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June 08, 2024

You know the old saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover?” Well, you can give a fact any packaging you like, but we only care about its truth.

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Andy Samberg won an Emmy in 2007 for Music and Lyrics. It was for the song Dick in a Box. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Drivers in Churchill, Manitoba leave their cars unlocked... ...just in case someone is trapped by a polar bear. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Snape's costume in the Harry Potter movies... ...is the only one that stayed the same throughout the series. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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A seventh grader once wrote a letter to Ronald Reagan... ...requesting funds after his mother called his bedroom a disaster area. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Remy's recipe in Ratatouille is real. ОПОИ LOTE It was created by a chef and takes 3 1/2 hours to prepare. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Some indigenous people have learned bird calls... ...so they'll know when birds are warning each other about predators. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The worms in Men in Black are speaking Huttese... ...or at least a form of Quechua, which fans say Jabba's language is based on. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The floor plans for MI6, Britain's intelligence agency... ...were lost by contractors refurbishing the building. (Some were recovered.) NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Tony's hand when he first realizes he can be a force for good... and the same hand when his journey culminates by saving the universe. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 1921, the Emperor of China requested a phone... ...so he could make prank calls. (Не was 15.) NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In the 2006 Dreamworks movie Flushed Away... ...there's a rat Han Solo in his carbonite pose, frozen in ice. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 2014, Chris Pratt stole his Star Lord costume... ...so he could visit sick kids in the hospital. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The first book Jamie Oliver read was Catching Fire, at 38. He's dyslexic, so he never managed to get through a book before that. Не almost finished Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential, he says, but then Bourdain talked trash about him for years, so he tossed the book into the fire on principle. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 2007, one man climbed 24,500 feet wearing only shorts and open-toed sandals. Dutch daredevil Wim Hof was climbing Mt. Everest, and he didn't quite reach the top, but he got pretty far - - enough to set a world record for a climb in shorts and open-toed sandals. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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It's basically impossible to tell a real Rolex from a fake. 1.55l 1 F , 1601 1501 - ROLEX OYSTER PERPETUAL DAT JUST 1451 . 140 8 SUPERLATIVE OFFICIALLY CHR CEL HOMETER LIFIED 35 | I 1021 It used to be pretty easy, but the production process used for today's fakes is so good that it takes a very thorough examination, and even expert collectors can be fooled. En NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Zach Galifianakis wrote for SNL (for two weeks). When they hired him, he thought he'd be a cast member - - but it turned out they just took him for a two-week trial as a writer. Не didn't pass his trial: when they read his sketches about Britney Spears, he remembers that the 70 people in the room reacted with silence, and Tina Fey put a comforting hand on his shoulder. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Elf was supposed to kick off a franchise. The reason that didn't happen is because Will Ferrell and Jon Favreau couldn't get along at all. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In Mad Max: Fury Road, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley had the idea to give Splendid scars on her arm. Her character dealt with all the things she had to endure by cutting herself, Huntington-Whiteley decided. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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A Deaf actor developed Tusken Sign Language for The Mandalorian. Troy Kotsur, who played a Tusken Raider in the show, was also given the job of developing a consistent language - he based it on their culture and environment, making sure it wasn't at all like American Sign Language. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Doc Brown might have funded his experiments with insurance fraud. Back to the Future co-writer Bob Gale says that he might have set his house on fire for the insurance money he needed for his work. Gale didn't confirm it outright, but said that everyone is full of contradictions, and that Doc Brown is shown doing unethical things in the movie, anyway. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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NYU's medical school is 100% free. NYULangone Health Main Campus مهنا Main Lobby Entrance 530-550 First Avenue Tisch Hospital NYU School of Medicine Schwartz Health Care Center They don't charge any tuition at all - you just have to pay for room and board. The school's endowment is big enough to fund this in perpetuity, and raising enough money to get to that point took eleven years. