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35 Bits of Trivia to Jumpstart Your Noggin

March 12, 2024

A little sleepy, are we? We don’t blame you. There’s a lot going on these days, and you’re swamped. With bills, work, family, friends and facts, there’s a lot on your plate. Well, a couple of those things are going to have to go, if you’re going to retain your sanity. We suggest bills and family or something, since it clearly can’t be the facts!

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Before 1965, chicken wings were discarded for being undesirable. Before buffalo wings, they were considered the worst parts of the chicken. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Almost all avocados in the U.S. can be traced back to a single tree. The Hass avocado is descended from a seedling planted in 1926 by postman Rudolf Hass. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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English muffins were made in New York. They also aren't muffins. They're crumpets. What a misnomer. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Hard shell tacos were popularized by Taco Bell. They were developed in the U.S. in the 1890s. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The most widely consumed fruit in the world is the mango. Apples and oranges don't even compare to mangoes. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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A single pineapple used to cost $8000. Pineapples were imported to be used as lavish decoration in the American colonies. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Great Wall of China is held together with sticky rice. The innovative use of sticky rice in mortar has helped the structure survive the elements. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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SANDRA LAING'S CONDITION IS THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE OF ALBINISM. After three generations of all-white ancestors, Laing was born with dark skin and curly black hair. Due to her skin color, she struggled with racism and discrimination in South Africa. Her life was later turned into a documentary film entitled Skin. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Humans have a second brain, and it's located CRACKED.COM in our guts. A neural network comprised of 100 million neurons in our digestive tract is responsible for our mood. Suddenly, gut feeling makes more sense. — Source

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Redheads are more sensitive to pain than people with brown, black, or blond hair. As a result, they require 20 percent more anesthesia than average to get sedated for surgery. GRACKED.COM — Source

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Guys: Doctors can take skin from your forearm and use it to increase the size of your penis. CRACKED.COM — Source

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GRACKED.COM If you lose a fingernail in an accident, it'll take about 6 months to grow back. But it will take three times as long if you lose a toenail in an accident. — Source

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we lose our sense of smell When we sleep. GRACKED.COM — Source

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Prince Charles

Prince Charles dated Princess Diana's sister first Lady Sarah McCorquodale, her older sister, introduced the couple, saying, I introduced them. I'm Cupid. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Queen owns all the swans in England It's a holdover from olden times when swan meat was a status symbol and the upper class had to buy swan marks from the monarch. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Queen uses her purse to signal her handlers 0 A royal historian believes how the Queen holds her purse lets her handlers know when she's ready to end a conversation or leave immediately. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Queen doesn't need a passport. The passport is issued in her name so it's not necessary for her to have one. Other family members have one, however. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Queen Elizabeth is a trained mechanic. During WWII, the then-princess joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service when she was 18-years-old. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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San Francisco's most iconic landmark was close to being an underwater tunnel. CRACKED COM The subterranean passage would have been beneath the Bay while boats traveled above. City officials initially supported the idea since costs were a third lower than building a bridge, but traded it for something a little showier. — Source

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Before SNL comedian Chris Farley's untimely death, he was cast as the title character in Shrek. GRACKED.COM Farley had even recorded over three-quarters of the film's dialogue. In Farley's earlier version, Shrek was a teenage Ogre who was reluc- tant to enter into his family business, but who desired to become a knight. — Source

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The British suffragettes were no joke. They often employed militant tactics to get their point across, and were met with violence in return by police and others. OGEIGR BJJ BJ m R ALE GRAGKED.COM Edith Garrud, of the Wom- en's Social and Political Union (WSPU) practiced jiu-jitsu and shared the skill with the other mem- bers. Elite members start- ed a secret fighting force called the Amazons. — Source

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In 1929 New York Times reported that Empire State Building investors hoped zeppelins could dock at the top. ZEPPELIN ZEPPELIN FOR - CRACKED COM By 1930, a manipulated photograph circulated in newspapers interna- tionally showing a zeppelin that looked like it had done so. Not until 1931, did one ever actually dock. Due to the 40 mph winds, and the traffic it caused below, it only stayed there for three minutes. — Source

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In 1936, a sneaky violinist named Julian Altman stole a rare 1713 Stradivarius violin. GRACKED.COM A touring musician named Broni- slaw Huberman had left the instru- ment in his dressing room, and Alt- man gave a gullible doorman a ci- gar to slip by and steal it. Altman then played the stolen Stradivarius his entire life, only admitting on his deathbed that the violin was stolen. — Source

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The two main aircrafts used in WWII were the B-24 Liberator and the B-17 Flying Fortress. U 483514 F GRAGKED.COM An Army project called Opera- tion Aphrodite stripped down B-17s so they could essentially become flying explosives, if needed. An Army major cus- tomized one of these B-17 jets and liked to use it to gun past B-24 formations. — Source

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In 1998, UC Berkeley scientists discovered that the western fence lizard could thwart Lyme disease if bitten by infected ticks. CRACKED COM These lizards have a specific protein in their systems that kills the infection. Western U.S. may also have fewer cases of Lyme due to the lyme-fighting lizard as opposed to the East- ern U.S. where Lyme disease runs rampant. — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A judge in Singapore had to issue an arrest warrant for a sleeping teenager. Не faced charges including trespassing in the Singapore Zoo, but his parents couldn't wake him up for the trial, so the law had to get involved. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In what might be a first, an American is seeking asylum in the country of Belarus. Why? Не was part of the mob that stormed the capitol on January 6. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Amazon

WEIRD WORLD A guy in India ordered a passport cover from Amazon, and got a passport with it. HRP REPUBLIC OF INDIA Amazingly, customer support just told him that it will not be repeated and we will instruct the seller to be very careful next time. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD The UK's gambling regulation authority was criticized for trying to fight addiction. 9 6 A group of British Members of Parliament came out with a report that claimed the authority tough new stance risks the destruction of one of the world's best gambling industry's . CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A dog's life was successfully saved by attaching a sausage to a drone. Police, firefighters and coast guard tried everything they could to rescue the jack russell-whippet cross from mud flats. Finally, they attached a sausage to a drone, and its delicious scent lured the dog back CRACKED.COM to safety. — Source

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WEIRD WORLD The Mexican government seized 380,000 boxes of Kellogg's cereal. The reason? According to the government, cartoons on the boxes violate laws aimed at improving childrens' diets. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A Louisiana Senate candidate has an ad in which he smokes marijuana. I hope this ad works to not only destigmatize the use of marijuana, but also forces a new conversation that creates the pathway to legalize this beneficial drug, and forgive those who were arrested due to outdated ideology, he said. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD We've learned that medieval warhorses were way less awesome than we thought. Apparently, scientists say that, it turns out, warhorses at the time were no bigger than ponies today. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Taylor Swift got beat out by a bunch of birds on a Top 50 list. Apparently, an album of the sounds of endangered birds, called Songs of Disappearance, was #3 on Australia's chart of top 50 albums, beating out Taylor Swift. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In Minneapolis, robbers tried to hold up a bank with a vial of HIV. It's not really clear if there was HIV in the vial, and the FBI is investigating everything. CRACKED.COM — Source

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