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February 10, 2024

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Colin Farrell is an authority on line dancing. Не used to make a living teaching it in bars. As a 19-year-old aspiring actor, Farrell supported himself by touring nightclubs across Ireland and clutching his belt to some good ol' country and western music. Не hasn't gotten rusty, either. Не recently led a line dancing class on Ellen. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ice Cube geeks out over architecture. ICE CUBE CELEBRATES THE EAMES ART - 2045-2080 He's a Getty Museum expert on the subject. Before returning to Compton to revolutionize rap, Ice studied architectural drafting. So for their 2011 post-war exhibition, The Getty made him their resident expert on Hollywood architectural design legends Charles and Ray Eames. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Distant Cousins CRACKED.COM Bernie Sanders and his SNL impersonator Larry David discovered they are distant cousins on PBS's Finding Your Roots. — Source

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Cousins CRACKED.COM Chris Farley was the first cousin of Jim Farley, the CEO of Ford Motors. — Source

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Eminem is probably the fastest speaker ever. CRACKED.COM While we can't confirm there weren't more articulate cave people, Em rapped a record 1,560 words in 6 minutes in his 2013 song Rap God. At one point, he blurts 97 words in 15 seconds. — Source

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AMANDA SEYFRIED COLLECTS TAXIDERMY VAIX She's been collecting since the late '00s to amass a small museum's worth of dead animals. — Source

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KRISTIN CHENOWETH COLLECTS QUARTERS The actress stores jars of quarters, which she disinfects with Purell. She says it's a holdover from being a broke actress. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Jay Leno invested in rare and valuable motorcycles, and it paid off. For example, he bought six 1929 Brough bikes for over $30,000 apiece in the 1990s, and their value has gone up tenfold since then. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Nicolas Cage made $2,161,000 selling the first-ever Superman comic book. His copy of Action Comics No.1, which features Superman's first appearance, was the first comic to break the $2 million mark in an auction. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM 1838046 Lalor Tom Hardy hates going to the gym because he feels intimidated by the tough guys there. Не admits that he doesn't feel very manly in real life, and he imitates guys that scare him to create his on-screen persona. — Source

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Matthew McConaughey's Alright alright alright is from Jim Morrison. Just before filming the Dazed and Confused scene when he says that, he'd been listening to a live Doors record where Morrison says that between tracks. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In the UK, they forced a developer to rebuild a tavern just as it stood. THE WONDER THE asca (illustration) The tavern was the only building on its street not destroyed in WWII, and a developer razed it without permission - then had to rebuild it brick by brick. CRACKED.COM — Source

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If you lose your driving license in France, you can drive a dinky little car. It's called a VSP (voiture sans permis), and it's a two-seater that anyone older than 13 can drive if they have 4 hours of driving experience. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Los Angeles was the first major city, ever, to synchronize its traffic lights. Nearly all of its 4,400 traffic lights (that cover 469 square miles) are synchronized through an automated, centralized control system. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Standup comics have a tendency to die early compared to actors. In a study of about 500 comedians and actors, the standups died at around the age of 67.1, the comedy actors at 68.9, and the dramatic actors at 70.7. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Baghdad was built as a perfectly circular city (over a thousand years ago). It was done as an homage to Euclid's teachings, but the structure got destroyed over the centuries (the last part was gone in the 1870s). CRACKED.COM — Source

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A TV comedian caused a massive scandal in 1965 by asking kids for money. As a joke, Soupy Sales told kids to send him little green pieces of paper from his parents' wallets - so they pulled him off the air for two weeks. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Lafayette came back to the US decades after the Revolutionary War, in 1824 and 1825. Не met President Andrew Jackson, who showed him two pistols Lafayette gave George Washington (and Lafayette was happy Jackson had them). CRACKED.COM — Source

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The real-life inspiration for Citizen Kane mostly hated one thing about the movie. William Randolph Hearst used Rosebud as the name for his mistress' private parts, and he hated that the movie actually used it for the sled. CRACKED.COM — Source

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We nearly had Ratatouille-branded wine (it was white Burgundy). Disney had had bottles made, but some people complained it might promote underage drinking, so Disney pulled it before it hit the shelves. CRACKED.COM — Source

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King of the Hill was inspired by Mike Judge's neighbors helping him out. Не had just moved outside of Dallas, and had to rebuild his fence - and his neighbors did it for him, without him being involved (or even asking). CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED THE SHORTEST VERSE IN THE BIBLE IS JESUS WEPT. It can be found in the Gospel of John, chapter 11, verse 35. Ente said Jesus wept Then — Source

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CRACKED THE FIRST RECORDED USE OF THE WORD COMPUTER WAS IN 1613. The word was used to describe a person who performed calculations or computations. — Source

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CRACKED COWS PRODUCE MORE MILK WHEN LISTENING TO MUSIC. 0517 One study found that cows produced 3% more milk when listening to slow- tempo music, such as Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony. — Source

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CRACKED DOLPHINS CAN RECOGNIZE THEMSELVES IN MIRRORS. This suggests a high level of intelligence and self-awareness - one that a dog doesn't even possess. — Source

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CRACKED FLAMINGOS CAN STAND ON ONE LEG FOR HOURS BECAUSE IT REQUIRES LESS MUSCULAR EFFORT A group of flamingos can also be referred to as a flamboyance or a stand of flamingos, depending on the context. — Source

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CRACKED THE SHORTEST COMMERCIAL FLIGHT IN THE WORLD IS ONLY 1.7 MILES LONG. The flight between the islands of Westray and Papa Westray in Scotland, operated by Loganair, takes only 1-2 minutes. TO OF Anire Loganain — Source

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CRACKED CHEWING GUM IS ONE OF THE OLDEST TYPES OF CANDY. 9000-year-old chewing gum, made from birch bark tar, was discovered by archaeologists in Sweden in 1993. — Source

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CRACKED THE WORLD'S LARGEST SWIMMING POOL IS OVER 1,000 YARDS LONG. The pool, located at the San Alfonso del Mar resort in Chile, is so large that it requires a special water treatment system to keep the water clean. — Source

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