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Outside the Australian Parliament, drunken bees are falling from the air. Some flowers' nectar is fermenting due to the hot weather, making lots of bees drunk. When this happens and a drunk bee tries to get back into the hive, guards turn it away so it doesn't bring fermenting honey inside. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Brown bears often walk around with tapeworms hanging out of their butt. Since they eat raw salmon, they ingest a lot of tapeworm eggs, so they get tapeworm infections all the time. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In WWII, Japan used cherry blossoms for propaganda. The Japanese government used the cherry blossom, a classic symbol of Japan, in a campaign to persuade young people they should die like beautiful falling cherry petals for the emperor. That probably contributed to about 1,000 students volunteering for kamikaze operations. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Peter Lassally produced Johnny Carson, David Letterman and Craig Ferguson. In his youth, he survived a concentration camp and went to grade school with Anne Frank. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 1984, a policeman asked a NYC pizza joint waitress to pick his lottery numbers, saying he would split the winnings. Own Pizzeria & Restaurant FREE DELIVERY 237-777 DOF OPEN DEAT مملكة 100 UNITEDSTATES KB94571448I NDRED DOLLARS Не won, and true to his word, gave her $3 million dollars. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In lieu of a tip, Albert Einstein gave a Japanese courier a handwritten note. It sold in 2017 for $1.56 million. Hiller bercheidenes Liber gift mehr glick als enfolyrishes streben verbunden mist Unrella Albert Ginstein La 7922. Tokyo. The note read, A calm and humble life will bring more happiness than the pursuit of success and the constant restlessness that comes with it. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Sam Neill asked that the Australian flag on his uniform in Event Horizon be modified. Instead of the Union Jack, he wanted an aboriginal flag. ASA EUR Не thinks it's a change that'll happen by 2047, when the film takes place. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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A fan of Peking Duk added himself to their Wiki page as a relative. peking duk @pekingduk som1 edited our wiki 2 say he was our family. showed security, got in2 the green room and had a beer with boys.. Security bought it, and let him backstage. The band was super impressed, and they had a bunch of beers with the guy. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Thousands of people of Jewish descent served in the Wehrmacht during WWII. That includes 2 field marshals and 10 generals. Hitler personally signed declarations stating that 77 high-ranking officers of mixed Jewish race or married to a Jew, according to German military documents, were actually of German blood. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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An 1889 novel predicted parts of 2000 surprisingly accurately. Hono Domini 2 Written by Julius Vogel, a former New Zealand prime minister, Anno Domini 2000 features instant communication technology, widespread travel in aluminum air cruisers, and great changes to the environment as a result of industrial technology. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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A guy got into Paul McCartney's house by saying he was the son of God. Не rang the doorbell and McCartney answered it, and the guy told him he was Jesus Christ. McCartney thought Well, it probably isn't. But if he is, I'm not going to be the one to turn him away, so he let him and gave him a cup of tea. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Before he was an artist, Jeff Koons was a commodities broker on Wall Street In case you needed more reasons to dislike him, Koons made bank before he made millions off his art. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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101 pages were cut from Dracula before it was published. Bram Sion DRACULA They were taken from the start of the novel, and a bunch of other changes were made, including to what happened to Dracula and his castle. Those missing 101 pages still haven't been found -- we just have a few scattered pieces, that were published elsewhere. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Metallic car paints were originally made with fish scales. It took 40,000 herring to make one kilo of paint. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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If a lion is castrated, he soon loses his mane. 27% That happens because testosterone is needed to grow a mane, and castrated lions can no longer produce testosterone. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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There's no evidence to support drinking eight glasses of water a day. With the exception of strenuous physical activity, long airplane flights, and a hot climate, you're probably drinking enough. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Harriet the tortoise was collected by both Charles Darwin and Steve Irwin. The 176-year-old tortoise was also one of the oldest animals at the time of her death in 2006. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Nobody knows who actually invented Bitcoin (and cryptocurrencies in general). TROYOZ MJB FLUSTER bb ENG B TTROYOZ BITCOIN-CNC PA9 FINE METALS The inventor went by the name Satoshi Nakamoto online, but the person (or group) behind the handle never came forward and has never been identified. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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