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In 15 years of conquest, Alexander the Great never lost a battle. CRACKED.COM From his first victory at age 18, he gained a reputation of leading his men to battle with impressive speed, allowing smaller forces to reach and break the enemy lines before his foes were ready. — Source

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Astronauts in long-term microgravity pee out their skeletons. GRACKED.COM In space, astronauts stand to lose 2-2.5% of their bone density every month as the minerals are excreted through the urine. Exercise has been tried as a countermeasure, but has not shown to be successful. — Source

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The word guy comes from Guy Fawkes. CRACKED.COM Folks used to burn his effigy, a Guy Fawkes or a guy, and from there it came to refer to a frightful figure. Eventually it just came to refer to a man. — Source

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A Sacramento woman ate 4.5 pounds worth of steak in 20 minutes. CRACKED COM The world record for eating three, 72 oz steaks is held by Molly Schuyler, who weighs just 120 lbs herself. — Source

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Liver of polar bears is so rich in vitamin-A that it is considered poisonous. GRAGKED.COM When hunted down by humans, the livers are buried or burned to prevent the hunter's dogs from eating them. — Source

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Lady and the Tramp

Walt Disney was originally against the famous spaghetti-eating scene in Lady and the Tramp. CRACKED.COM Не thought it would look too silly, and not romantic. Animator Frank Thomas disagreed, and animated the whole scene without layouts to convince Walt it would work. — Source

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George Washington and Samuel Adams refused to join a political party. CRACKED.COM They believed the idea would divide Congress. They're instead only identified as Whigs, a common name for those supporting independence. — Source

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Bracken Bat Cave

The Bracken Bat Cave in Texas has the largest known bat colony in the world. CRACKED.COM Over 20 million bats live in the cave, which is more than there are people living in Mumbai, India, one of the world's largest human cities. — Source

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Hawaii's largest freshwater lake was boiled away by a volcanic eruption. CRACKED COM Green Lake (Ka Wai o Pele) no longer exists as it was destroyed in 2018 when lava filled in the entire basin during the Kilauea eruption. — Source

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James Cameron dropped out of college. CRACKED.COM Не started driving a truck and taught himself about special effects and production design. Cameron says, One of the best things that happened to me was that I didn't go to film school. — Source

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Weddings

The word Wedding originates from the Anglo-Saxon word wedd which meant gamble. CRACKED.COM The first marriages were by capture. The groom, with the help of his warrior friends (his best men), would steal into another tribe's camp and kidnap the woman of his choice. — Source

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Yorkshire pudding used to be served as a first course to dull the appetite. CRACKED.COM The pudding, served in a thick gravy, was made with relatively low-cost ingredients, so that the diners would not eat so much of the more expensive meat in the next course. — Source

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The First Battle of Bull Run was watched by a large number of spectators. CRACKED.COM They packed picnic baskets and followed the Union to watch the battle. They ultimately got in the way and hampered the retreat of the Union Army. — Source

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In 1894, the British Indian government completed a wide-ranging study of cannabis in India. CRACKED.COM The British Parliament enacted a tax on marijuana in 1798, to reduce consumption for the sake of the natives' good health and sanity, but later found that moderate use had no ill effects. — Source

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Kombucha has been claimed to treat serious conditions with no evidence to back it up. GRAGKED.COM Everything from AIDS, cancer, and aging to arthritis and diabetes, great claims about kombucha's healing qualities have been purported. It has, on the other hand, caused rare cases of fatalities. — Source

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The Vice President position used to be filled by the presidential candidate with the second most votes. GRACKED.COM After the Twelfth Amendment, which meant vice presidents were no longer the runners-up in the presidential election, the position was considered an insignificant office. — Source

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Artist Hasan Elahi created a website to document his location at all times. CRACKED.COM Elahi was tired of being interrogated by the FBI on suspicion of terrorism, so he launched the site in 2003. Не spends a lot of time on the subway. — Source

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A pharmaceutical company developed a cure for Hepatitis C, and their stock plummeted. SL NDd GRACKED COM ps gne Gilead's shares sank 9.7% in one day in 2017 since they were effectively eliminating their persistent customer base. The money is in the treatment, not the cure. — Source

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Students at Oxford University are required to wear an academic dress for all of their examinations. CRACKED.COM This includes a suit, gown, bowtie, and color coded carnation. Students wear different gowns depending on their grades. The student body in 2015 voted to keep the tradition intact. — Source

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Baby opossums get stuck to their mother's nipple for up to two months. CRACKED COM When newborn opossums latch onto their mother's nipple for the first time, the nipple swells, and the baby becomes stuck to it for 55 to 60 days. — Source

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The film 'Top Gun' was made in collaboration with the Pentagon and enlistment spiked when it was released. CRACKED.COM The Navy set up recruitment tables at theaters playing the movie, and polls soon showed rising confidence in the military. — Source

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A group of guys made a to-scale model of the solar system in Black Rock Desert, Nevada. CRACKED.COM They felt that pictures online couldn't capture the size of our solar system and they wanted to give an accurate example. — Source

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China did not produce glass between the 14th-19th centuries. GRACKED COM Due to the early invention and their love of ceramics, they were left behind in the progression of sciences and didn't have things like glass windows and mirrors. — Source

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An Emory researcher died after a herpes-infected rhesus monkey flung poop into her eyes. CRACKED COM Elizabeth R. Griffin was helping to move a caged rhesus monkey when the animal tossed a small drop of fluid at her. She died 6 weeks later from herpes-b complications. — Source

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5-6 million wild boar live across 35 states in the US. CRACKED COM Researchers at the USDA's National Wildlife Research Center concluded that, unless we do something about their numbers, large portions of the USA are in immediate risk of invasion. — Source

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Alaska was hit by a tsunami taller than the Empire State Building in 1958. GRACKED.COM Thye Mega Tsunami, which occurred as a result of the Lituya Bay earthquake, measured 1,720 feet tall and was the tallest ever recorded. — Source

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Hitler learned of the allied D-day landings only when he woke up at noon the next day. CRACKED.COM His staff did not dare wake him up because he had been up till 3 am chatting with friends at his residence. — Source

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Mexican Shamans

There are rival Pepsi and Coca-Cola shamans in Mexico. CRACKED.COM Mexican shamans began to use Coca-Cola in their religious rituals to heal worshippers. When PepsiCo discovered this, they offered commissions to shamans for using Pepsi instead. — Source

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Actor Dick Van Dyke didn't know his actual birthday until he was 18. CRACKED.COM His parents lied to him about his birth date to cover up the fact that he was conceived out of wedlock. — Source

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Tatooine from 'Star Wars' is a real town in Tunisia, spelled Tataouine. GRAGKED.COM The below-ground cave dwellings of the native Berber population, designed for coolness and protection, render the city and the area around it a tourist and filmmakers' attraction. — Source

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