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January 08, 2024

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CRACKED SURPRISE! YOU'VE GOT A BIT OF NEANDERTHAL AND DENISOVAN IN YOU. People today have a bit of genetic material from Neanderthals and Denisovans, two types of early humans who lived in Europe and Asia, passed down to them. — Source

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CRACKED UN APPROVES TURKEY'S SPELLING REQUEST: TÜRKIYE IT IS. In 2021, the UN gave the thumbs up to the Turkish embassy's request to use the spelling Türkiye for Turkey for the UN and the U.S. — Source

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CRACKED SHAKESPEARE'S SKULL PROBABLY ISN'T IN STRATFORD AFTER ALL. An archaeological team used ground-penetrating radar to scan the grave of Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, and it looks like his skull is not there. — Source

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CRACKED TURNING WASTE INTO GLASS CAN MAKE A RADIOACTIVE MESS SAFE. The process of vitrification turns liquid radioactive and chemical waste into a solid, glass-like material - basically, by combining it with molten glass - that can be safely stored forever without leaking. — Source

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CRACKED PRINCE WROTE MANIC MONDAY FOR THE BANGLES. Не heard their first album, became a huge fan, and came up with a song for them before the second one came out. — Source

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CRACKED ANCIENT EGYPTIANS USED POOP TO PREVENT PREGNANCY. Just to make things extra disgusting, they'd mix it with other stuff to form a block, then insert that block into the vagina. — Source

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Henry A. Wallace ran for President promising an equal wage for women and African-Americans in 1944. As a kid, he was taught farming by George Wash- ington Carver. Не was cheated by party politics despite being more pop- ular than any other candi- date at the time. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Sea water released by large ships causes billions of dollars worth of economical damage. Large ships use seawater as ballast; the water con- tains all sorts of living or- ganisms which when re- leased, results in the spread of invasive species around the world. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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The US banned sliced bread in 1943 for two months, until the public demanded its return. This was meant as a war- time conservation mea- sure, as sliced bread need- ed heavier wrapping to stay fresh. One housewife wrote to the NY Times ex- plaining pre-sliced bread kept her household sane. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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The South Korean government produced kimchi that was safe for their astronaut to take onto the ISS. Top government research institutes spent millions of dollars and several years perfecting a version that would not turn dangerous when exposed to cosmic rays or other forms of radi- ation. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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The Cuckoo bumblebee has lost the ability to collect pollen and to rear their brood. Once a female has infiltrat- ed a host colony, she will kill/subdue the queen of that colony and forcibly enslave the workers of that colony to feed her and her developing young. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Wrigley didn't start off selling gum, it was just an incentive to buy baking powder. WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT THE PERFECT GUM TRADE MARKS REGISTERED FIVE STICKS Healthful-Refreshing-Delicious TORONTO Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Limited. CANADA William Wrigley Jr. offered baking powder as an incen- tive to buy soap. The bak- ing powder proved to be more popular so he started selling it, offering gum as an incentive, which became even more popular. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Dove and Axe are owned. by the same company, Unilever. Unilever One promotes female self-confidence by re-de- fining beauty while the other advertises itself us- ing highly sexualized imag- es of women. They're play- ing both sides so they al- ways come out on top. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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There is a river basin in Venezuela that gets pounded by lightning strikes. The lighting can hit over 200 times per hour for up to 10 hours straight. It ос- curs more than 100 times a year and is predictable up to a few months in ad- vance. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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They had to remove 350 TV antennas to shoot Raiders of the Lost Ark. The antennas were around the houses around Sallah's home, and taking them down took one day. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind R2-D2 is briefly seen (upside down) on the alien ship. Do the aliens come from a galaxy far, far away? Do they use astromech droids? So many questions! CRACKED.COM — Source

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They used cayenne pepper for the plane fight in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Spielberg didn't want blood splashing around when Marion shoots the truckload of Nazis who arrive at the end, so he asked for a sort of mist, a dust feel. The only thing they could get for that on short notice was cayenne pepper, which meant everyone was coughing and sneezing. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Saving Private Ryan Two surrendering soldiers speak Czech, not German. Please don't shoot me! | am not German, I am Czech, one of them pleads. This is true to life, as many Eastern Europeans were forced to fight on the German side during World War II. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Take that, Bruce!

The Jaws shark was named after Spielberg's lawyer. The crew called him Bruce, after Bruce Ramer. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESPACTS PICKLE RICK WAS INSPIRED BY AN EPISODE OF BREAKING BAD. Rick M According to Dan Harmon, season three's Pickle Rick episode was influenced by Breaking Bad's season two episode 4 Days Out. In the episode, Walt and Jesse get stuck in the desert and have to use their smarts to escape. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Chuck Jones and Dr. Seuss worked together in WWII. PRIVATE SNAFU They met working on the Private Snafu cartoons, which showed soldiers what they absolutely should never be doing. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Louise wears bunny ears because of a manga. CRACKED.COM Louise's wardrobe, and by extension, her mischievous aura, are inspired by a character from Tekkonkinkreet. According to BB creator Loren Bouchard, there's a little boy who's only ever seen wearing bear ears. Не says a weird combination of kid and animal allows the audience to experience Louise both as a little girl and Bugs Bunny at the same time. — Source

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Pixar accidentally deleted Toy Story 2 in the middle of production... ...luckily the supervising director had a back-up on her home computer. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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There's an official King of the Hill album. GRACKED COM They put out an album of southern rock covers by some popular country music stars, including Willie Nelson and Sheryl Crow, as well as some of the characters themselves. — Source

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Toy Story 2 was almost a direct-to-video release... 9 SAY ROUNDUP TV STINKY PETE ...but Disney saw the potential ($$$) and it made almost $500 million at the box office. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESPACTS RICK'S BURPING CAME ABOUT BY ACCIDENT Rick w Manty Roiland says that he accidentally burped while recording lines for Rick and Morty's precursor, The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti. Не found it funny and gross, and the trait stayed with the character ever since then. CRACKED.COM — Source

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