45 Random Trivia Tidbits That Know Their Multiplication Tables Through Nine
With the prevalence of phones and handheld devices, you’d think that kids don’t need to learn multiplication tables anymore. But according to Google, that isn’t true. “Yes, kids are still taught multiplication tables in elementary school and use them throughout their math education.” That’s downright comforting, isn’t it?
How about you? Quick: What’s five times nine?
We don’t want to give you too much help with that answer, but let’s just say that the number of trivia tidbits below weren’t chosen by happenstance.
The Alaskan Pipeline
Adidas acquired their design with whiskey.
“Pretty Woman” was going to be a lot darker before Disney came in.
Yeah, honestly don't remember it
That sounds like Ernest
An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away (the Doctor Doesn’t See Corpses)
Apple seeds contain amygdalin, which when digested, releases cyanide into the body. You’d have to eat an insane amount of apple seeds to die from it, and it would hurt like hell when you shit, but yeah. Cyanide. Terrifying.
The Rubbery Aniseed Flavor of Night
The only people wandering around eating industrial quantities of black licorice are deep weirdos, but they could be in trouble — it contains a compound called glycyrrhizin, which in high enough quantities can cause a person’s potassium levels to drop dangerously.
Ariana Grande
An explosive cartridge can get a B-52 bomber running faster.
Iceland is part of Europe and North America.
Anderson Cooper
You Can Buy Fireworks, But You Can’t Use Them for Fourth of July
Patrick Bateman's Inspiration
Source: HuffPost
Kate Winslet
Source: CBR
Bradley Cooper
Source: Vanity Fair
Matrix Code
Source: Wired
Rubik took a month to solve his own cube.
How could they?
Source: Washington Post
SpongeBob SquarePants
Source: WNYC
SpongeBob is an ace icon.
Source: Global News
The Jay Peterman of Paraguay
This seems very epic
This is a textbook facepalm
Now you know how to identify the intent of pirate ships
The German chocolate cake lie - revealed
Source: NPR
Great run
Source: BBC
Let's try it
Source: RBTH
Who let the Dutch out
Source: RBTH
All at once - hit it
Source: AP News
Meghan Markle
Source: Bravo!
Lifetime ban or punch a hole through him
Source: Art Net
Astronauts
Source: NASA
Ernie Hudson
Chile
That will soon change
One floor and you're fine
Yeah, that's a problem
SMS Cap Trafalgar
The Shortest War
Xenobots
Pays to pay w credit card or accept them, we guess?
The first bank robbery almost went off without a hitch.
Schindler’s List
Source: /Film
Pulp Fiction
Source: /Film