38 Rugged Random Facts You Never Knew – Part 185

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26Georg Solti

Georg Solti

The record for the most Grammy Awards won in a lifetime is held by Georg Solti, a Hungarian-British conductor who conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for 22 years. He has won a total of 31 competitive Grammy Awards out of 74 nominations and was awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.


27. Simply sniffing your partner’s clothing can reduce stress and feeling of loneliness, according to research from the University of British Columbia.


28. In the 1920s, Bhagat Singh Thind, an Indian Sikh man, tried to argue to the Supreme Court of the United States that he was "white" on the grounds that anthropologists at that time classified people from India as "Caucasian." The Court rejected his argument.


29. During World War 2, the U.S. military designed a grenade to be the size and weight of a baseball, since "any young American man should be able to properly throw it."


30. Apollo 12 was struck by lightning during launch and was on the verge of being aborted before a single flight controller realized that flipping a little known switch would restore enough systems to save the mission.


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31Mary Ann and Charles Goodnight

Mary Ann and Charles Goodnight

Mary Ann and Charles Goodnight were responsible for the continued existence of pure American Bison and returned them from the verge of extinction.


32. A Texas high school senior was fined $637 for cursing at school - she said “sh*t.” When she was unable to pay the fine a warrant was issued for her arrest.


33. Paul Winchell, the original voice of Gargamel from "The Smurfs" and Disney's Tigger, was the first person in history to build and patent a mechanical artificial heart.


34. After hearing 'The Doors' first album, lead singer Jim Morrison's father urged him "to give up any idea of singing or any connection with a music group because of what I consider to be a complete lack of talent in this direction."


35. Scientist Henry Cavendish suffered from extreme shyness “bordering on disease”. He discovered several laws not attributed to him because of his shyness. He had secret staircases in his home to avoid his housekeeper. Females caused him “extreme distress” and he also devised a note system to talk to her.


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36Citicorp Center

Citicorp Center

In 1978, an undergrad student notified the chief structural engineer of Citicorp Center in Manhattan that the building would collapse in strong winds. Realizing the student was correct, the chief contacted NYPD and had a 10-block emergency plan drawn up while they quickly fixed the building.


37. “Bobst Boy” was an NYU student who lived in the basement of the campus library for 8 months because he couldn't pay for campus housing. NYU offered him free housing and financial assistance until graduation, and he now has a Ph.D. in folklore from Indiana University.


38. Ferdinand Magellan did not actually complete his circumnavigation of the globe. He died in the Philippines and the voyage was completed by Juan Sebastian Elcano.

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