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40 Random Bits of Trivia You Can Ingest Orally — Or the Hard Way

August 02, 2024

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The comb jelly has a 'transient anus! The special booty is unique among the ani- mal kingdom - it is not visible under a micro- scope, and completely invisible when the ani- mal is not pooping. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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High heels were originally worn by men. Since they showed that the wearer owned and maintained hors- es, high heels became associated with the upper class. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Ohio DUI offenders have. to use yellow license plates. Since 1967, Ohio has is- sued special scarlet let- ter plates for repeat DUI offenders, and whenever a driver's blood-alcohol level is twice the legal limit. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Our sharpest memories are from early adulthood. As adults reflect on events of their lives, they remember more events from their twenties than from any other time in their lives, called the reminiscence bump. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

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The art of'Bambi' was inspired by Chinese landscape paintings. Led by the film's Chi- nese-born lead artist, Tyrus Wong, back- grounds in the film were inspired by land- scape paintings of the Song dynasty. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

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Plastic bags may be better for the environment than paper ones. Paper bag production emits 70 percent more pollution, uses four times as much energy, and takes more time to break down, when com- pared to plastic bags. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Usain Bolt has really bad scoliosis. The fastest man in the world said, My spine's really curved bad... But if I keep my core and back strong, the scoliosis doesn't really bother me. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Iceland had to move a 70 ton rock because protestors claimed it was an elf church. 62% of people in Iceland be- lieve in elves, and the con- struction of a proposed high- way would threaten the sanc- tity of their house of worship. The rock was moved, with the help of a crane, and con- struction resumed. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Janis Joplin's will set aside $2,500 of her estate for a post-funeral party. Article 11 of her will included the stipulation that the mon- ey goes towards a party at a suitable location as a final gesture of appreciation and farewell. 200 special guests attended the event at the Li- on's Share in San Anselmo, California. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

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Grooves in the road on Route 66 play America the Beautiful. Going 45 mph, the grooves in the road act like rumble strips, vibrating your car to create different pitches. New Mexico's Department of Transportation added the feature in 2014. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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The tea bag was an accidental invention in 1908. Thomas Sullivan, a New York tea merchant, sent samples of tea leaves to some of his customers in small silk bags. His custom- ers used the bags as you would a metal infuser, and were happy with the result. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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$536,000 worth of Guinness is wasted in facial hair every year. A Guinness study con- cluded that 0.56 millili- ters of Guinness get trapped in the average beard or mustache with each sip, totalling 162,719 pints a year. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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The Russians arrived 12 days late to the 1908 Olympics because they were using the wrong calendar. 09 By 1908, Russia was still using the old Julian calen- dar, proposed by Julius Caesar in 46 ВС, but al- most every other nation was using the Gregorian calendar mandated by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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The inventor of the Comic Sans font only used it to send a disgruntled letter to his internet provider. Comic Sans Aa Bb Cc The font was designed by Vincent Connare in 1995, who has only used it once, to send a letter letting Sky know how disappointed he was that he couldn't change to broadband - getting a £10 refund. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Crying releases chemicals to make you feel better. Crying for long periods of time releases oxytocin and endogenous opioids, oth- erwise known as endor- phins. Sobbing even cools the brain as you quickly breathe in cool air, improv- ing your mood. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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A 155-year-old Perpetual Mousetrap caught a mouse in 2016. The mousetrap, unveiled in the mid-1800s, was said to last a lifetime. While being displayed at an English mu- seum, the mousetrap lived up to its name and caught an unlucky rodent attempting to use it to build a nest. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Sumo wrestlers purposefully babies cry. make The 400-year-old Japanese tradition states that if a sumo wrestler can make your baby cry, it means he or she will live a healthy life. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Everyone missed a meteor exploding in the atmosphere with ten times the force of an atomic bomb. The explosion on Decem- ber 18, 2018 went unde- tected, even by NASA, be- cause it took place over the Bering Sea close to the path of commercial planes flying between North America and Asia. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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James Cameron sold 'The Terminator' rights for $1. When he was still just an unknown filmmaker, Cam- eron handed over the rights to the film for a buck on the terms that he would be allowed to direct the movie - something he regrets today. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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A woman in Bangladesh gave birth to twins, a month after having her previous child. The unusual circum- stance occurred be- cause the woman has two uteruses and both were able to successful- ly carry the three healthy children to term. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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The time machine in Back To The Future was going to be a fridge. CRACKED.COM The time machine/refriger- ator was taken to the Ne- vada desert test site for the atomic bomb...and driven into the atomic ex- plosion in order to harness the power from the nuclear explosion. — Source

