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Viagra, Cialis, or Levitra can cause a person to see everything tinted with blue. pfizer GRAGKED.COM This is referred to as Су- anopsia and is caused by the sildenafil present in erectile dysfunction medication, which can sensitize retinal rod cells. — Source

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Most of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is made up of commercial fishing debris. CRACKED.COM Fishing nets account for 46 percent of the trash in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, with the majority of the rest composed of ropes, oyster spacers, eel traps, crates, and baskets. — Source

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Cancer treatment Dynamic Phototherapy has the side effect of giving humans a slight level of night vision. CRACKED.COM The retina of the ра- tients undergoing this treatment gains the ability to process light at wavelengths higher than the visible light spectrum. — Source

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The skin of all human beings is covered in stripes. GRACKED.COM They are cellular relics of our development from a single cell to a fully formed human called Blaschko's Lines, and they cover the body from head to toe. — Source

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Frustrated with the government's monopoly on TV, the Dutch built an artificial island in the '60s to transmit uncensored TV. CRACKED.COM Eventually, the Neth- erlands legally ex- panded its maritime claim and the mili- tary raided the island by air. — Source

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In 1881, an English MP named Sir William Payne-Gallwey died after falling on a turnip. CRACKED.COM Payne-Gallwey died at the age of 74, as a result of severe internal injuries sustained after falling upon a turnip while out shooting in the parish of Bagby. — Source

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The bodies of Benito Mussolini and his mistress were hung from an Esso gas station. CRACKED.COM After being shot, kicked, and spat upon, the bod- ies were hung from the gas station rooftop with meat hooks and then stoned by civilians from below. — Source

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It is a myth that you should fully discharge your cell phone/laptop batteries before charging. 14:32 onsdag 5 februari CRACKED.COM It's a holdover from the Ni-Cad chemistry era and its memory effect, but lithium-ion batteries are at their healthiest when you use very little and charge very often. — Source

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Liam Neeson's fiancée said she'd leave him if he took the role of James Bond. CRACKED.COM The Irish actor was heavily courted for the role in the mid 90s, but his then fian- cée and late wife Natasha Richardson told him she wouldn't marry him if he took the role. — Source

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St. Jude

St Jude's Hospital, which has treated thousands of children with cancer, is not religiously affiliated. ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL PARKY TOPUAS NATUREL LICE CRACKED COM As a starving actor, Danny Thomas had made a vow: If he found success, he would open a shrine dedicated to St. Jude Thaddeus, the patron saint of hopeless causes. — Source

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Cold, Newton, cold

Sir Isaac Newton erased his rival Robert Hooke from history. Despite pioneering the experimental method and discovering many elements of gravitational theory first, Hooke never got his due. Newton also lived 25 years longer, allowing him to edit history. — Source

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There's a reason why rubbing the area where you are hit makes it feel better. GRACKED.COM Nerves in the skin can feel stretch, temperature, pain, and pressure, but usually only one at a time. When you cut yourself and squeeze the cut finger hard, you feel the pressure but not the cut. — Source

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The Allies during WWII initially only fired certain weapons over water, so the enemy couldn't get a hold of samples. MOLDED-IN ANTENNA CAP OSCILLATOR COIL PLASTIC NOSE OSCILLATOR-DETECT NNULAR FIRING AMPLIFIER THYRATRO CONDENSER BUNDLE GRAGKED.COM There was an embar- go on using the prox- imity fuzed shell, one of the most effective weapons in World War 2, over land until 1944. — Source

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A sperm whale's clicks are powerful enough to easily blow out a diver's eardrums or vibrate a diver to death. CRACKED.COM The only way to get near them is by freed- iving, because they tend to flee the noises generated by scuba equipment as well as subs and robots. — Source

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Snowstorms v Blizzards

The difference between a blizzard and a snowstorm is the strength of the wind, not the amount of snow. CRACKED.COM To be a blizzard, a snow storm must have sustained winds greater than or equal to 35 mph, with blowing or drifting snow which reduces visibility to 0.25 mi or less, and must last for three hours or more. — Source

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A missionary was converted to Atheism while trying to convert an indigenous Brazilian tribe in the '70s. João mach Joaa falonEque Joado se machueon Joan falon CRACKED.COM Daniel Everett learned to speak the unique language of the Pirahã tribe, rejected Christi- anity, lost his family, and lived with the tribe. — Source

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English is the only language that capitalizes the personal pronoun 'I' T 1 T i CRACKED.COM There were no rules for capitalization until the 1700s, but the lowercase 'i' was difficult to read, so the capitalization makes it more clear that it is intend- ed to stand out. — Source

