Random Fact Sheet #247 – Craziest 35 Facts You Never Knew

A study found that a majority of women tended to prefer a man who cracks clean jokes vs dirty jokes, both for a casual hook-up & for a long-term relationship. But women who had a positive feeling about casual sex tended to find dirty jokes funnier.

27. The holes in Swiss cheese are called eyes and come from carbon dioxide bubbles released by the bacteria inside. Swiss cheese without the holes is referred to as blind.

28. When African-American Edward A. Carter Jr. was a teenager, he snuck out and joined the Chinese Army, reaching the rank of Lieutenant before being exposed and sent back to his parents. He later earned the Medal of Honor.

29. Alice Cooper was one of 9 donors to restore the HOLLYWOOD sign in 1978. Cooper’s donation, which is the second “O”, was made in memory of Groucho Marx. 

30. The iconic tumbleweed found throughout the American Southwest was accidentally imported to the USA from Russia in 1877.

Famous actor has Gary Sinise taken over 1,000 children of fallen soldiers to Disneyland, free of charge.

32. Those giant cylinder towers at nuclear power plants are for cooling water and the stuff coming out of it isn’t smoke but water vapor.

33. Robert Downey Jr. considered retiring as Iron Man in 2013 after receiving an on-set injury, believing that he was too old to continue playing the role of Tony Stark.

34. Narwhals and beluga whales can mate to produce a hybrid called the Narluga.

35. Paul Stanley of KISS starred in a 2000 Folgers ad that never actually aired because focus groups asked “Who is the old, creepy guy?”