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29 Mysterious Bits of Trivia That Appear to Have Been Transmitted Eons Ago From the Darkest Corners of the Universe

December 05, 2023

When some stranger on the street offers you a mystery doggy bag that has a little weight to it, do you ask questions? No! You crack it open, scarf it down and say, “Thank you!” Well these facts are all bagged up and ready for you, too. As of right now, you don’t know where they come from, but like that mystery lunch, you’ll be happy you got ’em up in ya.

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REFRESHING SERVING OF SODA TRIVIA... CRACKED.COM COKE WAS INVENTED BY A CONFEDERATE CIVIL WAR VETERAN. Dr. John Stith Pemberton, suffering from a war wound, was addicted to morphine and created it as an alternative painkiller. — Source

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SERVING OF SODA TRIVIA... CRACKED.COM FANTA WAS INVENTED FOR NAZI GERMANY DURING WWII Obtaining key ingredients necessary for Coca-Cola syrup was difficult given the world war, so the German Coke plant used by-products to make a new drink called Fanta. — Source

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REFRESHING SERVING OF SODA TRIVIA... CRACKED.COM SPRITE WAS INITIALLY INTRODUCED AS CLEAR LEMON FANTA. Developed in West Germany in 1959, the Fanta off-shoot was created as a comeptetitor to 7-Up. — Source

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Pepsi

REFRESHING SERVING OF SODA TRIVIA... CRACKED.COM PEPSI WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED BRAD'S DRINK. In 1893, Caleb Bradham invented the drink. Surprisingly not created by a Bradley. — Source

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Australian Money

In Australia, half of a banknote is worth half its face value. - Pholp Come 10 Pete - - ana than or - The - USTRALIA TEN DOLLARS So you could cut, say, an AUD 100 bill in half, and each half would be worth AUD 50. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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Most of the sets for Independence Day were built in the same hangar where Howard Hughes built the Spruce Goose. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Peter Stormare just kind of stumbled into a role in John Wick: Chapter 2. Не was hanging out with Keanu Reeves and, since he was a fan of the first movie, he asked Reeves What can I do? The rest is movie history. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Most Canadians live south of the 49th parallel. 40 N Ceded to CANADA Britain, 1818 Ceded to Oregon United States, 1818 Territory 49th Parallel Stony Mts. 42° N Louisiana Purchase 1803 Atlantic UNITED STATES Ocean 500 MILES 72% of them live south of it, including the population of the two largest Canadian cities, Montreal and Toronto. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 1969, Pat Sajak cut off Nixon to play Christmas music. Nixon made a very long pause in a Christmas speech to the troops in Vietnam, so Sajak cut off the broadcast and put on some music. When Nixon resumed talking, Sajak just left the music on, thinking soldiers would rather listen to that than the President. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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While swallowing, a frog's eyes retract down towards its esophagus. GRAGKED.COM Eye retraction may aid swallowing by helping to push food back to- ward the esophagus, but this hypothesis has never been tested. — Source

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There were more 'immaculate innings' in 2017 than from 1929-1952. NEW YORK 34 CRACKED.COM An immaculate inning is when a baseball pitcher strikes out three batters with only nine pitches. 1929 to 1952 saw zero such innings, while there were 8 in 2017 alone. — Source

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Pirates wore earrings because they thought it improved their eyesight. CRACKED.COM Some pirates were convinced that wearing an earring would improve or even cure bad eyesight, as they be- lieved that the precious met- als in an earring possessed magical healing powers. — Source

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The official color of the Golden Gate Bridge is International Orange. CRACKED.COM Architect Irving F. Morrow undertook color studies, which resulted in the unique color because it blended well with the near- by hills and contrasted with the ocean and sky. — Source

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Tea bricks were used as currency in some places until World War II. CRACKED.COM In Tibet, tea bricks were in such demand that swords, horses and other property were sometimes priced in a given num- ber of tea bricks. — Source

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Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter filed a report in 1973 for a UFO sighting four years prior. CRACKED.COM Carter, as well as 10 to 12 other people who wit- nessed the same event, described the object as 'very bright chang- ing colors and about the size of the moon.' — Source

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Nearly all the garlic consumed in the U.S. comes from Gilroy, California. GRACKED.COM The area grows around 90 percent of the garlic Americans eat, which is around 150 million pounds per year. — Source

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All blue-eyed people are related to a mutant named The Founder. GRACKED.COM Danish researchers believe the identical gene sequence displayed in blue eyed indi- viduals comes from a single person called the found- er, whose genes mutated between 6,000 and 10,000 years ago. — Source

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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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James Stewart's despair in It's A Wonderful Life was real. When his character, George Bailey, ends up in a restaurant and, full of despair, calls to God, Stewart felt the loneliness, the hopelessness of people who had nowhere to turn, and started sobbing. Director Frank Capra, a big fan of spontaneous performances, was thrilled. 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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In January 2014, 90 farting COWS in Germany blew off the roof of their farm shed. They farted so much, the build-up of methane gas caused an explosion that damaged the roof of the shed they were kept in. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The 1900 Olympic Games in Paris included a swimming obstacle race. Swimmers climbed a pole and jumped from it into the river Seine, then swam against the current until they reached a row of boats, climbed over them, and then ducked under another row. For some reason, this event was only held in 1900. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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For over a decade, a Canadian has been spending a month in Thailand every year just to care for stray dogs. Dominique Rousselle, a retired teacher in his 60s, feeds stray dogs, treats their infections, ticks, fleas, and other health problems, and takes them to the vet for major procedures. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Home Alone's movie-within-a-movie was shot in one day, in an abandoned high school gym. They filmed Angels with Filthy Souls on a sound stage in the New Trier West High School gymnasium (which was used for a lot of Home Alone's interior shots, too). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs is buried in an unmarked grave, and people are trying to find it. ALTA MESA MEMORIAL **** 695 ALTA MESA CEMETERY and FUNERAL HOME His family requested an unmarked grave (in Alta Mesa Memorial Park) for privacy, but fans apparently don't care - they're looking for the grave anyway. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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