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25 Random Bits of Trivia That Go Bump in the Night

July 14, 2024

Being haunted by facts would be an absolute dream. Having facts from the great beyond coming to us in the night would not only give us facts that we wouldn’t be able to find here on Earth, but it’d also save us from leaving our house to find them!

So to all of you fact-toting apparitions out there — we’re ready and willing.

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An average cumulus cloud weighs 1.1 million pounds You don't have to worry about the sky falling as the weight clearly isn't concentrated in one space; it's spread out over a very large area. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The acronym 'OMG' was first recorded in a letter to Winston Churchill. CRACKED.COM A retired British admiral of the Royal Navy wrote to Winston Churchill to share his take on the headlines of the day, some of which were so exciting, he wrote, O.M.G. (Oh! My! God!). — Source

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Koko the gorilla instinctively knew to help Mr. Rogers out of his shoes when she met him CRACKED.COM Mister Rogers' Neighbor- hood was Koko's favorite show, so it stands to rea- son why she would know to help untie his shoes when they met. She also cradled him in her arms because who wouldn't? — Source

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In Arkansas, they closed public high schools for a year over desegregation. The governor closed them in 1958 so integration couldn't continue - but teachers (and administrators) still had to show up for work in empty classrooms. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Willem Dafoe had a movie cancelled when he was about to show up for filming. It was Disney's Treasure Planet 2, and he was supposed to voice the bad guy. They pulled the plug when he was 30 minutes from the studio. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A scene in Quadrophenia got cut over interracial sex concerns. aciety Like It was 1979, and there was fear that interracial sex would doom the movie in some places - so they cut Black actor Trevor Laird from a sex-filled party scene. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Will Smith

The first choice to play Django in Django Unchained was Will Smith. Не just turned the role because, after reading the script, he was convinced Django wasn't really the star - it was Christoph Waltz' character Dr. Schultz. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Falling coconuts kill more people than sharks Data suggests that people are 15 times more likely to be killed by a falling coconut than a shark attack. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Brussels Sprouts

Brussels sprouts grow on stalks Brussels sprout plants grow two to three feet tall. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Brain

You have more synapses in your brain than we have stars in our galaxy There are between 100 to 400 billion stars in the Milky Way, but there are more than 125 trillion nerve connections just in the brain's cerebral cortex. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The closest US state to Africa is Maine Quoddy Head, Maine, is 3,154 miles from El Beddouza, Morocco. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Millions vs. Billions

1 million seconds is 11 days, while 1 billion seconds is more than 31.5 years RESERVE G NOTE is LEGAL TENDER LE DESTS. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE رسما Luckledo Cabal I Union Fortes SERIES 2006 on FRANKLIN HITHNYMA GINO 84 9002 ورية 1 SPOT 1 trillion seconds is more than 31,688 years. Consider that next time you defend Jeff Bezos. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Turtles

Turtles can breathe out of their butts When they hibernate, their main source of oxygen comes from their rear end. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Knocker Uppers

Before alarm clocks, people used knock on windows with a big stick In Britain, knocker uppers were hired to wake people up. They would carry long poles to tap on their clients' windows (and not wake up non-paying neighbors) CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ballet dancers have a higher pain tolerance Like sports professionals, professional dancers have higher pain tolerance thresholds. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The last film John F. Kennedy ever saw was an early print of From Russia, With Love. JFK was a huge James Bond fan, so he got an early look at the film at the White House on No- vember 21st, 1963. Не was killed the next day in Dallas. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Bhutan

Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan, is the only capital in the world without traffic lights. DRUNAGE GOEM SAT-SUN-2 Shous DRUK GE GOEM CONN DUZU TIME 5. P.M. Some years ago, they did install traffic lights but the people hated them so much that the govern- ment had to remove them and put a traffic police- man instead. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Kate Mara has a clause in her acting contracts for when the Steelers and/or NY Giants play the Super Bowl. Mara is the great-granddaughter of both the founder of the NY Giants, Tim Mara, and the founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Art Rooney. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Nike's stock valuation dropped by $1.1 Billion after a college basketball player got hurt in their shoes. Duke freshman Zion Wil- liamson had one of his shoes come apart during a game in 2019, causing him to fall and sprain his knee. Nike shares fell 1.7% the next day. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Serge Voronoff was a French surgeon who transplanted monkey testes into humans. Не claimed to be able to rejuvenate his millionaire patients by transplanting them with testicles of exe- cuted criminals. Не eventu- ally turned to use monkey testicles when supplies ran low. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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The heaviest living person in 2013 was ordered to lose weight, by his king. 118 117 120 611 net O 78 77 79 76 75 74 42 00 Khalid bin Mohsen Shaari, a Saudi man, was at that time the second heaviest person ever recorded at 1340lbs. Не lost 1195 Ibs and weighed 150 Ibs in 2017. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Thomas Jefferson tried for years to send a giant stuffed moose to a French count. This was to counter claims that America is a land of swamps, where life putre- fies and rots, and as a re- sult of living in a cold and wet climate, all species found in America were weak and feeble. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Surfing dates all the way back to 5,000 years ago. Cultures in ancient Peru fished in kay- ak-like watercraft (mochica) made of reeds that the fisher- men surfed back to shore. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Dr. Seuss wrote How The Grinch Stole Christmas about himself. Seuss stated that he wrote it to rediscover some- thing about Christmas that obviously I'd lost. The Grinch mentions he is 53 in the book, the same age as Seuss when he wrote it. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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The Russian squat is a carryover from Russian and Soviet prison culture. Russians often seen squat- ting in pictures are called Gopniks. They are known for posing, and hanging out in large groups, in a squatting position because the ground is too cold to sit on. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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