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27 Random Bits of Trivia to Tenderize Your Brainsteak

By:: Cracked Writers; Jay L'Ecuyer

November 20, 2023

27 Random Bits of Trivia to Tenderize Your Brainsteak

Did you know that there are as many random facts in the world as there are stars in the Milky Way? If you’re smart enough to substantiate that claim, please don’t. It hopefully sounded impressive enough to lure you in, because the rest of these have been proven. We swear.

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Abraham Lincoln had a surprisingly high voice. It wasn't exactly squeaky, but it was a bit more shrill than you'd expect. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The death of the universe will be very, very dark and lonely. The last stars to explode will be so far apart, it'll be physically impossible for light to travel from one to the other, so none will see the others explode. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Dragonflies used to be much more dragon than fly. 300 million years ago, they had a wingspan of 2.5 feet, and they ruled the skies - - there were no birds back then. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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After filming Guardians of the Galaxy, they had to melt down the Kyln set and sell off the steel. That was the only way to make the budget for the Kyln scenes work. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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People with sexsomnia perform sexual acts while asleep. It's like sleepwalking but, well, horny. People who suffer from it might, say, masturbate or thrust their hips during sleep - and in the morning, they'll have no idea they did that. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Every year, Halifax, Nova Scotia sends a Christmas tree to the city of Boston. It's to thank Boston for help when Halifax was devastated by a freighter blowing up in 1917 - - the largest man-made explosion at the time. Boston sent a 500-bed hospital unit, 30 doctors, 70 nurses, and tons of medical supplies, and raised $100,000 in just the first hour of fundraising. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The U.S. Interstate system exists partly thanks to Eisenhower's WWII experiences. During and after WWII, Germany's four-lane highways were probably the best in the world, and Eisenhower used them to move troops and travel across the country. So he thought four-lane highways were a great transport system, and fought hard for the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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GRACKED AMY SCHUMER: BARBIE-DOLLED UP ONE MINUTE, GONE THE NEXT. In December 2016, Amy Schumer was chosen to star in a live-action movie about Barbie, but by March 2017, she had left the project due to disagreements about how it should be done. — Source

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GRACKED BREATHE IN THE BUTTERY GOODNESS OF ... POPCORN LUNG? Diacetyl, the chemical used to give microwave popcorn its buttery flavor and smell, has been linked to breathing issues in employees at flavoring factories who breathe it in. It's commonly known as popcorn lung. — Source

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GRACKED SAY GOODBYE TO MICKEY'S MONOPOLY (KIND OF). In 2024, Mickey Mouse will become public domain. But Disney will still have the rights to his trademarks and some of his features, like his white gloves, which weren't added until 1925. Plus, you won't be able to use color versions of him until 2035. — Source

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GRACKED DE NIRO'S HONORARY CITIZENSHIP REQUEST DENIED. The Order of the Sons of Italy in America asked Italy to call off its plan to give Robert De Niro honorary citizenship. They hold him responsible for considerably damaging the collective reputations of both Italians and Italian-Americans. — Source

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GRACKED AN ICELANDIC ISLAND YOUNGER THAN POP-TARTS Surtsey, an island off the coast of Iceland, was created in 1963 - which is more recent than Pop-Tarts, The Jetsons, the Rolling Stones, and video games. — Source

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GRACKED A 1950 TV SHOW BROUGHT ON A HIROSHIMA BOMBER AS A GUEST. dezel Bisher In 1950, a TV show called This is Your Life surprised a survivor of the Hiroshima bombing by bringing on one of the bombers, live. It was pretty shocking for the survivor, as you might imagine. — Source

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Wondering who the first person to make cheese was? Unfortunately, you'll likely never get an answer. Cheese exists before recorded history, and its specific origin is still unknown, though estimated around 8000 ВС. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Crop-eating elephants are a massive problem for farmers. Literally. The solution? Chili peppers. Super hot peppers are grown or hung around crops, and the fumes are none too friendly to an elephant schnoz. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Color-changing is usually attributed to chameleons, but another, more common animal does the same. Flounder, in addition to burying themselves in sand, can also change their coloration to better blend in. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The ancient Egyptians considered the flowers of the iris to represent wisdom, faith, and valor. In fact, iris flowers often made an appearance attached to the scepters of the pharaohs. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Mansa Musa, ruler of the Mali empire, is the richest man to have ever existed. During a visit to Egypt, hē gave away so much gold that it destroyed the Egyptian economy for 12 years. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia is the largest blackwater swamp in North America. Blackwater refers to dark water, close to black coffee in color, stained by decaying vegetation. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Pentagon wasted $5 billion on a plane that was never made. The A-12 Stealth Bomber was billed as a long-range bomber for the 21st century, but the development program just fizzled out after burning a bunch of money and never produced anything (except lawsuits). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In the 17th century, coffee was thought to make men impotent. At one point, in an attempt to restore their husbands' virility, a bunch of London women petitioned against coffee houses. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Scientists can work out how much pee there is in a pool by measuring artificial sweeteners. Some of those sweeteners aren't digested and don't easily break down in water, so measuring their amount in a pool gives you a pretty good idea of the amount of pee. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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A single animal species has a skeleton that's part metal. It's the scaly-foot snail, a critter found on hydrothermal events deep in the ocean, and its shell and scales (i.e. its skeleton) are partly made out of iron sulphides. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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High G-Forces gives pilots something called geasles. They're small, dark spots on your skin that form when capillaries burst due to the intense pressure, and they're called G-measles (or geasles for short). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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There are no snakes in New Zealand. The islands that make up the country have zero native snake species -- a few lizard species are the closest thing. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The first ideas for Indiana Jones involved making him a pedo. At an early brainstorming session for the character, George Lucas suggested that he and Marion Ravenwood might have had an affair when he was an adult and she was 11. Не then moved her age up to all of 15 (Once she's sixteen or seventeen it's not interesting anymore.) NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The interviews at the start of Interstellar are (mostly) real. One of them includes an actor (Ellen Burstyn), but the others are interviews with real people, describing what they lived through, from the 2012 documentary Dust Bowl. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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