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Snake Oil was a real product sold by the Clark Stanley company, OR SNAKE BY GUNDSTON OIL 2 BITCHE and in 1917 the U.S. Govt. had a bottle of it tested, but discovered that it con- tained inert ingredients and no actual oils extract- ed from snakes. The gov- ernment sued and won damages of $20. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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A thief thought movie extras dressed as police on the set of Leon: The Professional were actual cops. The man ran from a store he had just robbed and en- countered the movie set by accident, where he saw all of the police and gave himself up to a bunch of uniformed extras. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Sour Patch Kids are just Swedish Fish with a dusting of sour sugar. Not only are Sour Patch Kids from the same manu- facturer as Swedish Fish, but the only thing separat- ing red Sour Patch Kids from Swedish Fish is the tartaric acid coating they're dusted in. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Lenin's dead body is bathed and dressed in new clothes every year. The body is kept under very warm and soft lighting which makes the discolored hair and yellowed skin a bit less noticeable. The public tomb is in the center of Moscow, despite his death wish to be buried next to his wife. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Roughly 85% of all plant life is found in the ocean. Almost all ocean plants grow in the Euphotic Zone, the upper 200 me- ters. This depth is re- ferred to as the Sunlight Zone because sunlight penetrates through it. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Otter fur is about 1,000 times more dense than human hair. Sea Otters have the densest hair in the world, up to 140,000 / cm2 hairs. Humans have about 300 / cm2 on their head. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Images of beloved cartoon characters help to get kids to eat their vegetables. When researchers offered kids broccoli or a choco- late bar, four out of five picked the chocolate. But, when an Elmo sticker was placed on the broccoli, 50% chose the broccoli. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Azure-winged magpies show 'human-like' generosity. They provide food to their group members sponta- neously and without the other birds begging them. This so-called 'proactive prosociality' has long been believed to be a human hallmark. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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We evolved to not like bitter foods, and now it's a big problem. An evolutionary feature that pro- tected us for centu- ries is now causing major health risks. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Pigeon and Dove are interchangeable terms. The Pigeons typically seen in cities are real- ly Rock Doves, and the Doves released at weddings are really Homing Pigeons. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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The Battle of Cannae is considered to be the perfect defeat of an enemy army. Hannibal encircled the entire Roman army with his troops and killed be- tween 50,000-70,000 Roman soldiers while losing only 6,000 of his own men. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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There is a monument in Wisconsin on the spot Elvis threatened two thieves with karate. While driving in Wisconsin, Elvis Presley drove up on a man being assaulted by 2 others. Elvis got out and in a karate stance, threatened to take the 2 shocked thieves on. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Over 90% of the species found on Madagascar can't be found anywhere else on Earth. It is speculated that the reason behind this phenomenon is that the island has re- mained isolated for 88 million years from oth- er land masses. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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17th Century Ireland

Corned beef and cabbage is a rare dish in Ireland and never eaten on St. Patrick's Day. As of the late 1600s, beef was too expensive to be a regular meal in Ireland. The corned beef and cab- bage we know came from the Irish that emigrated to North America. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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The US Military fired anti-air artillery at an object hovering over Los Angeles in 1942. The target of the aerial bar- rage was thought to be an at- tacking force from Japan, but speaking at a press confer- ence shortly afterward, Sec- retary of the Navy Frank Knox called the purported at- tack a false alarm. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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King George II of Britain died from his heart bursting from exerting too much pressure while pooping. This is known as an aortic dissection, a condition in which the inner wall of the artery becomes weak and tears, separating from the outer layers of the vessel. George's is one of the earli- est known examples. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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There is a church carved into ice in Antarctica. The Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows is a Catholic church carved into Antarctic ice and the southernmost place of worship in the world. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Peter Kurten

Serial killer Peter Kürten asked a priest if he would be able to still briefly hear after execution by guillotine. Tell me, he said, after my head is chopped off, will I still be able to hear, at least for a moment, the sound of my own blood gushing from the stump of my neck? That would be the pleasure to end all pleasures. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette syndrome is a condition where hair suddenly turns white. The name alludes to Queen Marie Antoinette of France, whose hair allegedly turned white the night before her last w,alk to the guillotine during the French Revolu- tion. She was 38 years old when she died. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Japanese Prime Minister Sosuke Uno

The Prime Minister of Japan, Sōsuke Uno, resigned in 1989 after an affair with a geisha. The scandal revolved around Uno being stingy, failing to properly pro- vide and support his mis- tress with an appropriate amount, rather than any kind of morality. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Frank Sinatra's publicist paid girls $5 to attend his performances and scream. CRACKED.COM For his early performances, the girls were bought and paid for to get the crowd primed with excitement. It likely wasn't really neces- sary, as Sinatra was a bon- afide teen idol by the 1940s. — Source

