27 Bits of Trivia So Tender and Mild, They Make That Holy Infant Look Like Chucky
Some random facts of kindness
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You always hear about that annoying little drummer boy who came to abruptly awaken a certain baby in a certain manger during nap time. But you never hear about the little fact boy who came to drop some knowledge on the baby, do ya? We think manger boy would much rather hear that the first sci-fi convention was held in Victorian England than that ridiculous little pa rum pum pum pum nonsense!
![Malcolm x and Redd Foxx were close friends. The rights activist and the raunchy comedian met long before any of them even picked the names they went on to become famous as. As they were both redheads, they were known as Detroit Red and Chicago Red, respectively. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/1/3/991213.jpg)
![The Woman Yelling at a Cat meme has a dark backstory. I H The woman is Taylor Armstrong in The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills - and she's yelling at fellow cast member Camille Grammer, for spreading rumors about the suicide of Armstrong's former abusive husband. The cat's indifference doesn't look as hilarious in context, does it? CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/1/4/991214.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM The video game crash wasn't caused just by E.T. HORO When Atari failed to legally stop Activision from making games for their console, the floodgates opened - and within months, everyone and their dog was releasing crappy games by the ton. By Christmas, the entire industry was bankrupt.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/1/6/991216.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM Zootopia's popsicle fraud happened for real. An ice cream company in Istanbul, Turkey ran a promotion where you could get a free popsicle by turning in a popsicle stick with the word FREE printed on it. Then a couple of crooks started counterfeiting their own winning sticks, and trading them for popsicles (which they then sold).](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/1/2/991212.jpg)
![UNITED STATES NASA covered up a heart attack on the Moon. During Apollo 15, Mission Control detected that astronaut James Irwin had an arrhythmia serious enough to carry him to an ICU. Luckily, Irwin's spacesuit doubled as a mobile ICU, supplying him with oxygen and monitoring his vitals. No one in the crew was told about the incident. GRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/1/1/991211.jpg)
![John Stamos kept the couch from Full House. The blue plaid couch at the center of the Tanner family's living room is property of Uncle Jesse himself. In 2020, Stamos shared a snap on Instagram of his toddler standing next to the iconic sitcom prop. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/1/0/991210.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze is about alien planets, not drugs. The song's title comes from the purplish haze of sunspots mentioned in Philip José Farmer's Night of Light. Inspired by this science-fiction novel, Hendrix wrote a long poem about the history of Neptune, which he then pared down into his legendary song.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/0/9/991209.jpg)
![S S S S All Skittles actually S taste the same. All the differently-colored candy pills are made of the same thing - sugar. The differences you experience come from fragrances and colors (yes, even colors can trick the tasting part of your brain). So you're smelling (and seeing) the rainbow, rather than actually tasting it. S S S SV S S CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/0/8/991208.jpg)
![Data security firms just pay hackers off. You can't pay off hackers who encrypt your data with ransomware - that'd only encourage them. That's why some companies hire recovery services, even if it's more expensive. Plot twist: Often these services just pay the ransom and pocket the difference. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/1/5/991215.jpg)
![The first thing ever bought with Bitcoin was Papa John's pizza. Every May 22, cryptophiles celebrate Bitcoin Pizza Day, the anniversary of the first ever crypto transaction. On that date in 2010, programmer Laszlo Hanyecz plunked down 10,000 Bitcoin for two pizzas from Papa John's. Не could get a lot more pizza with that today, but Hanyecz has no regrets. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/0/7/991207.jpg)
![ARES The Martian cut a reference to cannibalism. In Andy Weir's novel, astronaut Beth Johanssen (Kate Mara in the movie) explains that if the ship fails to get supplies for the trip back to Mars, the rest of the crew will commit suicide - and she will eat them. The supplies wouldn't be the only source of food, she exposits. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/0/6/991206.jpg)
![The last mammoths are more recent than the Egyptian pyramids. Wooly mammoths died out about 4,000 years ago. By then, the furry mega-phants could only be found on Wrangel Island, in the Arctic Ocean. It wasn't a dignified ending for the giants - their population got so small that it was extreme inbreeding that finally did them in. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/0/4/991204.jpg)
![OOH Taking an at-home DNA test can destroy your military career. If you're a member of the armed forces, a 23andMe test can cause worse than awkward family conversations. The tests can find genetic markers for medical conditions that'd get you booted out of the military, where you are not protected by the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. CRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/0/5/991205.jpg)
