33 Succulent Bits of Trivia to Run Through Your Brain Juicer
You’re salivating for these knowledge morsels, aren’t you?
![33 Succulent Bits of Trivia to Run Through Your Brain Juicer](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/9/5/1053895_320x180.jpg)
Once they’re up in there, your brain can do whatever it likes with these. After reading them, they basically become its property. All we can do is ask that it soaks up as much of their knowledge as it can. Waste not, want not, you know? Tell it to get all “one with nature” and use every piece of them.
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![CRACKED 86 BILLION NEURONS? WOW, TALK ABOUT OVERKILL. The human brain has an incredible 86 billion neurons, which makes it the most neuron- dense primate brain around.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/6/1050296.jpg)
![CRACKED LACTIC ACID: NOT THE VILLAIN WE THOUGHT IT WAS. It's been believed for a long time that lactic acid is responsible for making our muscles tired and sore, but it turns out that it's actually a great energy source for our muscles, and doesn't stop them from working properly.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/5/1050295.jpg)
![CRACKED SURPRISE! YOU'VE GOT A BIT OF NEANDERTHAL AND DENISOVAN IN YOU. People today have a bit of genetic material from Neanderthals and Denisovans, two types of early humans who lived in Europe and Asia, passed down to them.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/4/1050294.jpg)
![CRACKED UN APPROVES TURKEY'S SPELLING REQUEST: TÜRKIYE IT IS. In 2021, the UN gave the thumbs up to the Turkish embassy's request to use the spelling Türkiye for Turkey for the UN and the U.S.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/3/1050293.jpg)
![CRACKED SHAKESPEARE'S SKULL PROBABLY ISN'T IN STRATFORD AFTER ALL. An archaeological team used ground-penetrating radar to scan the grave of Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, and it looks like his skull is not there.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/2/1050292.jpg)
![CRACKED TURNING WASTE INTO GLASS CAN MAKE A RADIOACTIVE MESS SAFE. The process of vitrification turns liquid radioactive and chemical waste into a solid, glass-like material - basically, by combining it with molten glass - that can be safely stored forever without leaking.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/0/1050290.jpg)
![CRACKED PRINCE WROTE MANIC MONDAY FOR THE BANGLES. Не heard their first album, became a huge fan, and came up with a song for them before the second one came out.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/1/1050291.jpg)
![CRACKED ANCIENT EGYPTIANS USED POOP TO PREVENT PREGNANCY. Just to make things extra disgusting, they'd mix it with other stuff to form a block, then insert that block into the vagina.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/9/1050289.jpg)
![CRACKED NATIVE AMERICANS SERVED AS CODE TALKERS, KEEPING SECRETS ON THE BATTLEFIELD. During WWII, the U.S. military enlisted Native Americans to become code talkers, using their tribal languages to send secret messages on the battlefield. At least 14 Native nations served as code talkers in the Pacific and Europe.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/8/1050288.jpg)
![CRACKED THE DEBRIS FROM THE CHALLENGER STILL HASN'T BEEN FULLY COLLECTED. A documentary film crew was looking for sunken World War Il-era aircraft off the coast of Florida when they came across a big chunk of the destroyed Challenger Space Shuttle. It was at least 15 feet by 15 feet.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/7/1050287.jpg)
![CRACKED CRIBS WASN'T SO REAL AFTER ALL. Redman turned down the chance to rent a fancy mansion for his episode of MTV's Cribs, and instead let people see his real home - a cramped one-bedroom apartment. Turns out, renting fake cribs was a regular practice on the show. MESIC TEA INF Dka](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/5/1050285.jpg)
![CRACKED FEEL EMBARRASSED FOR SOMEONE ELSE? THERE'S A NAME FOR THAT. When you watch someone do something embarrassing, like trip over their own feet or break a social rule, you can feel embarrassed for them even if they don't know they did anything wrong. That's called vicarious embarrassment.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/6/1050286.jpg)
![CRACKED DRIVE-THRU FUNERALS ARE A THING NOW. The Paradise Funeral Chapel in Saginaw, Michigan has a drive-thru window so people can pay their respects to a lost loved one without having to get out of their car. It's the first of its kind in Michigan. ENTER Drive-Thru Viewing OP](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/4/1050284.jpg)
![CRACKED THE SWISS CONSTITUTION COMMANDS YOU TO RESPECT PLANTS. The constitution says that plants should be respected and treated with dignity. No other countries mention anything like that in their constitution.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/2/1050282.jpg)
