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April 28, 2024

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The CIA officially recognized Area 51 for the first time in 2013. ELLA BOMBINE AND GURERY RANGE RESTRICTED AREA NO TRESPASSING BEYOND THIS WARNING POINT - PHOTOGRAPHY в For CRACKED COM By responding to the archi- vist Jeffrey Richelson's FOIA request, the agency provides official confirma- tions regarding - or correc- tions to - the history of its aerial reconnaissance pro- grams. — Source

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Google

Google provides the US government a higher resolution version of Google Maps. CRACKED.COM GeoEye-1 is the satellite that provides Google with imag- ery for Google Maps. At the time of its launch, GeoEye-1 was the world's highest reso- lution commercial Earth-im- aging satellite. — Source

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Alfred Hitchcock first heard about menstruation while making a movie. CRACKED.COM While Alfred Hitchcock was filming 'The Pleasure Garden,' an actress refused to enter the water because she was on her period. A cameraman had to explain to him what she meant. Не was 26. — Source

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Within 11 years, Greece had 23 changes in government and 13 coups. CRACKED COM The Second Hellenic Re- public lasted between 1924 and 1935, following the fall of the monarchy. The fall of the Republic eventually paved the way for Greece to become a totalitarian single-party state. — Source

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The 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles continued to help fund youth sports into the 2010s. CITIUS ALTIUS FORTIUS LOS ANGELES CALIFOR of the OLYMPIAD CRACKED.COM In 1979, the L.A. organizing committee made a deal that whatever profits the games saw, LA84 would give 60% back to the U.S. Olympic Committee and keep the rest for Southern California. — Source

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Two LAGEOS satellites will re-enter Earth's atmosphere in 8 million years. GRACKED.COM With them, they carry a message to any far future descendants of humanity, and a map of the continents as they are expected to appear then. — Source

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A man named Angus McDonagh made his own postage stamps featuring his face for years. S.A tog 71. 808 4 I LB MR DANMARK BOS 22 16255 ORE 20DRE 2 U.S.P M 4 PC 1 1/2 N° CLXXXIIIKO ME No. K REGIS TERED MASS CENT iStoc Stock PORT ADELAIDE POSTAGE PAID S.A. REPUBLICA ARGENTINA PAGADO 23_V 65 =0/== AUSTRALIA 03000 VJ3 ANQUEO 10. A PERMISO Deutsche Post GRACKED.COMP 020 Mr McDonagh, an architect who calls himself an 'anar- chist philatelist', began his personal freepost system in protest at bland stamp de- sign. Не said It's gone un- detected for so long — Source

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In 2000, a pregnant woman in a remote village in Mexico performed a C-section on herself. GRAGKED.COM After 12 hours of continu- ous pain, she downed three glasses of hard liquor and then gave herself a Се- sarean with a kitchen knife. She had no medical train- ing. The mother and child both lived. — Source

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A tungsten needle was made which tapered down to the thickness of one atom. GRAGKED.COM It was manufactured by placing a narrow tungsten wire in an atmosphere of nitrogen and exposing it to a strong electric field in a device called a field ion microscope. — Source

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As a high school basketball player, Lisa Leslie once scored 101 points in 16 minutes of play. CRACKED.COM She did not break the record for women's points in a high school game because the oth- er team's coach re- fused to play the sec- ond half. — Source

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A white oak tree in Athens, Georgia, legally owns itself and the eight feet of land surrounding it. GRAGKED.COM According to newspa- pers, a deed written by Colonel William Jack- son was written to the tree, giving ownership of the land to itself in the 1800s. — Source

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Out of eleven cases of blood alcohol content higher than 1%, Poland holds five. Prodotto in Produto in hel DAMO Noto in Italia CONNAY CRACKED.COM A South African man was arrested in 2010 for steal- ing 15 sheep and driving with a ВАС of 1.6%. The highest ВАС of 2.23%, tak- en from a car accident vic- tim in Poland, may have been contaminated. — Source

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In 2014, chlorine gas was released in a hotel hosting a furry convention. CRACKED.COM The apparent chemical attack, which injured 19 people at the Midwest FurFest convention, is unsolved, and the source of the chlorine is still unknown. — Source

