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February 16, 2024

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While swallowing, a frog's eyes retract down towards its esophagus. GRAGKED.COM Eye retraction may aid swallowing by helping to push food back to- ward the esophagus, but this hypothesis has never been tested. — Source

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There were more 'immaculate innings' in 2017 than from 1929-1952. NEW YORK 34 CRACKED.COM An immaculate inning is when a baseball pitcher strikes out three batters with only nine pitches. 1929 to 1952 saw zero such innings, while there were 8 in 2017 alone. — Source

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Pirates wore earrings because they thought it improved their eyesight. CRACKED.COM Some pirates were convinced that wearing an earring would improve or even cure bad eyesight, as they be- lieved that the precious met- als in an earring possessed magical healing powers. — Source

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The official color of the Golden Gate Bridge is International Orange. CRACKED.COM Architect Irving F. Morrow undertook color studies, which resulted in the unique color because it blended well with the near- by hills and contrasted with the ocean and sky. — Source

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Tea bricks were used as currency in some places until World War II. CRACKED.COM In Tibet, tea bricks were in such demand that swords, horses and other property were sometimes priced in a given num- ber of tea bricks. — Source

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Jimmy Carter filed a report in 1973 for a UFO sighting four years prior. CRACKED.COM Carter, as well as 10 to 12 other people who wit- nessed the same event, described the object as 'very bright chang- ing colors and about the size of the moon.' — Source

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Harriet Tubman was the first woman to lead a military operation in the U.S. As a result of her actions, more than 700 people escaped slavery. She was never paid for her military actions. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Shaq only made one three-pointer in his entire career. An important lesson in playing to your strengths. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Hans Münch was known as the humane Nazi. Не secretly helped inmates escape from Auschwitz and was acquitted of war crimes. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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After being refused by the War Office, Mary Seacole used her own money to serve as a nurse during the Crimean War. Due to racism, she almost forgotten to history, compared to her contemporary Nightingale. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Florence Nightingale was a pioneering medical statistician. Her work in statistics saved lives, and her data visualization was ground-breaking. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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George Cowan was shot three times (once in the head), crawled to make coffee, crawled across Yellowstone, crossed a river... ...was burnt in a forest fire, thrown from a carriage, and his bed broke while receiving care. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Vidal Sassoon (yes, the hairstylist) was the youngest member of an anti-fascist group. Sassoon was only 17 when he joined Group 43, which physically broke up fascist meetings. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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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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A three-year-old on 'Toddlers And Tiaras' was dressed up like Julia Roberts' prostitute character from 'Pretty Woman.' The outfit included a tight blue mini skirt, thigh-high black boots, blonde wig and a waist revealing white blouse, causing a wave of controversy that was not unusual for the show. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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A Chicago politician was hit with bird poop as he was addressing the bid poop problem at an area bus station. The Irving Park Blue Line station has a reputation among Chicago residents as the pigeon poop station due to its proximity to an underpass, where pigeons congregate and defecate. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Nearly 100 New York City public school teachers have been suspended for allegedly submitting fake vaccine cards. Drua COVID-19 -CoV-2 Virus VACCINE Attenuated now This is coming from a city where more than 1 in every 200 kids has now lost a parent or caregiver to COVID-19, which is about twice the national rate. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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An EgyptAir flight that crashed en route to Cairo, killing all 66 people on board, was brought down by a cigarette. SC PRE The pilot had enjoyed a mid-air smoke break, which resulted in a fire when his cigarette ignited oxygen leaking from an oxygen mask in the cockpit. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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The first character to actually speak in a full-length Disney cartoon was the Evil Queen in 'Snow White.' Her first wicked words were Slave in the magic mirror, come from the farthest space, through wind and darkness I summon thee. Speak! Let me see thy face. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Marvel bought the idea of the Venom symbiote from a fan for $220. Randy Schueller, a 22-year-old comic fan, sent in a letter suggesting that Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four could create a black costume for Peter Parker using unstable molecules. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Hailstones in Jupiter and saturn are diamonds. Thunderstorms turn atmospheric methane into pure carbon soot. As the soot falls and the pressure increases, it gets compressed into diamonds as big as one centimeter across. CRACKED COM — Source

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crocodiles are more closely related to birds than to lizards. Crocodiles, alligators, and birds are the last surviving archosaurs (a group that included dinosaurs). Their common ancestor lived 240 million years ago. CRACKED.COM — Source

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some birds password- protect their children. a is Brown-headed cowbirds have their chicks raised by different species of birds than their own. Adult cowbirds use a special vocalization that unlocks the chicks' ability to learn, so no one but them can teach their offspring to sing. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM A small Australian mammal dies from terminal horniness. The antechinus breeds only once in its lifetime. For a couple weeks, the male goes into such a schtupping frenzy with every female he finds that it destroys his body, killing him. — Source

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Lobsters don't age. While not exactly immortal, lobsters don't become weaker or stop breeding with age. They just keep growing bigger and bigger, until they're too big for their own good. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM whiptail lizards are all female. Aspidoscelis, a genus of New Mexico lizards, has no males. They reproduce through natural cloning. Their organisms have mechanisms in place to preserve genetic diversity. — Source

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