![CRACKED ORSON WELLES: SLEEPY, NOT DRUNK. Welles wasn't drunk during that infamous Paul Masson wine commercial, he was just really tired from working all night and had taken a sleeping pill.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/3/1050283.jpg)
![GRACKED LIVING BRIDGES EXIST IN INDIA. For centuries, people in the state of Meghalaya have made living root bridges out of Ficus elastica trees. These bridges are created by guiding the roots to grow together.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/1/1050281.jpg)
![CRACKED MOST SPECIES ARE STILL UNIDENTIFIED. So far, scientists have identified 1.2 million different species of living things, but they think there are still around 8.7 million more out there that haven't been found yet.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/0/1050280.jpg)
![CRACKED STUDEBAKER'S 8,000-TREE AD LASTED 80 YEARS. In 1938, they planted 8,000 pine trees to create a giant advertisement for Studebaker. After 80 years with no maintenance, the sign has thinned out to just 2,000 trees, but it's still visible from the air.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/9/1050279.jpg)
![CRACKED A GUY HAD HIS TWIN LIVING INSIDE HIM FOR DECADES. For nearly 40 years, a man in India had a twin living inside him without him knowing. It wasn't until he had an operation that they found out and were able to take it out. His doctor said, To my surprise and horror, I could shake hands with somebody inside.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/8/1050278.jpg)
![GRACKED LEGO HEADS CAN PASS THROUGH YOUR BODY IN A FEW DAYS. A research project discovered that a Lego head can go through an adult's body without any problems in just one to three days. Don't get any ideas, though.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/7/1050277.jpg)
![CRACKED FOUR EX-PRESIDENTS WERE CHEERLEADERS. George W. Bush, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, and Franklin D. Roosevelt all used to be cheerleaders at some point. THE](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/6/1050276.jpg)
![CRACKED A POPPED CHAMPAGNE CORK CAN TRAVEL UP TO 50 MILES PER HOUR. The reason for this is that the pressure inside a bottle of champagne is around three times that of an average car tire.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/2/1050272.jpg)
![CRACKED APPLE SEEDS ARE POISONOUS. Amygdalin is a compound found in apple seeds, and it is poisonous to humans. However, it would take around 40 apples to produce enough seeds for a fatal dose.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/9/1050269.jpg)
![CRACKED THE OLDEST KNOWN DOOR IN EUROPE WAS UNEARTHED IN SWITZERLAND. Tree rings suggest the door was made in 3063 BCE - around the time of Stonehenge.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/3/1050273.jpg)
![CRACKED THE OLDEST KNOWN JOKE IS A FART JOKE. It was made in Sumeria around 1900 ВСЕ.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/0/1050270.jpg)
![CRACKED FIGS ARE BELIEVED TO BE THE OLDEST FRUIT CULTIVATED BY HUMANS. They were introduced to our agriculture systems over 11,000 years ago.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/7/1050267.jpg)
![CRACKED THREE MUSKETEERS USED TO COME IN DIFFERENT FLAVORS. Reach for Candy Bars by Dictor MARS 3 MUSKETEERS 0 - Candy Bars It came in three flavors, strawberry, chocolate and vanilla - that's how it got its name.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/4/1050274.jpg)
![CRACKED IN THE MOVIE BABE, BABE WAS PLAYED BY 48 DIFFERENT PIGS. Filming took three years, and the piglets kept outgrowing the role.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/1/1050271.jpg)
![CRACKED THERE HAVE BEEN NO U.S. PRESIDENTS WHO WERE ONLY CHILDREN. And more have been second born than any other birth order placement.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/5/1050275.jpg)
![GRACKED ARMADILLOS ARE THE ONLY ANIMALS (BESIDES HUMANS) THAT CAN GET LEPROSY. Humans most likely transmitted the disease to them about 500 years ago.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/8/1050268.jpg)
![GRACKED THE AFGHAN HOUND HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE THE LEAST INTELLIGENT DOG BREED. While the Belgian Malinois was found to be the smartest.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/6/1050266.jpg)
![CRACKED GEORGE WASHINGTON BECAME A SLAVE OWNER AT 11. Не inherited 10 enslaved people upon his father's death. In his will, he instructed that all his slaves be freed upon his wife's death... so he definitely knew slave owning was wrong.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/5/1050265.jpg)
![GRACKED THE ATLANTIC OCEAN IS SALTIER THAN THE PACIFIC OR INDIAN OCEANS. Large rivers like the Amazon tend to deposit more salt from land into the Atlantic Ocean.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/4/1050264.jpg)