35 Random Bits of Trivia to Rehydrate the Squishy Bits of Your Brain

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35 Random Bits of Trivia to Rehydrate the Squishy Bits of Your Brain

Just when we think we know what percentage of our bodies are made up of water, they go and change it on us. It’s been anywhere from 55 percent to 85 percent in recent years, but that could change by tomorrow. What we do know with 100 percent certainty is that your brain is made up of 98 percent facts. And, luckily for you, we have the final 2 percent right here.

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In Australia, there's a fire that started burning before the pyramids were built. A coal seam under the surface of Mount Wingen began smoldering 6,000 years ago, and hasn't stopped since. It's the world's oldest continuous coal fire. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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WEIRD WORLD A Japanese firefighter took a pay cut because of his YouTube channel. It was a gaming channel, and he'd made thousands of dollars in profit from ads -- so the authorities docked his pay by 10%, because he'd profited from ads, some of which could be inappropriate in nature, CRACKED.COM said a city official.

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WEIRD WORLD A British store made its sausages only available to people over 18. It was a truly dumb mix-up - they mistakenly listed saucisson sec as secateurs, which was a bladed item, and people who wanted to buy it had to prove they were of age. CRACKED.COM

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GRAGKED.COM AMERICAN EXPRESS (THE CARD) IS MUCH NEWER THAN AMERICAN EXPRESS (THE COMPANY). American Express was founded as a AM, EX.CO shipping business in 1850, over 100 years EXPRESS er AMERICAN before it issued its first credit card. AMERICAN EXPRESS WORLD SERVICE AMERICAN EXPRE RICAN EXPRESS AMERICA PRESS MER RESSI WORLD SERV WORLD SERVICE SS AMERICAN EXPRESS

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Most of 2018's biggest skincare products used snail slime. CRACKED.COM

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GRACKED.COM Among the ingredients found in toothpaste: diatoms -microscopic, single-celled algae. = Diatoms have glass-like outer cell walls that scrape food from teeth.

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An early version of the Game of Thrones theme can be found on the soundtrack to the first 'Iron Man! CRACKED.COM 18 seconds into 'Mark Il' you can hear composer Ramin Djawadi wrestling with the notes that will three years later become part of the Game of Thrones tune.

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'Looney Tunes' started off as a way for Warner Bros. to promote their music catalog. LOONEY REG TUNES PAT.OFF. U.S. CRACKED.COM The title of the first Looney Tunes short, 'Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930)', is a pun on 'Singin' in the Bathtub,' a song written in 1929 for the film The Show of Shows.

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In 1896, Auburn students greased the train tracks leading in and out of the local station. GRACKED COM When Georgia Tech's train came into town, it skidded through town and didn't stop for five more miles. The GT football team had to make the trek back to town, then went on to lose, 45-0.

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