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33 Random Bits of Trivia That Are Like a Refreshing Enema for Your Brain

June 04, 2024

Today’s procedure is a pretty routine one, so we’d like to assure you that there’s no need to be embarrassed. Everyone has crusty old facts lodged up in their brains. All we’re going to do is flush them out and replace them with these fresh new ones. Consider it a factual spring cleaning.

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Michael Jackson didn't do his own singing on The Simpsons. Of all the Simpsons cameos, Jackson's is one of the best-known-but he only did the speaking parts. By his stipulation, the singing was provided by a soundalike named Kipp Lennon. The only explanation Jackson gave was that it was a joke on his brothers. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Peru has asked tourists to stop getting naked at Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu is a place where you can admire ancient Inca architecture and tourist dong. So many people are taking pictures of themselves in the buff that the Peruvian government has formally requested them to stop. Cambodia and Thailand have similar issues in their tourist spots. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A Pink Floyd concert brought down the Venetian government. In 1989, Venice organized a free Pink Floyd concert. Predictably, the city was overrun. 200,000 fans left behind 300 tons of garbage, and since no porta- potties were provided, they went to the bathroom on historical monuments. The mayor and the entire city council resigned amid protests a few days later. CRACKED.COM — Source

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33 Random Bits of Trivia That Are Like a Refreshing Enema for Your Brain — Source

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A British aircraft carrier produces 540 tons of fresh water per day at sea. The HMS Queen Elizabeth uses a reverse osmosis system that filters salt molecules, creating enough fresh water each day to fill 12,000 bathtubs. CRACKED.COM — Source

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There was a futuristic floating McDonald's on a barge in Canada way back in 1986. It was set up for the 1986 World Expo in Vancouver, and orders were brought out on a conveyor belt. But after the Expo, it was left to rot for years. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Being a Michelin Guide Inspector means eating 275 inspection meals a year. AIC And that's just the minimum. Luckily, to compensate for the effects of that, Michelin has a plan - they reimburse fitness membership fees. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 1957, a nuclear bomb in the desert exploded directly over six guys' heads. They were five Air Force officers and a cameraman, and apparently they all reached old age. One of them might even still be alive. CRACKED.COM — Source

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One crane at the Smithsonian National Zoo has a human mate (kind of). They mate for life, and the crane Walnut has chosen zookeeper Chris Crowe - in 2004. She hasn't changed her mind since, apparently. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Scallions and green onions are the same vegetable, with different names. But spring onions are different - their bulbs are much bigger than those of green onions, and those bulbs in fact kind of look like small onions. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Eminem sued iTunes for deductions on digital download royalties. CRACKED.COM In the early days of iTunes, Universal Music Group deducted artist's iTunes royalties for costs such as packaging and breakages on digital downloads. — Source

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No one noticed Chile misspelled their own name on their 50 peso coins. CRACKED.COM Chile printed a number of 50 peso coins in 2008 that misspelled the name of their country as Chiie. No one noticed until 2009, at which point the director of the Mint lost his job. — Source

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Anderson Cooper launched his journalist career by forging a press pass. CRACKED.COM After college, Cooper forged a pass and gained entrance to Myanmar to meet with students fight- ing the Burmese govern- ment. Не ultimately sold his home-made news seg- ments to Channel One. — Source

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Steve McQueen was offered the leading role of Close Encounters of the Third Kind. CRACKED.COM McQueen declined since he couldn't cry on cue. Steven Spiel- berg offered to remove the scene but McQueen said it was the best part of the film. — Source

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Iceland is split between the Eurasian and North American plate. CRACKED.COM Although Iceland is considered political- ly as part of Europe, it is geographically North American and European at the same time. — Source

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Finnish people receive a top hat and a sword when completing their doctoral degrees. CRACKED.COM The sword comes with a scabbard, a black or golden scab- bard holder and the golden emblem of the University. — Source

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The original ending of Pretty Woman was much darker. CRACKED COM Originally titled 3,000, the movie ended with Julia Rob- erts' character being tossed out of a limo into a dirty alley and thrown $3,000 in cash. The screenplay changed when Disney took over pro- duction. — Source

