Eddie Murphy Says This Is His Worst Movie

35 of the Funniest Tweets from Tuesday, January 14, 2025

‘The New York Times’ Gets Ben Stiller to Confess That He Borrowed His ‘Dodgeball’ Villain From a Disney Movie

Here Are All the Fan-Spotted Easter Eggs and Callbacks From the ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’/‘Abbott Elementary’ Crossover

40 Random Bits of Trivia Longing to Escape the Confines of Our Brains

29 Random Bits of Trivia Plucked From the Tree of Knowledge by a Friendly Local Snake

Bite the forbidden facts. What’s the worst that could happen?

29 Random Bits of Trivia Plucked From the Tree of Knowledge by a Friendly Local Snake

June 03, 2024

If you’re into warm, cuddly facts, this list isn’t for you. We have plenty of those lists here on the site, so feel free to click on over to the safe zone. There’s no shame in that. The rest of us can take on these spicy, punch-packing facts for you. If you hear some grunts or gasps, don’t you worry about us. We promise that we can handle ourselves.

Click right here to get the best of Cracked sent to your inbox.

29

The original meaning of heterosexuality was a desire for kinky, - - ma e technologica straight sex. Robert a Patto tech noto gist ( IMUMA technology: tech nol o gize (tek OF ing to make technol only or an industry. UNA -zing tech nology (tek nol' science of the mechanic plied science: Не studied en a of technology. 2 the body materials, techniques, and p de a con- produce goods and services needs: Science has contribute knocked technology. 3 a particular applic J technical gy: any method, process, or syst TOO tools and techniques to achieve a in a tech- — Source

28

Gary Busey once complained on a movie set because Heaven didn't look real. egr Fou Children Не died and came back, apparently, and said he'd seen Heaven - and the movie's portrayal of it was totally inaccurate, he said. CRACKED.COM — Source

27

Birds of Prey has a subtle homage to Harley Quinn's first appearance. She wears the number 92 on her derby outfit - that's a nod to the episode of Batman: The Animated Series, broadcast in '92, where she first appeared. CRACKED.COM — Source

26

Shia LaBeouf has an injured hand in Transformers 2 because of a real-life injury. Не hurt himself in an auto accident so, rather than pause filming, they just wrote the injury into the movie (he hurt himself while teleporting). CRACKED.COM — Source

25

Tom Cruise broke his ankle on a take in Mission: Impossible 6 and kept filming. During a stunt, he accidentally hit a wall with his foot and immediately knew he broke it, but he really didn't want to do it again so he carried on. CRACKED.COM — Source

24

In The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Fox is wearing material from Wes Anderson's suit. It wasn't a symbolic gesture or anything -- Anderson just thought the fabric would work really well for the character, so he donated it. CRACKED.COM — Source

23

Roosters crow depending on their order in the local hierarchy. Among chickens, the lower a bird's rank, the longer it has to wait to eat - - andto crow. The top-ranked rooster crows in the morning first, and others then follow him. CRACKED.COM — Source

22

The Catholic Church is actually pretty cool with evolution and the Big Bang. Bras OVIA DILIGO TE O PETRE DIXIST NC VNA FIDES MYNDO REFVIG It also says that Young Earth Creationism and Intelligent Design are essentially just pretending to be science, and it rejects them outright. CRACKED.COM — Source

21

The last major cavalry charge happened in 1942, and it was made by Italians. 600 of them charged 2,000 Soviet soldiers in August 1942 and, amazingly, they helped drive off the Soviet troops (but they took heavy losses). CRACKED.COM — Source

20

Seagrass spreads thanks to turtles eating seagrass seeds and then pooping them. Sea turtles (and dugongs, cousins of the manatee) gobble up seeds, then pass it elsewhere --sometimes spreading over 500,000 seeds daily. CRACKED.COM — Source

19

France gets about four fifths of all its electricity from nuclear reactors. In the U.S., where there are 104 reactors, that figure is about 20% - but France has 58 reactors. This also means France emits the least carbon in the OECD. CRACKED.COM — Source

18

Nellie Bly

11 novels written by pioneering journalist Nellie Bly were just recently discovered. She wrote them in serialized form for a weekly newspaper, and they were thought to be lost - - but a writer discovered copies in archives in 2020. CRACKED.COM

17

The COCO de mer plant has a seed that looks a lot like, well, a human butt. Fittingly, its old botanical name was Lodoicea callipyge (callipyge is Greek for beautiful buttocks), and it was considered a strong aphrodisiac. CRACKED.COM — Source

16

Rick James once got a custom drawing by Salvador Dali, but he ruined it. Dali sketched him at a party on a napkin, and gave it to James. James left it in his shorts, forgot about it, and went swimming in them the next day. CRACKED.COM — Source

15

Isaac Newton was a member of Parliament, but he was very ineffective. During his 21-year stint there, he apparently only spoke once, and it was to the usher - he asked him to close the window one time when it was chilly. CRACKED.COM — Source

