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30 Cold-Blooded Bits of Trivia That Will Expertly Assassinate Your Misconceptions and Ignorance

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30 Cold-Blooded Bits of Trivia That Will Expertly Assassinate Your Misconceptions and Ignorance

July 03, 2024

We see that you have a nice, full brain. Good job. The problem is, this list of facts won’t fit unless we unload some dusty old myths and misconceptions first. Out with the old, in with the new. No need to argue about what in your brain is true or false. We got this.

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George Lucas really, really didn't want Harrison Ford to play Indiana Jones. Ford was already in two of Lucas' movies, and Lucas said I don't want him to be my Bobby De Niro, (De Niro was considered Scorsese's actor). Years later, Lucas said, Не was perfect for the part. I can't imagine anybody else in that part. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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They didn't use any special effects in the Wizard of Oz color transition scene. When the movie turns from sepia to color, they shot Judy Garland's stunt double in a sepia dress, with sepia makeup on, on a sepia set. When she steps out of the shot, she's replaced by Judy Garland in a blue dress. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Daniel Radcliffe was allergic to the first glasses they gave him for the Harry Potter movies. The skin around his eyes broke out in whiteheads and spots, and it took everyone a week to figure out the nickel silver in the rims was causing that. They quickly made him new ones out of rolled gold. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Coolio was supposed to play the Scarecrow in a Batman movie. Не did his minor cameo in Batman & Robin (at a street race) only because he was supposed to be the villain in Joel Schumacher's next Batman movie - which, of course, didn't happen. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Clue comes from clew, or ball of yarn. It was a reference to Ariadne in Greek myth, who gave Theseus a ball of yarn to find his way out of the Labyrinth. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In France, at least 40% of radio songs have to be in French. A 1994 law made that requirement, so that English-language songs don't flood the airwaves. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In the Amazon rainforest, there's a bird that looks like Pikachu. The cream-colored Woodpecker is black and yellow, with red circles on its cheeks. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In Se7en, when Victor coughs and wakes up, the SWAT officer's shock is real. The actor thought he was looking at a prop -- they didn't tell him that it was a person buried under layers of makeup. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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A group of peacocks (or peahens) is called an ostentation or pride. The species is called peafowl, and the female birds are peahens. Baby peafowl are called peachicks. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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James Gunn's story treatment for Guardians of the Galaxy 2 included a song mix on a CD. Не kept a list of 500 songs he thought Meredith Quill would love, and referenced that list while writing the treatment and script. The CD had the songs he drew on for inspiration. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Vietnam war POW Jeremiah Denton used Morse code to confirm he was being tortured. When they let a Japanese TV reporter interview him, he looked into the camera and blinked the Morse code for torture. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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MTV's Video Music Award is a Moonman because of an early MTV graphic. The channel opened with footage of an astronaut putting an MTV flag of the moon, and they replayed that every hour, at the top of the hour, for the next five years. So when they designed the VMA statue, the Moonman was the most iconic choice. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The tradition of leaving cookies and milk for Santa became popular in the Great Depression. FOR: Santa Parents used it as a way to try and teach kids that giving to others and showing gratitude for gifts were important. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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When Breaking Bad ended, Walter White got a funeral in Albuquerque. C Around 200 people attended, and the show's set decorator, Michael Flowers, gave a eulogy. The whole thing included a procession led by not just a hearse, but also the RV from the show and a few of the Sheriff's Department deputies. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Charlie Day

Charlie Day turned down the sitcom Life on a Stick to do It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. - ALWONS SUNNY PHILADEL It was a major network show, and IASIP was a small project he made with his friends. Life on a Stick ended after one season, and IASIP became one of the longest-running sitcoms ever. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Today we celebrate our Independence Day wasn't in Independence Day's script. The studio insisted that the President end his speech with that line, because they wanted to change the movie's name to Independence Day. Mentioning those words in the movie itself would help, they thought. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Wisconsin Tourism Federation had to change its name in 2009. TFW TOURISM FEDERATION OF WISCONSIN Wisconsin Tourism's Legislative Voice The acronym WTF got a new meaning since the Federation was started in 1979, so they renamed themselves to Tourism Federation of Wisconsin. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 1939, a University of lowa experiment tried to induce stuttering in kids. It was truly awful, and it involved orphans getting belittled for flaws in their speech to test if kids started stuttering because of pressure. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In Sweden, a museum had a whale skeleton with completely furnished insides. There were benches and carpeting inside, and you'd go in through the mouth - but they closed the mouth in the '30s, after catching a couple having sex in it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A lot of old churches in the Philippines are partly made from egg whites. Records show that churches built in the 18th and 19th century were often built with egg whites - they were an ingredient in mortar and concrete. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Victorians kept babies high (because of how they tried to calm them down). Giving opium to babies was popular in the 19th century, because it'd instantly calm a crying baby - opium was even called the Poor child's nurse. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Despite how it might look, leaf-cutter ants don't actually eat any leaves. They just take pieces of leaves and feed them to a fungus they cultivate. The fungus then partly digests the leaves, and the ant later eats the fungus. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Members of the Armed Forces in the UK have a much lower risk of dying. Mizuno Booktin adidas Their risk of dying of disease-related causes is 81% lower, and of external causes of injury and poisoning is 38% lower than the general public. CRACKED.COM — Source

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For tax purposes, X-Men figures are legally classified as toys and not dolls. The US taxes toys at a lower rate than dolls, so Marvel led a 10-year legal battle to get the courts to recognize its action figures as toys. It won. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Vitamin C

Contrary to popular belief, Vitamin С doesn't prevent you from catching a cold. But it can have some benefits for colds, like reducing their severity or duration - that's the finding of a meta-analysis of 29 scientific studies. CRACKED.COM

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Disney went and cut a villain from the final version of The Emperor's New Groove. His name was Huaca, and he was a talking talisman. All that's left of him in the final version is a statue in the dinner scene that looks like him. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Matthew McConaughey's chest thumping in The Wolf of Wall Street was ad-libbed. It was a relaxation technique, McConaughey said, and he did it before each take. But Leo DiCaprio noticed it and wanted to try it in the scene. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Inglourious Basterds

In Inglourious Basterds, the massive fire at the end almost burned the actors alive. It was three times hotter than expected - so much so that the steel cables holding up the giant swastika liquefied, and it unexpectedly fell. CRACKED.COM — Source

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For House of Wax, Paris Hilton had the whole crew scream together with her. She had to scream for her death scene, but she was embarrassed, so she asked the entire crew to scream along with her. They did. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The basketball scene in Alien: Resurrection looked exactly how it was filmed. Sigourney Weaver really wanted to make that shot without any visual effects, so she did - she trained with basketball start Nigel Miguel for it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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