31 Bits of Trivia That Have Been Handed Down From Generation to Generation in a Sacred Listicle for Millennia
Better than money, father’s will was full of facts!
![31 Bits of Trivia That Have Been Handed Down From Generation to Generation in a Sacred Listicle for Millennia](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/4/3/995443_320x180.jpg)
Elders have been passing down knowledge to their youngins since the dawn of time. Some of that information made it all the way to our present-day minds, but some (like the building of those pesky pyramids) was lost along the way. Today, we focus on the facts that made it, because well, we don’t have the ones that didn’t. Unless, of course, you want to look at a bunch of empty pages.
![CRACKED.COM The movie Mission to Mars was based on a Disneyland ride. Before Pirates of the Caribbean, Brian De Palma's Mission to Mars was loosely based on the Tomorrowland ride of the same name. The connection was downplayed in the marketing, though, and it's unclear whether De Palma himself was aware of it.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/0/990950.jpg)
![Someone calculated just how fast the Doom guy is. Redditor u/Phytor has done the math on this long-debated issue. Не concluded that Mr. Doom Man weighs 1,204 lbs, and still manages to walk at a speed of 49.5 miles per hour. That's faster than Usain Bolt (on a motorbike). CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/9/990949.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM A treatment for alcoholism involves poisoning the patient. Disulfiram was the first drug approved by the FDA to treat alcohol dependence. It's never the first option, though, as its effect is as simple as it is devious: it makes alcohol poisonous. (Or rather, it interferes with the body's ability to make it not poisonous).](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/8/990948.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM George Washington was actually the 15th U.S. president. Before Washington, 14 people held the office of President of the Continental Congress between 1774 and 1788, when the Constitution created a new executive branch. Those guys aren't officially counted, mostly because it was a largely ceremonial position with no real power.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/7/990947.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM Rick & Morty's Council of Ricks is based on The Fantastic Four. A body composed of versions from different realities of a genius scientist? Reed Richards did it first. The Interdimensional Council of Reeds was founded by three Fantastic Men who finagled themselves an Infinity Gauntlet.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/6/990946.jpg)
![A Springfield, IL officially honored Cobra Commander. As Springfield was hosting a big G.I. Joe convention in 2015, the event was celebrated by handing the keys to the city to the show's villain. It kinda checks out, Considering Illinois' long history of government corruption. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/5/990945.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM 12:01 PM was Groundhog Day before Groundhog Day. The 1990 short film starring Kurtwood Smith doesn't just have the same premise as the Bill Murray movie, but a lot of the elements and plot beats are the same. The writer and the director reportedly tried to sue the makers of Groundhog Day, but ultimately gave up.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/4/990944.jpg)
![Dogs can donate blood to cats In the war between the species, there's no bad blood. After a bout of cat food poisoning in the UK, vets were forced to use dogs' blood in transfusions to save cats. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/3/990943.jpg)
![Dogs feel their owners' stress By measuring stress levels in hair, researchers have discovered that dogs are affected by both short-term and long-term stress of their owners. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/1/990941.jpg)
![Wolves can also play fetch Scientists were surprised to discover that wolf puppies were interested in balls and were able to return them to a stranger with enncouragement. This went against previous understanding of dog evolution. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/2/990942.jpg)
![Puppies are born understanding us Prior to extensive exposure to humans, puppies are able to understand the human social gaze and human cues, like pointing. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/0/990940.jpg)
![Dogs match children's behavior More than adults, dogs pay a lot of attention to the kids who live with them, including synchronizing behaviors. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/9/990939.jpg)
![We domesticated dogs before plants Dogs were domesticated at least 15,000 years ago, with the first attempt to domesticate plants and other animals at around 9500 ВСЕ. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/8/990938.jpg)
