50 Random Facts List #26

In Deep Blue's (chess-playing computer developed by IBM) first game against Garry Kasparov, the computer made a move that puzzled the Grandmaster so much, it made him believe the machine had superior intelligence. It threw Garry off his game, and ultimately cost him the match. The move was the result of a bug in Deep Blue's code.

27. Humpty Dumpty was never explicitly described as an egg. That was added later by illustrators in the book.

28. Some Chinese companies hire white actors to pretend to be foreign businessmen so that the companies can seem more connected globally.

29. A person suffering from Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome has XY chromosomes but externally develops to be identical to XX girls/women. A vagina is present but no uterus. It's often undetected until a lack of 1st menstruation is noted. Most identify as women & grow up to be attracted to men.

30. Archeologists excavating burial sites from 4000 B.C. have discovered clay pots repaired with glue made from tree sap.

Flamingos are not originally pink. They get the color from consuming brine shrimp.

32. Tsundoku is a Japanese slang for buying books but letting them pile up in one's home without reading them.

33. In the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing, there was a mysterious detached leg found in the rubble of the destroyed building. Since all 168 victims’ legs have been accounted for, the left leg has perplexed investigators and has yet to be traced back to an owner.

34. Blink 182 released "All the Small Things" because they knew they needed a "really catchy and basic" radio single.

35. The famous opening phrase "It was a dark and stormy night;..." was first used in the 1830 novel Paul Clifford by Edward Bulwer-Lytton.

Woodrow Wilson is the only president to have a Ph.D. He held a Ph.D. in Political science and History.

37. The programming language Python is named after the comedy series "Monty Python's Flying Circus."

38. Bees can also detect bombs. 50 bees only need 2-3 hours of training.

39. In a few Appalachian forests, there are fireflies that glow blue for up to a minute instead of flashing yellow.

40. Inside NASA's Juno probe, it has a plaque dedicated to Galileo with writing in his own hand, and 3 Lego mini figures (Galileo, the Roman god Jupiter, and his sister and wife, the goddess Juno) specially made by the Lego Company using aluminum.

Whoopi Goldberg's first name came from a whoopee cushion because she farted so much.

42. Between 2010-2015, the life expectancy in Botswana, due to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, dropped from 70.7 years to only 31.6 years.

43. The average large pizza from Dominos and Pizza Hut in Japan costs $35. Delivery pizza is considered a luxury.

44. If our sun went supernova it would be visually 9 times brighter to us than if an atomic bomb exploded against our eye.

45. In 1989, the Soviet Union traded with Pepsi Company 17 submarines, a cruiser, a frigate, and a destroyer for Pepsi to be sold in the Soviet Union. This trade made Pepsi the 6th largest military power in the world at the time.

The number one cause of death of the North Atlantic Blue Whale is collision with a ship.

47. The 300 Club is the name given to people who have experienced an instantaneous 166 degree Celsius (300 °F) drop in temperature, in Antartica when the temperatures reach -73°C / -100°F.

48. Beaver's teeth are orange because they are fortified with iron which makes them strong and cavity-resistant. Their teeth also continuously grow and self-sharpen.

49. Crocheting keeps only one knot open at a time whereas Knitting keeps an entire row open simultaneously.

50. In terms of price per kilogram, saffron can be up to three times as expensive as gold with 1kg averaging over $130,000.