years ago which shows distinct evidence of foul play. This is the earliest clear case of deliberate, lethal interpersonal aggression in the hominin fossil record, demonstrating that this is an ancient human behavior.

34. If you get a zebrafish drunk, it convinces the other sober fish to follow it around.

35. People used to sleep indoors in ornate boxes called “box beds” or “lit close” to protect themselves from wolves, stay warm, and have some privacy.

In 1982, a man named Larry Walters attached his lawn chair to helium balloons and flew to 16,000 feet. He ended up floating in the path of pilots at Los Angeles International Airport. Armed with a pellet gun, he controlled his descent by firing the gun at the balloons, popping them one by one.

37. All of Michael Jackson's 'Dangerous tour' profits which were over $125 million were donated to various charities.

38. In 1910, the United States almost introduced wild hippopotami into Louisiana to get rid of water hyacinth.