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TATTOO REMOVALS REMOVE YOUR TATTOO CRACKED.COM The Los Angeles based organization Clean Slate LA offers significantly discounted tattoo removals for former gang members. Their slogan is Empowering people to rebuild their lives. — Source

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CAPONE'S COP BROTHER CRACKED.COM As Capone built a fortune from illegal alcohol during Prohibition, while his older brother, Richard James 'Two Gun' Hart (born Vincenzo Capone) was tracking down bootleggers from Nebraska to South Dakota, exhibiting a tireless dedication to the law. — Source

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ESCOBAR'S HIPPOS CRACKED.COM Pablo Escobar built a personal zoo and imported a few hippopotamuses from Africa. When his property was seized, most animals were sent to Colombian zoos, except the hippos. There are thought to be 70 in the marshy grounds where Escobar used to live. — Source

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THE ODDFATHER CRACKED.COM Vincent The Chin Gigante was the boss of New York's Genovese crime family, who wandered the streets in pajamas and mumbled incoherently for 30 years, in an elaborate act to avoid prosecution. The media dubbed him The Oddfather. — Source

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PINBALL CRIME BOSSES VISSI RESCU CRACKED.COM Pinball was made illegal across the U.S from the early 1940s until 1976. Underground pinball rings sprouted in NYC, Chicago, LA, and crime boss James В. Elkin became a noted organizer of Portland's illegal pinball machine industry. — Source

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GRAVITY SHRINKS US GRAGKED.COM On average, we are about 1cm taller in the morning than at night, because gravity causes the cartilage in our knees and spine to compress throughout the day. When we sleep, the cartilage decompresses to its normal size. — Source

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EYELASH LIFE CYCLE GRAGKED.COM The lifespan of an eyelash can vary from 4 months to as long as 11 months. There are 3 phases of this lifespan: the growth phase, the degradation phase, and the telogen phase. — Source

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BUSYBODY HEART BE life CRACKED.COM Our heart beats around 100,000 times a day, 365,000,000 times a year, and over a 70-year lifetime, the average human heart beats more than 2.5 billion times. — Source

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TASTE NEEDS SMELL GRAGKED.COM Since our sense of smell is about 10,000 times more sensitive than our sense of taste, around 80% of what we think is taste is actually smell. Flavor is a combination of taste and smell perception. — Source

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THE CORNEA BE IS A LONER GRAGKED.COM The cornea is the only part of the body with no blood supply. It gets its oxygen directly from the air. — Source

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NEUTRON STARS CRACKED.COM When a massive star explodes, its scrunched up core forms a neutron star, which is so dense that just a teaspoon of it would weigh more than Mt. Everest. The star's explosion can spin the neutron star to speeds up to 600 rotations per second. — Source

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WE ARE ONE WITH THE UNIVERSE CRACKED.COM Many of the atoms we're made of, like the calcium in our bones and the iron in our blood, were born in the heart of an exploding star billions of years ago. All of the hydrogen atoms in us are as old as the universe itself, formed in the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago. — Source

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THE UNIVERSE IS GETTING BIGGER, FASTER CRACKED.COM To continue that expansion thought... In the 1920s, Edwin Hubble discovered that the universe is expanding. Then in 1998, the Hubble Telescope studied distant supernovas and found that, a long time ago, the universe was expanding slower than it is today. — Source

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95% OF THE UNIVERSE IS INVISIBLE CRACKED.COM Ordinary, observable matter like you, me, planets and stars make up a measly 5% of the universe (and, of that, only half has been spotted with telescopes). The other 95% of the universe is 68% invisible dark energy and 27% dark matter. — Source

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Hugh Hefner's girlfriends had to be home by nine p.m. Otherwise, according to one woman, they were told they would have to sleep on the lawn. Breaking any rule, even once, also meant getting kicked out. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Navy wants to decommission 9 ships, none of them over 10 years old, that cost $4.5 billion: They're small, fast ships that were developed to chase down pirates, and are now described by the Navy as unsuitable for current needs. They want to decommission them to save on operating and maintenance costs, which they want to use to buy new, bigger ships. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Goodwill executives make mid six figures while workers get $12.55 an hour. GOODWILL Regional Goodwill officials in California announced that they would have to cut 100 job training positions if a local measure to raise the minimum wage passed. The CEO of one branch told disabled workers they were getting fired after a minimum wage hike. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Office made a calculated decision to lean into internet culture. I always credit YouTube for changing the way we look at things, says director Paul Feig. YouTube was real life captured and you have The Office, where the humor is all behavioral. It's about how people are reacting to each other. CRACKED.COM — Source

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There was a real School of Rock, that precedes the movie. ABCA 1 un - ING - The real School of Rock, started by Paul Green in Philadelphia, shared a lot of similarities to the movie - even down to Jack Black's look. Green considered suing, but thought the movie was ultimately good for business. CRACKED.COM — Source

