30 Bits of Trivia to Soak Up Into That Run-Through Scrub Daddy You Call a Brain
Wring out that brain sponge, baby! We’ve got a massive fact spill
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People like to say, “Out with the old, in with the new,” but when it comes to facts, we think the old ones can stay, too. Call us hoarders if you must, but there’s no need to toss out a perfectly good fact just because you learned it a year ago. Now, if we find that the fact is just a myth in fact’s clothing, then yes, out to the curb it goes!
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![MTV's Video Music Award is a Moonman because of an early MTV graphic. The channel opened with footage of an astronaut putting an MTV flag of the moon, and they replayed that every hour, at the top of the hour, for the next five years. So when they designed the VMA statue, the Moonman was the most iconic choice. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/1/0/1026310.jpg)
![The tradition of leaving cookies and milk for Santa became popular in the Great Depression. FOR: Santa Parents used it as a way to try and teach kids that giving to others and showing gratitude for gifts were important. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/0/9/1026309.jpg)
![When Breaking Bad ended, Walter White got a funeral in Albuquerque. C Around 200 people attended, and the show's set decorator, Michael Flowers, gave a eulogy. The whole thing included a procession led by not just a hearse, but also the RV from the show and a few of the Sheriff's Department deputies. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/0/8/1026308.jpg)
![Charlie Day turned down the sitcom Life on a Stick to do It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. - ALMOND SUNNY PHILADEL It was a major network show, and IASIP was a small project he made with his friends. Life on a Stick ended after one season, and IASIP became one of the longest-running sitcoms ever. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/0/7/1026307.jpg)
![Today we celebrate our Independence Day wasn't in Independence Day's script. The studio insisted that the President end his speech with that line, because they wanted to change the movie's name to Independence Day. Mentioning those words in the movie itself would help, they thought. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/0/6/1026306.jpg)
![The Wisconsin Tourism Federation had to change its name in 2009. TFW TOURISM FEDERATION OF WISCONSIN Wisconsin Tourism's Legislative Voice The acronym WTF got a new meaning since the Federation was started in 1979, so they renamed themselves to Tourism Federation of Wisconsin. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/0/5/1026305.jpg)
![Every year, Halifax, Nova Scotia sends a Christmas tree to the city of Boston. It's to thank Boston for help when Halifax was devastated by a freighter blowing up in 1917 - - the largest man-made explosion at the time. Boston sent a 500-bed hospital unit, 30 doctors, 70 nurses, and tons of medical supplies, and raised $100,000 in just the first hour of fundraising. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/0/3/1026303.jpg)
![The U.S. Interstate system exists partly thanks to Eisenhower's WWII experiences. During and after WWII, Germany's four-lane highways were probably the best in the world, and Eisenhower used them to move troops and travel across the country. So he thought four-lane highways were a great transport system, and fought hard for the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/0/2/1026302.jpg)
![All freshwater fish kind of come from duck poop. The first fish in a new pond or pool come from eggs eaten by ducks. 0.2% of the eggs come out of the duck's other end intact -- a really low percentage, but ducks are very abundant, so a swarm of ducks moving to a new pond will leave enough eggs to populate it with fish. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/0/4/1026304.jpg)
![The rain in Singin' in the Rain wasn't milk. It was just really good lighting and filming -- they lit it from behind, making sure you couldn't see all the lighting equipment in the shopfronts' windows. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/0/1/1026301.jpg)
![Someone pranked Bobby Flay while he was getting his star on the Walk of Fame. BOBBY FLAY Della 3OBBY FLAY During the ceremony, a plane with a banner that said cheater flew overhead. His wife, who he was divorcing at the time, absolutely denied being behind that. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/0/0/1026300.jpg)
![Keira Knightley had a small role in The Phantom Menace (that she mostly can't remember). She was 12, and played Padmé's body double / decoy. All she remembers from that is the headache she got from one of the headdresses they gave her, and falling asleep while sitting on a chair in the background. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/9/1026299.jpg)
![Some of the wolves that show up in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping were direwolves in Game of Thrones. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/7/1026297.jpg)
