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34 Random Bits of Trivia to Gnaw on All Day Like a Frozen Kong Full of Peanut Butter

May 19, 2024

When taking in some great facts, you have two options: You can speed-read them and move on to the next list, or you can take your time. You know, maybe take one in, mull it over and possibly delve a little deeper. If you let them, each of these facts could be the open door to a wealth of knowledge. Maybe you can Google it, and let its surrounding facts snowball into, well, a bigger snowball. Then come back for the next one.

And so on and so forth until you’ve properly absorbed every last fact below.

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The Hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters. CRACKED.COM The written language was adopted from the English alphabet in the 1800s by American missionaries. The letters they use are A, Е, H,I,K, L, M, N, О, P, and W. — Source

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Susan B. Anthony

Susan В. Anthony was fined $100 for illegally voting, and never paid. CRACKED.COM In 1872, Susan В. Anthony was fined for unlawfully voting in the election of Ulysses S. Grant and Horace Greeley, but she was posthumously pardoned... by President Donald Trump. — Source

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Left-handed people make up about 11% of the population. CRACKED.COM Left-handed people are generally more creative, imaginative, and intuitive. They also tend to score better in both rhythm and visualization tests. — Source

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The One Dollar Bill

A $1 bill costs 6 cents to make. DEERAL RESERVENOTE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1 THIS NOTE 19 LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE 1 В 03542754 F WASHINGTON,D.C. В 2 В 2 SEL LAS OF AND B03542754 F Bn 2 los Rio 1 SERIES 9000 Timity F. Grathan 2 Secretary with Sunnay 1 ONE DOLLAR CRACKED.COM Each dollar costs 6 cents to make and lasts only about six years. The latest estimate shows that there is about $1.79 trillion of U.S. currency in circulation right now. — Source

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Salvador Dali avoided paying restaurant tabs by drawing on the back of checks. CRACKED.COM These drawings made the checks too valuable to actually cash, and many of the restaurants sold the drawings for much more than Dali actually owed them. — Source

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The first heating system actually dates to 550 вс, and it's from Ancient Greece. It was constructed at the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, and it was powered by a wood-fired furnace. CRACKED.COM — Source

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There's a long tradition of using Alcatraz as a prison, going back to Native Americans. People who violated tribal laws among the Ohlone would get banished to Alcatraz. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The vice president of the US wasn't always the president's running mate. Before they added the 12th amendment, it was whoever got the 2nd most votes in the election. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ever since Iceland got settled by humans, at least 600 polar bears arrived on the island. They all either swam to it, or arrived on a floating block of ice. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Alaska is the most northern, eastern, and western state in the U.S. EASTERN HEMISPHERE 75° N RUSSIA Alaska 60° N 180° CANADA 165° E Alaska's Aleutian Islands 45° N 165°W USA 150°W 135°W 30° N 30° N WESTERN Florida MEXICO 120°W HEMISPHERE CUBA 20° N Hawaii M While it's obviously the most northern and western state, how is it possible that it's also the most eastern? Well that's thanks to Alaska's Aleutian Islands that stretch across the 180° line of Longitude, into the Eastern Hemisphere. I on CRACKED.COM — Source

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Water balloons can stop a bullet! Water slows down the speed of a bullet so much, 5 water balloons in a row can totally stop a bullet (even one from a rifle) 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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GRAGKED.COM A breeding pair of mice can produce over 100,000 descendants in just one year — Source

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People tried to grow vanilla for 300 years in Europe, totally unsuccessfully. In 1836, they finally figured it was because vanilla was pollinated by an insect that didn't live in Europe. CRACKED.COM — Source

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If you were born on venus you'd celebrate your first birthday before you were even a day old. venus is the slowest rotating planet in the solar System. It can make a complete orbit around the sun in less time than it takes to rotate just once on its axis. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Three notorious bombers became friends in prison. 6 a 11 O. i2 1 1 0 5 4 Timothy McVeigh, Ted Unabomber Kaczynski, and Ramzi Yousef (who bombed the WTCi in 1993) were all locked away in the same supermax prison in Colorado. And they shared common interests other than bombs, so they struck a friendship. The gang was broken up when McVeigh was executed in 2001. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM Blue-eyed people are likelier to become alcoholics. Genetics is a mess. If you have genes for blue eyes, it's likely that you also have genes for a higher alcohol tolerance, which can lead to drinking too much. The effect is small, but study after study keeps showing the same thing. — Source

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A tomato has about 7,000 more genes than a human being. 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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Fidel Castro was obsessed with ice cream, and once ate 18 scoops in one sitting. Не even opened his own ice cream parlor. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Apparently, witches weren't always shown flying just on broomsticks. They'd also use, say, cupboards, wardrobes, stools, and even two-pronged forks for cooking. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In Ancient Egypt, teachers would correct students with red ink, just like today. At least one writing board, that's almost 4,000 years old, has a teacher's corrections in red ink. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The little pocket-in-a-pocket in jeans is actually a relic of the Old West. The tiny pocket was put there so cowboys could safely keep their pocket watch in (it probably helped when they were on horseback). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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One monastic order went on a beer fast during Lent back in the 17th century. They weren't allowed to eat anything solid during Lent, so they figured they'd drink beer since it was basically liquid bread -- that'd be A-OK. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Pirate booty actually typically wasn't doubloons, gold artifacts, and so on. are They robbed merchant ships, which mostly carried goods like tobacco, cotton, cloth, spices, sugar, wood, etc., so that's what pirates would get. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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There's a whole field of science dedicated to how dinosaurs sounded. Paleoacoustics actually deals with sounds associated with any fossils and, disappointingly, it theorizes dinosaurs didn't open their mouths to roar. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Statue of Liberty is covered by some very, very thin copper sheets. They're about as thick as two pennies pressed together, and they cover an iron framework (they're pretty heavy, though, weighing 31 tons in total). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Burger King issued a recall of 25 million Pokemon balls. After two deaths, Burger King offered a small fry in exchange for anyone who would return the kid's toy. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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NASA kept using the space suits from the first spacewalk for over 30 years. They were intended to be used for 15 years, but they were still in use in 2019, over 36 years after the 1983 spacenwalk in which they wore worn in space for the first time. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Neopets was designed for and by college students create a neopet create.a.pet bet central Step 1 - Choose your pet's species! Click on the picture for more information about each explore species. Remember that creating a pet will earn you 50 Neopoints! You can have up to 4 Neopets, but no more, as soon they will begin to get very demanding. If you are just games starting out, it may be best for you to choose one. neomail shops boards new: :tuff In 2002, the site was the most popular site on the internet in terms of time on site. NOW YOU — Source

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If a pirate ship had a red flag flying, it meant no life would be spared. A black flag signaled quarter would be offered. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Prime numbers show up in the movement patterns of some cicada species. They leave their underground habitats every 7, 13, or 17 years - - all three of those are prime numbers. Apparently, that's the best way they can avoid predators. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The first woman in space was sent in a ship that wasn't programmed to descend Ground control was able to send and install a new program which allowed her to safely return. They also forgot to give her a toothbrush. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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