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If only history class rifled off rapid fire facts like this

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December 09, 2023

Did you have (or still have) a great history teacher? One who kept you engaged and interested enough to want more from the past? Cus we didn’t! Pfft. That guy was just droning on and on about the American Revolution or whatever, and we were like, “Buddy! Give us the goods!” Like, did you know Hugh Jackman used to be a birthday clown? There! Now I’m intrigued. But you don’t see that on the exam, now do ya?

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Geena Davis

Geena Davis used to be a live mannequin. One day while working at a clothing store, Davis decided to pose as a mannequin in the store's window display. Since she managed to attract a crowd, and was really good at staying still, the store hired her to work as a live mannequin over the weekends. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Paul Rudd glazed hams. To save up money for a move to Los Angeles, Rudd got a job at Holiday Ham Company. There he would sift sugar onto a heated ham and then using a propane torch he would melt the sugar. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Hugh Jackman

Before he was the greatest showman, Hugh Jackman was a children's birthday party clown. His last gig was for an 8-year old celebrant who thought he was crap. CRACKED.COM — Source

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ACTOR JASON MOMOA IS ALSO A PAINTER, HAVING STUDIED THE ART IN PARIS CRACKED.COM Which isn't strange, considering that his mother is a professional painter and photographer. — Source

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CRACKED COM days Conste Margot Robbie has given 100 tattoos to different people in her free time. — Source

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EZRA MILLER IS A TALENTED OPERA SINGER sada and BROW Не started taking singing classes as a child to overcome his stuttering. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Sir Anthony Hopkins paints canvases that sell for up to $80,000. BLK Не paints four times a week, for hours and hours, and he's made more paintings than he can count. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The U.S. Cyber Command UNITED STATES CYBER COMMAND emblem contains a hidden code. e 2 When cracked, the q 2 32 character string translates into the م unit's (lengthy) mission statement: USCYBERCOM plans, coordinates, integrates, synchronizes and conducts activities to... ensure US/Allied freedom of action in cyberspace and deny the same to our adversaries. GRAGKED.COM — Source

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Halloween

The 1978 Halloween poster features a hidden screaming face. HALLOWEEN The Night Не Came Home! CRACKED.COM — Source

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32 Bits of Trivia That Fell Into Forbidden Love Just as an Age-Old Rivalry Between Their Powerful Families Spilled Over Into Violent Confrontation — Source

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Flamethrowers, first used by the Germans in 1901... ...were actually invented by the Greeks in 673 A.D. CRACKED.COM http://wwww.greece.org/Romiosini/greek fire html — Source

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The eyes of the world are upon you.

THE HISTORY OF THE VIKINGS WAS PENNED IN THE 1300s... ...AFTER SCANDINAVIA In fact, some of the Viking HAD BECOME history might sound CHRISTIAN. familiar, like Odin sacrificing himself by hanging on a tree and getting pierced by a spear. CRACKED.COM http://utpress.utexas.edu/index .php/books/snohei — Source

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The Inuit (and their ancestors) have been wearing sunglasses for 2,000 years. Photos: Getty Creative National Gemmaphic GRAGKED.COM http://www.canadacool.com/location/worlds-oldest-sunglasses/ — Source

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Shopping by picking the items you need off the shelves didn't start until 1916. لالك ML $5.90, - Before that, shoppers would hand their list to a clerk, who would get the items for them. The first shop to set items out for CILANTA customers to $3.10 grab was the Piggly Wiggly. CRACKED.COM http:/www.memphismuseums.org/sub_exhibit-2590/ — Source

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Women in some parts of Switzerland didn't get the vote until 1990. EN VOTES FOR WOM VO Image Getty Creative FO WO That's the same year Oprah Winfrey became the first woman to own and produce her own syndicated television show. CRACKED.COM vote — Source

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Wounded Knee

Wounded Knee, the most recent clash between Native Americans and the U.S. government, took place in 1973. images Wikunedia Commons cnn.com Also news in 1973: Watergate. CRACKED.COM http://www.usmarshals.gov/history/wounded-knee/index.html — Source

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World War 2 didn't officially end until 1990. That year, Russia and Germany signed the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany. Photo: cvce.edu WikimediaCo CRACKED.COM http://chnm.gmu.edu/1989/items/show/290 — Source

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The spiritual practice of YOGA was actually invented in 1960. The same year the Playboy Club opened. GRACKED.COM — Source

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The highest floor of the Empire State Building is reserved for a chosen few. The 103rd floor, which is so secret it's usually not listed, is only open to the rich and/or famous. It's a small observatory with 360-degree views. Almost no sounds reach it, so there's near-total silence. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Give us a song, Gurney. In Dune, this is what Paul tells Josh Brolin's Gurney to get out of a knife fight with him. In the book-and what Part 1 left out - Gurney Halleck plays the baliset, a fictional instrument that's a cross between a sitar and a mandolin. Scenes with Gurney holding the instrument were filmed but ultimately cut. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Get Out

GET OUT The name Armitage connects the movie to H.P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror, a novella about race mixing. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Loki

LOKI When Loki crashes in the Mongolian desert in episode one, it's a callback to Tony crashing in the desert following his escape in Iron Man. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Courtroom sketch artists sell their work to attorneys. Some lawyers like to use a sketch as a sort of trophy if they win a case. The Library of Congress has 96 courtroom drawings of famous cases. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Audiobook narrators may only have one night to review. That means you may only be able to scan the book once before your performance. It's important that voice actors research words that describe vocal attributions, are hard to pronounce, or indicate accents before they record. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Suicide hotlines receive frequent prank calls. ND 90101 Suicide hotline volunteers receive terrible, graphic prank calls reguarly, sometimes in batches as initiated by trolls on websites. Sometimes people will even call and try to make it sexual. CRACKED.COM — Source

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