34 Tiny Bits of Trivia You Can Hide in That Little Pocket in Your Jeans
Facts to take with you — wherever you go
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Let’s all take a moment to appreciate our phones. Without them, you couldn’t pull this list right out of your pocket. Unless, of course, you write them small enough to fit on a little slip of paper.
We know you can do that. We’ve seen your little cheat sheets come test time. It was totally worth it to have all the answers, but again, it’s pretty cool that we can pull these facts out of our pockets any time we want.
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![CRACKED TITANIC'S ICEBERG, WITH A SIDE OF RED PAINT, IMMORTALIZED. A photo of the iceberg thought to have sunk the Titanic, with red paint on it that could have been from the ship's hull, hung in the offices of Titanic owner company White Star Line for decades until the company closed up.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/3/1129163.jpg)
![CRACKED JIRO SATO TRAGICALLY DIED AT 26-DAVIS CUP DREAMS CUT SHORT. Jiro Sato, the greatest Japanese tennis player ever, died in 1934 when he jumped off a ship that was taking him to the Davis Cup. His suicide was due to the guilt he felt for not being able to meet the expectations of others.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/4/1129164.jpg)
![CRACKED MIKE HUGHES: FLAT EARTH BELIEVER HOISTED BY HIS OWN PETARD. Mike Hughes, a pilot who died while trying to launch a homemade rocket in the California desert, was famous for his idea that the Earth was flat. Не wanted to prove his theory by going to space - but he never got that far. Christ WEEPE](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/2/1129162.jpg)
![CRACKED BROWN RICE: WHITE RICE'S LESS GLAMOROUS COUSIN. Brown rice is really just white rice, but the outside layer has been taken off. Washing it won't do the same thing as washing white rice, because the outside layer is still there.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/9/1129159.jpg)
![CRACKED MILLIONS WATCHED A PIG GET BARBECUED (AND THE OWNER GOT DEATH THREATS). The YouTube channel Eaten Pig After 100 days had millions watching the final video, where the pig was cooked on a BBQ. The channel owner got death and bomb threats for it, despite the name of th channel making the deal 100% clear.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/1/1129161.jpg)
![CRACKED MATTEL'S NIMBUS 2000: A SHORT-LIVED HIT WITH KIDS AND ADULTS ALIKE. In 2001, Mattel released a vibrating version of Harry Potter's broomstick, the Nimbus 2000. It was a big hit, but it was quickly taken off the shelves after people on Amazon.com started talking about how popular it was among younger girls.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/8/1129158.jpg)
![CRACKED NEBRASKA: GIVING UP KIDS SINCE 2008. In 2008, Nebraska passed a law that let parents freely give up babies they couldn't or didn't want to take care of. It was originally for babies up to 30 days old, but they changed it so it applied to any child, which led to teenagers being given up.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/0/1129160.jpg)
![CRACKED A PRINCIPAL RESIGNED OVER RENAISSANCE NUDITY. Michelangelo's David caused a stir when it was shown to middle school students in Tallahassee, Florida, and the school's principal ended up resigning.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/7/1129157.jpg)
![CRACKED WISCONSIN SCHOOLS: TOO CONSERVATIVE FOR MILEY CYRUS AND DOLLY PARTON. A school district in Wisconsin decided to take the song Rainbowland, which is about getting along, out of a first- grade spring concert, because it was seen as too controversial.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/6/1129156.jpg)
![TAXES AND ANIME GIRLFRIENDS: PERFECT TOGETHER. RINT ROOM Tax Heaven 3000 lets you have fun while doing your taxes: you can go on dates with anime characters while getting your federal taxes ready. We're just mildly disappointed they didn't call it something like Tithes 'n' Thighs. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/5/1129155.jpg)
![MONOPOLY CARDS ARE NOT LEGALLY BINDING, DRIVER FINDS. In Minnesota, a driver whipped out a Get Out of Jail Free card from Monopoly during a traffic stop, hoping it would get him out of trouble. Alas, he was disappointed. Chance THIS CARD MAY BE KEPT UNTIL NEEDED OR SOLD GET OUT OF JAIL FREE ©1936, 2015 Hasbro. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/4/1129154.jpg)
![FLORIDA: WHERE GATORS KNOCK (AND BITE). An alligator tapped on someone's door, and when the homeowner opened it, the alligator bit them. That's just Florida being Florida, we guess. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/3/1129153.jpg)
![OHIO'S NOT LOVIN' THE TOFU. MAINE UVTOFU OCT Vacationland 23 The state of Ohio told a guy to take off his license plate that said LUVTOFU because it could be seen as offensive. Tolerating tofu? Sure. But once you claim to love tofu, your intentions become suspect. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/2/1129152.jpg)
![MIRACLE OR MEDICAL MYSTERY? YOU DECIDE. A woman at James River Church in the Ozarks said that in March 2021, after some people prayed for her, her amputated toes grew back. Lord, we see what you've done for others' little piggies... CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/1/1129151.jpg)
![Originally, Venom wasn't supposed to be in Spider-Man 3 at all. Sam Raimi wanted to use Vulture, not Venom, as one of the villains, and set everything up for Spider-Man 4 where Vulture would be the main villain. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/5/0/1129150.jpg)
![Home Alone held a box office record for a grand total of 27 years. Specifically, it held the record of the domestically highest-grossing live-action comedy in Guinness World Records, and eventually lost that title to the Chinese comedy Never Say Die. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/9/1129149.jpg)
