35 Bits of Trivia to Shout From the Rooftops
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You might not believe it, but there was a time when we had trouble expressing our love for facts. We always loved them, but you know how showing affection can be. After the facts broke through our gruff exteriors, though, we realized that being vulnerable is actually kind of nice. Thanks for looking past our immaturity, you factual little sweeties. We love each and every one of these facts right here, and if you let your guards down, we know you will too.
![Roberto Goizueta was the first person to become a billionaire by being an employee first and not a company founder. GRAGKED.COM The former CEO of Coca-Cola transformed the once-floun- dering soda maker into one of the world's richest corporate franchises. Не died from lung cancer, and had spent the last two weeks of his life working from his hospital room.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/6/1030546.jpg)
![Adrenaline addicts in France can pay to be kidnapped. CRACKED.COM In these kidnap packages, they are bundled away, bound and gagged, and kept incarcerated for four hours. Clients have no idea when the kidnappers will strike in order to maximize the surprise.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/5/1030545.jpg)
![An FBI agent became friends with the ex-KGB agent he was monitoring. DEPARTMENT FEDERAL BUREAU FIDELITY BRAVERY OF OF INTEGRITY INVESTIGATION JUSTICE CRACKED.COM Former KGB agent Jack Barsky lived in the US and the FBI monitored him for three years from the house next door. Не later became close friends with the FBI agent, who is now godfa- ther to Barsky's child.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/4/1030544.jpg)
![The Rabbit scene in 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' is based on a carving in the Notre Dame Cathedral. CRACKED.COM The Notre Dame de Paris features a carving of a knight fleeing from a rab- bit, which illustrates cow- ardice, and is appropri- ately titled, The Allego- ry of Cowardice.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/2/1030542.jpg)
![ESPN launched a sport centered phone called Mobile ESPN in 2005. ESPI CRACKED.COM It cost $300 for the phone itself, and between $65 and $225 per month for content. Steve Jobs called it, The dumbest f*cking idea I have ever heard. It failed miserably.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/0/1030540.jpg)
![A dentist named Edgar Parker legally changed his first name to Painless. GRAGKED.COM Не changed his name when he was accused of break- ing a false advertising law by claiming that his den- tistry was truly painless. The ADA called him a menace to the dignity of the profession.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/1/1030541.jpg)
![The Solenopsis daguerrei ant will take over a fire ant colony by impersonating their queen. GRACKED.COM The workers raise the im- postor's children, which then fly off to infest more colonies. These ants are being considered as a via- ble biological deterrent to control the spread of fire ants.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/4/3/1030543.jpg)
![The French army became the first to use camouflage during WWI. CRACKED.COM The word 'camouflage' comes from the French verb 'to make up for the stage'. Most camouflage was originally used on guns and vehicles.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/9/1030539.jpg)
![The Hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters. CRACKED.COM The written language was adopted from the English alphabet in the 1800s by American missionaries. The letters they use are A, Е, H,I,K, L, M, N, О, P, and W.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/8/1030538.jpg)
![Facebook is at least partly to blame for a third of divorces in the UK. CRACKED.COM Facebook In 2018, 20 percent of all people in the UK who filed for divorce claimed that Facebook was at least partially responsible, and that number jumped to 33 percent in 2020.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/7/1030537.jpg)
![Leonardo Da Vinci took 12 years to paint just the lips of the Mona Lisa. CRACKED COM Da Vinci first began the Mona Lisa painting in 1503. Не carried it wherever he went and worked on it constantly, and it took him over 12 years just to paint the smirk of Mona Lisa's mouth.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/6/1030536.jpg)
![Average breast size has increased over the last decade. GRAGKED.COM In just the past decade, the average woman's breast size has gone up from a 34B to a 36C. Nearly a quarter of all bras sold are size D or higher, a number that has doubled over the past 3 years.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/5/1030535.jpg)
![The Royal family is not allowed to play Monopoly. CCADIL WATER WORKS CRACKED.COM There is no law against it, but the Duke of York disclosed that the game is no longer played simply because it gets too vicious and too competitive.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/4/1030534.jpg)
![The term robot means servant. FUTURIUM CRACKED.COM Originally coming from an Old Church Slavonic word, robota, the word's meaning was forced labor or servitude. If AI ever becomes sentient, let's all agree to not tell them about this.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/3/1030533.jpg)
![Our sun is white, not yellow. CRACKED.COM Despite Superman getting his powers from our yellow sun, like all stars of its kind, it is actually white. As the light refracts through our atmosphere, the color changes to yellow or orange.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/2/1030532.jpg)
![Women's hearts beat faster than men's. GRACKED.COM Women tend to have smaller internal organs, including the heart. Due to their smaller hearts and the subsequent lower volume of blood pumped per beat, women need their hearts to pump faster.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/1/1030531.jpg)
![Marriage ceremonies at the top of the Empire State Building are free on 2/14. CRACKED COM Couples who plan to wed or renew their vows have until December 30th of the previous year to sign up. If you make it on the list, your nuptials will be celebrated on the 86th floor.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/2/9/1030529.jpg)
