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February 15, 2024

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A Brazilian company made their own NES since Nintendo never released it there. ndo GT SYSTEM The company reversed engi- neered the NES to produce a clone that could play official carts. Nintendo sent them a cease and desist but since they designed their own hardware and Nintendo had no presence in the country, it was legal. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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The last French soldier to die in WWI was killed 15 minutes before the ceasefire. Не was delivering a mes- sage to his unit that soup would be served for lunch. The French Army recorded the date of his death as earlier by one day, out of embarrassment. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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The seeds of an apple will not necessarily grow the same variety of apple they came from. Apples are not 'true to seed,' so if you planted seeds of Granny Smith it likely will produce a wide variety of different and unknown apple tree types. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Krusty the Clown was originally supposed to be Homer Simpson in disguise. present ottle El The double life the Но- mer was supposed to live was to ostensibly bring him and Bart, who idolized Krusty, closer, but the idea was dropped. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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We almost got a Sofia Coppola adaptation of The Little Mermaid. Her version was supposed to adapt the original fairy tale, and she wanted to shoot underwater. They did some underwater shooting tests, but she left the project when too much money started pouring in, because she couldn't make the movie she wanted to make. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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OK Computer got its name from a random Hitchhiker's Guide line. RADIOHEAD Lost Child Lost Chile x The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy contains the line OK, computer, I want full manual control now, and Thom Yorke just used the first two words. The whole album is really f*****g geeky. I was kind of a geek when I was a kid, unashamedly so, NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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On the Western Front of WWI, both sides regularly scheduled truces for meals and bathroom breaks. At least Germans did this a lot with the French and British - but very rarely with Canadians, as Canadians were incredibly bloodthirsty. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Three men survived for 16 days in a sunken battleship after the Pearl Harbor attack. They were only found when the battleship was salvaged six months later - next to their bodies was a calendar with 16 days crossed off. The Navy didn't tell their families how long they'd survived. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ghostbusters got its name almost accidentally. Columbia couldn't get the rights to the name from Universal, since there was an old TV show called The Ghost Busters. By chance, an exec involved with the movie left Columbia during production and became head of Universal, and he let Columbia use the name. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Theodore Roosevelt was surprisingly progressive for his day. In his Harvard undergrad thesis, he said there was no question that women should have equal rights with men, and he didn't think married women should assume their husband's name. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In Russia, complaining about winter is considered unpatriotic. The winter saved the country from two major invasions, so extreme cold is something to be thankful for, the thinking goes. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Put together, all the plastic on Earth has more mass than all the animals (on both land and sea). AND H NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED THE FIRST WEBCAM MONITORED A COFFEE POT. The webcam was invented in 1991 by a group of computer scientists at the University of Cambridge, and was connected to the internet in 1993. 10- 8 6- 4 — Source

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CRACKED THE GREAT BARRIER REEF IS THE ONLY LIVING THING THAT CAN BE SEEN FROM SPACE. It is home to over 1,500 species of fish and 600 types of coral. — Source

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CRACKED THE LARGEST SNOWFLAKE ON RECORD WAS 15 INCHES WIDE AND 8 INCHES THICK. The snowflake was recorded in Fort Keogh, Montana, in 1887. — Source

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CRACKED HONEY NEVER SPOILS. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are still edible after thousands of years. — Source

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CRACKED THE SHORTEST WAR IN HISTORY LASTED 38 MINUTES. The war broke out on August 27, 1896, after Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini refused to step down as ruler of Zanzibar, despite Britain's demand. Не was quickly defeated. — Source

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CRACKED THE TALLEST PERSON IN RECORDED HISTORY WAS OVER 8 FEET TALL. Robert Wadlow was born in Alton, Illinois, in 1918, and grew to a height of 8 feet 11.1 inches before his death at age 22. — Source

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The Longest Veil

CRACKED THE LONGEST WEDDING VEIL WAS OVER FOUR MILES LONG. The veil, measuring exactly 22,843 feet and 2.11 inches long, was worn by Maria Paraskeva, a bride from Cyprus, on her wedding day in 2018. — Source

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Human fingers and feet get pruny so we can grip things underwater. This allowed us to evolve and survive in wet climates. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Goosebumps used to help us fight predators. Goosebumps occur in an adrenaline fueled scenario because it makes hair on our bodies stand up, which once made us look larger and more threatening to our predators. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The human eye can see in 576 Megapixels. The world's best camera tops out at 400. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The human body contains enough iron to make an entire nail. It would be about 3 inches long. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Evidence of human-canine relationships from 26,000 years ago have been found. CRACKED COM A cave in France contains the footprints of a young child alongside the paw prints of a dog, during the Upper Paleolithic which is the last subdivision of the Old Stone Age. — Source

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Stress can cause a child to temporarily stop growing. XXXXXXXX S CRACKED.COM Psychosocial dwarfism is a condition where a child can stop growing due to an extremely stressful envi- ronment. It can cause the body to completely stop growing but it is generally temporary. — Source

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American funk band Vulfpeck released a completely silent album on Spotify. ZZEL ZZZEF ZZZZPP ZZZZZIE CRACKED CON C 7 7777 Sleepify was a collection of ten, roughly 30 second long tracks of silence that the band asked fans to play on repeat as they slept. They earned $20,000 in royalties before Spotify closed the loophole. — Source

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Atari

A man in the '80s programmed his Atari computer to make thousands of calls to Jerry Falwell. CRACKED.COM The calls to Falwell's toll-free number would hang up and call again, every 30 seconds, amounting to over $500,000 in phone bills to Falwell's organization. — Source

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The Puritans

Late 16th-century Puritan communities in Southern Britain saw common names as too worldly. GRACKED COM They opted to name chil- dren with bizarre strings of religious slogans, such as Jesus-Christ-came-in- to-the-world- to-save, and Job-raked-out- of-the-ashes. — Source

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Roman slaves wore iron collars with messages like a modern dog collar. CRACKED.COM One reads: I have run away; hold me. When you shall have re- turned me to my mas- ter, Zoninus, you will receive a solidus. — Source

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You need to have a net worth of $1.5 million to open a Taco Bell franchise. BELL Express TACO 4g TACO BELL Express CRACKED.COM In order to eat at Taco Bell, you need to have at least $25,000 in student loan debt and a grease spot on your pants that, no matter how much you try to wash, will not come out. — Source

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