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32 Random Bits of Trivia the Fat Cats at Big Factoid Don’t Want You to See

By:: Jay L'Ecuyer; Cracked Writers

April 26, 2024

32 Random Bits of Trivia the Fat Cats at Big Factoid Don’t Want You to See

Got a pen? Good. Because you’ll want to jot every one of these down before they’re gone forever. We know that we’re risking our careers (and possibly our lives), but the people need to see what’s really going on out there. Like, did you know that the Amish celebrate Christmas twice in two weeks?!

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CRACKED CHRIS ELLIOTT HASN'T MADE AN APPEARANCE ON HIS DAUGHTER'S SHOW, BUT SHE'S GOT IDEAS. Abby Elliott, star of The Bear, would love for her dad, Chris Elliott, to appear on the show. I don't know who he would play. Maybe a disgruntled customer, or someone in the family, she said. — Source

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CRACKED NORA EPHRON CRACKED THE DEEP THROAT MYSTERY BEFORE ANYONE ELSE. Nora Ephron was a journalist who had the scoop on Deep Throat's identity before anyone else. She was able to figure out that it was Mark Felt, based on the codes her former husband Carl Bernstein used in his writing. Truffaut nelBeen? SID CAESAR MIMMEDIATE EXPERIENC MUSIC .. — Source

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CRACKED CARRYING YOUR TWIN AROUND FOR LIFE? TALK ABOUT A HEAVY BURDEN. In rare cases, a person can absorb their twin in the womb and carry them around for the rest of their life. This has only happened in about 100 cases-one of the most famous was Sanju Bhagat in 1999. — Source

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CRACKED THE BARENAKED LADIES HAD TO SUE EACH OTHER OVER MONEY. The Barenaked Ladies took legal action against each other because Steven Page, one of the original members, said he wasn't getting his fair share from the song they wrote for The Big Bang Theory. — Source

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CRACKED JOHN MULANEY TRIED TO MAKE A QUICK BUCK, BUT ENDED UP THROWING IT AWAY. John Mulaney tried to make some quick money by buying a Rolex and then selling it. Not only did he lose money, he also threw $3,000 into the trash by accident. — Source

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CRACKED GOODMAN: THE ONLY ONE STANDING BY BARR IN THE FACE OF CRITICISM. John Goodman is the only one who stuck by Roseanne Barr after her controversial tweet in 2018, and has no regrets about defending her. — Source

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CRACKED AYKROYD: NO MORE BLACKFACE IN MOVIES ... THANK GOODNESS. Dan Aykroyd said that if he was in a movie today, he wouldn't wear blackface like he did in Trading Places back in 1983. I probably wouldn't choose to do a blackface part, nor would I be allowed to do it. I — Source

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CRACKED GUESS YOU CAN'T TEACH AN OLD HAPPY GILMORE NEW TRICKS. Adam Sandler can still do the Happy Gilmore swing even after all these years. B — Source

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CRACKED THE FLINTSTONES ARE GETTING A MODERN MAKEOVER WITH BEDROCK. Elizabeth Banks is producing and acting in a new version of The Flintstones called Bedrock. It'll focus on an adult Pebbles and be similar to The Simpsons and South Park in terms of its tone and style. — Source

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CRACKED ROB SCHNEIDER LEARNED THE HARD WAY THAT TRUMP DOESN'T LIKE TO BE DISAGREED WITH. Rob Schneider was chosen to be a judge for the Miss USA pageant, which was owned by Donald Trump. But when Schneider voted for a brunette contestant instead of the blonde one that Trump wanted, Trump called him a loser. OF — Source

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CRACKED DARIA MORGENDORFFER WAS BORN ON THE BACK OF A PAPER PLATE. John Garrett Andrews, the supervising producer of the animated series Daria, first drew the iconic misanthropic high schooler Daria Morgendorffer on the back of a paper plate. — Source

