31 Bits of Trivia Which, Strung End-to-End, Would Wrap Around the Earth Six Times
We didn’t know certain things, but now we do. Thank you, facts!
![31 Bits of Trivia Which, Strung End-to-End, Would Wrap Around the Earth Six Times](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/4/5/983445_320x180.jpg)
We’ll never forget our first list. It was like nothing we’d ever seen before. There were colors, pictures and these words that were placed in just the right order. An order that (when read from left to right) somehow planted information into our heads. Like, we didn’t know that over a quarter of the bones in our body are in our feet. But now we do! Isn’t that wild?!
![CHIN UP, YOU'RE HUMAN CRACKED.COM Not just the lower part of our face, the chin is a specific term for that little piece of bone extending from the jaw, and humans are the only animals on the planet that have one. Even chimps and gorillas, our closest genetic cousins, lack chins.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/7/974937.jpg)
![SMALL BUT MIGHTY BE CRACKED.COM While our index finger, middle finger, and thumb are much bigger, they're mostly there to provide dexterity. 50% of our hand strength actually comes from our pinky.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/5/974935.jpg)
![HARD AS NAILS CRACKED.COM On average, the human body contains enough iron to make a 3 inch (7.5 cm) long nail. Most of this iron is found in the blood.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/6/974936.jpg)
![BLINK AND YOU'LL MISS IT CRACKED.COM 1 blink is 100 milliseconds, and we blink roughly every 6 seconds, so that's 1/60th of our awake time. If we get 8 hours of sleep per night, then we're awake 2/3rds of hopefully an 80 year lifetime, and at that rate, we're blinking for 0.9 years of our lives.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/4/974934.jpg)
![THE EYE IS A GREAT CAMERA CRACKED.COM According to scientist and photographer Dr. Roger Clark, the human eye's resolution is 576 megapixels. Inspired by the eye, Samsung plans to release a 576 megapixel camera in 2025.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/3/974933.jpg)
![BONE HOGS CRACKED.COM With 206 total bones in our body, and 52 bones in our feet (26 in each foot), just over one quarter of our bones are in our feet.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/1/974931.jpg)
![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.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/2/974932.jpg)
![BUSY PHILIPPS AND JAMES FRANCO DIDN'T GET ALONG CRACKED.COM Philipps says that Franco was a bully and physically assaulted her on-set.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/0/974930.jpg)
![BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Carell went to bat for JANE LYNCH GRAGKED.COM My role was orginally written for a guy, reveals Lynch. And Steve advocated for me and said 'we should bring Jane in for this.' Everything we improvised in the audition ended up in the movie. Including the Guatemalan love song?](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/9/974929.jpg)
![BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS THE FILM'S FAILURE AT THE BOX OFFICE DEVASTATED THE CAST. WALK&AADD The movie only ended up making $20 million at the box office on a budget of $35 million. It took me a couple years to dig out of the sadness of that, said John С. Rilley about the film's lackluster box office performance. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/8/974928.jpg)
![LIZZY CAPLAN AUDITIONED FOR LINDSAY WEIR AND KIM KELLY CRACKED.COM Before she was cast as Sara, she auditioned for the two main female leads.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/7/974927.jpg)
![Real-life couple Mary Elizabeth Ellis (The Waitress) and Charlie Day met because he won an arm-wrestling match. They were at a bar. Day and his friend both thought she was cute and arm-wrestled to see who see who got to talk to Ellis. Day won. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/6/974926.jpg)
![EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS THE FIRE JOKE community CALLBACK During season 3's episode, The First Chang Dynasty, Chang says: Fire can't go through doors, stupid. It's not a ghost! In season 4's Paranormal Parentage, Pierce says: Ghosts can't go through doors, stupid. It's not a fire! CRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/5/974925.jpg)
![The end credits include a hidden audio message when played backwards RCG Messages include Sorry for wasting your time and money, but thanks for your money. and They got chicken in Philly. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/4/974924.jpg)
![30 Rock has 7.44 jokes per minute on average Talib Visram calculated that the show had the most jokes per minute compared to other popular sitcoms. BEHIND-THE-SCENES CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/3/974923.jpg)
![EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES Trevor, forever flying through the void In season three, Maya Rudolph's character The Judge sends Adam Scott's demon character Trevor flying off the walkway into the void of the afterlife. Every time after, when someone walks over the bridge in the afterlife system, you can spot Trevor in the background flying backwards. The Good Place GRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/2/974922.jpg)
![BEHINO-THE-SCENES FACTS Jack Black made a personal plea to LED ZEPPELIN GRACKED.COM Не videotaped an appeal, filmed in front of a huge crowd, asking Robert Plant and the boys for permission to use Immigrant Song in the film. It may seem corny but it worked, says Black about nailing the audish. The moral of the story is: Don't be too proud to beg.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/1/974921.jpg)
![Peter Falk thought he was too young to play a grandfather. CRACKED.COM At 60-something, Falk asked to test with prosthetics to look older. Не didn't like how it looked.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/0/974920.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM Bill Hader's most memorable moment on Saturday Night Live was playing in a punk band with Dave Grohl. NEW In a sketch about aging rock stars, Hader played bass while the Foo Fighters lead singer played drums. The comedian said he remained on a high for about two months after that night.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/1/9/974919.jpg)
![the office One of Angela Kinsey's all-time favorite moments was the Yankee swap during the very first Christmas episode. You know, the one featuring that bizarre jazz babies poster. It's so weird. They didn't let us see the poster until we did the first take, and we all lost it. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/1/8/974918.jpg)
![Kurt Cobain invented Grunge fashion because he was broke. of His mismatching outfits were mostly stuff he bought in thrift stores. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/1/6/974916.jpg)
![Bill Nye wears bow ties because a long tie would be at risk of falling into his science experiments. GRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/1/7/974917.jpg)
![Colin Farrell is an authority on line dancing. Не used to make a living teaching it in bars. As a 19-year-old aspiring actor, Farrell supported himself by touring nightclubs across Ireland and clutching his belt to some good ol' country and western music. Не hasn't gotten rusty, either. Не recently led a line dancing class on Ellen. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/1/5/974915.jpg)
![Actor Ed O'Neill is hardcore into martial arts. He's not just a fan-he's a jiu-jitsu black belt. O'Neill has been studying Brazilian jiu-jitsu for over two decades. Не got his black belt from the Gracie family, one of the most legendary groups in martial arts, in 2007. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/1/1/974911.jpg)
![Steven Colbert is obsessed with J.R.R. Tolkien. Не even beat Peter Jackson's Tolkien expert, in a quiz. Jackson says Colbert is the biggest Tolkien geek he's ever met, and Colbert owns Aragorn's sword- which he got directly from Viggo Mortensen. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/1/2/974912.jpg)
![See the fold in the elephant's ear, in the Evernote logo? EVERNOTE GIRL 45 fe. But Id Ai Ps ng W X It's an allusion to dog-eared books and to the default icon for a document. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/1/4/974914.jpg)
![The smiley face of the Goodwill Industries logo GOODWI BOY'S ORT SLEE SHIRTS goodwill CRACKED.COM is also the g in the beginning of the nonprofit company's name.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/1/0/974910.jpg)
![The gold and blue swishes around 12 / Dairy Queen's symmetrical ellipse BLIZZARD represents the food it serves. ATRO DQ The gold signifies the hot foods and the blue signifies the soft-serve treats. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/1/3/974913.jpg)
![You might think that Hyundai's logo is simply a stylized 'H.' It actually represents two people, the company and the customer, shaking hands. CRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/0/9/974909.jpg)
![Ubuntu's logo features a circle of three friends holding each other's hands. The name Ubuntu comes from a South African humanist philosophy, which translates to I am because we are. CRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/0/7/974907.jpg)
![If the Quiksilver logo ever seemed weirdly familiar... - 7. i ...it might be because it's a depiction of the famous Japanese woodcut, The Great Wave off Kanagawa. GRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/0/8/974908.jpg)