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26 Bits of Trivia That Will Cling to the Inside of Your Skull Like a Barnacle

February 20, 2024

Well, look at you! You’ve got that magnetic personality with a magnetic brain to match. It must be hard to walk around town with ironclad facts smacking into your head nonstop. But hey, if anyone can handle it, it’s you. Here’s a couple dozen more dents for your noggin…

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С. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien both went to a party dressed as polar bears. It wasn't a costume party. They were just eccentric. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Beyoncé's lyric mentioning Red Lobster caused their sales to increase by 33% 27% NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Paul R. Williams was an architect who designed for Frank Sinatra and Lucille Ball. Не learned to draw upside down because many white clients weren't comfortable sitting next to a Black man. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Mike Rowe was an opera singer with the Baltimore Opera. The Dirty Jobs host learned the simplest aria he could find, auditioned, and got a job. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Raven Wilkinson was one of the first Black ballerinas to dance full-time for a company. KKK members once stormed a performance, and a Georgia hotel owner refused to let her stay with the rest of the company. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Vanilla Ice was the sixth fastest jet skier in the world. # In the '90s (after his hit single), he landed a sponsorship deal with Kawasaki. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for U.S. President in 1872. She was arrested a few days before the election. It was 48 years before women's suffrage. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Mr. Rogers replied to every fan letter he received. X Не would get 50 to 100 letters a day. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Annie Kopchovsky was the first woman to cycle around the world. She learned how to ride a bike just two days before. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Johnny Cash was a military code breaker. Не was the first man outside of the Soviet Union to learn of Stalin's death. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Sesame Street teaches the alphabet and other kid stuff. It was banned in Mississippi when it came out. The problem? Sesame Street's portrayal of racially diverse people living in harmony in the inner city. The Mississippi Commission for Educational Television banned it, but lifted the ban after a month. CRACKED.COM http://www.newsweek.com/how-sesame-street-changed-world-80067 — Source

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The documentary White Wilderness captured lemming mass-suicides in action! WHAT THEY LEFT OUT Contrary to what the textbooks say, lemmings don't jump off cliffs. The documentarians found this out the hard way, and wound up throwing the lemmings off the cliff to get the scene. CRACKED.COM http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/lemmings.asp — Source

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MYTH: Chocolate gets you in the mood for love. FACT: But only if you eat an insane amount. Despite its association with love and romance, chocolate isn't an aphrodisiac. While it does contain serotonin and phenyl ethylamine, which can cause a hormonal rush, the amounts are so trace that you'd enter a diabetic coma before you felt any chocolate-induced afterglow. CRACKED.COM http://news. nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/02/0214_060214_valentines.html — Source

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Lord Byron was one of the greatest British poets. Не was a leading figure in the Romantic movement that took place during the first half of the 19th century. He's regarded as one of the greatest British poets, and remains widely read and influential. THE CRAZY: Не collected pubes. Byron had numerous affairs, and collected a lock of pubic hair from each of his lovers. Не kept them on file at his publishing house, where they remained for more than 100 years after he died. CRACKED.COM Robert Schnakenberg 2008. Secret Lives of Great Authors. — Source

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E.T. is about as family-oriented as an alien can get. Yet the movie was banned in Scandanavia. Kids from Sweden, Finland, and Norway were banned from seeing E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial because their governments decided that the film portrays adults as the enemies of children. CRACKED.COM articles. schicagotribune.com/1988-10-23/entertainment/8802100004_1_space-invader-doll-gross — Source

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The medical symbol Caduceus is actually the staff of Mercury, the Roman god of (among other things) merchants and thieves. It's possible that the Caduceus was chosen by mistake because of its similarity to the rod of Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine and healing. It's a staff with a single snake wrapped around it. CRACKED.COM http //www drblayney.com/Asclepius.html — Source

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MYTH: TO Lose WeIGHT, CUT OUT ALCOHOL. 2 5 26 27 20 21 22 23 24 FACT: women WHO DRINK ARE Less LIKELY TO ве OBESE. Studies have shown that women who consume more than one drink a day are 70 percent more likely to avoid obesity. Because of the way women metabolize alcohol, what results in an energy balance in men is actually a net loss for women. So at the end of the night, your calories are used up more efficiently than if you didn't drink. CRACKED.COM www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2010/03/how-can-boozing-help-you-lose.htmi — Source

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When a cat pees on your stuff, you might think he hates you. But the truth is, he's into you. An insecure cat wants to establish a bond with you, so he might pee on your things in order to mingle his scent with yours. He's saying, you and me, right? That cat needs confidence, and to feel secure. CRACKED COM https://youtu.be/KEbtXkd2XF4 — Source

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BLISTER BEETLE GRUBS POSE AS LADY BEES TO LURE MALE BEES TO INFEST. They clump together in a shape that resembles a bee, and then emit pheromones to attract the male bee. When the bee gets close enough, the grubs hitch a ride on him until he finds an actual lady bee. The grubs then jump onto the lady bee, who will lead them back to the nest where they can eat their babies. http://entomology.ucdavis edu/News/How Blister Beetle Nest Parasites CRACKED COM Cooperate_to_Mimic_the_Sex_Pheromone_of_a_Solitary_Bee7 — Source

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Pineapples

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