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Only three Mayan books exist today. 2010 962 -CRACKED.COM Despite publishing vast quantities of literature, only three of the books still exist due to the Span- ish ordering all Mayan books and libraries to be destroyed for being lies of the devil. — Source

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The most decorated enlisted man in the British Army in WWI never fired a single shot. CRACKED.COM William Coltman was a stretcher bearer who won the Victoria cross for charging into fire unarmed and carrying out 3 wounded men on his back. — Source

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A single scientist set back AIDS research out of spite. CRAGKED.COM Researchers sent over a sam- ple to the National Cancer In- stitute when they realized American gay men and Afri- cans in France were both suf- fering from the same disease, but a scientist with a grudge switched out the samples. — Source

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A former soccer player conned his way into a 20 year career without playing a single game. CRACKED.COM Carlos Kaiser Raposo used every trick to dupe his clubs' coaches, team-mates and fans to live the dream as a globe- trotting pro for two de- cades while barely being able to kick a ball. — Source

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For hundreds of years, December 25th was not the birthdate of Jesus Christ. CRACKED COM The 25th of December wasn't the official cele- bration date for the birth of Jesus Christ until Pope Julius I, bishop of Rome, proclaimed it so in 350 AD. — Source

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Technology from the 1950s can generate energy with far greater efficiency than any current power. GRACKED COM Conceived during the Cold War, a mol- ten-salt reactor for- goes solid nuclear fuel for a liquid one, mol- ten fluoride salts. — Source

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Russia is still holding $1.5 billion in treasure sent over from Romania. ١٤٩ SING VITS CRACKED.COM During WWI, Romania de- cided to send its vast col- lection of treasure to Rus- sia for safekeeping. In 1918, the new Soviet govern- ment cut all diplomatic ties and refused to return the treasure. — Source

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Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're not after you. CRACKED.COM Ernest Hemingway grew para- noid and talked about FBI spying on him later in life. Не was treated with electroshock. It was later revealed that he was in fact watched, and Ed- gar Hoover personally placed him under surveillance. — Source

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A high school student was suspended in 2015 for an over-the-top promposal. CRACKED.COM Ibrahim Ahmad strapped fake explosives to his body and asked a girl to prom with a sign saying I know it's a little late but I'm kin- da the bomb. Rilea will you be my date to prom? She said yes. — Source

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Michael Jordan popularized longer basketball shorts. CRACKED.COM Longer shorts became a thing when Jordan asked Champion, the maker of NBA uniforms, to make lon- ger shorts so he could grab onto them when he hunched over out of breath. — Source

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Seat belts were very controversial when they first appeared in cars during the 40s and 50s. CRACKED.COM Many argued that they caused injuries and didn't work, no matter how much researchers disputed these claims. Many people refused to wear them and even cut them out of their car seats. — Source

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A Stanford study found a positive correlation between the use of profanity and honesty. ER CRACKED.COM In both individuals and groups, those who use profanity tend to be more honest, as pro- fanity is often used to express one's genuine feelings. — Source

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The Avengers

The race of aliens that invaded Earth in 2012's The Avengers are based on a conspiracy theory. A CRACKED.COM Mark Millar's conception of the Chitauri was inspired by the British conspiracy theorist David Icke, who believes the world is se- cretly run by shape-shift- ing reptilian humanoids. — Source

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A fire in the middle of a Turkmenistan desert has been burning for 40 years. CRACKED.COM The pit of natural gas was lit on fire by Soviet geolo- gists in 1971, after the ground beneath the rig collapsed, thinking it would burn off in a few days. Locals call it The Door to Hell. — Source

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Bacteria can absorb and integrate genetic material from dead bacteria. CRACKED COM If a bacterium eats the corpse of one which has adapted to colder tem- peratures, it will gain that resistance to cold as well, like Kirby inhaling an ene- my. — Source

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Milk Duds were originally supposed to be perfectly round. CRACKED.COM Since making them per- fectly round was found to be impossible, the pieces became known as duds, and the name stuck. — Source

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Harvard could offer free tuition to all students and still make profit on interest from its endowment. CRACKED.COM Harvard University's endowment, valued at $53.2 billion as of June 2021, is the larg- est academic endow- ment in the world. — Source

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China's national TV channel aired V for Vendetta fully uncensored in 2012. CRACKED.COM Despite being known for its strict censoring of foreign films, the anarchist movie aired unedited. It includes the quote, People should not be afraid of their govern- ments. Governments should be afraid of their people. — Source

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The reason so many African flags have green, yellow and red is because of the Ethiopian flag. CRACKED.COM It was one of the few in- dependent African na- tions during the colonial period and therefore the new countries of Africa looked to them for in- spiration. — Source

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In 1964, Elvis Presley bought President Franklin D Roosevelt's yacht for $55,000. GRAGKED.COM Presley later gave the USS Potomac to St Ju- de's Children Hospital for a fundraiser, and that hospital sold it for $65,000. — Source

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Only 324 of Greece households declared ownership of a swimming pool on their tax form. CRACKED COM Fearing tax evasion, Greek authorities turned to satel- lite imagery for further in- vestigation of Athens' northern suburbs. They discovered a total of 16,974 swimming pools. — Source

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During the Berlin Airlift, one of the pilots gave some candy to some children in Berlin. CRACKED.COM After seeing how much they enjoyed it, he began drop- ping candy from his airplane before landing. Other pilots soon joined in and over 23 tons of candy would be dropped over Berlin. — Source

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The Space Shuttle never flew on new year's day or eve because it couldn't handle a year rollover. N/151 UnitedStates 4 CRACKED.COM The space shuttle's computer software is about 45 years old and does not recog- nise when the calen- dar year switches. — Source

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David Herman got himself fired from Mad TV. GRACKED.COM The Office Space actor wanted to leave the show to do other projects, but Fox would not let him out of his contract, so he screamed all of his lines at a read-through to get him- self canned. — Source

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The Ark of the Covenant is said to reside in a chapel in Ethiopia. CRACKED COM The chapel of the Ark of the Covenant has been ru- mored for centuries to be the final resting place of the Ark, and no one, not even the Ethiopian presi- dent, is allowed to see it. — Source

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Gnarls Barkley took their own hit song out of music stores. GRAGKED.COM The band removed their hit single 'Crazy' from stores in 2006 after it remained at the top of the British charts for 9 weeks, so peo- ple would remember the song fondly and not get sick of it. — Source

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Women in Ancient Rome would make their eyelashes look fuller and longer to demonstrate their chastity. CRACKED.COM The ideal eyes, from the Roman perspec- tive, were large with long eyelashes. They believed that eyelash- es fell out from exces- sive sex. — Source

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Queen Victoria changed the words on Britain's most prestigious military award. CRACKED.COM Originally it was suggested that the scroll on the Vic- toria Cross should bear the legend 'FOR THE BRAVE' but the Queen changed this to 'FOR VALOUR' as the former implied that not all soldiers were brave. — Source

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Many people thought women could not ride trains when they were first introduced in the US. Mizuno DW 22342 a р/д CRACKED GOM People believed that women's bodies were not designed to go at 50 miles an hour, and that their uteruses would fly out of their bodies if they were accelerated to that speed. — Source

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