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29 Twinkling Bits of Trivia That Form a Mighty Warrior in the Night Sky, If You Squint Hard Enough

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Two legendary race car drivers fueled their exploits with drug money. / P 2 2 NUMERO MANDAZINE RESERVE Don *All Whittington Kas EXPORTED philippe 22 41 - salvet lt Turbolader Shell INC NUMERO RESEA The Whittington brothers bought a historical racetrack, and used it to land planes that smuggled drugs in the middle of the night from Latin America. CRACKED.COM — Source

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When Katy Perry was new in LA, she pretended she was Zooey Deschanel. She only did it to get into clubs - she was an absolute nobody at the time (and was broke, too), but Zooey Deschanel was a huge star. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Revenge of the Nerds

Booger's winning belch in Revenge of the Nerds came from an animal - specifically, a camel. They took the sound of a camel having an orgasm and mixed it with a human belch to get the truly amazing seven-second sound in the movie. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The first seven Fast and Furious movies wrecked over a thousand cars -- the number is 1,487. If you included the cars from the 8th and 9th movie, plus the ones from Hobbs & Shaw, the total number might cross the 2,000 figure. CRACKED.COM — Source

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New York City

One New York City alley usually stands in for the rest of them in Hollywood movies. R د. - D NYC only has about 5 alleys, and you can usually only film in Cortlandt Alley, so that's the one that ends up playing a NYC alley in most movies. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Tiananmen Square protests could have delayed The Little Mermaid. # The studio that drew the bubbles in the movie was based a few blocks away from the Square, and their work was trapped there until the protests were over. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED MEN ARE 2% MORE LIKELY TO BE LEFT HANDED WHEN COMPARED TO WOMEN. Science has yet to figure out why. — Source

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GRACKED ELIZABETH TAYLOR'S CLEOPATRA COST $44 MILLION TO MAKE, IN 1963. In 2023 dollars that would be over 350 million dollars. — Source

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GRACKED OUR EYES ARE THE SAME SIZE OUR ENTIRE LIVES. But our ears and nose never stop growing. — Source

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The Civil War

CRACKED THE CIVIL WAR WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING OVER 400,000 MORPHINE ADDICTS. For this reason, the addiction was referred to as Soldier's Disease. — Source

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CRACKED ARABIC NUMBERS WERE ACTUALLY INVENTED IN INDIA. 1 VINUT + THE DD HORA 12530 They were called Hindu Numerals by Arabic people, but when western merchants learned about them through Arabs they referred to them as Arabic numbers. — Source

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Finland

CRACKED SPEEDING TICKETS IN FINLAND ARE PROPORTIONAL TO AN INDIVIDUAL'S WEALTH. In 2002, an executive from Nokia was fined 103,000 dollars for going 45 in a 30 zone. — Source

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Dangerous Jobs

CRACKED POLICE OFFICERS DON'T EVEN CRACK THE TOP TEN MOST DANGEROUS JOBS IN AMERICA. PIZZA Delivery drivers, loggers, and crossing guards all beat out police officers when it comes to workplace danger. — Source

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GRACKED THE COCA COLA FORMULA HAS NEVER BEEN PATENTED. 19000 Nutrition Facts Serv Soé better Par Serving Calories 100 Total 30mg (1% DV). Total Carb 29g (9% DV) Cola (inct. 26g Added Sugars, 52% DV) Protein to TASTE significant source of other nutrients. - CARBONATED HIGH FRECTOSE COMMSTEUP CARANC WATER NATIONAL FLAVORS CocaCola CocaCola Coca-Cola Coca-Cola de Vol In order to patent a formula, you have to reveal what it is - and Coca Cola refuses to do so. — Source

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The Night Sky

We don't see stars in the night sky where they are actually located. Since even light is affected by gravity, the light from distant stars actually bends around our sun as they pass through the solar system. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Queen Elizabeth I established a mile should be 5,280 feet, exactly 8 furlongs, in 1575. When the millia passuum, from ancient Rome meaning 1,000 paces, was adopted in Britain, it was used alongside furlongs, which equal 660 feet. The decision was made that the mile should be a whole number of furlongs. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Male mantises who are eaten after sex are actually more likely to have their sex result in viable young. Females who eat their partners produce far more eggs than those who let their partners hit it and quit it. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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400,000 people in America suffered injuries involving beds, mattresses, or pillows in one year. This includes unintentional suffocation of infants under one year-old due to soft bedding, and smothering by sharing a bed with an adult. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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The American cave lion roamed North America 11,000 years ago. At 925 pounds, it was one of the largest known cats, almost 25 percent bigger than the lions we see in Africa today. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Malaysians protect their babies from disease by bathing them in beer. Ožujsko Pivo The compounds in beer have been shown to possess various anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, anti-angiogenic, anti-melanogenic, anti-osteoporotic and anti-carcinogenic effects. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Frog Vomit

It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. Researchers have used frogs for understanding the effects of weightlessness on the body and the vomit response, because their inner ears turn out to be quite a useful model for the human inner ear. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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CRACKED STUDIES SHOW IMPROV IS GOOD FOR YOUR MENTAL HEALTH. It's believed to be helpful because it raises one's tolerance for uncertainty. — Source

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CRACKED ADAM SCOTT MET ROB LOWE MOMENTS BEFORE SHOOTING THEIR FIRST SCENE TOGETHER FOR PARKS AND REC. Both actors said it was pretty terrifying. — Source

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Platinum

CRACKED SPANISH EXPLORERS THOUGHT PLATINUM WAS UNRIPE GOLD. Instead of collecting the precious metal they just stumbled upon, they threw it back into the river to ripen. — Source

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CRACKED LAWNS ARE REMNANTS OF WARTIME. Lords first installed lawns, large patches of cleared land, so they could see their enemies coming in clearly. — Source

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CRACKED THE BEETLEJUICE PRODUCTION TEAM HAD TO SEARCH THROUGH POSTCARDS TO FIND THE PERFECT TOWN. Because there were no search engines at the time, the team essentially drove through Vermont looking at postcards in different bookstores. — Source

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CRACKED A GUY WITH A FAMOUSLY LONG BEARD ALSO DIED FROM IT. In 16th century Austria, a politician was famous for his long beard - until a house fire broke out one night, and he tripped over the beard and broke his neck trying to get out. — Source

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CRACKED MLK'S AUTOPSY REVEALED НЕ HAD THE HEART OF A 60-YEAR-OLD MAN. MLK was 39 at the time of his death. The state of his heart was probably due to stress. — Source

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CRACKED A MEAT TYCOON IN CANADA DIED BY GOAT. While peeing on the side of the street, a goat headbutted meat tycoon Willaim Davies, who succumbed to his injuries two months later. DAVIES Choice Tomatoes CAMBRID SAUSAG Good St 16 Davies Deer Davies Good Bot Sweet is Mis Finest Cooking Relish - POR P MinceMeat For DAVIES 15°C 10 lb Fresh Denes 4 TEA age a 5 Tripe meat 12 7 12th Sea DAVIS PEMA Herring SAUSAGE DA 15 10 4 F. SAUSAO — Source

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