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32 Rough-and-Tumble Bits of Trivia From the Other Side of the Tracks

August 13, 2024

Just like everything else, it’s what’s on the inside of a fact that counts. Because, gruff exterior or not, they each contain a little knowledge nugget. So really, a fact about a good deed and a fact about a crime can both teach you a little something. Sure, one might disturb you more than the other, but you can still learn a thing or two from that shady fact from the wrong side of town.

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Kurt Cobain invented Grunge fashion because he was broke. sej His mismatching outfits were mostly stuff he bought in thrift stores. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cheese

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Ancient Egyptians mummified cats SO they could follow people in death. Plus, cats represented gods, and gods were happy to get, uh, offerings of cats. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Here Be Dragons wasn't actually a regularly used phrase on medieval maps. It's only been recorded one single time, on a 16th-century globe (Hic sunt dracones, in Latin) - that's it. It doesn't seem any other map ever used it. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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A surprisingly high number of 18th-century pirates were actually from Africa. The reason for that is pretty simple - a pirate ship was one of the few places at that time where a slave could actually free themselves. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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It turns out that dinosaurs could get arthritis, too, the same way we do. That's what multiple studies say - and, for example, a T-Rex found in 1990 (nicknamed Sue) might have been suffering from gout. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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If you eat too much meat that only has protein, you'll eventually die. Apparently, the liver can only process so much protein at once-so you need to add lots of fat, or you'll undergo protein poisoning AKA rabbit starvation. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Statue of Liberty

The hand of the Statue of Liberty sat in an NYC park for six years. They sent the hand (with the torch) to be displayed in the US to raise the funds needed for finishing the statue - it took years, but it worked. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Arby's bought Dunkin for $11.3 billion ROAST Beer Sandwich IS DELICIOUS Arby's Several years prior, Arby's bought Buffalo Wild Wings for $2.9 billion. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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A pet cemetery in England offered burial ground for dead Tamagotchi ch People shipped their toys from all over the world to their final resting place. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Nicki Minaj worked at multiple Red Lobsters before she was famous She was fired from multiple locations. She once followed a customer who hadn't tipped and taken her pen out to their car. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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There are 30 to 60 ships buried under San Francisco. The ships remain from the Gold Rush, during the time the city decided to move the shoreline. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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A female tennis player has been recorded grunting about as loud as a lion's roar. CRACKED.COM Maria Sharapova's on-court grunt has been recorded at a volume of 101 decibels. That's louder than a motorcy- cle, a lawnmower, and a small aircraft. — Source

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A torture chamber in 1984 was based on a BBC conference room. CRACKED.COM George Orwell named Room 101 in his novel after a conference room at the BBC head- quarters where he had to sit through numer- ous tedious meetings. — Source

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SAMUEL L. JACKSON WAS A CHEERLEADER. CRACKED.COM By his own admission, he joined the squad to meet girls. — Source

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THERE ARE 26,000 RECORDED COVERS OF SILENT NIGHT. CRACKED.COM Making it the most recorded holiday song in history- White Christmas is a distant second at 20,000. — Source

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42 BUILDINGS IN NEW YORK CITY ARE SO LARGE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN THEIR OWN ZIP CODES. CRACKED COM These include The Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, and Rockefeller Plaza. — Source

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YOU CAN'T BURP IN SPACE. CRACKED.COM Because gravity isn't separating your air, food and liquids in your stomach you will simply throw up if you try to burp. — Source

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BRIDGMANITE IS THE MOST COMMON MINERAL ON EARTH. CRACKED.COM It makes up 93% of Earth's lower mantle however it is almost completely absent from Earth's surface. The only samples we have of it are from a meteorite that was probably once a former planet. — Source

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THE WORLD'S OLDEST CAT, NAMED CREME PUFF, LIVED TO BE 38 YEARS OLD. 40g GUMMERS CERTIFICATE - - SK - Wey - - - - CRACKED COM - Creme Puff reportedly drank coffee every morning. — Source

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GRACKED THE COCA COLA FORMULA HAS NEVER BEEN PATENTED. 4900 Nutrition Facts Serv Soe bette. Per Saning Calories 100 Total 30mg (1% DV). Total Carb 29g (9% DV) - Cola (incl. 26g Added Sugars, 52% DV) Protein to to TASTE significant source of other nutrients. CARBONATED HIGHTRICTOSE COMMSTEUP CARINO WATER NATIOAL - FLAVORS CocaCola CocaCola Coca-Cola Coca-Cola III In order to patent a formula, you have to reveal what it is - and Coca Cola refuses to do so. — Source

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CRACKED POLICE OFFICERS DON'T EVEN CRACK THE TOP TEN MOST DANGEROUS JOBS IN AMERICA. PIZZA Delivery drivers, loggers, and crossing guards all beat out police officers when it comes to workplace danger. — Source

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CRACKED SPEEDING TICKETS IN FINLAND ARE PROPORTIONAL TO AN INDIVIDUAL'S WEALTH. In 2002, an executive from Nokia was fined 103,000 dollars for going 45 in a 30 zone. — Source

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CRACKED ARABIC NUMBERS WERE ACTUALLY INVENTED IN INDIA. 1 CIRCI + THE DD ЖОК 12530 They were called Hindu Numerals by Arabic people, but when western merchants learned about them through Arabs they referred to them as Arabic numbers. — Source

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CRACKED THE CIVIL WAR WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING OVER 400,000 MORPHINE ADDICTS. For this reason, the addiction was referred to as Soldier's Disease. — Source

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GRACKED THE ATLANTIC OCEAN IS SALTIER THAN THE PACIFIC OR INDIAN OCEANS. Large rivers like the Amazon tend to deposit more salt from land into the Atlantic Ocean. — Source

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GRACKED THE AFGHAN HOUND HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE THE LEAST INTELLIGENT DOG BREED. While the Belgian Malinois was found to be the smartest. — Source

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The names for a whole genus of spiders and 17 species in it came from Predator. Species in the goblin spider genus Predatoroonops have names like P. schwarzeneggeri, P. blain, P. rickhawkins, P. mctiernani, P. vallarta, and so on. CRACKED.COM — Source

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French wines actually grow from roots that were imported from the United States. In the 1870s, a horde of bugs had ravaged French vineyards. The salvation? Missouri rootstock, which was resistant to those bugs, and is still widely used. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Steve Jobs had the chef at Apple's cafeteria study at Japan's Tsukiji Soba Academy. Jobs loved Japanese food, and he wanted the cafeteria chef to be able to make sashimi soba, a dish Jobs had created himself. CRACKED.COM — Source

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They set up a support hotline for veterans when Saving Private Ryan came out. The Department of Veterans Affairs thought the movie might traumatize veterans, so they got mental health workers to staff a hotline for them. CRACKED.COM — Source

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