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34 Bits of Trivia to Squelch Into Your Braincup Like an Extra Large Slushie

February 27, 2024

After this list, your brain could definitely get its own episode of Fact Hoarders. It’s kind of like Hoarders, except there’s really no problem with all the piles. If anything, each episode of Fact Hoarders ends with truckloads of more facts. You’re gonna need a bigger brain!

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Lemons can take 9 months to mature. CRACKED.COM It takes roughly the same amount of time to make a human baby and for a lemon to be ready to be plucked. The average lemon tree grows over 1,500 lemons per year. — Source

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The Cleveland Browns are the only NFL team to never host or play in a Super Bowl. CRACKED.COM AND The Browns won multiple football championships before the Super Bowl era, but since then they have not come close to the Super Bowl. — Source

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A $1 bill costs 6 cents to make. OFERAL RESERVENNOTE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1 THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE 1 В 03542754 F WASHINGTON,D.C. В 2 В ФИРОЗСКИЙ US DE THE 2 B 03542754 F Bn 2 los Bumatation Rive 1 SERIES 0000 Time F. Grathan 2 Secretary or Sunzary 1 ONE DOLLAR CRACKED.COM Each dollar costs 6 cents to make and lasts only about six years. The latest estimate shows that there is about $1.79 trillion of U.S. currency in circulation right now. — Source

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Without the holes, crackers would not bake properly. GRACKED.COM The holes, known as docking holes, are purposefully put in the crackers by a machine called a Docker. The holes allow for air to escape from the cracker so that it can bake properly and evenly. — Source

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Left-handed people make up about 11% of the population. CRACKED.COM Left-handed people are generally more creative, imaginative, and intuitive. They also tend to score better in both rhythm and visualization tests. — Source

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IO, a moon of Jupiter, has tides of rock. lo has no oceans-but that doesn't mean it has no tides. The gravity of Jupiter and the other moons causes the ground to move up and down the height of a 30-story building. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM Tea can climb back to the kettle as you brew it. Tiny tea particles can climb short distances from the cup to the kettle. Researchers have found that small waterfalls create counter-flows strong enough for water to go upwards. — Source

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Polar bears are nearly invisible to infrared cameras. The bear's fur is so good at keeping the bear warm, that almost no heat escapes that can be picked up by infrared sensors. Invisibility cloaks are being researched that copy how the bear's hairs work. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A planet exists made of burning ice. Gliese 436 b, about 30 light-years from us, is made mostly of ice that would burn you to a crisp if you touched it. The strong gravity keeps water so tightly packed that it remains solid, even at a temperature of almost 1,000 degrees. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The word muscle comes from a Latin term meaning little mouse. CRACKED.COM Muscle is derived from the Latin term musculus, meaning little mouse, which is apparently what the ancient Ro- mans saw when they flexed their biceps. — Source

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There's a floating reservoir of water in space that holds 140 trillion times all the water on Earth. CRACKED.COM NASA scientist Matt Brad- ford says that water is pervasive throughout the universe, and the reser- voir surrounding a black hole 12 billion light years away surely proves that. — Source

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Peanuts can be used to make an explosive. CRACKED.COM When extracted, pea- nut oil can be turned into glycerol, which can then make nitro- glycerine, an unstable explosive substance used in dynamite. — Source

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Driverless elevators became popular due to the 1945 elevator operator's strike. Elevators mostly had operators then -- but the strike kept about 1.5 million people from getting to work, so the elevator industry soon made changes. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Support yachts are an increasingly popular thing among the super-rich. They carry all the sailboats, jet skis, seaplanes and so on that don't fit on the main yacht, and they're sometimes as flashy as the main yachts themselves. CRACKED.COM — Source

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As a prank, teenagers left glasses on a museum floor .. people thought it was art. The teenagers left the glasses in San Francisco's Museum of Modern Art in 2016, and then filmed people taking photos of them. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Boston has a museum devoted to a collection a woman gathered over 30 years Isabella Gardner filled several warehouses with odd objects from foreign lands, then opened a museum. Anyone named Isabella gets in for free. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The rap battle scenes in the Shelter in 8 Mile weren't actually shot there. The movie was shot in Detroit, but they didn't use the real Shelter -- for exterior shots, for example, they dressed up a place a few blocks away. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The original ending for Snake Eyes had a tidal wave washing away the villain. Brian De Palma's thinking was that you need God to come down and blow it all away, but audiences didn't like the idea at all. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Richard Linklater never made money on anything to do with Dazed and Confused. Не waived his rights just so he could pay for the soundtrack, and the movie took in $8 million (against a $6.9 million budget) anyway. CRACKED.COM — Source

