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34 Bits of Trivia Pilfered by Greedy Archaeologists From the Tomb of a Particularly Well-Read Mummy

November 29, 2023

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WEIRD WORLD A moose got trapped in a basement in Colorado, somehow. Apparently, it was grazing nearby, and managed to fall into a basement. Не wouldn't climb up the stairs (unsurprisingly), and wildlife officers had to get pretty resourceful in getting him out. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD France basically just gave car companies the middle finger. From now on, French car ads have to tell people that, instead of buying a car, they could just walk or bike to where they want to go. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In Boston, nerf guns led to some serious violence in a bus station. NER 8 Hallosisson 20 A bunch of teenage boys pointed the guns at bus passengers, and eventually shot an elderly man - and a fight broke out, and they were arrested. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD An ex-gay group founder came out and said he hooked up with guys. His organization's rallies claimed that the grace and power of Jesus Christ can free LGBT people, while he actually hooked up with dudes. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In Canada, a guy called 911 because the cops seized his car, apparently. After he got stranded in Princeton (Canada, not NJ), he called 911 to report the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for seizing his ride. CRACKED.GOM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD At Heinz Field, they ran out of ketchup in the middle of a game. HEINZ EST 1869 EST TOMATE, AÇÚCAR, VINAGRE, SAL, CEBOLA, AROMA NATURAL E SÓ. VARIETICS The Pittsburgh Steelers played the Tennessee Titans, and eventually beat them - but in the meantime, the stadium ran out of ketchup, and people kept making jokes about it on Twitter. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A tick bite can make you allergic to red meat (and other mammal products). It took scientists a decade to pin down the cause of what's called alpha-gal allergy and makes you allergic even to, say, a wool sweater. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Dinosaurs died out because the meteor that killed them came 30 seconds early. If it hit the planet 30 seconds later, it would have fallen into the ocean, and its impact would have caused much, much less destruction. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Almond milk seems like a new hipster thing, but it was big in the Middle Ages. People in medieval Europe considered it a delicacy and way better than milk - they used it in fancy meals as much as they used spices. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The kind of quick-draw duel you see in Westerns almost never happened. The extremely famous one involving Bill Hickok is so famous because of its rarity - it's not at all a representative example of what people would do. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Facial hair was surprisingly strictly regulated back in ancient Egypt. Men had to keep their beards, and couldn't even shave them - unless they happened to be in mourning. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Volga River region of Russia held a 'Day of Conception' contest numerous times. Couples that gave birth nine months later, on June 12th, received money, cars, refrigerators and other prizes. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Two people have fallen from the Empire State Building and lived. They both fell from the 86th floor and landed on the 85th. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM STAY Being 112.5 feet tall and 37.5 feet wide, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters contains roughly 925,000 GALLONS of marshmallow. The goo from its explosion could be used to make HERSHEY 186 million s'mores. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Recreating The Lego Movie using actual Lego pieces would require 080, 330 15, blocks. A tower made with that many Lego bricks would reach almost 90 miles high. — Source

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CRACKED.COM In Warhammer 40,000, the Emperor has 11,000 sat That's upon Golden as long Throne as YEARS. for nearly the about humans have lived in cities. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Darth Vader's Super Star Destroyer, the Executor, is about 12 LES long. It would crush most of Manhattan if it were to use the island as a landing strip. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Jack Bauer kills a total of 309 PEOPLE of 24. over the whole run Put in a different way, that is one kill every 40 minutes. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Superior Form BISMARCK Huron مو 29 PIERRE One day, Forrest chichigan Gump just felt MADISON HEYE like running. LINCOLN DES MONES COLUMBI And he ran a NVER 15,248 OKLAHOMA grand of JEF ROCK SPRI 65 INDIANAPOLIS ATLANTA RT total MILES. 59 CITY Pheidippides' run from Marathon to Athens 20 75 Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race 85 59 KSON MONTGOME Forrest Gump 10 The world's longest footrace is just 3,100 miles. 10 — Source

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CRACKED.COM You're more likely to die FALLING OUT OF BED than in a plane crash. Both likelihoods are very slim: 1 in 2 million for the bed against 1 in 5 million for the plane. — Source

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Over 12% of homeless adults in the U.S. are war veterans. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM Over A DOZEN SPECIES go extinct every day. Up to 50% of all species could be near extinction by 2050. — Source

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CRACKED.COM A survey of 6,000 people found that 1 IN 3 MEN don't wash their hands after using the bathroom (compared with 1 in 10 women). So if you shake their hand, you might as well be shaking something else. — Source

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A full 70% OF GUNS seized by police in Mexico can be traced back to the United States. CRACKED COM — Source

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The cast of Glee has had 207 SONGS on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. That's three times as many as the Beatles. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The average person spends FIVE YEARS OF THEIR LIFE waiting in line. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM We dump THREE POUNDS OF GARBAGE into the ocean for EVERY POUND OF FISH we catch. — Source

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Almost 15% of women say they'd rather be blind than fat. A survey by Arizona State University found stigma around obesity is so pervasive that many women say they'd prefer to be blind or suffer severe depression instead. CRACKED COM — Source

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Older women's health may be tied to their partner's health GRACKED.COM Because caregiving responsibilities often fall on women, a woman is more likely to also be in poor health if her partner is. — Source

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The fat-tailed dwarf lemur is our closest hibernating relative CRACKED.COM This year, the lemur went into hibernation for the first time in captivity and so far it appears to be a success. — Source

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The bites of a younger T-Rex were less impactful than an adult's CRACKED.SOM A lion's bite averages 1300 Newtons. An adult t-rex was capatable of 60,000 Newtons. Even if a young T-Rex wasn't as powerful, it still would be terrifying. — Source

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Reading makes you better at... math? SOCM 1,3,5,7,9,11,13.15,17 + A 3 Aa 6 6+0=6 2 I В EST + 2- 7 a2+b2=C2 OH 15-2=13 RCM 10x3=30 Ff 09 LIM b 10+13=23 SCM A 12 cm O O &h on 7x2=14 OH 5x3=15 C ccoo ZI ov!! 32 CRACKED.COM 6cm _ALVBL 12 cm AC2 The part of your brain that is responsible for being able to read is also used during previously considered unrelated activities, like multiplication. — Source

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Astronauts may have impaired ability to recognize others' emotions CRACKED.COM In experiments, researchers haven't determined if this an effect of simulated microgravity on the brain or isolation. — Source

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