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The artificial sweetener saccharin was discovered accidentally by a researcher not washing his hands. qual calorie equal O saccharin sweetener Sweet'N rition Facts ual same sweetener as Low - WEEKS - 5 and nervie . saccharin sweeten charine 2 DE DE Facts in - TUST calorie : B 200 - some sweitener's Low N.308M5 calorie saccharin sweetener equal - OF b - O calorie sweetener equal . LADE Sweet'N Low equa arin saccharin eN Low CASE e Sweet'N Low 9 calcrue : We GOOD - - equal MURT equal saccharin - - - same sweetener - Sans Description BURGHAME auss Nutrition Facts — Source

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There is a monument to General Benedict Arnold's injured foot in New York. CRACKED.COM The Boot Monument is the only war memorial in the U.S. that doesn't name its honoree because of Ar- nold's offenses, but it does commemorate his contri- butions to our victory over the British. — Source

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In the sea between Australia and New Zealand, there's an island taller than it is wide. CRACKED.COM Ball's Pyramid is 562 me- ters (1,844 ft) high, while measuring 1,100 meters (3,609 ft) in length and only 300 meters (984 ft) across, making it the tallest volcanic stack in the world. — Source

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A Japanese man survived two atomic bombs and lived to be 93. CRACKED.COM Tsutomu Yamaguchi sur- vived the atomic blast at Hi- roshima, dragged himself to an air-raid shelter, and took a train to his job in Nagasa- ki, where he survived anoth- er atomic blast. — Source

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The USAF B-2 Spirit stealth bomber shuts down when it detects an atomic blast. CRACKED COM Shutting down is the only way to avoid an electro- magnetic pulse that would fry its components. The aircraft counters lightning by protecting its electrical components from over-amperage. — Source

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The West Lake restaurant in the Hunan province of China serves 200 snakes a week. CRACKED COM With 300 chefs and enough space to seat 5,000 people, this is the largest Chinese restau- rant in the world. They also go through 700 chickens every week. — Source

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Pencils never actually contained lead. CRACKED.COM The extremely pure and solid graphite that was discovered in 1500 was thought to be lead because chemistry was in its infancy. The words for pencil in German, Irish, Ara- bic, and others literally mean lead pen. — Source

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One of the currencies in early colonial Australia was Rum. CETV VX BLENDED DOMAINE APPLETON ESTATE SINCE-DEPUIS 1749 RHUM JAMAI CRACKED.COM New South Wales Corps of- ficers bought up all the im- ported rum and estab- lished a monopoly on its trade. It resulted in Austra- lia's first and only military coup. It would later be called the Rum Rebellion. — Source

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Facts That Stand The Test Of Time!

Nike paid the NBA a fine every time Michael Jordan wore their shoes. GRACKED.COM The NBA banned Michael Jordan from wearing Air Jordans because the col- ors didn't match his uni- form. Nike paid $5000 for each game so he would continue wearing them. — Source

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Pills

Scientists developed pills of poop bacteria for cheaper fecal implants. GRACKED.COM These are capsules that contain only bacteria from donors' poop which are used to treat gut infec- tions. They have no scent, taste and are as effective as traditional fecal trans- plants. — Source

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Tumble weeds are actually a foreign introduced species. CRACKED COM Despite Kali tragus, the humble tumble weed, be- ing a long-standing sym- bol of the American West, is actually from Asia - commonly called 'Russian thistle.' — Source

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German nationalists in the 1930s created their own version of physics because real physics was too Jewish. Philipp Lenard Deutfche Phyfit in vier Bánden GRACKED.COM Deutsche Physik was ор- posed to the work of Al- bert Einstein and other modern theoretically based physics, which was disparagingly labeled Jewish physics. — Source

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Robert Pattinson is deathly afraid of horses. GRACKED.COM Pattinson said being knocked down by a full grown stallion in Water For Elephants was terrify- ing, but he felt so at ease with an actual pachyderm on set that he climbed in her mouth. — Source

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Seattle

Seattle has a tiny house village for homeless residents. CRACKED.CON They can use them to sleep, eat and shower. It costs residents $90 a month to cover utili- ties and is designed to help them get back on their feet. — Source

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New Line Cinema gambled their entire company on the success of the 'Lord of The Rings' franchise. CRACKED.COM They committed to all three films for more than $270 million up front in the early 2000s, and now Amazon is producing the 'Rings of Power' series for a reported $1 billion. — Source

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France banned supermarkets from throwing away unsold food, forcing them to donate it to charities and food banks. NO Pota CRACKED.COM France was the first country to do this. Char- ities will be able to give out millions more free meals each year to peo- ple struggling to afford to eat. — Source

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A medieval Spanish warlord was so feared that his embalmed corpse was sent into battle. GRACKED.COM During the siege of Valen- cia, El Cid was posthu- mously fitted with his ar- mor and set on his horse to boost the morale of the troops, who won a thun- dering charge against Va- lencia's besiegers. — Source

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