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Thanks to a specific process, you can't get salmonella from Japanese eggs. In Japan, they use machines that process eggs and make sure they're okay to eat raw, and each machine can process 33 eggs a second. CRACKED.COM — Source

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SpongeBob SquarePants

Apparently, SpongeBob Squarepants is messing with kids' brains. That's according to a 2011 University of Virginia study, which found that the show impairs kids' readiness for learning (the issue is that the frequent camera cuts disrupts their attention span). CRACKED.COM — Source

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Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee's iconic on-screen fight with Chuck Norris was filmed illegally. They fought in The Way Of The Dragon at the Colosseum in Rome, and really filmed part of the scene there - filming there is against the law, but they bribed some officials and hid filming equipment in bags. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Spider-Man

2002's Spider-Man was supposed to have a scene with the WTC. It was even featured in an early teaser trailer but, for highly obvious reasons, was cut from the final movie. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Germans nearly destroyed the Animal Farm manuscript before publication. ORWELL ANIMAL FARM Not on purpose, though - it's just that a Nazi bomb hit George Orwell's house, but he found the manuscript in the ruins. CRACKED.COM — Source

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12 American POWs were being held in Hiroshima when the nuclear bomb went off. And 9 of them were crewmembers of the same plane, the B-24 bomber Lonesome Lady. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Millard Fillmore had a society dedicated to how totally boring he was. Не was one of the most forgettable US presidents, and in 1963, a society formed to celebrate his being so very boring. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Bone Wars

Two paleontologists fought the so-called Bone Wars in the late 19th century. It was just two very angry nerds going at each other, and it included stuff like fossils being destroyed so the other guy wouldn't find them. CRACKED.COM — Source

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There's a species of bird in Africa that can sort of understand human communication. Hunters use the Greater Honeyguide to find bee hives, and they tell the bird to start hunting with a brrr-hm sound. CRACKED.COM — Source

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First Man

Buzz Aldrin wasn't a big fan at all of the Ryan Gosling movie First Man. Не flat-out said he didn't like the movie (he appears in it as a supporting character, played by Corey Stoll). CRACKED.COM — Source

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Kirk Douglas and Stanley Kubrick actually went to therapy together. They fought all the time on the Spartacus set, so Kirk Douglas' wife suggested they see a therapist together, and they did. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Robin Williams' and Billy Crystal's cameo on Friends was totally unplanned. They were working on a nearby set, and just wandered over to the Friends set one day, and it snowballed from there. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 1985, a man rigged his computer to call Jerry Falwell's toll-free prayer line every 30 seconds for eight months. It clogged the line and cost it over $750k in reverse charges. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In France during 1986, Nadine Vaujour took helicopter flying lessons for six months. She then rented a helicopter. JBG Vaujour flew it to the prison where her husband was being held, dropped a rope down to the roof, and spirited him away. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Unabomber

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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61% of Americans dread the holidays, because of the cost. And 75% of parents worry about disappointing their kids. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Lobsters don't age like other creatures. BROWNING 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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They didn't use any special effects in the Wizard of Oz color transition scene. When the movie turns from sepia to color, they shot Judy Garland's stunt double in a sepia dress, with sepia makeup on, on a sepia set. When she steps out of the shot, she's replaced by Judy Garland in a blue dress. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Judy Sheindlin just set her own salary for Judge Judy. Every three years, she'd discuss her contract over dinner with the president of CBS Television Distribution - which meant she'd write down the number she wanted, put it in an envelope, and give it to him after dinner. The one time he tried to hand her an envelope, she didn't even open it, and told him This isn't a negotiation. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Michelangelo hid underground for three months While avoiding the wrath of the Pope, the artist doodled on the walls of a room underneath the Medici Chapel. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Al Pacino

Al Pacino nearly got fired from The Godfather. In the first couple of weeks, his performance totally baffled the filmmakers (except for Coppola, who supported him) and they wanted to replace him. They only changed their mind once they saw him in the restaurant scene -- if that scene hadn't worked, not even Coppola's support would have kept him in the movie. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 1999, the United States' 22nd most successful money manager was a chimp. She picked stocks by throwing darts at a list of 133 companies, which gave her a 213% return. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Phantom Menace

The Phantom Menace even CGI'd Natalie Portman. She limped in some scenes because she had hurt her ankle, so the VFX team had to give her CGI legs in them. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Putting Out A Fire in the USSR

In 1966, the USSR put out a gas fire with a nuclear bomb. The fire had been burning in a gas well for three years, and they'd tried everything from capping the well to reducing the flow of gas. The bomb put out the fire in 23 seconds. The Soviets were so delighted, they did the same thing with four more gas fires over the years. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Dallas Buyers’ Club

Dallas Buyers' Club total makeup budget was $250. But it won an Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Originally, Groot was going to be all grown up again in Guardians of the Galaxy 2. But James Gunn decided to keep him as baby Groot because he thought that'd be too repetitive. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Mad Max: Fury Road

The night-time sequence in Mad Max: Fury Road was shot in bright daylight. They just heavily overexposed the footage to turn it into a deep blue night. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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A 12-year-old slave invented modern vanilla pollination. In 1841, Edmond Albius, a slave on the island of Réunion, figured out how to pollinate vanilla plants by hand - which hugely boosted vanilla productivity, and made the modern vanilla industry possible. And we're still using his method today. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Turns out, rats are actually pretty altruistic. An experiment found that rats will not only work to free another rat who's trapped in a plastic tube, they'll sometimes free the other rat before opening a plastic box with chocolate. And they'll share the chocolate with the rat that they just freed. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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When Nelson Mandela was released from prison, he flinched from a reporter's microphone. Не thought the very modern-looking microphone might have been a weapon developed during the nearly 30 years he'd spent inside. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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50-80% of the human genome comes from viruses. Retroviruses can leave their genetic information in their host and pass it down to the host's children. Over millions of years, massive amounts of viral DNA can build up in a host's genome - as happened to humans, apparently. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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You can't revive someone who's flatlining with a defibrillator. Unlike in movies, if you actually tried to shock someone who had flatlined back into life, you wouldn't accomplish anything. The only thing that can help them is CPR. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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