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The underbelly membrane of lobsters is as tough as industrial rubber. CRACKED.COM It is the toughest material of all natural hydrogels, includ- ing collagen, animal skins, and natural rubber. The membrane is about as strong as the rubber used to make car tires, garden hoses, and conveyor belts. — Source

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Russian officers played the game Battleship before WWI. CRACKED.COM The game dates back to the turn of the 20th cen- tury, where it was played with just paper and pen. A version using plastic pegs wasn't created until 1967. — Source

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A B-52 bomber can have its engine kickstarted with explosive cartridges. CRACKED.COM The explosives can be in- serted into the bomber's engines to get them up and running more quickly if needed. The cart start reduces takeoff time from about an hour down to ten minutes. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Pixelon was the (fake) Netflix of the '90s. Pixelon was the hottest startup in Silicon Valley. There were just a couple wrinkles: The whole show was run like a cult by a fugitive con man, and their video streaming tech was fake. Their only accomplishment was to reunite The Who for the site's stupidly lavish launch party. — Source

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The poop emoji comes from comics. Everyone's favorite emoji was already big in Japan before emoji were even a thing. A popular 1980s manga called Dr. Slump (later adapted to anime) regularly featured sentient piles of poo. Its author eventually left friendly feces behind and went on to create Dragon Ball. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM Cruise ships keep finding ways to get away with polluting. Given a deadline to get their act together re: pollution, the cruise industry got to work-to find loopholes. Rather than switch to cleaner fuels, now they use scrubbers to remove pollutants from the exhaust gases (and then dump those pollutants into the ocean.) — Source

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Batman has a second secret identity. In the comics, Matches Malone was a gangster who died while trying to kill Batman-and who happened to look exactly like Bruce Wayne. So sometimes Wayne glues on a fake mustache and passes himself off as Malone to infiltrate the criminal underworld. CRACKED.COM — Source

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THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE LIVING IN TOKYO, THE CAPITAL OF JAPAN, THAN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY OF CANADA, THE SECOND BIGGEST COUNTRY AFTER RUSSIA. CANADA POPULATION TOKYO POPULATION 36.44 MILLION 38.24 MILLION TOKYO IS REPRESENTED WITH A RED DOT ON THE MAP OF JAPAN. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A cloud may look fluffy and lighter-than-air but an average cumulus cloud weighs 1.1 million pounds or 500,000 kilograms. That's more than twice the weight of the Statue of Liberty. GRACKED.COM — Source

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A tomato has about 7,000 more genes than a human being. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Whether it's a giraffe or a mouse, pretty much all mammals have the same number of neck bones. CRACKED COM — Source

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A HUMAN MALE WILL PRODUCE ABOUT 525 BILLION SPERM IN HIS LIFETIME. THAT'S AROUND FIVE TIMES THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE EVER LIVED. CRACKED.COM — Source

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REMOVE ALL THE EMPTY SPACE FROM ALL THE ATOMS IN ALL OF THE PEOPLE ON PLANET EARTH... ...AND ALL OF US COMBINED WOULD EQUAL THE VOLUME OF A SUGAR CUBE. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Instagram posts were already a thing in the 1700s. Social media didn't exist back then-but braggy vacation pictures did. Wealthy young men would visit far-away cities and commission vedute, which were highly detailed paintings of the place (sometimes including the visitor himself) to show his friends at home. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Bernie Sanders and Larry David are cousins. Is David's killer impression of Sanders related to the fact that the two share DNA? In 2017, a PBS show about ancestry found that they have three identical chromosomes, making them third or fourth cousins. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Drugged livestock is causing rabid dogs. One day, vultures started dying in India and Pakistan. The culprit was found to be diclofenac, an anti-inflamatory drug given to livestock that was lethal to vultures that ate the carcasses. With vultures gone, feral dogs took their place as scavengers-and with more dogs, rabies skyrocketed. CRACKED.COM — Source

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