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Only one person in history has survived the sinking of the Titanic and won at Wimbledon.

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White Tailed Deer occasionally enjoy a meaty snack. CRACKED.COM The deer, generally con- sidered to be herbivo- rous, have been caught on camera slurping baby birds out of their nests like candy and munching on human bones. — Source

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Children in Wisconsin can drink alcohol as long as they are with a parent or guardian. HD NATUR Simps HO THE SCOTO NICOLAL VISA ALBALI John MALT CHERRY DEL - BLASFRAND KATRALLM WHISKY AAU PUNTIGAMEN - Sticor CRACKED.COM MASINOS This is at the discretion of the licensee. The licensed premises may choose to prohibit consumption and possession of alcohol beverages by underage persons. — Source

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Someone actually managed to cash one of those junk mail checks for $95,000. I THE . DELL flavor so SWEET 6LVS S . SO AFFORDABLE I WHEEL SALES 2 Gre ك OCAL OSELECT REKART OITO CRACKED.COM Patrick Combs received the $95,093.35 check in his junk mail and thought it would be funny to deposit it. To his sur- prise, the check cleared 10 days later, and the bank couldn't take it back since they missed their own legal deadline. — Source

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Luke Perry was buried in a 'mushroom suit! CRACKED COM The Infinity Burial Suit is a biodegradable mush- room burial suit that al- lows bodies to rejoin na- ture by being digested as energy for growing organisms. — Source

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A Titanic survivor won the Wimbledon Men's Doubles in 1920. CRACKED COM Dick Williams spent over 6 hours waist deep in freez- ing water after the Titanic disaster, and rescue doc- tors wanted to amputate both of his legs. Williams refused, and went on to be a tennis champion. — Source

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Dana Carvey won a lawsuit against a hospital when the wrong artery was operated on during a heart bypass surgery. GRACKED.COM Carvey won $7.5 mil- lion when the surgeon worked on a healthy artery, and not the blocked one. The legal winnings were all do- nated to charity. — Source

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A Turkish mother received an honorary degree after reading lecture notes to her blind daughter. CRACKED COM The University of Sa- karya gave Havva Merve Kul an honorary degree after she spent four years helping her blind daughter, Berru, with her law degree. — Source

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Dr. Joyce Brothers was too smart to get kicked off of 'The $64,000 Question.' GRAGKED.COM The shows' sponsor, Revlon, tried to get rid of Joyce since she didn't wear makeup on air. She was asked increas- ingly obscure questions in an attempt to trip her up, but she went on to be the show's first female top prize winner. — Source

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Cicadas have wings with antibacterial patterns. GRACKED COM The nanopattern made of nano pillars that make up the wings of a cicada shreds bacteria membrane, making their wings a chemical-free antibacterial. — Source

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Donald Duck's sister had an 80 year gap between first being mentioned and appearing in animation. CRACKED.COM Della Duck, the mother of Huey, Dewey, and Louie, was first men- tioned back in 1937, she did not make her animation debut until 2017. — Source

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A businessman imported uranium into New York when he realized its importance during WWII. 2068 CRACKED.COM Edgar Sengier, a Belgian businessman, shipped 1,200 tons of it to Staten Island so it wouldn't fall into enemy hands. When Lieutenant Col- onel Nichols contacted him, he said: It is in New York. I was waiting for your visit. — Source

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ESPN published an obituary for fictional umpire, Enrico Pallazzo. CRACKED.COM When Leslie Nielsen died, ESPN paid respect to the actor the only way that a sports network could, by posting the obituary of his character from 'The Naked Gun.' — Source

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Mike Tyson called Muhammad Ali on the phone in 1980 to tell him he would avenge Ali's loss to Larry Holmes. CRACKED.COM The 14-year-old Tyson, at the time, was al- ready a boxing pros- pect. Не fulfilled the promise seven years later, knocking Holmes out in four rounds. — Source

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George W. Johnson recorded 25,000 master tracks in the late 1800s. CRACKED.COM Since every recording was a master back then, he would record the same song over and over with several recording devices pointed at him, sometimes fifty or more times a day. — Source

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The founder of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals also created the first child protective services. GRACKED.COM The first child protective services organization in the world was created af- ter the founder of the ASP- CA realized laws protect- ing animals from abuse were stronger than laws protecting children. — Source

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A 3,500 year old tree was burned down by a meth addict. CRACKED.COM The Senator, the 5th oldest tree in the world, was burned down by a 26-year-old who lit a fire inside the tree to see the meth she wanted to smoke. — Source