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McDonald's 1940 HAMBURGERS - McDonald's BY agree CRACKED.COM Beginning as McDonald's Barbeque, the owners quickly realized hamburgers were outselling the BBQ at the drive-in restaurant. — Source

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White Castle 1921 Castle 5t White Castle 5 eler Established in 1921 HAMBURGERS Buy em by the Sack CASTL GRACKED COM White Castle was the first American fast-food chain. Hamburgers were 5 cents and quickly served to exact specifications, which would later be copied by other chains. — Source

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Taco Bell BELL 1962 TACO BELL CRACKED.COM Glen Bell tried to copy the success of McDonald's with Bell's Hamburgers. In 1951, he added tacos to the menu after learning about them from a Mexican resturaunt across the street. Tacos were the biggest success, and Bell went on to create Taco Bell. — Source

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KFC 1952 New الله CRACKED.COM After varied careers, Colonel Harland Sanders began selling food out of his gas station in 1930. It wasn't until the invention of the pressure cooker in 1939 where he perfected his quickly fried chicken with 11 herbs and spices. In 1952, he franchised the business. — Source

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Subway 1965 *Petes SUBWAY Ril KITCHEN CRACKED.COM Fred DeLuca was 17-years-old when his family friend Dr. Peter Buck gave him a $1000 loan to open a sandwich shop to help fund his college. It was originally called Pete's Submarines. — Source

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THE GUESS WHO WROTE AMERICAN WOMAN ON THE SPOT AT A DIVE BAR. Guitarist Randy Bachman broke a guitar string during their set, and after he'd restrung it he was at the piano tuning his guitar. The audience started responding to the tuning sounds, so the band worked them into a song, right then and there. CRACKED.COM music.cbc.ca/#/blogs/2013/2/Randy-Bachman-takes-us-behind-the-writing-of-American-Woman — Source

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DEPECHE MODE IS NAMED AFTER A FRENCH MAGAZINE. The name literally means Fashion Update. CRACKED.COM http://www.eightyeightynine.com/music/depeche-mode.html — Source

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DURAN DURAN NAMED ITSELF AFTER THE VILLAIN IN CHEESY SCIFI FLICK BARBARELLA. The villain was actually named Durand Durand. Also in Barbarella: Jane Fonda, pictured above in the Orgasmatron. CRACKED.COM http://www.bandnameexplained.com/2013/07/duran-duran-band-name-meaning.html — Source

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DRUMMER KEITH MOON, WHEN INVITED TO PLAY FOR A NEW BAND, THOUGHT THE IDEA WOULD GO OVER LIKE A LEAD ZEPPELIN. They changed the spelling because they didn't want people to use the wrong pronunciation of lead. CRACKED.COM http://www.classicbands.com/names.html — Source

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NICKELBACK IS NAMED AFTER CHANGE FOR COFFEE. UNION INTERNATIONAL GLUTINO MONTICH.RU STATES FLUE CANTS ORANGE Lead singer Chad Kroeger was having trouble coming up with a name, so he approached his brother, who worked at a Starbucks. Coffee was $1.95, which meant every customer who paid two bucks got a nickel back. CRACKED.COM http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/nickelback — Source

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INDIE MOVIES OF THE '90s BEFORE SUNRISE ETHAN HAWKE AND JULIE DELPY COULDN'T GET A SCREENWRITING CREDIT. The actors were heavily involved in the final version of the script, but guild rules only allowed the original writers to be credited. CRACKED.COM — Source

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INDIE MOVIES OF THE '90s KIDS THE CREW RANDOMLY DISCOVERED ROSARIO DAWSON SITTING ON A STOOP. While scouting for locations, the director and the writer noticed 15-year-old Dawson and thought she'd be perfect for a role. She was kinda freaked out, but got over it and started a successful career. CRACKED.COM — Source

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INDIE MOVIES OF THE '90s THE VIRGIN SUICIDES IT WAS PRETTY MUCH A COPPOLA FAMILY AFFAIR. Not only was the movie directed by Sofia Coppola and produced by her dad Francis (who you might have heard about). Paul Baldino was played by Robert Schwartzman, Sofia's cousin, and the second unit director was her own brother, Roman Coppola. CRACKED.COM — Source

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INDIE MOVIES OF THE '90s B Dod ДРД JUNGLE FEVER HALLE BERRY DIDN'T SHOWER FOR TWO WEEKS. The homeless crack addict was Berry's first movie role, and she was really willing to prove how committed she was to it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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INDIE MOVIES OF THE '90s BEING JOHN MALKOVICH JOHN MALKOVICH'S AGENTS APPARENTLY THOUGHT CHARLIE KAUFMAN WAS A STALKER. Kaufman got the distinct impression that the floor 7 1/2 in his script raised some red flags, as Malkovich was living in an unlikely apartment 7 1/2 in Manhattan. CRACKED.COM — Source

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