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December 25, 2023

It’s wild isn’t it? You’re going about your day-to-day life when you’re suddenly hit with a new little tidbit of information. One so astonishing that you can actually feel your brain quiver a little. Then you’re hooked. You need more! Here… An abandoned rocket once crashed into the dark side of the moon. Feel that? We did.

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EARTH HOLDS AN ABUNDANT RESERVE OF GOLD WITHIN ITS DEPTHS. CRACKED There's enough to coat the entire planet's surface with a layer 1.5 feet thick. — Source

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IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, A DROP OF WATER TAKES APPROXIMATELY 90 DAYS TO TRAVEL ITS ENTIRE LENGTH. CRACKED At 2,340 miles, it stands as the fourth-largest watershed globally. — Source

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JAPAN TAKES THE LEAD IN VENDING MACHINES, BOASTING ONE FOR EVERY 40 PEOPLE. PG JOSANG 2F BOS BOS 120120 130 130 130 NAKA BOSS pepsi ФАНТ COSTROL 1535 CRACKED These machines offer various beverages, ice cream, noodles, disposable cameras, and more. — Source

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LEMONS WILL FLOAT IN WATER, WHILE LIMES WILL SINK. GRACKED This is because limes are denser. — Source

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Firefighters

FIREFIGHTERS EMPLOY WETTING AGENTS TO MAKE WATER WETTER. PR 1 MSA SA MS MSA M CRACKED 0 These chemicals reduce the surface tension of water, making it easier to spread and allowing for better absorption into objects, earning the term wet water. — Source

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TIM STORMS, THE MAN WITH THE WORLD'S DEEPEST VOICE, CAN PRODUCE SOUNDS THAT ARE BEYOND THE AUDIBLE RANGE FOR HUMANS. CRACKED Even though he can't perceive the note himself, elephants are capable of hearing it as it resonates eight octaves below the lowest G on a piano. — Source

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Dogs grieve other dogs they live with Dog lovers won't be surprised to learn that 90% of dogs will 'mourn' dogs who lived in the same household for months after the death. Negative reactions include eating less and seeking more attention. CRACKED.COM — Source

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An abandoned rocket crashed into the farside of the Moon Astronomers thought the discarded part of a rocket might have been from SpaceX, later saying it was Chinese (which China denies.) Either way, the rocket probably left a crater and did minimal damage. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Human Brain

Our brains respond differently to singing than other music Neuroscientists have found neurons in the human brain that light up when we hear singing but not other music. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Owning a pet is good for your brain Owning a cat or dog for over five years is linked to lower cognitive decline in older adults. Researchers speculate this is because pets can lower your stress levels. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Lead in gas shrank the IQ points of 50% of Americans FOR USE AS A MOTOR FUEL ONLY CONTAINS LEAD Lead in gasoline was banned in 1996, but prior to that, it is estimated to have cost Americans about 2.6 IQ points per person, with IQ loss up to 7 points for people born in the 60s and 70s. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The astroid that killed the dinosaurs hit in springtime Dinosaurs were probably enjoying a nice spring day during their final moments on Earth, researchers reveal. They were able to study the bones of fish who were killed less than sixty minutes after the impact. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE ACTUALLY LOOKS BACK IN TIME. WHEN IT TAKES A PICTURE OF A GALAXY 100 MILLION LIGHT YEARS AWAY, WE ARE SEEING THE GALAXY AS IT LOOKED 100 MILLION YEARS AGO. — Source

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CRACKED.COM The Sun's atmosphere extends far beyond Earth. So, basically we live inside the sun. — Source

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Whether it's a giraffe or a mouse, pretty much all mammals have the same number of neck bones. CRACKED.COM — Source

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THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE LIVING IN TOKYO, THE CAPITAL OF JAPAN, THAN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY OF CANADA, THE SECOND BIGGEST COUNTRY AFTER RUSSIA. CANADA POPULATION TOKYO POPULATION 36.44 MILLION 38.24 MILLION TOKYO IS REPRESENTED WITH A RED DOT ON THE MAP OF JAPAN. CRACKED.COM — Source

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GRACKED.COM 3.04 TRILLION TREES THERE ARE MORE TREES ON EARTH THAN THERE ARE STARS IN THE MILKY WAY. APPROXIMATELY 400 BILLION STARS — Source

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Not all infinities are the same size. Georg Cantor demonstrated that there are more real numbers than natural numbers, even though there's an infinite amount of each. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A tomato has about 7,000 more genes than a human being. CRACKED.COM — Source

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As metal expands on heating, the Eiffel Tower is actually 15-17cm taller in the summer CRACKED.COM — Source

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Earth may have been purple at one time. CRACKED.COM Plants use chlorophyll for photosynthesis, which gives much of the Earth its green color. Before chlorophyll, a molecule called retinal, which absorbs green and yellow light while giving off red and blue. — Source

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Canada's forests make up nearly 9% of the world's total forest area. GRACKED COM Canada has 347 million hectares of forest, which contributes to 38% of its total land area. There is 4.06 billion hectares of forest on Earth, of which 1 billion are undisturbed by humans. — Source

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Due to their fur, the polar bear is relatively invisible to an infrared camera. GRAGKED.COM Polar bear hair has a hollow core which effectively prevents the infrared emission, or heat signature, of the polar bear from escaping the fur. This helps the bear retain its heat and stay warm. — Source

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NASA mistakenly erased the original tape of the first steps on the moon. NAS CRACKED.COM NASA admitted in 2006 that no one could find the original video recordings of the July 20, 1969, landing. The tapes were part of a batch of 200,000 tapes that were magnetically erased and re-used. — Source

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More photos were taken in the past seven years than in all of the previous history. HOR em on PHOTO SQUARE VIDEO CRACKED.COM Estimates for the amount of photos taken during the last 150 years, up until 2015, range from 2.5 to 3.5 trillion. Thanks to the advent of camera phones, 1.2 trillion photos were taken in 2017 alone. — Source

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The Brontosaurus is not only extinct, it never existed in the first place. CRACKED COM When the fossilized bones of the Apatosaurus were dug up, some were wrongly identified as being a wholly separate creature. — Source

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Military grade means the opposite of what you think it means. CRACKED.COM In the actual military, military grade is defined as meeting the bare-minimum requirements of durability, while also costing the least. — Source

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An early treatment for syphilis was malaria. The guy who came up malarial blood transfusions won the Nobel Prize. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Nintendo is over 130 years old. T BUARDE PLAYING TRADE CARDS MARK THE NINTENDO PLAYING CARD GO SHOMEN-DORI OHASHI, KYOTO. JAPAN. They've sold playing cards, ramen, and even tried their hand at love hotels. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The first-ever Marvel movie was Howard the Duck. HOWARD the THE DUCK There was an earlier Captain America movie, but Marvel didn't actually exist yet. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Soviets put out a huge gas fire by nuking it. A gas well was on fire for three years before the bomb blew it out like a birthday candle. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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