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Engineers in Canada receive an Iron Ring to remind them of a bridge disaster. CRACKED.COM The collapse of the Quebec Bridge in 1900 and the second collapse 16 years later was due to incorrect calculations involving iron. The ring reminds the wear- er to have humility. — Source

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Claw machines are rigged, and the owner can program them to drop a toy after it gets picked up. CRACKED.COM The claw machine is pro- grammed to have a strong grip only part of the time, and the dropping skill can be adjusted so prizes are dropped before mak- ing their way to you. — Source

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A Chinese publication thought 'The Onion' naming Kim Jong Un as the sexiest man alive was legit. GRAGKED.COM Chinese newspaper Peo- ple's Daily cited 'The Onion' naming the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as the sexiest man alive in 2012 without real- izing it was a joke. — Source

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A member of Boney M. died on the same date and place as Rasputin, which was the subject of their biggest hit. CRACKED.COM Bobby Farrell had com- plained of breathing prob- lems before and after his final show. Не died on the 30th of December in St. Petersburg, the same date and place that Grigori Ras- putin died. — Source

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A Shared Library

There is a library built on the US/Canadian border. CRACKED COM Exiting the Haskell Free Li- brary and Opera House through the opposite en- trance requires one to re- port to the country's cus- toms thereafter. It also has two addresses; one in Ver- mont, and one in Quebec. — Source

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Jackie Chan was born after 12 months in the womb, at 12 pounds, and his bones are unusually thick. и CRACKED.COM A British individual offered Jackie's parents to pay for the needed c-section, on the condition that he would also then get the baby. The family declined and accepted donations from family and friends. — Source

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In 2014, an Iraqi man slept through the invasion of his town after it was attacked by militants. OGENERAL جرال CRACKED.COM Не was the only person left behind when the town was evacuated. Не woke up, watched a movie and fid- dled with his A/C, only no- ticing the takeover that evening. The militants left him alone. — Source

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Fox purposefully changed Futurama's time slot to confuse viewers. CRACKED.COM According to Matt Groe- ning, FOX was never supportive of Futurama, and the shifting time slots resulted in poor ratings and its cancella- tion in 2003. — Source

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The Netherlands loaned $2.5 million to John Adams. CRACKED.COM Adams was the ambassa- dor to the Netherlands back in 1782. This was done in order to stabilize the US after their war of in- dependence finished. То- day, that would be a loan of roughly $150 billion. — Source

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We used to think there was a planet named Vulcan between Mercury and the Sun. CRACKED COM The orbit of Mercury follows a unique pattern different from other planets which re- mained unexplained until Einstein's theory of bending space-time due to large nearby gravitation. — Source

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Police Brutality

Police drowned a Vietnam vet instead of taking him to the hospital. POLICE S CRACKED.COM Jose Campos Torreswas arrest- ed for disorderly conduct in 1977 and beaten by six cops. His injuries were too severe to be processed in the jail so the offi- cers were ordered to bring him to a hospital. They shoved him into the Buffalo Bayou River. — Source

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The two sides of the Nigerian Civil War agreed to a ceasefire to see Pelé play. CRACKED.COM The two sides agreed to a 48-hour cease-fire because Pelé was in town to play an exhibition game, and ev- eryone wanted to be free to watch it without having to worry about, you know, the war and stuff. — Source

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The Polish government awards a Medal for Long Marital Life to couples. CRACKED.COM The couples must have been married longer than 50 years with at least one child, either their own or adopted. — Source

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A Gurkha soldier during WW2 lost his right hand while throwing back a grenade from his trench. CRACKED.COM Havildar Lachhiman Gu- rung then single-hand- edly defended his post for over 4 hours against 200 enemy soldiers kill- ing 31 Japanese using only his left hand. — Source

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The pilot episode of Courage the Cowardly Dog was nominated for an Oscar in 1995. CRACKED.COM Five years later, the show would win an Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Tele- vision Production, and a Golden Reel award a year later for sound editing. — Source

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Snakes

The first fully confirmed case of a snake swallowing an adult human happened in 2017. CRACKED.COM 25-year-old Akbar Salubiro was killed and swallowed by a reticulated python in Indone- sia. Villagers started searching when he hadn't returned from working on his palm oil crops, which is where they found the 23 foot snake. — Source

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Tokyo suffered a deadlier bombing than Hiroshima and Nagasaki during WWII. CRACKED.COM Operation Meetinghouse in 1945 was the single deadliest bombing raid in human his- tory. US bombers dropped incendiaries on Tokyo, and killed more than 100,000 people and destroyed 267,171 buildings. — Source

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The Tron arcade game made more money than the movie did in theaters. CRACKED.COM The arcade game is based on the movie, released the same year. Gameplay con- sists of 4 digital arenas that, when all of which are completed, the player plays again with harder difficulty. — Source

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In 1964, Andy Warhol directed a feature film where Batman battles Dracula. CRACKED.COM Batman Dracula was never released as Warhol failed to get permission to use the character from DC Comics. — Source

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