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Ariana Grande had 'small charcoal grill' tattooed in Japanese on her hand. GRACKED COM It was supposed to trans- late to 7 Rings, a song of hers, but was missing a few important characters. She later had it fixed, saying RIP tiny charcoal grill. Miss u man. I actually real- ly liked u. — Source

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King James hated tobacco and wrote a diss track about it. CRACKED.COM In 'A Counterblaste to То- bacco', King James de- scribed smoking as a cus- tome lothesome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs. — Source

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Churchill, Canada residents keep their car doors unlocked. Locals keep their cars accessible in order to provide other resi- dents a quick escape, should they encounter a polar bear. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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President Harding literally saved the US Constitution. The Constitution was deteriorating as it was improperly stored at the State Department. President Harding had it preserved in a glass case. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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The seeds of an apple will not necessarily grow the same variety of apple they came from. Apples are not 'true to seed,' so if you planted seeds of Granny Smith it likely will produce a wide variety of different and unknown apple tree types. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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The last French soldier to die in WWI was killed 15 minutes before the ceasefire. Не was delivering a mes- sage to his unit that soup would be served for lunch. The French Army recorded the date of his death as earlier by one day, out of embarrassment. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Krusty the Clown was originally supposed to be Homer Simpson in disguise. present ôttle El The double life the Но- mer was supposed to live was to ostensibly bring him and Bart, who idolized Krusty, closer, but the idea was dropped. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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A Brazilian company made their own NES since Nintendo never released it there. ndo CT SYSTEM The company reversed engi- neered the NES to produce a clone that could play official carts. Nintendo sent them a cease and desist but since they designed their own hardware and Nintendo had no presence in the country, it was legal. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Rod Serling watched his friend get decapitated during WWII. The Twilight Zone cre- ator served with his friend Melvin Levy, who was crushed by a food supply crate as it landed on his head-to Ster- ling's horror. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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A blind woman had to be saved by a maintenance crew after being forgotten on a plane. UNITED LESS 111111 United Airlines assured the woman she would be es- corted off the plane after landing, but as she sat in silence she heard the plane's door seal shut, and then just complete si- lence. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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P.T. Barnum got his start by buying an enslaved 70-year-old woman. Не claimed the woman, Joice Heth, was 161 years old and had been George Washington's nanny. Af- ter her death, he charged the public 50 cents to view her autopsy. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Nazi Germany made their own New Testament Bible to Aryanize Jesus. They removed the gene- alogies of Jesus that showed his Davidic de- scent, removed Jewish names and places, but left any mention of Jews that showed them in a bad light. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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A Belgian aristocrat flew to Brussels and machine gunned the Gestapo headquarters in WWII. Jean de Selys Longchamps gunned the Gestapo head- quarters after learning that his father had been mur- dered by the Nazis. Не was demoted for insubordina- tion but also awarded a medal for heroism. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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The FTC recommends against organizations using regular password changing policies. RADE COM STATES C Having to regularly change passwords only encourages users to use simple, easy to remem- ber passwords that they then only alter in pre- dictable ways. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Colombian drug smugglers built submarines in the jungle. Capable of transporting $400 million+ worth of drugs, they were nearly undetectable. Prior to 2006 the coastguard called these Bigfoot thinking their existence was only a rumor. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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One of the most credentialed perpetual students in human history has dyslexia. Benjamin Bolger dropped out of Yale Law School when he was unable to compensate for his dyslex- ia, but enrolled in Oxford after receiving additional training. Не has since ac- quired 14 degrees. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Nearly all French wine grapes are grown on vines grafted to rootstock from Missouri. In the 1860s, phylloxera bugs threatened to destroy the vineyards, but roots from the US were resistant. Hundreds of thousands were shipped in and used to save the French vines. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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An Olympic swimmer had never seen an olympic sized pool before competing. MYUNI SU IDMANI SARAYI Eric Moussambani record- ed the slowest time in 100m freestyle history, but won his heat as all other competitors false started. Не is now the head swim- ming coach of Equatorial Guinea. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Toronto Blue Jays catcher Reese McGuire was caught masturbating in his car. After the incident, the or- ganist at an away game against the Braves played the opening riff to Beat It by Michael Jackson as McGuire walked up to the plate. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Brendan Fraser was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame. Fraser, born to Canadian parents, was the first American-born actor to receive the honor, and still doesn't have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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