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36 Bits of Trivia We’ll Deliver to Your Frontal Lobe in 30 Minutes or Your Money Back

February 13, 2024

What did pizza delivery guys do before GPS? Did they memorize every street in town? Did they get old-school directions from the manager? Remember when people used to say, “Make a left at the oak tree. If you see the pine tree, you’ve gone too far”? They somehow magically found our houses, and they’ve definitely inspired us. So much so that we tracked down every single one of your brains, and this first fact will be in there seconds from now!

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The wreck of Titanic may completely disappear by 2032. Bacteria is slowly eating away at the remains of the ship. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ships full of weapons exist in international waters to defend against pirates. Private security firms offer armed guards for merchant ships in high risk areas. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The quality of air on cruise ships is worst than the most polluted cities. Every day, cruise ships create pollution equal to one million cars. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Over two years, Michel Lotito ate an entire Cessna 150 Airplane C-GNBL Mr. Eat Everything ate 9 tons of metal througout his life. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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There are 30 to 60 ships buried under San Francisco. The ships remain from the Gold Rush, during the time the city decided to move the shoreline. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 1943, Joseph Duckworth was the first to safely fly a plane into the eye of a hurricane. Не did it on a bet. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD China changed the ending of Fight Club ... and, uh, the system wins. In the recently released edited version, the final scene doesn't have any exploding buildings - just a black screen with the text The police rapidly figured out the whole plan and arrested all criminals, successfully preventing the bomb from exploding. CKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In Russia, they arrested an artist for a big poop snow sculpture. Specifically, he'd made a sculpture out of snow in the shape of a giant turd not too far from a burial site in St. Petersburg, and the police nabbed him for that. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A moose got trapped in a basement in Colorado, somehow. Apparently, it was grazing nearby, and managed to fall into a basement. Не wouldn't climb up the stairs (unsurprisingly), and wildlife officers had to get pretty resourceful in getting him out. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD France basically just gave car companies the middle finger. From now on, French car ads have to tell people that, instead of buying a car, they could just walk or bike to where they want to go. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In Boston, nerf guns led to some serious violence in a bus station. NER 8 Hallosisson 20 A bunch of teenage boys pointed the guns at bus passengers, and eventually shot an elderly man - and a fight broke out, and they were arrested. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD An ex-gay group founder came out and said he hooked up with guys. His organization's rallies claimed that the grace and power of Jesus Christ can free LGBT people, while he actually hooked up with dudes. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In Canada, a guy called 911 because the cops seized his car, apparently. After he got stranded in Princeton (Canada, not NJ), he called 911 to report the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for seizing his ride. CRACKED.GOM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD At Heinz Field, they ran out of ketchup in the middle of a game. HEINZ EST 1869 EST TOMATE, AÇÚCAR, VINAGRE, SAL, CEBOLA, AROMA NATURAL E SÓ. VARIETICS The Pittsburgh Steelers played the Tennessee Titans, and eventually beat them - but in the meantime, the stadium ran out of ketchup, and people kept making jokes about it on Twitter. CRACKED.COM — Source

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An Olympic swimmer had never seen an olympic sized pool before competing. MYUNI SU IDMANI SARAYI Eric Moussambani record- ed the slowest time in 100m freestyle history, but won his heat as all other competitors false started. Не is now the head swim- ming coach of Equatorial Guinea. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Colombian drug smugglers built submarines in the jungle. Capable of transporting $400 million+ worth of drugs, they were nearly undetectable. Prior to 2006 the coastguard called these Bigfoot thinking their existence was only a rumor. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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The Nazi Bible