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The highest recorded temperature on Earth was 3.6 billion degrees Fahrenheit. °C °F 50 120 40 100 30 80 20 60 10 CRACKED.COM 40 0 Researchers at Sandia Na- tional Laboratories pro- duced the record-break- ing temperature in their lab using a superheated gas, reaching 15 million degrees kelvin. — Source

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Moonshiners used cow shoes during prohibition. CRACKED COM The distillers wore shoes with wooden blocks at- tached to the bottom that made their footprints re- semble a cow's, so that no one would think to follow the trail to their illegal ор- eration. — Source

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The water we drink may be older than the solar system. CRACKED.COM Water on our planet may have originated from ice specks floating in a cosmic cloud 4.6 billion years ago, making the same water we drink millions of years old- er than the solar system it- self. — Source

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There is a fruit that tastes like chocolate pudding. CRACKED.COM Native to Central and South America, black sapote tastes like sweet custard with a hint of chocolate. When it's ripe, it's de- scribed as tasting exactly like chocolate pudding. — Source

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There was a successful Tinder match in Antarctica in 2014. GRACKED.COM A man working at Antarctica's McMur- do Station matched with a woman camp- ing a 45-minute heli- copter ride away. — Source

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Stop signs used to be yellow. STOP CRACKED.COM The American Association of State Highway Officials picked the color in 1922 because they thought it would grab drivers' atten- tion, and there wasn't a long-lasting red dye to use until 1954. — Source

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Viking men wore makeup. CRACKED.COM A Spanish Arab who vis- ited Hedeby around the year 1000 described how both men and women in the town wore make-up to look young- er and more attractive. — Source

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The human liver can regenerate. GRACKED.COM Within a week after par- tial hepatectomy (the surgical removal of two-thirds of the liver), hepatic mass is back es- sentially to what it was prior to surgery. — Source

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Liechtenstein only has 10-20 prisoners. GRACKED COM Wedged in between Austria and Switzerland, Liechten- stein only has one jail, which holds less than two dozen in- mates. Any prisoner required to carry out a sentence greater than two years is sent to Austria or Switzerland. — Source

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A jockey once won a race after he had died. CRACKED COM Frank Hayes suffered a heart attack in the middle of the race in 1923, but still managed to cross first at Belmont Park in New York. It's almost as if the horse does all the work. — Source

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Neil Armstrong once threatened to sue his barber for selling his hair. CRACKED.COM The barber earned an es- timated $3,000 from the famous hair, and in 2016, both the hair and the bar- ber's comb and scissors went on sale on Amazon for $38,611. — Source

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Imperfect Kit Kat bars are made into Kit Kat filling. CRACKED.COM The defective candy bars, that don't meet standards thanks to air bubbles or weirdly shaped wafers, are ground up and turned into a paste that is incorporat- ed back into the produc- tion process. — Source

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The youngest Olympian was 10 years old. CRACKED.COM According to Olympic records, Greek gym- nast Dimitrios Loun- dras finished third at the 1896 Olympic Games when he was 10 years old. — Source

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Only 18 out of 1 million Lego pieces are defective. CRACKED.COM Out of the 20 billion pieces that are manufactured ev- ery year, just 18 per 1 mil- lion are found to be defec- tive. That's 360,000 defec- tive pieces a year, or 39.6 LEGO Titanic sets. — Source

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There is a museum just for failed inventions. CRACKED.COM The touring Museum of Failure features an interna- tional collection of more than 100 innovation fail- ures, such as Harley-David- son perfume, Colgate beef lasagna, and Google Glass. — Source

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Dogs are cutest between six and eight weeks old. CRACKED.COM A 2018 study from Arizona State University compar- ing how people viewed the cuteness of dogs found that the highest ratings were between these ages, depending on the breed. — Source

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Jogging becomes running after 6 mph. CRACKED.COM According to condition- ing coach Mike Antonia- des, jogging means moving at speeds less than 6 mph. Any faster than that, and it's tech- nically running. — Source

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The first melody dates back to the 14th century В.С. CRACKED.COM Hurrian Hymn No. 6 was inscribed in cunei- form on clay tablets, which were excavated from the ancient city of Ugarit (in today's Syria). — Source

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