![Crayola means oily chalk. Wild IN mondativa Viva sunset orange Jegan mango ungo mango ango fango A la conor zanahoria necin carotte néon scorlet escarlata écorlate CRACKED.COM The word comes from a French heritage, and can be broken into craie, which is French for chalk, and ola, which is French for oily.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/0/1030530.jpg)
![The original meaning of heterosexuality was a desire for kinky, - - ma e technologica straight sex. Robert a Patto tech noto gist ( IMUMA technology: tech nol o gize (tek OF ing to make technol only or an industry. UNA -zing tech nology (tek nol' science of the mechanic plied science: Не studied en a of technology. 2 the body materials, techniques, and p de a con- produce goods and services needs: Science has contribute knocked technology. 3 a particular applic J technical gy: any method, process, or syst TOO tools and techniques to achieve a in a tech-](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/2/8/1030528.jpg)
![Gary Busey once complained on a movie set because Heaven didn't look real. egr Fou Children Не died and came back, apparently, and said he'd seen Heaven - and the movie's portrayal of it was totally inaccurate, he said. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/2/7/1030527.jpg)
![Birds of Prey has a subtle homage to Harley Quinn's first appearance. She wears the number 92 on her derby outfit - that's a nod to the episode of Batman: The Animated Series, broadcast in '92, where she first appeared. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/2/6/1030526.jpg)
![Shia LaBeouf has an injured hand in Transformers 2 because of a real-life injury. Не hurt himself in an auto accident so, rather than pause filming, they just wrote the injury into the movie (he hurt himself while teleporting). CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/2/5/1030525.jpg)
![A former NASA scientist who helped develop stealth bombers invented the Super Soaker. NERF Super THE Soaker CRACKED.COM Lonnie G.Johnson eventu- ally licensed his design to Larami Corporation, later acquired by Hasbro. Не made so much money that he was able to fund his own research and develop- ment company.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/2/4/1030524.jpg)
![Great White sharks will avoid an area for a year if they spot a Killer Whale. CRACKED.COM The sharks are so terrified of their only natural preda- tor that they'll vacate their preferred hunting ground and will not return for up to a year if they encounter one, even if it's just pass- ing by.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/2/3/1030523.jpg)
![The first television commercial in 1941 aired during a Dodgers game. BULOVA Ambassador 31 AUTOMATIC CRACKED.COM The ad, a silhouette of the continental United States, over which a watch face pops up and a voiceover says, Amer- ica runs on Bulova time, cost $9.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/2/2/1030522.jpg)
![Phosphenes are the flashes of light you see when you rub your eyes. CRACKED.COM When you rub your eyes, the optic nerve translates this pres- sure into various imag- es. You see these pho- sphenes briefly after you open your eyes.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/1/3/1030513.jpg)
![The Antarctic blackfin icefish has no scales, white blood, and transparent bones. GRACKED.COM Instead of red blood cells or hemoglobin pigments for transporting oxygen, oxygen simply diffuses into their cir- culating blood plasma from the frigid seawater thanks to the fish's enlarged gills and smooth skin.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/1/2/1030512.jpg)
![Michael Caine or England Here . World's LG Largest The Cu Estard Evening FIRE - 224 Sale ALARMS 100 - GRACKED COM Before his fame, Caine was unable to support his wife and daughter. The same week his wife left him, his father died. Не moved to Paris with $70 total, ate discarded fruits, and lived on sandwiches given to him by a coworker at a snack bar.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/2/0/1030520.jpg)
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![Louis Armstrong GRAGKED COM Louis was arrested-for running cocaine, said the police-v when he was nine years old. He'd be arrested again three years later and sent to the Colored Waifs Home, which was where he learned to play the horn.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/1/6/1030516.jpg)
![Leighton Meester CRACKED.COM Leighton Meester was born in prison to a mother who was a drug smuggler, as were the rest of her immediate family. In fact, her aunt was the first ever woman placed on the US Marshals Top 15 Most Wanted list, for her daring escape from prison.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/1/4/1030514.jpg)
![Danny Trejo CRACKED.COM His uncle got him into marijuana at eight, and since then, he was in and out of prison over taking drugs. And dealing drugs. And committing armed robberies to buy drugs. Не got his high school diploma in prison.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/1/7/1030517.jpg)
![Chris Pratt CRACKED.COM Chris Pratt lived in a van in Hawaii. It wasn't until a chance encounter with actress-director Rae Dawn Chong at his job as a waiter for Bubba Gump Shrimp that he was cast in Cursed 3. Не made a grand total of $700 for the role, which he then used to move into an apartment.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/1/8/1030518.jpg)
![William Shatner GRACKED.COM Shatner hit his poverty low point AFTER Star Trek. After the series was canceled, having to support an ex-wife and three kids left him pretty much broke. Не couldn't even afford a hotel room. Не put a hard shell on the back of his truck and lived there with his dog.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/1/9/1030519.jpg)
![Nicki Minaj CRACKED.COM Nicki Minaj, real name Onika Tanya Maraj, was born into a family of 15 in Trinidad and lived in a three-room house. At five, she moved to Queens, where her abusive crack-addicted father set fire to the house trying to kill her mother. She escaped just in time.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/2/1/1030521.jpg)