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May 05, 2024

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AND A DE GUARDE SH Nintendo existed while Jack the Ripper was terrorizing London. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cru ec Will Smith is older than Uncle Phil was at the beginning of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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France's last execution by guillotine happened the same year Star Wars came out. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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KEANU REEVES LAUREN TRON The Matrix is older now than Tron was when The Matrix was released. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Queen Elizabeth II and Marilyn Monroe were born in the same year. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The oldest living tree was almost five thousand years old when it was cut down. It was already 1,000 years old when the last woolly mammoth died. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The fearsome Blackbeard was only active for a grand total of two years. He's first mentioned as a pirate in 1716 (he was a privateer from 1701 to 1713), and they caught and killed him in 1718 8 - - and that was that. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Egyptian medicine was. surprisingly specialized, and they even had proctologists. The Egyptian term for those literally translates to shepherd of the anus. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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A Chinese businessman hired a hitman, who hired a hitman, who hired another, who hired another. The fifth hitman simply asked the man to fake his death. Ponzi scheme done. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Methamphetamine was used as an antidepressant from the 1930s to the 1950s. Gordon Alles patented the drug after being injected with it. Не said it made him more talkative and imparted a sense of well-being. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Great Britain is annually responsible for 63 Independence Day celebrations around the world. That averages to about one every six days. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Mohammed V of Morocco protected Jewish people in Casablanca from the Nazis. Не reportedly told them, There are no Jews in Morocco. There are only Moroccan subjects. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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When he was 15, The Rock saved his mom from committing suicide. She left her car on Interstate 65 and just started walking into traffic. The Rock followed her and pulled her back - - and today, he says, she doesn't remember any of that (Probably best she doesn't, he says). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cosplay became a thing in 1939. Sci-fi fan Myrtle Douglas and her husband wore costumes from the 1936 H.G. Wells movie Things to Come to the World Science Fiction Convention that year, and costume contests became an annual tradition at that convention after that. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 1999, lions fought a two-week war with hyenas in Ethiopia. A pride of lions lost six, but killed 35 hyenas and drove off the entire group to take control of the territory -- a conflict that was broadcast on Ethiopian TV and monitored by the police. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Sugar doesn't cause hyperactivity in children. Over 12 studies showed no behavior change, even among kids with ADHD. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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David Greybeard was Jane Goodall's first chimp connection Не trusted Goodall enough to let her study him and introduce her to others within his community, which has greatly increased our understanding of chimpanzees. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In Turkey, you can no longer use cryptocurrencies to buy anything at all. Due to rising inflation, people started using crypto for everyday transactions more and more, but the government put a stop to that on April 30, 2021. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ninjas used cicadas to help them sneak up on enemies without being detected. They had a box with a cicada, and they'd use the cicada's sound to drown out their footsteps and any other loud noises they'd end up making. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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While in space, astronauts see flashes even when their eyes are closed. Those flashes are cosmic rays moving through their eyeballs - on Earth, we don't see them because the atmosphere usually absorbs them. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The lady who claimed to find a finger in her Wendy's chili was sentenced to 9 years in prison Anna Aayala was released after four years on good behavior. She apologized to the food chain for the attempted scam. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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