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27 Golden Brown Bits of Trivia That Started Life as a Fact-Packed Pink Sludge But Were Deep Fried to Perfection

December 11, 2023

They asked us to splatter these facts on your screen like paint through a strainer, but we said no! We stood up in that boardroom meeting and demanded that we politely gather these facts in an orderly line, so that you could take them in one by one. It was the first time we stood up to the powers that be. So as we bang out this last sentence while security approaches our desk, we truly hope you enjoy the…

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CRACKED FAN STUNTS A fan sent JARED LETO their severed ear (and he wore it as a necklace!) Someone cut their ear off once and sent it to me, that was very strange. A whole ear. The van Gogh move. The note just said, 'are you listening? I never knew who it was, who's missing their ear out there? I poked a hole in it and wore it as a necklace! — Source

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Bruce Lee

CRACKED FAN STUNTS A man challenged BRUCE LEE to a fight. Wong Jack-man didn't like the way Lee conducted himself in an interview, and wished to fight him. Lee accepted, and won, but spectators said it was a close fight. — Source

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CRACKED FAN STUNTS DOLLY PARTON found a newborn baby named Jolene on her doorstep. Little Jolene was addressed to her with a note saying that her momma wished for Parton to care for her. Parton called the Department of Health and Human Services, and took care of the baby (until they arrived). — Source

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A 25-year old Quentin Tarantino appeared as an Elvis Presley impersonator in one episode of THE GOLDEN GIRLS GRAGKED.COM — Source

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Stanley Tucci scrubbed toilets that didn't have running water. RESTROOM At a young age, the actor worked at a park in Westchester, New York. Не called the experience too disgusting to describe. CRACKED COM — Source

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Hillary Clinton had a job in Alaska scooping out fish guts. She worked in a salmon factory for one summer and was immediately fired for questioning the freshness of the fish. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Jon Stewart was a puppeteer. His puppet show aimed to teach kids how to behave towards disabled people. CRACKED COM — Source

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Miley Cyrus' first paid job was to... ...go on stage after her dad's show and pick up all the thrown bras and underwear. Не paid her $10 for that. MILEYALIVE CRACKED.COM — Source

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Chris Hemsworth used to clean breast pumps. Before making it as an actor, Hemsworth used to clean rented breast pumps for a pharmacy. Не has described the job as the worst one CRACKED.COM he has ever had, and no wonder: to keep the machines clean, he had to wash them by hand! — Source

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Movie theaters dread working with Disney. Disney exercises a crazy amount of control, down to projector specifications. They don't release the key for the movie until five minutes before the first showing, which doesn't allow for any troubleshooting. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Air traffic controllers have to retire by 56. You have to start the job when you're 30 or younger, and everyone must retire young to avoid any age-related mental decline. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Tattoo artists make mistakes all the time. Hey, they're human after all. However, a good tattoo artist knows how to cover it up in a way you won't notice. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Target has two forensic labs. O TARGET 1000 Based in Las Vegas and Minneapolis, there are two locations specifically to analyze security footage and find evidence of crimes. Employees are expected to not interfere in case of shoplifters, only contact asset protection teams. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The digital music player was actually proposed in the 1970s. British inventor Kane Kramer came up with the idea for a pocket-sized, portable solid state music player in 1979. The IXI System had a display screen and buttons for four-way navigation. In a report presented to investors in 1979, the IXI was described as being the size of a cigarette packet. CRACKED.COM http://www.wired com/2008/09/briton-invented/ — Source

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China

The Chinese Navy used multi-stage rockets in the 14th century. Images NASA, Wikimedia Commons That's 100 years before Columbus stumbled across the Atlantic and invented American slavery. GRACKED COM — Source

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Electronic games were invented in the 1940s. The Cathode-Ray Tube Amusement Device used knobs to shoot missiles at various targets. Photo: Wikimedia Commons GRACKED.COM http://classicgames.about.com/od/classicvideogames101/p/CathodeDevice.htm — Source

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The dildo is not a modern invention. Archaeologists recently found and reconstructed a stone phallus that dates back to the Ice Age. CRACKED COM http://news.bbc.co.uk/2misjence/nature/4713323.stm — Source

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Normal playing cards are older than tarot cards. A A Tarot cards were originally designed for a card game similar to modern-day bridge. People only started using them for fortune-telling about 250 years ago, a good 400 years after they were imported from the Middle East. In fact, normal playing cards have a longer history in Europe than tarot cards, preceding them by about 50 years. Photo Getty Creative CRACKED.COM hittp://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/extrasensory-perceptions/tarot-card6.htm — Source

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The last Civil War widow was still alive when 50 CENT hit G the top of the Forbes Richest Rapper list. http ://www washingtontimes .com/news/2008laug/18/ maudie-cecilia-hopkins-93-confederate-widow-dies/ GRACKED.COM http://rap.about.com/b/2008/08/18/50-cent-tops-forbes-richest-rappers-list-for-2008 htm — Source

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The car was invented in 1769- Seven years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. GRACKED.COM http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aacarssteama.htm — Source

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The last execution by guillotine happened the same year Star Wars came out. Death by guillotine was the official method of execution in France until 1981, and the last execution took place in 1977. CRACKED.COM http://www.guillotine.dk/Pages/History.htm — Source

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THE SUICIDE SQUAD There's a small TV in the prison scene that's screening The Toxic Avenger in the background. CRACKED.COM — Source

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JAMES GUNN ADDED A HOMAGE TO HIS LATE DOG IN THE SUICIDE SQUAD. TABACOS EXQUISITOS CN NITROS FR WESLBY ION SPRATIS PARA PERSONAS DE GUSTO During the filming of the movie, production was put on hold so Gunn could have time to say goodbye to his dog. Some cigars seen in the movie are branded Dr. Wesley Von Spears, one of the nicknames for his dog Wes. The dog also has a cameo in the foster home near the end of the movie. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CHUCKY Chucky hiding in the toilet is a shout-out to the 1985 comedy-horror, Ghoulies. CRACKED.COM — Source

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executive producer kevin feige CRACKED.COM HAWKEYE The opening titles honor the comic book- from the colors to the font to the geometric shapes of David Aja's original illustrated work. hawkeye — Source

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ALL THE COSTUME NODS TO FAMOUS MOVIES IN PALM SPRINGS. Andy Samberg's character Nyles' red Hawaiian shirt is a nod to the one Leonardo DiCaprio wears in Romeo + Juliet, and the nudie suit that Trevor wears is a nod to Punch-Drunk Love. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Disney World is hiding an abandoned island. Disney used it as a wildlife observatory, but shut it down in 1999 when they opened Animal Kingdom and moved all the animals there. Today, it's an overgrown jungle of empty animal cages, ruled by vultures (the actual kind, not the cartoon Disney kind). CRACKED.COM — Source

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