1Bai Fang Li
A trishaw puller in China, Bai Fang Li financed the education of over 300 poor kids. Over the years, the distance he peddled to sponsor the kids was close to 18 times around the equator. When he died thousands came to say goodbye.
2. In 2012, an educator named Sugata Mitra installed a networked PC in a New Delhi slum and left it there for children to freely explore. Kids from one of the most desperately poor areas of the world, without instruction, quickly learned how the PC operated, and taught each other, easily exploring via online connectivity.
3. In 1911, two kids named Louis Abernathy and Temple Abernathy rode on horseback alone from New York to San Francisco in 62 days.
4. Kids are more inclined to turn to their pets than their siblings for support when faced with adversity, even though they know their pets don't actually understand what they are saying.
5. There is a camp for kids with Tourette Syndrome called Camp Twitch and Shout.
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6Jonason Pauley and Jesse Perrottato
Two kids named Jonason Pauley and Jesse Perrottato spent two years recreating Toy Story in its entirety shot by shot.
7. In 1982, a 15-year-old runaway lived in an elevator shaft for 2 months. He rewired the elevator to work as he wanted, and was caught when residents smelled cooking hot dogs.
8. Russia has laws to fine parents for "failing to perform parental duties for raising minors" if their kids act up.
9. There is one key difference between kids who excel at math and those who don't - teaching them that they are "good at math" with preparation.
10. Danish parents leave their kids on the curb while they go shopping, as they believe the fresh air is essential for health and development.
11Taste buds
Children have double the number of taste buds compared to adults, causing them to taste much more intensely and have very distinct food preferences.
12. Bill Gates intends to leave less than $10M for each if his three children "so they can make their own way" and that the family mostly drives a minivan when all are going somewhere.
13. A 12-year-old boy named Sun Huixi spent 2 years collecting over 160,000 bottles after school and donated all the money he made ($2,700) to orphans in an AIDS epidemic region in China. He also donated his personal savings ($30) and collected 800 books to give to the children.
14. Jim Cummings, the voice actor for Winnie the Pooh, calls sick kids in hospitals and talks to them in character.
15. If a set of identical twin women married a set of identical twin men and subsequently had kids, their children would genetically be siblings.
16Ryan Gosling
As a kid, Ryan Gosling enjoyed seeing Rambo: First Blood so much that he brought steak knives to school and threw them at other children.
17. Praising kids for their intelligence may actually stifle their progress. Instead, they should be praised for their effort.
18. Crayola's Midnight Blue was originally named Prussian Blue, the change occurring in 1958 when the company realized most kids did not recognize the old nation of Prussia.
19. Pixy Stix was originally a drink mix, but the company owner discovered kids were just eating the sugar powder straight from the package. It was then rebranded as Pixy Stix.
20. In 1994, a Russian pilot named Yaroslav Kudrinsky let his 15-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter try to fly an aircraft. The kids unknowingly disabled the autopilot. The plane crashed into a hillside in Siberia killing all 63 passengers and 12 crew members.
21Tinker test
The "Tinker" supreme court case: In 1965, to protest Vietnam War 3 kids wore black armbands to school. The school banned the armbands. They wore them again and were suspended. The "Tinker test" is used to see if a school's disciplinary actions violate students' 1st Amendment rights.
22. Michael Jackson would request his wine served in diet coke cans during flights, due to being a 'private drinker' and not wanting his kids to see him drinking alcohol.
23. If a child wants something bad enough, they can momentarily forget how big their body is compared to other objects. It’s called “scale error” and it can cause them to think they can fit into toy cars, for example.
24. On Halloween in 1919, kids broke windows, overturned garbage cans, rushed street cars and burnt down a barn. The police responded by negotiating with teenagers, re-righting garbage cans and making sure all kids went home to bed. No arrests were made.
25. The kid who plays Luke (Nolan Gould) on Modern Family graduated high school at 13 and is a member of Mensa.