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CRACKED IRAQ WAR VET TAKES HIS MARTIAL ARTS SKILLS TO THE STREETS. Fernando Rodrigues, an Iraq war veteran, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon after attacking two people with his martial arts skills. — Source

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CRACKED THE QUAKER MAN ISN'T WILLIAM PENN-JUST A MYTH. The Quaker Man isn't based on any real person, even though lots of people think it's William Penn. — Source

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Some monkeys are (theoretically) capable of human speech. Those monkeys (like the Japanese Macaque) have the right vocal anatomy, but not the brain anatomy they'd need to actually talk. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Roman Colosseum had a cloth awning that weighed about 24 tons. It was supported by an elaborate network of ropes, and it was there to protect the people in the Colosseum from the sun. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In Nepal, there was a tiger that killed 400 people in the early 1900s. She was nicknamed The Demon of Chompawat, and was apparently the deadliest tiger in history (until she got killed by a hunter and tracker). CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Vatican had to pull 6000 papal medals in 2013 because of a typo. Instead of Jesus, the medals said Lesus - and, of course, collectors snapped up the medals with the misprint when they had the chance. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Richie Haven's iconic song Freedom came about by accident. Не just started playing it at Woodstock because he didn't have anything else he could play, but needed to stay on the stage. Later, to learn how to play it, he watched himself in the Woodstock movie. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Amish actually celebrate Christmas twice in a two-week period. The first celebration is on Dec 25, and the second one on Jan 6 - Christmas used to be celebrated all over the world on Jan 6 until relatively recently, and the Amish kept that tradition (but also took on the new one). CRACKED.COM — Source

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Bears kind of act like big cats - they purr when they're happy or content. That purr-like sound is something they produce when they're say, eating a delicious snack, feeling comfortable, or nursing (if they're a cub). CRACKED.COM — Source

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There was a Civil War veterans' reunion in 1938 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was the 75th anniversary of the battle, and about 1800 vets from both sides attended - the youngest was 88 years old, while the oldest was 118 (so he claimed, anyway). CRACKED.COM — Source

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Sammy Davis Jr thought his iconic song The Candy Man would bomb. His exact words: This record is going straight into the toilet. Not just around the rim, but into the bowl, and it may just pull my whole career down with it. It hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. CRACKED.COM — Source

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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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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'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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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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CRACKED 138 STUDENTS PROTEST BEER PRICES (BECAUSE PRIORITIES). On November 16, 1949, 138 students from the University of Ghent staged a protest at the Gravensteen Castle in Ghent, Belgium, because of a hike in beer prices. This event is fondly remembered today as The Battle of Gravensteen Castle. — Source

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CRACKED BEYONCÉ'S BANK ACCOUNT IS BOOMING. Beyoncé made $24 million from a single hour-long performance in Dubai, and the hotel she opened has rooms that cost $100,000 per night. 100 MA 91050749N B2 — Source

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CRACKED imme THE U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING: NOT SUITABLE FOR NUCLEAR POWER, BUT RADIOACTIVE ENOUGH. The Capitol Building in D.C. has a lot of uranium in its granite walls, which makes it so radioactive that it could never be used as a nuclear power reactor site. — Source

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CRACKED WE'VE OUTSMARTED THE COLD (AND ALSO MOTHER NATURE). People have relied heavily on behavioral adaptation to survive in cold climates. We're a tropical species, and without inventing tools and changing our habits we'd just be hairless popsicles in places like Scandinavia. — Source

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CRACKED COOKIE MONSTER IS LIVING A LIE. Cookie Monster's cookies are just painted rice cakes that look like real cookies. The reason is that cookies might leave oil and chocolate stains on the puppet's fabric. Right in the childhood, we know. — Source

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CRACKED GRAY HAIR ISN'T JUST A SIGN OF AGING - IT'S A SIGN OF VITALITY. Gray hair is linked to active hair growth, as shown by the higher levels of genes and proteins that help hair grow in white hair compared to black hair. So there's that to think about next time you see more white hairs in the mirror. — Source

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