![Missy Elliott was bumped up two grades in school, because her IQ was super high. WANG She got so lonely, she decided to fail everything and get moved back. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/8/1026298.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM Helen Mirren was a carnival barker. Her job was talking fast and loud to draw people to a dart stall.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/6/1026296.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM Justin Bieber can solve a Rubik's Cube in less than two minutes! RUBIK'S 4LIFE Yes, probably faster than you can! Bieber has been showing his puzzle-solving skills in many interviews through the years, for example on The Late Late Show with James Corden in 2015.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/5/1026295.jpg)
![Before getting his big break, Jon Hamm worked as a set dresser for Cinemax soft-core- porn movies. Не said it was soul crushing. GRAGKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/4/1026294.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM Dr. Phil used to race moto- cross. Не can still pop a wheelie on a dirt bike.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/3/1026293.jpg)
![Prince has been described as a pool shark. The Purple One's personal photographer (who considered himself as a fairly decent pool player) told a story about how Prince beat him: Не proceeded to basically clean the table two times in a row before I even had a chance to shoot. When I did finally have a chance, he beat the pants off me. Не was that good. And he was cocky about it, too. CRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/4/1026284.jpg)
![WHERE EVERYONE HAS A SECRET TRUMP TOWER A NOVEL DONALD J. TRUMP WITH JEFFREY ROBINSON Donald Trump wrote an erotic thriller. Crediting him as the author wasn't exactly truthful, but his fingerprints are still all over the book. The by-product of his attempt to create a soap opera, 2012's Trump Tower narrates the, um, sexy goings-on between (buxom) women and (rich) men happening in Trump's domain. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/8/1026288.jpg)
![CRACKED COM Medieval theologians thought that Jesus was born a tiny man. Since the Bible never says that baby Jesus looked like a baby, some took the liberty of deciding that he was fully formed at birth. That's one of the reasons why medieval art often depicts him as a middle-aged accountant.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/0/1026290.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM Mother Teresa's charities were less charitable than usually described. Mother Teresa's legacy has come under examination in light of discoveries like the unsanitary (and not always free of charge) facilities run by her charities. Former Kolkata mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya has questioned the image she gave of the city as needing to be saved by a white, Catholic woman.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/1/1026291.jpg)
![A bank robber failed because of his bad handwriting. In March 2021, Alan Slattery from the U.K. handed a note to a bank teller, demanding money and threatening the customers - and walked away empty-handed, as the teller couldn't understand Slattery's handwriting. Не was arrested after trying a couple more times. GRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/2/1026282.jpg)
![King Abdullah II of Jordan appeared in Star Trek. CRACKED.COM King Abdullah is a fan of Star Trek and had a small non-speaking role on Investiga- tions, a 1995 episode of the TV series Star Trek: Voyager.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/3/1026283.jpg)
![The Vatican forbids gluten-free wafers from use in communion. CRACKED.COM Bread and wafers used in the sacrament must be unleavened, purely of wheat, and recently made so that there is no danger of decomposition.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/7/1026287.jpg)
![Some North Korean Christian believers celebrate Christmas in secret. CRACKED.COM Christmas is banned in North Korea and instead of Christmas, the birthday of Kim Jong-suk (grandmother of the current supreme lead- er of North Korea) is cele- brated on Christmas Eve.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/6/1026286.jpg)
![The final decision to vomit comes from the brain, not the stomach. CRACKED.COM The bilateral vomitation center is not a specific place in the brain, but rather an area consisting of many nu- clei, axons, and receptors that together cause the physical changes necessary to induce vomiting.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/1/1026281.jpg)
![The most dangerous road on Earth is the Road of Death that connects the Amazon Rainforest to La Paz, Bolivia. CRACKED.COM There is not a single guardrail, and in many places the road isn't any wider than 10 feet. Be- tween 200 and 300 people fall to their deaths every year.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/2/1026292.jpg)
![The religious group known as the Shakers are completely celibate and cannot have children. CRACKED.COM They can only gain new members by converting outsiders. As a result, there were only two people in the last existing Shaker com- munity as of 2020, al- though they gained a single new member in 2021.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/5/1026285.jpg)
![Saab in 1992 made a prototype vehicle dubbed Prométheus that had no steering wheel. Microsoft CRACKED.COM Instead, to steer it, the driver had a joystick like an aircraft. It greatly in- creased safety, space, and aesthetics. The production model would have had two Joysticks, one for each arm/hand.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/9/1026289.jpg)