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25 Bits of Trivia We Were Force Fed by the Class Bully When the Teacher Wasn’t Looking

March 14, 2024

Usually we avoid the class bully at all costs, but if he’s force-feeding facts, you can find us presenting our mouths like baby birds. Hopefully these facts don’t leave cheek stains like yesterday’s mouthful of grass. Only one way to find out!

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WEIRD WORLD A Philly woman who's 106 years old credits her life to an all-American diet. Specifically, she says that it was faith and Big Macs that allowed her to live this long. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD An entire Spanish town has come together to hunt Galician Rambo. They think an infamous convicted murderer, who's a skilled survivalist, is living in the nearby woods, so they've gotten together to track him down. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Defecting to, Not From, North Korea

WEIRD WORLD A South Korean actually defected to North Korea. That's extremely rare, of course, and the South Korean military carried out a search - but they weren't successful. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In North Carolina, a deer broke into a county courthouse, but deputies saved the day. The deer was let go with a stern warning, according to North Carolina authorities. CRACKED.GOM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In Hawaii, a surfer had her board bitten by a boar who was swimming. Surfer Ingrid Seiple was surfing in Hawaii and spotted what she thought was a Hawaiian monk seal - but it turned out to be boar instead. It started swimming towards her, and apparently bit her board. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD There are now emergency airlifts of Beanie Babies to the US taking place. adidas Because global supply lines are jammed, Beanie Babies are being flown on cargo planes from China in time for the holiday season. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Reindeer in British Columbia are fiercely attacking poor old Rudolph. Specifically, it's a decoration of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in Fort Nelson, BC - the young bucks nearby keep beating the crap out of it, over and over. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A five-year-old caught driving had the most adorable explanation for doing that. Не told cops that he was just out trying to buy a present for his sister, apparently. CRACKED.GOM — Source

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Wow! What a scoop!

WEIRD WORLD South Dakota teachers played a ridiculous, Squid Game-type game. They had to scramble to grab dollar bills, which would go towards funding their classrooms. The game's sponsor apologized afterwards. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Israel banned a guy from traveling until the year 9999 (not a typo). Noam Huppert, an Australian living in Israel, got that ban because he has to pay his wife roughly $2 million in child support paments. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A guy found a frog in a box of lettuce and decided to keep it as a pet. Не named the frog Tony - Tony somehow turned up in a lettuce box from Whole Foods and, mercifully, his life was spared. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A Vietnam war vet in his 70s found out he's a pop superstar's dad. US After a DNA search, it was confirmed that William Johnson is the father of Danish superstar Zindy Laursen. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Rome's garbage workers will get a bonus for not taking any sick days. Between 22 November and 9 January, that is - the mayor wants the city to be totally clean, and this is intended to help. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD The city of Vancouver renamed a beach in honor of a barge that's been stuck there. The barge in question had stayed for over a month, so the city put up sign saying Barge Chilling Beach. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD North and South Korea have finally agreed in principle to end their war. It had been dragging on for 70 years without ever being formally ended, and now they've agreed to do just that - again, in principle. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A 48-year-old woman lived as her 22-year-old daughter, a university student. She did that for two years, and held a job at a library and had boyfriends who seriously thought she was 22 years old. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Work from Home

WEIRD WORLD A German court ruled that you can actually get into a workplace accident at home. One man walked from his bed to his desk, fell, and broke his back - and the court ruled that, indeed, this was a workplace accident. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Google is being sued for failing to live up to its classic Don't be evil motto. Specifically, two ex-Googlers are suing the company for breaching the Don't be evil clause in its contract. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD The US is now officially against imposing any kind of ban on, uh, killer robots. adidas A US official asked the United Nations to adopt a non-binding code of conduct regarding the (apparently) burning question of banning literal killer robots. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Woman Yelling at a Cat meme has a dark backstory. I H The woman is Taylor Armstrong in The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills - and she's yelling at fellow cast member Camille Grammer, for spreading rumors about the suicide of Armstrong's former abusive husband. The cat's indifference doesn't look as hilarious in context, does it? CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM The video game crash wasn't caused just by E.T. HORO When Atari failed to legally stop Activision from making games for their console, the floodgates opened - and within months, everyone and their dog was releasing crappy games by the ton. By Christmas, the entire industry was bankrupt. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Zootopia's popsicle fraud happened for real. An ice cream company in Istanbul, Turkey ran a promotion where you could get a free popsicle by turning in a popsicle stick with the word FREE printed on it. Then a couple of crooks started counterfeiting their own winning sticks, and trading them for popsicles (which they then sold). — Source

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UNITED STATES NASA covered up a heart attack on the Moon. During Apollo 15, Mission Control detected that astronaut James Irwin had an arrhythmia serious enough to carry him to an ICU. Luckily, Irwin's spacesuit doubled as a mobile ICU, supplying him with oxygen and monitoring his vitals. No one in the crew was told about the incident. GRACKED COM — Source

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John Stamos kept the couch from Full House. The blue plaid couch at the center of the Tanner family's living room is property of Uncle Jesse himself. In 2020, Stamos shared a snap on Instagram of his toddler standing next to the iconic sitcom prop. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM The Green Goblin was originally a demon. Stan Lee envisioned Spider-Man's foe as an ancient demon found in an Egyptian sarcophagus. Steve Ditko just ignored Lee's idea, and drew the Goblin as a guy in a costume. — Source

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