27 Random Bits of Trivia That Are Like Buried Treasure for Your Brain

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Britain's Colchester Zoo uses mirrors to help flamingos breed in captivity. Flamingos apparently aren't too enthusiastic about breeding when there's not a lot of them around, but mirrors make it look like there's a big flock. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Christmas tree in front of the Rockefeller Center doesn't get thrown away. Instead, it gets cut up, and the lumber is then used to build Habitats for Humanity homes. CRACKED.COM — Source

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There's no place in Michigan where you're more than six miles from water. Which is kind of amazing to think about, but there are 11,000 lakes in the state, so it's actually super hard to avoid them. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama hates Hollywood's Dragon Ball movie. Не hated Dragonball: Evolution so much, he says, that that made him rewrite the whole script for Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Clint Eastwood only became Dirty Harry after everyone else said no. The role first got offered to Steve McQueen, Burt Lancaster, and Paul Newman, among others, but they all thought Harry was too right-wing. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The guy who wrote the Redwall series was actually an unhappy milkman. - IN EVENTERS The Original ENTERS سعود : AIR Well, he was unhappy because he'd been reading to blind kids, and he thought the books available were pretty crappy, so he wrote new ones. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The vice president of the US wasn't always the president's running mate. Before they added the 12th amendment, it was whoever got the 2nd most votes in the election. CRACKED.COM — Source

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People tried to grow vanilla for 300 years in Europe, totally unsuccessfully. In 1836, they finally figured it was because vanilla was pollinated by an insect that didn't live in Europe. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In Sweden, people sometimes do something that's known as death cleaning. It basically involves getting rid of everything you don't need before you die, so others won't have to clean up after you. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Turns out, T-Rexes grew so fast, you could almost watch them grow. Teenage T-Rexes could sometimes add 35-45 pounds to their frame in as little as a week. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cigarettes made by American brands contain sugar, which makes them even more addictive and toxic. GRACKED COM — Source

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Table salt is what gives shampoo its thick, gooey texture. CRACKED COM — Source

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Your sunscreen probably contains CRACKED.COM oxidized metals. FACE 60 SUNSCREEN LA ROCHE-POSAY LABORATOIRE DERMATOLOGIQUE BROAD SPECTRUM SPF60 ANTHELIOS 60 Let or Teac thermale de LA Roche Per ULTRA LIGHT SUNSCREEN FLUID CELL-OX SHIELD XL Advanced UVA/UVB technology * Antioxidant protection Titanium oxide and zinc oxide in suncreens SHAKE act as barriers to sun rays - they're like armor you spread over your skin. — Source

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Most shirts found in clothing stores are coated with a thin layer of formaldehyde - a preservative that is used on corpses. It is used to prevent wrinkles on clothes. CRACKED COM — Source

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FORTUNE COOKIES WERE INVENTED IN CALIFORNIA. It's not clear if they were created by a Chinese immigrant in Los Angeles or a Japanese immigrant in San Francisco. Either way, they didn't come all the way from China. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Japanese POWs provided a vast wealth of information during World War 2. GRACKED.COM Most Japanese soldiers were unaware of the rights they retained as prisoners under the Geneva conven- tion. Many also felt indebt- ed to American troops for the courteous treatment they received. — Source

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The name of Orcas Island, famous for its resident pods of orcas, was a coincidence. CRACKED.COM The island was actually named after Horcasitas, the Viceroy of Mexico, who sponsored an expedition there in 1791. Whereas the animal name orca origi- nated in Ancient Rome. — Source

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Jesus Christ is officially the king of Poland. XC CRACKED COM Christ was officially crowned the king of Ро- land after a vote in the Polish parliament in 2016, with thousands of true believers attending the November coronation. — Source

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An evil alternate version of Superman crushes up Kryptonite and snorts it. CRACKED.COM Ultraman first appeared in 1964, with the stan- dard powers of a Kryp- tonian, only he is em- powered by green Kryp- tonite and is weakened by yellow sunlight. — Source

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NASA considered using motorcycles on the moon as a simpler alternative to the Lunar Rover. CRACKED.COM It was a backup method in case the Lunar Roving Vehicle, the LRV collo- quially known as the Moon Buggy, wasn't ready in time for the mission's launch. — Source

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'Top Gear' staged breakdowns of the Nissan Leaf and Tesla Roadster, making them seem unviable. ISSAN CRACKED.COM The cars were driven in loops, for miles, until their batteries were drained. The hosts then staged a breakdown during a 60 mile journey, declaring that electric cars are not the future. — Source

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An ancient Roman politician had a bounty put on his head based on the head's weight in gold. CRACKED.COM Although the head of Gai- us Gracchus was delivered, the prize was never paid, as it was discovered that Gaius' captor had emptied out his brain and replaced it with molten lead. — Source

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A lawyer shot himself demonstrating how the victim might have accidentally shot himself. GRACKED.COM Clement Vallandigham, a lawyer and Ohio politician defending a man accused of murder, had his client cleared in 1871 by his first-hand demonstration. Vallandigham died 12 hours later. — Source

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An aeronautics engineer visited all 238 countries compiling a list of religions. S I C CRACKED COM David Barrett resigned abruptly after seeing a vi- sion of Jesus, and spent 40 years single-handedly com- piling the only complete list of Earth's 10,000 religions and 33,830 denominations of Christianity. — Source

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The Royal Navy saved £5 million by having personnel shout bang instead of firing live rounds during training. 037 CRACKED.COM The practice was con- demned by lain Duncan Smith, the Shadow De- fense Secretary, saying the procedure called into question the quality of their training. — Source

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