14

In 1968, the Beatles signed a petition to get Mick Jagger in A Clockwork Orange. They sent it to Terry Southern, who was writing the movie adaptation's script, demanding to have Jagger in the lead role. Alas, it was clearly unsuccessful. CRACKED.COM — Source

13

A classic Simpsons Olympics episode is based on something that really happened. MILKS In Lisa's First Word, Krusty Burger offers free burgers if the US team wins, and that comes back to bite him. This really happened to McD's in 1984. CRACKED.COM — Source

12

Aaron Sorkin once hurt his hand by practicing a scene for The Newsroom. Не got up in the middle of the night to practice an idea he had, and that involved lunging at his bathroom mirror - he broke it, and went to the ER. CRACKED.COM — Source

11

John Leguizamo sadly sacrificed a lot to play Luigi in Super Mario Bros. Не had gotten the chance to play Tom Hanks' character's love interest in Philadelphia, but he refused the offer and decided to play Luigi instead. CRACKED.COM — Source

10

It was believed in Ancient Greece that leprosy could be cured by bathing in children's blood. GRAGKED.COM Virgin blood was another cure, both to bathe in and consume, as it was tied to puri- ty. After a while, the blood of dogs and corpses started to be- come popular when (somehow) virgin and/or toddler blood just wasn't doing the trick. — Source

9

A Singapore Airlines cargo plane had to make an emergency landing because of sheep farts. CRACKED.COM The flatulence from the 2,186 sheep on- board allegedly trig- gered the plane's smoke detector, a claim in which the air- line denies. — Source

8

The White Sox held a Disco Demolition Night attended by 50,000 people, which turned into a riot. STEREO CIO V - Sotillion KARETHERK RA - F adidas GOLD GARE Adidas For Origin STER CRACKED.COM 1 The promotion, held in 1979, was an effort to boost atten- dance and was connected to prior Disco Nights, al- though those didn't usually end in fans rushing the field after a bunch of records were blown up. — Source

7

Kevlar was added to fencing uniforms after a death in 1982. CRACKED.COM Kevlar is used in top level uniform pieces following the death of Vladimir Smirnov at the 1982 World Championships in Rome, in which a broken blade went through his mask and pierced his brain. — Source

6

2 USAF F-15s shot down 2 US Army Black Hawk helicopters in 1994. FF 026 GRAGKED.COM The friendly-fire incident, which killed all 26 helicop- ter passengers, is attribut- ed to a chain of errors, from the general heading up the Operation Provide Comfort Task Force all the way down. — Source

5

Michael Keaton's real name is Michael Douglas. ON ree CRACKED.COM Keaton had to change his name when he arrived in LA, per the Screen Actors Guild rules, so he flipped through a phone book. Не selected 'K' in the book and stopped at 'Keaton.' — Source

4

An ancient Korean medicine, Ttongsul, is made from fermented poop. CRACKED.COM The poop of a 4-7 year old child is left to ferment with rice and yeast. When per- fectly ripe, this alcoholic drink is claimed to cure pain, broken bones, bruis- es, inflammation, and even epilepsy. — Source

3

Citibank played a huge role in destabilizing Haiti. VIDEO DER GBR citibank aticanx EADS - Citibank ENER MOTT STREET to BEY 2 PENSKE ENTER GRACKED COM Citibank took over the na- tional bank of Haiti in 1910, which also served as Haiti's treasury. Citibank paid rebels to destabilize the county and pressued the US to occupy Haiti in 1915. — Source

2

One FBI agent infiltrated the Italian mafia for five years. CRACKED.COM Joseph Pistone infiltrated one of the five big fami- lies of the Italian Mafia in New York. The operation lasted from 1976 to 1981 and led to over 200 in- dictments and over 100 convictions. — Source

1

Wales

There is one castle for every 5,200 people in Wales. CRACKED COM There are more than 600 castles in Wales, more per square mile than anywhere in the world. Some have been lived in continuously for a thousand years, while others are romantic ruins. — Source

Tags:

Visual

Scroll down for the next article

Must Read

Science & History

20 of the Most Amazing Photos in History

Movies & TV

It Turns Out That ‘The Martian’ Was a Comedy After All

Movies & TV

27 of the Funniest Letterboxd Reviews of Robbie Williams’ Biopic, ‘Better Man’

Movies & TV

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia Our Mommies Slapped Out of Our Hands Because We Kept Putting Them in Our Mouths

Science & History

5 Trademarked Smells Stinking Up Rarified Air

Science & History

Here’s the Least-Evolved Organism on the Planet

VIRAL ON CRACKED

1

40 Random Bits of Trivia to Shampoo Into Your Brain Folds

2

35 Random Bits of Historical Trivia That Make Us Think Its Probably Best for A.I. to Take It From Here

3

24 Underrated Actors That Deserve More Work

4

20 of the Most Amazing Photos in History

5

20 MacGyver-Style Repairs That Totally Work