![ROYALA British Airways deleted their competition from Casino Royale. When negotiations with British Airways to show their planes fell through, Casino Royale went with their competition, Virgin Atlantic. BA responded in a very mature way, by removing the Virgin logo (and a Richard Branson cameo) from their in-flight version of the movie. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/0/2/991202.jpg)
![Superman used Spider- Man's catchphrase long before Spider-Man. Because of these great powers ... you have a great responsibility. Uncle Ben? Nope - Pa Kent to Clark in Superman Comes to Earth, the first-ever live-action version of the hero. The serial came out in 1948, a full 14 years before the webslinger was created. GRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/0/3/991203.jpg)
![Sea serpents may have been whale dongs. According to ecologist Charles Paxton, many sea monster sightings of old may have been caused by whales flashing sailors their huge willies from a distance. Many of the large baleen whales have long, snake-like penises, he wrote in 2005, before going on to talk about frisky cetaceans swimming on their backs. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/0/0/991200.jpg)
![CRACKED COM Railroad companies helped fight segregation (for money). In 1890, civil rights activist Louis Martinet tried to pull a Rosa Parks long before Rosa Parks, to undermine segregation in trains - and railroad officials helped him, as enforcing segregation cost them extra money. But the whole thing backfired, resulting in the infamous separate but equal doctrine.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/0/1/991201.jpg)
![GNAI NY I The IONY logo was quickly sketched during a cab ride. Artist Milton Glaser doodled the logo with crayon on scrap paper in the backseat of a taxi, in 1977. The original is now part of the Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/9/9/991199.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM A game by the creator of BioShock was turned into a Bollywood musical. Between System Shock and Bioshock, Ken Levine developed The Lost, about a mother rescuing her daughter from Hell. But the publisher never released it, and the game was eventually repurposed for the Indian market as Agni: Queen of Darkness, complete with Bollywood dance numbers.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/9/8/991198.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM Seven people hold the keys to the internet. Seven persons from all over the world have keys (smart keycards, actually) that can restart DNSSEC, an important system that makes sure you actually get the site you want when you type, say, cracked.com. In case of catastrophic failure, at least five of them would need to come together to launch the system again.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/9/7/991197.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM Frieda Caplan changed the groceries Americans buy. If you like habanero peppers, shiitake mushrooms, or kiwis, thank Kiwi Queen Caplan that you can get those at your grocery store. She started introducing unconventional foods in the 1960s, while working at her in- laws' produce house. Caplan single-handedly brought kiwis to American markets. shati](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/9/6/991196.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM The Nazis had concentration camps in Great Britain. During World War II, Germany occupied the island of Alderney, in the English Channel, and built concentration camps there. For a long time, the British government was very sketchy about what went down in Alderney - we needed archaeologists to investigate the place and tell us it was very bad.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/9/4/991194.jpg)
![The first sci-fi convention happened in Victorian England. Edward Bulwer-Lytton's book Vril: The Power of The Coming Race garnered such a following that a five day long Vril-Ya Bazaar and Fête was held in London in 1891. This is considered the very first sci-fi convention, complete with merch booths and cosplayers. GRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/9/5/991195.jpg)
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![Oscar winners can't legally sell their awards. Since the Academy doesn't want their statuettes in the marketplace, there's a rule that if you want to sell your Oscar, you have to first offer to sell it back to the Academy itself, for just $10. Sounds like a weird rule, but a judge upheld it as legal in 2015. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/9/0/991190.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM Spiders can go paragliding. The little critters can knit themselves a sort of kite, and go flying (or ballooning, as this is called). They can travel 2.5 miles up and 1,000 miles out. Not freaky enough? Then try this: Spider flight is driven by the Earth's electric field.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/9/2/991192.jpg)
![American Libertarians funded a violent cult. In one of the countless harebrained Libertarian attempts at a micronation, a group called the Phoenix Foundation provided guns and funds to a cult leader named Jimmy Stevens, who wanted to secede from Vanuatu. The foundation faded away after Stevens' attempt failed in 1980. CRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/9/1/991191.jpg)