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We only got Doctor Who's Daleks because Ridley Scott wasn't around. Не was supposed to be the set designer (whose responsibility was designing the Daleks) on the episode that introduced them, but he suddenly left the BBC. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Walmart loses $3 billion to shoplifting every year. 2200 Walmart macy But that's only 1% of its annual revenue. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Harlan Thrombey's name in Knives Out was based on a Choose Your Own Adventure book. It came from Who Killed Harlow Thrombey, one of Rian Johnson's favorite childhood books. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Little Red-Haired Girl in Peanuts was inspired by Charles Schulz's ex. Her name is Donna Mae Johnson, and she worked in the accounting department at Art Instruction, Inc. in Minneapolis, where she met Schulz, who worked as a cartooning instructor. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 2000, a child doctor was mistaken for a child molester. Dr. Yvette Cloete, a Welsh pediatrician, woke up to find paedo on the front porch and door of her house. Police concluded that it happened because someone got the words pediatrician and pedophile confused. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Jared Leto blinded himself for Blade Runner 2049. Не had customized contact lenses made that left him totally unable to see. When he walked slowly into the room for his camera test, with an assistant helping him, Denis Villeneuve says that veryone was in awe. It was so beautiful and powerful-I was moved to tears. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In WWI and WWII, New Zealand military units adopted animals as mascots. These were animals they found along the way or brought from home - - they could be dogs, cats, birds, goats, donkeys, monkeys, lizards, or pigs. The best-known WWII mascot, Major Major of the 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment (a dog), was buried with full military honors in 1944. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED A KID WAS FOUND SAFE AFTER 8 MONTHS OF WANDERING. An 8-year-old boy, Breadson John, was found safe after being missing for 8 months. Не had disappeared from Washington state in June 2022, and it's still a mystery how he ended up in Missouri. — Source

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CRACKED FOUR-DAY WORK WEEKS: LESS STRESS, FEWER SICK DAYS, AND FEWER QUITTERS. A recent trial in the UK tested out a four-day work week and it was a success. People reported lower stress and illness levels, and 57% fewer people left their jobs. — Source

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CRACKED EX-MARINE FINDS MISSING 2-YEAR-OLD ALIVE AND BAREFOOT IN THE WOODS. An ex-Marine and former supervisor for Hernando County parks found a 2-year-old boy alive and barefoot in the woods after he had been missing for almost a day near D.S. Parrott Middle School in Brooksville, Florida. — Source

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CRACKED LOVE CONQUERS ALL, EVEN WAR. A Ukrainian couple that got married the same day Russia started a full-scale attack on their country celebrated their first wedding anniversary. Despite the war still going on, the couple has stayed strong and grown even closer together. — Source

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CRACKED PUTIN'S WAR LEADS TO EUROPE GOING GREEN IN 2022. The war in Ukraine has led the European Union to reduce its use of Russian fossil fuels and increase its use of renewable energy sources. This has resulted in wind and solar sources producing more electricity than gas in 2022. — Source

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CRACKED FLORIDA TOWN RAISES $10 MILLION TO PRESERVE 44 ACRES OF UNTOUCHED LAND. The people of Dunedin, Florida, joined forces to raise an impressive $10 million to purchase the 44-acre Gladys Е. Douglas Preserve. It has 143 native plant species, 11 of which are endangered, threatened, or exploited. DINON Gladys E. Douglas Preserve Hours 7 am Sunset No Oversight Parking Help Protect Nature! The following and postard e the park Alcohol Golf Carts Smoking Bicycles - Dogs which — Source

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CRACKED NEW HAMPSHIRE SAID 'YES' TO MARIJUANA WITH A RESOUNDING VOTE. On February 23, 2023, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted to make marijuana legal, with 234 people in favor and 127 against. Both parties supported the bill. — Source

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CRACKED 26 SPECIES SAVED FROM EXTINCTION IN AUSTRALIA. Thanks to the hard work of government agencies, conservation groups, and Indigenous land managers, 26 species of Australian wildlife have been saved from the brink of extinction. These include mammals, birds, frogs, reptiles, and fish. — Source

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