![If you love (or hate) summer blockbusters, you can thank Jaws for it. Before Jaws got released, summer was considered a dead period for movie releases - and Jaws was the first ever summer blockbuster. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/7/1129147.jpg)
![If you have to shoot a rabid animal, make sure you never shoot the head. Since the virus is heavily concentrated in the brain, shooting the animal in the head can spread rabies (and also make lab testing harder). CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/6/1129146.jpg)
![It turns out that sewage water is actually an important tool for law enforcement. Studying sewage water shows researchers trends in the consumption of illicit drugs, which might be helpful for law enforcement - according to one European official, it's an important new drug monitoring tool. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/8/1129148.jpg)
![Bees aren't kosher, but honey definitely is, which makes bees kind of unique. Normally, the products of non-kosher animals aren't considered kosher - but that's not the case for bees, because they don't secrete honey themselves. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/5/1129145.jpg)
![Every single Shih Tzu dog today is related to one of 14 dogs that lived in the 20th century. After the breed was nearly driven to extinction, they essentially restarted it with a total of just 14 dogs. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/3/1129143.jpg)
![CRACKED DREAMS ACHIEVED, LIFE LOST: EVEREST JOURNEY ENDS IN TRAGEDY. A 28-year-old IT expert from the UK had been dreaming of climbing Mount Everest since he was a kid. Не finally made it to the top, but sadly, he passed away just a few hours later from exhaustion and blindness.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/4/1129144.jpg)
![CRACKED FREE COLLEGE IN GERMANY, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT FROM THE EU. In Germany, unlike most other countries, you don't have to pay to go to university, even if you're not from the European Union.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/2/1129142.jpg)
![CRACKED MALARIA: A CURE FOR SYPHILIS. Julius Wagner-Jauregg won the first Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1927 for his discovery that malaria inoculation could be used to treat paralysis - but really, his patients had syphilis, and the malaria fever killed off syphilis bacteria.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/1/1129141.jpg)
![CRACKED SEVEN SISTERS, 100,000 YEARS OLD? TALK ABOUT ANCIENT HISTORY. Many cultures call the Pleiades constellation Seven Sisters even though only six are visible, and have similar myths to explain that. This might be because, 100,000 years ago, seven stars were visible, making that the world's oldest story.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/8/1129138.jpg)
![CRACKED LAS VEGAS: WHERE DREAMS GO TO TIE (UNDERGROUND). There's a huge network of tunnels underneath Las Vegas, and it's estimated that hundreds of people live down there in makeshift homes. FKMN RAIS](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/7/1129137.jpg)
![CRACKED A SCHOOLTEACHER SAID НЕ WAS JESUS' BROTHER AND 20 MILLION PEOPLE PAID THE PRICE. The 19th-century Taiping Rebellion was one of the most devastating civil wars in history, with an estimated 20 million people losing their lives. It was started by a schoolteacher who said he was Jesus Christ's brother.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/0/1129140.jpg)
![CRACKED ALAN TURING COULD HAVE BEEN AN OLYMPIC RUNNER. Alan Turing could have competed in the Olympics. His best marathon time was only 11 minutes slower than the winning time of the Olympics that year - an impressive 2 hours 46 minutes 3 seconds.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/6/1129136.jpg)
![CRACKED TOUGH TIMES MAKE FOR GREAT PERFORMANCES. Performing artists who have gone through tough times as kids are more likely to get into a flow state when they're performing, according to science. |](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/9/1129139.jpg)
![CRACKED ART IMITATES LIFE, OR IN THIS CASE, A PINEAPPLE PRANK. Two students left a pineapple on a table as part of a prank at a Robert Gordon University art exhibition. A few days later, it was still there, in a new glass case, now officially considered art.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/5/1129135.jpg)
![CRACKED WORKERS DONATE A DAY'S PAY FOR AN APTLY NAMED BOMBER. In 1944, the workers at Hanford Engineer Works gave up a day's wages to buy a B-17 bomber, which they named Day's Pay and gave it to the U.S. Army Air Forces. TO РАСЦ DAYS PAY a 10 THE ARMY AIR FORCES AS A R If EMPLOYEES OF # NFORD El](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/4/1129134.jpg)
![CRACKED COFFEE: THE WORLD'S SECOND MOST POPULAR LIQUID. People around the world really love their coffee - it's one of the most popular things on the planet, right after oil. Specifically, it's the world's second most-sought commodity.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/3/1129133.jpg)
![CRACKED DOROTHY GIBSON: SURVIVED THE TITANIC, STARRED IN A MOVIE ABOUT IT A WEEK LATER. Dorothy Gibson was the only person to make it off the Titanic and then star in a movie about it. Saved from The Titanic was filmed just one week after she got ashore in New York. Founded A°. D' 1728 by Be in APR.8.1911 5c THE COPY](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/2/1129132.jpg)
![CRACKED OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE: FOUNDED BY LIPSTICK-WIELDING ROMANTICS? The people who started Outback Steakhouse wrote the name of the restaurant on a mirror, using red lipstick, when they founded it. OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE OPEM FOR LUNCH](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/1/1129131.jpg)