Nazi Germany made their own New Testament Bible to Aryanize Jesus. They removed the gene- alogies of Jesus that showed his Davidic de- scent, removed Jewish names and places, but left any mention of Jews that showed them in a bad light. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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P.T. Barnum got his start by buying an enslaved 70-year-old woman. Не claimed the woman, Joice Heth, was 161 years old and had been George Washington's nanny. Af- ter her death, he charged the public 50 cents to view her autopsy. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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A blind woman had to be saved by a maintenance crew after being forgotten on a plane. UNITED LESS 111111 United Airlines assured the woman she would be es- corted off the plane after landing, but as she sat in silence she heard the plane's door seal shut, and then just complete si- lence. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Rod Serling watched his friend get decapitated during WWII. The Twilight Zone cre- ator served with his friend Melvin Levy, who was crushed by a food supply crate as it landed on his head - to Ster- ling's horror. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Cameroon sent the US $3.77 in relief during the Great Depression. Melgariga Bag Ngaoundal Numbe Wum Tibati Enugu OUEST Bozoum Bendies Mbakach Kumbo Migingwi Reserved Bouer Bkom Bamarch Babour Mamfe Garous Boulai Мьрода Fourdan CENTRAL Yoko SUD- Baloussam Dschang OUEST QUEST CENTRE ٢ TAT Bafaig AFRICAN Bangagura Mundemba Calaban Sanaga Bélabo Nkodasamba Kada C Bafia REPUBLIC Nanga Eboko Kumba - Batouri Minta Yabassi Bertou Monatave Berbérati Busa LITTORAL S Sanapa Gamboula Boubla Monate Yaounde Nddidld Abong Mbang Malabo Kado Edela Eseka E S T Missoda Misu Axyrights Yokadouma Lube Mipalmayo *Nola ل. Jale de EQUATORIAL Bioko *Lomié Ngoulémakong GUINEA Sanamélima — Source

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James Bond first appeared in 1953 and through all the books & movies... On HER MAJESTYS SECRET SERVICE There has been one monarch of Britain: Queen Elizabeth II. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Three words are used around every 12 seconds in The Big Lebowski. They are: 'Dude,' 'Man,' or 'F*ck.' NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Two donkeys together for 10 years at a Polish ZOO were separated because of complaints they were mating in front of children. A petition with 7,000 signatures reunited them. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Captain America

Iconic Captain America #1, with Cap punching Hitler, came out a year before the U.S. entered WWII. Jewish creators Joe Simon & Jack Kirby received death threats, but the mayor of New York pledged protection. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Avengers: Endgame plot grew out of a throwaway comment. The Russo brothers couldn't figure out what to do with Thanos, as he was super powerful and could beat the Avengers easily. One day, producer Trinh Tran said Kind of really wish we could just kill him, which gave the Russos a totally new idea. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Rutger Hauer thinks Deckard is the bad guy in Blade Runner. Не gets a gun pointed at his head and then he f***S a dishwasher, and then he falls in love with her. It doesn't make any sense, Hauer says. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Deepest Human-Made Hole on Earth

The deepest man-made hole on Earth is 7.5 miles deep. It's the USSR's Kola Superdeep Borehole, and its deepest part is nine inches in diameter but reaches a third of the way down the continental crust. One of the Borehole researchers' most amazing finds was two-billion-year-old rocks with intact organic compounds inside. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Koala fingerprints are nearly identical to human ones. At one point, Australian authorities were even concerned that koala fingerprints might have messed up criminal investigations. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Ego's planet is based on fractal artwork. The filmmakers brought on Hal Tenny, who makes Mandelbrot set art, as a visual consultant. They based much of Ego's core, landscape, and the structures on the planet, on his concepts. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Your Pinky

50% of our hand strength comes from our pinky. The index, middle finger, and thumb are most adept at function- while the pinky and ring finger are the most powerful. CRACKED.COM — Source

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JUN ( XV 24 PRS A fetus can heal the pregnant person's organs. If a person's heart becomes damaged during pregnancy, stem cells from the fetus will circulate into their body and repair the damage. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cancerous Cells

Your body kills cancerous cells everyday. Your body is constantly surveilling and attacking white blood cells that, if left unattended, would turn cancerous. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Humans are the best long distance runners in the animal kingdom. This is due to our ability to regulate our body temperature better than other animals. However, a horse can beat us on a cooler day. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Body

Humans are bioluminescent. However, the human eye is unable to see the light we emit. CRACKED.COM — Source

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