![LOOKING AT A PHOTO OF A LOVED ONE REDUCES PAIN. Looking at a photo of a romantic partner can activate reward systems that reduce pain. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/7/990937.jpg)
![FALLING IN LOVE TRIGGERS THE SAME EUPHORIA IN THE BRAIN AS COCAINE. It can occur in a fifth of a second. I guess all those songs comparing love to drugs are correct. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/5/990935.jpg)
![HEARTACHE REALLY AFFECTS OUR HEARTS. Emotional pain involves the same regions of the brain as physical pain. Emotional stress, like during a breakup, causes muscle tightness, chest pain, and increased heart rate. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/6/990936.jpg)
![On average, people don't gain weight after a breakup. 2019 GRACKED.COM Emotionally eating doesn't appear to be as big of an issue as media makes it out to be.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/3/990933.jpg)
![After a breakup, your self-concept is vulnerable. 2010 CRACKED.COM After a breakup, you may feel a your sense of you changes, on top of having to deal with the grief of losing a partner.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/4/990934.jpg)
![Changing your partners probably won't change your relationship issues. 2019 CRACKED.COM In one long-term study, researchers found people repeated the same dynamics of ended relationships in new relationships.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/2/990932.jpg)
![The youngest athlete to ever win a medal was 10 years old. Dimitrios Loundras was the youngest athlete to ever medal in the modern Olympics. Не won bronze in gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/1/990931.jpg)
![The DO Olympic torch has been to space. Агрегат 11T1 Зав. № 3069 Рег. № 126 Отв.Абенны - Through THE Thrice- in 1996, 2000, and 2013. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/0/990930.jpg)
![Longest Coach Suspension NFL VL BOWL CRACKED COM Saints coach Sean Payton was given a one-year suspension in 2012. And all he did was give his team cash payments for every opposing player they intentionally injured!](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/9/990929.jpg)
![The first official Olympic mascot was Waldi at the 1972 Games in Munich. Не was a dachshund, a German dog breed. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/8/990928.jpg)
![GRAGKED.COM CANCELLED OLYMPIC EVENTS In the 1908 Olympics, Underwater Swimming was scored in time and distance. The bronze medal winner actually swam longest, but went in circles instead of a straight line.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/7/990927.jpg)
![Gold medals are not made of gold. They are mostly silver and finished with gold. The last time they were solid gold was in the 1904 Olympic Games. London CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/6/990926.jpg)
![The first e-mail: 1971 € 2 5 0 Z T R E W Q TOREY adidas H G F D S The first few missives sent CRACKED.COM using the @ symbol were messages from programmer Ray Tomlinson to... himself. Не says the first one was probably QWERTYIOP or something similar.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/5/990925.jpg)
![The first search engine: 1990 Archie Query Form for: CRACKED.COM Archie (that's archive, minus the v) was created 8 years before Google, by college student Alan Emtage.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/4/990924.jpg)
![The first YouTube video: 2005 CRACKED.COM YouTube cofounder Jawed Karim's Me at the ZOO has the energy of an aborted Jackass stunt. Не motions to the elephants behind him and expounds on their really really really long, um... trunks.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/3/990923.jpg)
![The first emoticon: 1982 5-82 11:44 Scott E Fahlman :-) Scott E Fahlman <Fahlman at Cmu-20c> I propose that the following character sequence for joke :-) Read it sideways. Actually, it is probably more economic things that are NOT jokes, given current trends. For thi :-( GRACKED.COM People have always struggled to communicate sarcasm online. Computer scientist Scott Fahlman proposed the Carnegie Mellon comp-sci department mark humor with a simple :-).](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/1/990921.jpg)
![The first live webcam: 1991 www.clcamacuk/coffee/ CRACKED.COM University of Cambridge researchers got tired of running to a different floor to check on their coffee pot, so they engineered a livestream to keep tabs on it. It racked up millions of views from curious early internet users.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/2/990922.jpg)
![The first AOL IM: 1993 PROGRAM DISK Insert disk in your floppy disk drive (A or B): click on the File AMERICA menu of your Windows Program Manager; select Run: then type Online A\SETUP (or BASETUP) and press OK, FOR WINDOWS™ Version 2.0 00001005 This was also the last wholesome DM. AOL exec Ted Leonsis IM'd CRACKED.COM his wife Don't be scared ... it is me. Love you and miss you. (to which she responded, Wow ... ... this is so cool!)](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/0/990920.jpg)