40 Cool Random Facts Most People Go Their Whole Life Without Knowing | Random List #114

When the Sawback Black Bayonet is plunged into the enemy, it pulls out the victim’s insides when removed, causing an exceptionally painful death. French and British soldiers would execute captured Germans on sight who were in possession of the blade.

27. North and South Korea engaged in a ‘flagpole war’ during the 1980s to build the tallest flagpole. This resulted in North Korea having the tallest flagpole in the world for over a decade at 160 meters high.

28. After World War 2, the US government could not account for 7 German prisoners of war. The last of them, Georg Gärtner, surrendered himself on the 'Today Show' in 1985.

29. As a teenager when Charles Darwin showed no interest in becoming a doctor, his father told him "You care for nothing but shooting, dogs, and rat-catching, and you will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family."

30. John Cena holds the celebrity record for most wishes granted for the Make-A-Wish foundation with over 500 wishes.

Former NBA player Andrew Bynum was once thrown out of a team practice session because he kept shooting the ball whenever he touched it, regardless of how far away he was from the basket.

32. In 1940, two military aircraft collided in mid-air. They became stuck on top of each other. The pilot of the plane on top used the engines of the bottom plane to land both of them together.

33. Jules Winfield, the character that Samuel L. Jackson played in “Pulp Fiction,” was never supposed to have jheri curls. That wig was brought to the set by mistake. Instead, Jules was supposed to have an afro.

34. A man named Valentine Tapley swore to never shave again if Abraham Lincoln were to be elected president, and he kept his promise. His beard eventually grew so long that most days he tied it in a knot and stuffed it into a silk bag that he wore beneath his vest. He died 50 years later at the age of 80 with a beard 12.5 feet long.

35. Before he became a founding father of the United States, Benjamin Franklin established one of America’s first volunteer fire departments.

In 2014, a sinkhole opened up under the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky. The 40 foot wide sinkhole swallowed eight rare or one-of-a-kind cars but didn't impact the structural integrity of the building.

37. Cruise ships are required to carry body bags and maintain a small morgue in the event of a death onboard.

38. The original ending to 'Back to the Future' would have Marty driving 88 mph towards a nuclear blast in a nuclear test site. However, Universal deemed it too expensive to shoot in the desert, so the lightning scene was instead shot at the Universal backlot and is shown in the final version.

39. In 1984, an animator named Jim Jenkins had a rough breakup and suffered injuries in a biking accident. He gained a new outlook on life and desired a world “where there is no overdue rent and no delinquent phone bills”. This inspired the creation of Bluffington, the hometown of Nickelodeon's Doug.

40. A completely blind atheist named Thomas Gore was Oklahoma's first US Senator.