30 Harmless Bits of Trivia That Won’t Bite Unless It’s Backed Into a Corner
These facts will mark their territory in your brain
![30 Harmless Bits of Trivia That Won’t Bite Unless It’s Backed Into a Corner](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/0/2/999002_320x180.jpg)
Don’t be alarmed if old facts start disappearing when these bad boys get all up in your head. Our facts have a way of doing that. The more interesting the info, the more likely it’ll replace whatever dull nonsense you have kickin’ around up there. Don’t worry, you won’t miss it!
![ANG samuel L. Jackson was an usher at the funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr. Being a student at Atlanta's Morehouse College, where a funeral procession was held, Jackson volunteered to help people find their way around campus. MLK's assassination galvanized him into becoming politically active. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/6/998366.jpg)
![one second of Robin williams' improv added three months of CGI work to Flubber. Williams shoving his face into the Flubber wasn't scripted - he just did it, as was his usual M.O. The VFX team took three full months to get the goo to properly interact with William' face. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/5/998365.jpg)
![cute animals are used to spread misinformation. Posting adorable critters on social media is an almost foolproof way to get tons of engagement. BS peddlers know this, and will often post kittens and such to prime algorithms in their favor, and build audiences for their COVID misinformation and conspiracy theories. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/4/998364.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM Marie Curie was involved in a sex scandal. In 1910, a widowed Curie began an affair with physicist Paul Langevin - who was married. The press dragged Curie's name through the mud over it - but Albert Einstein came to her defense by saying that, uh, she wasn't attractive enough to threaten a marriage. What a great pal!](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/3/998363.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM The first Christmas lights were dismissed as a publicity stunt (because they were). Edward Hibberd Johnson, who was Thomas Edison's hype man, had the idea to prominently light a Christmas tree with electric bulbs in 1882. But the local press went, Ugh, Edison's at it again - Johnson had to call in a reporter all the way from Detroit to get any coverage.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/2/998362.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM The Spice Girls had their own Pete Best. To this day, there's disagreement over whether Michelle Stephenson left the group to take care of her sick mother, or if she just didn't fit. Whatever the reason, Stephenson was replaced by a singer named Abigail Kas (who also quit), and finally by Emma Bunton.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/1/998361.jpg)
![Disney forced Howard the Duck to wear pants. Back in 1977, Disney thought that Marvel's Howard looked a lot like their own Donald Duck (and frankly, they weren't wrong). Marvel struck a deal to let Disney redesign Howard themselves, and the revamped version wore pants. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/0/998360.jpg)
![A secret Order of the Pug was created in the 18th century. Finding a loophole in the Catholic Church's ban on Masonry, German Fremasons founded the Order of the Pug - a para- Masonic group, chock-full of dog symbolism. Unlike traditional Masonry, the Order of the Pug allowed women to join. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/9/998359.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM A young Vincent D'Onofrio played Thor (sort of). Back in the '80s, no one gave a damn about the heroes of the future MCU - not even Marvel. They allowed D'Onofrio to play a low-rent version of Thor (who isn't actually Thor) in the movie Adventures in Babysitting, essentially because of how little they cared about the character.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/8/998358.jpg)
![George Washington researched how to make a donkey horny. Convinced that the nation needed mules, Washington managed to import a fine Spanish donkey - which then refused to impregnate any mares. Eventually, Washington found out that the beast would get aroused if he saw two female donkeys together. We're not sure we want to know how he figured that out. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/7/998357.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM Kelsey Grammer was jealous of the dog on Frasier. A reporter asked Grammer how he felt about the unexpected popularity of Moose, the dog that played Eddie in the show. Grammer went right away on a rant about how the pooch was completely overrated, and wasn't even a real actor. It wasn't the last time he voiced such opinions towards Moose.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/6/998356.jpg)
![The Professional could have been much creepier. The gross Lolita angle is mostly subtext, and easily overlooked - but it was intended to be right there in your face. Luc Besson's original screenplay includes a scene where Mathilda seduces Léon, and he is unable to oppose her. Yikes. CRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/5/998355.jpg)
