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34 Bits of Trivia We Extorted From a Bridge Troll

March 03, 2024

This morning, we planted some magic facts and encountered a bridge troll. Not to spoil the ending, but the magic facts grew into a magnificent fact-stalk, and we pushed aside that bridge troll to snag the facts he was bogarting.

What? You’re saying that we just added facts to existing fairy tales? It really happened to us! How else could we have gathered these facts?

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McDonald's did away with their miniature spoon coffee stirrers because they were used to do cocaine. PURE SUGAR McDonald's sugar = : Dompa TUTTAL - 1185 - In fact, a 'McSpoon' became a quantified amount of cocaine sold. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The New York Post was founded by Alexander Hamilton & was a respected publication. YORKPOST KACHE 1 TT - ... - $60.000 HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR Gunman forces woman to decapitate favern owner - - SENATE OKAYS PREZ'S PICK FOR ARMS CONTROL - - Koch plans to hire 1,000 more cops ... - Taken kickin' TAXING DAY FOR It didn't become a tabloid until the 1970s. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Yale students pranked Harvard by handing out 1,800 placards at a football game. Instead of spelling Go Harvard they said We Suck. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Friends continues to generate massive revenue. The show earns $1 billion/year for Warner Bros., which translates into $20 million annually for cast members. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The 'Shirts vs. Blouses' with Prince that Charlie Murphy described on the Chappelle's Show actually happened. According to guitarist Micki Free, Prince was every bit as good a basketball player as Charlie Murphy said he was. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The average silverback gorilla is four to nine times stronger than a human. Silverbacks can deadlift 1800 pounds. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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When asked to be in a 2012 Olympic sketch with Daniel Craig as James Bond, Queen Elizabeth agreed immediately. Her only condition was to choose her line, which was, Good evening, Mr. Bond. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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A blind woman flying United Airlines was assured by the flight crew they would help her exit the plane. Instead, they forgot her, left, and locked up the plane. Luckily, she was found by a maintenance crew a short time later. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Apostrophe Protection Society stopped trying to ensure the proper use of the apostrophe and dissolved as an organization in 2019. on apostrophe the sign (') that yo to show that yo examp The founder stated that the ignorance and laziness present in modern times have won! NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Canada eats more Kraft macaroni & cheese than any other nation in the world. Canadians eat 55% more Kraft Dinner (their term) than people in the U.S. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ozzy Osbourne arranged to have Robin Williams come to the house when his wife Sharon had all but given up on cancer treatment. Williams climbed into bed with her, and the entire family went from tears to laughing. Sharon resumed treatment the next day. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 2006, suspected serial murderer Ricky Simonds was found dead of heatstroke in the trunk of his ex-girlfriend's car. Investigators theorized he became locked in as he lay in wait to ambush and kill her. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson published his bank account details in an effort to prove that the idea of identity theft was hyperbolic nonsense. Within days, and without his authorization, Clarkson's account was debited £500, payable to the British Diabetic Association. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Methamphetamine was used as an antidepressant from the 1930s to the 1950s. Gordon Alles patented the drug after being injected with it. Не said it made him more talkative and imparted a sense of well-being. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Bob Marley gave his friend Vincent Ford a songwriting credit on several songs, including No Woman, No Cry. Marley knew any royalties would be used to keep the soup kitchen Vincent Ford ran open. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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A man tried to rob a woman standing outside her apartment in Rio. U The woman turned out to be ММА fighter Polyana Viana, who kept him handily subdued until the cops arrived. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In the 2006 Casino Royale, Tsai Chin played Madam Wu. She also appeared in You Only Live Twice, in 1967. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 2012 Unabomber Ted Kaczynski got invited to his 50-year Harvard reunion. 5 5 I Не RSVPed, listing his occupation as prisoner and his 8 life sentences as awards. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 1999, Raven the chimpanzee chose random stocks using darts. She became the 22nd most successful money manager on Wall Street. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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When Winston Churchill sold the family estate to the National Trust, he had a specific requirement. A marmalade cat named Jock must always be in comfortable residence. Meet Jock VII. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Flintstones was groundbreaking for its time. x HOME It was the first show to depict a couple sleeping in the same bed, and also dealt with heavy issues like suicide and infertility. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Star Wars

Carrie Fisher and James Earl Jones never met while making Star Wars. Their first face-to-face meeting was in 2014 on The Big Bang Theory. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Owls and Crows hate each other. Some owls eat crows, so the crows team up and hunt owls with a vengeance. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Deadpool 2

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's photo makes a cameo in Deadpool 2. She's one of the candidates Deadpool's considering for X-Force. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Lobsters don't age like other creatures. BRONNING They don't lose their fertility or strength, and their metabolism doesn't slow. And they keep getting bigger. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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J.R.R. Tolkien was rejected for a Nobel Prize in 1961. Apparently LOTR had not in any way measured up to storytelling of the highest quality. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Biz Markie never planned to sing the chorus on Just A Friend. He'd invited singers to the studio, but none of them showed up. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Peter Pan is the only UK copyright that has been extended in perpetuity. CRACKED COM This means Great Or- mond Street Hospital can receive royalties forever. This has earned it the name The Copyright which never grows up. — Source

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The Alaskan Pipeline

A drunk person shot a hole in the Alaskan oil pipeline. 562 CRACKED.COM Clean up involved digging ditches and holes to cap- ture the oil, which was be- ing vacuumed into trucks. Daniel Carson Lewis had to pay for the $17 million cleanups and received 16 years in jail. — Source

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Eminem sued iTunes for deductions on digital download royalties. CRACKED.COM In the early days of iTunes, Universal Music Group deducted artist's iTunes royalties for costs such as packaging and breakages on digital downloads. — Source

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No one noticed Chile misspelled their own name on their 50 peso coins. CRACKED.COM Chile printed a number of 50 peso coins in 2008 that misspelled the name of their country as Chiie. No one noticed until 2009, at which point the director of the Mint lost his job. — Source

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Anderson Cooper launched his journalist career by forging a press pass. CRACKED.COM After college, Cooper forged a pass and gained entrance to Myanmar to meet with students fight- ing the Burmese govern- ment. Не ultimately sold his home-made news seg- ments to Channel One. — Source

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Steve McQueen was offered the leading role of Close Encounters of the Third Kind. CRACKED.COM McQueen declined since he couldn't cry on cue. Steven Spiel- berg offered to remove the scene but McQueen said it was the best part of the film. — Source

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