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There is no such thing as a North American buffalo. GRACKED CON The animals commonly referred to as Buffalo in North America are actual- ly bison. Buffalo are more similar to long-horned cattle, like water buffalo in Africa. — Source

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King George III had purple poop. CRACKED.COM This was caused by a liver disorder called porphyria. Other symptoms include convulsions and a high heart rate, and King George was diagnosed with mania 35 years after his death. — Source

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Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin was one of the planned assassination targets during a coup attempt by Japanese naval officers. GRAGKED.COM While the prime min- ister was killed at home, Chaplin sur- vived as he was at a sumo event with the prime minister's son. — Source

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After crashing during the 1984 Dallas Grand Prix, Ayrton Senna said that the wall must have moved. CRACKED.COM Nobody believed him un- til he insisted it be checked, which found that the wall had moved less than half an inch closer to the track as a result of an earlier crash. — Source

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The Grateful Dead were called The Warlocks until 1965. CRACKED.COM The Warlocks were set to play a benefit concert in San Francisco in December 1965, but there was already a band called The Warlocks, so they changed their name to The Grateful Dead. — Source

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Activists saved a thousand seal pups from hunters by dyeing their fur. CRACKED COM Eight Sea Shepherd ac- tivists were arrested in 1979 for violating the Seal Protection Act, for spray- ing a thousand seal pups with permanent red dye; rendering their pelts use- less for hunters. — Source

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Flamingos can live in lakes that are so toxic that the water would strip away the human skin. CRACKED.COM Lake Natron in Tanzania has 75% of the world's 3.2 million lesser flamingos, and its hypersaline water can strip away human skin, and breeds algae toxic to many forms of animal life. — Source

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The actual Yakuza of Japan praised the accuracy of the video game Yakuza 3. YAHION 31 CRACKED.COM The Yakuza evaluated the game on five accounts: en- vironment, depiction of the Yakuza, fight scenes, fashion, and story. They praised it for its realism, only hating the frequency of the fighting. — Source

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Melatonin has undergone clinical trials as a female contraceptive. Yliopiston Apteekki 100 Melatonin. Cellulos.microcrist., Sailytä Era/Sats: alle viko oskyville 5434A 25 05 °C 2017 Magn.stear. Hil- з YL99044 mg tabl. I - Korean I GRACKED.COM In the early '90s, it was found that at high dos- es it effectively pre- vented pregnancy, with drowsiness as the only documented side effect. — Source

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The Lamborghini of chickens is a costly breed. CRACKED.COM The Ayam cemani chick- en is completely black, including the organs and the bones. The price of these chickens is above $2,500. — Source

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No one ever said the 'Scooby Doo' line that has become synonymous with catching a criminal. CRACKED.COM The phrase And I would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for you meddling kids! was nev- er spoken, and the phrase Meddling kids was only used 3 times. — Source

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During the Cold War, MI5 planned to use gerbils at airports to help detect subversives. CRACKED.COM Gerbils can scent in- creased adrenalin from sweat, something that MI5 planned to utilize, but all the gerbils did was catch innocent victims who were afraid to fly. — Source

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Everyone involved in Genghis Khan's burial was killed. GRACKED.COM The funeral escort killed anyone and anything that crossed their path, the slaves who built his tomb were massacred, and then the soldiers who killed them were also killed. — Source

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Death sentence with reprieve is a punishment in China where a prisoner can avoid execution. CRACKED COM By abstaining from addi- tional crimes during a two year suspended sentence, the criminal can reduce the sentence to life imprison- ment, or, by committing good deeds, a fixed-term sentence. — Source

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A mysterious piece of turd appeared out of nowhere on the Apollo 10 mission. maintain NASA Peas NASA GRACKED COM Commander Tom Stafford was heard saying There's a turd floating through the air. The culprit remains a mys- tery to this day. An entire page within the transcript of the Apollo 10 mission details the encounter. — Source

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Caligula sacrificed audience members when there were no prisoners to fight in arena battles. GRACKED.COM The Roman Emperor or- dered his guards to throw an entire section of the audi- ence into the arena during an intermission to be eaten by the wild beasts because he was bored. — Source

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