![Clark Kent exists in the Marvel Universe. In 1976, Clark Kent and Lois Lane were included in an X-Men comic as a sight gag - and that became a running joke. Не has had over 20 copyright-bending cameos between the '70s and the 2000s. Не isn't Superman here, though-he's just a particularly buff reporter. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/4/998354.jpg)
![Doctor Manhattan's body model died trying to outrun a train. Greg Plitt was an actor, fitness model, and all-around badass. Dr. Manhattan's CGI body for 2009's Watchmen was modeled after his ripped physique. And it looks like he thought he had real superpowers: In 2015, he was mowed down by a train, apparently while trying to prove he was faster. (Не wasn't.) CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/3/998353.jpg)
![Teddy Roosevelt loved boxing with random people. Roosevelt liked fisticuffs so much that he had a boxing gym installed in the White House's basement, and would invite pretty much everyone to a bout. Не had to quit the sport after a military aide nearly blinded him in his left eye. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/1/998351.jpg)
![GRACKED.COM Wonder Woman had two secret identities in an unproduced series. In a pilot made in 2011, Wonder Woman was Diana Themyscira, CEO of a company that managed her own superhero image. And she was also Diana Prince, an employee at her own company. Apparently, just being two people didn't keep her busy enough.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/9/998349.jpg)
![GRACKED.COM VI A lot of the Scots-language Wikipedia is written in English with a Scottish accent. A teen from North Carolina has been a major contributor to the Scots Wikipedia for years - even though he doesn't speak the language. Of course, Scots speakers realized something weird was going on- but no one listened to them. A Reddit post blew the whole thing open in 2020.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/0/998350.jpg)
![Ramen was controlled by the Yakuza. Japan was a mess when World War II ended. In the face of food shortages and restrictions, the black market rushed in to feed the populace. Imported wheat was secretly diverted and turned into ramen, which was then sold out of illegal stalls- most of which were under Yakuza control. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/6/998346.jpg)
![Iconic by random chance RoboCop Paul Verhoeven wasn't a fan of the script when he first read it, and tossed it away after a few pages. His wife Martine stepped in and convinced him to give it a chance. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/2/998352.jpg)
![Iconic by random chance The laugh in Roxanne At the recording session for The Police's song, Sting fell backwards onto the piano, resulting in a laugh at the beginning of the track. They just kept it in. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/4/998344.jpg)
![Iconic by random chance Same-sex relationships in The Sims The Sims accidentally allowed same- sex relationships to occur, during a live demo at E3 in 1999. It happened because a programmer received an outdated design document. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/8/998348.jpg)
![Iconic by random chance The YMCA dance In 1979, the Village People were told the dancers on the show American Bandstand would be forming letters with their bodies while the band sang on the show. The band liked the idea and kept it. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/3/998343.jpg)
![Iconic by random chance But why male models? in Zoolander Ben Stiller wasn't supposed to repeat the question, but blanked out on his lines. It's become a classic, and is often quoted and turned into memes. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/2/998342.jpg)
![SPOONLUNG 2009 Veneyis GRACKED.COM John Manley had no idea how the plastic spoon fragment got in his lung and gave him two years of pain. But doctors found it, and it still had the Wendy's logo clearly visible on it.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/7/998347.jpg)
![A TODDLER DIDN'T SLEEP, EVER 2009 CRACKED.COM Rhett Lamb suffered from a rare condition called chiari malformation, and he never slept, no matter how tired he got. Lucky for him (and his parents), surgery fixed it.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/3/8/998338.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM Soldiers in an elite German unit are growing left breasts. au In their drill, they're hitting that side of their chests with rifles over and over, and that seems to be making breast tissue grow. Scientists just aren't sure how.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/5/998345.jpg)
![JO CAMERON CAN'T FEEL PAIN AND HEALS WITHOUT SCARS. Doctors first found out about Cameron's condition when she seemed unbothered by a supposedly painful hip problem. She has a mutant gene that also makes her wounds heal without scarring. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/3/9/998339.jpg)
![JUGUM PENIS WAS A MEDICAL ANSWER TO SPERMATORRHOEA, NOW KNOWN AS NOCTURNAL EMISSIONS. It was also an anti-masturbation device. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/3/7/998337.jpg)
![ORGAN THIEVES 2009 CRACKED.COM Colleen Burns opened her eyes to find herself on the operating table, doctors about to remove her organs and transplant them. They'd incorrectly diagnosed her as brain-dead.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/1/998341.jpg)
![The human eye can see in 576 Megapixels. The world's best camera tops out at 400. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/0/998340.jpg)