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The 'vintage date' on a bottle of wine has nothing to do with when it was bottled. PALT 2016 STONYRIDGE COLERAINE 8 بديل To HATA - DO WAIHEKE ISLAND INT CLAIR ESTADO TOWRESS FELTON ROAT the CABERNETS سعيد It doesn't have any- thing to do with the year the wine finally comes to the market, but instead the year the ingredients in the bottle were grown. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Central Park

New York's Central Park is nearly twice the size of the entire country of Monaco. Measuring 843 acres, Cen- tral Park is larger in land mass than the principality of Monaco which is just un- der 500 acres large. Cen- tral Park isn't even the big- gest park in New York. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Business.com is currently the most expensive domain name sold at $7.5 million. X business.com discover, compare & save ECompanies, a Santa Mon- ica Internet venture fund shelled out the cash to ac- quire business.com from a Houston media en- trepreneur who bought it for $150,000 in 1996. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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The lunar moth has no mouth or stomach. They have only vestigial mouthparts and no diges- tive system. Their sole purpose in life is to repro- duce. They have only about a week to do so be- fore they die. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet. Compared to women, men have three to four times the number of bac- teria in, on and around their desks, phones, com- puters, keyboards, draw- ers and personal items. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison were all 27 years old when they died. The phenomenon of fa- mous musicians dying at this specific age has been dubbed joining the 27 Club. Other artists include Amy Winehouse, Brian Jones, and Kurt Cobain. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards. The tremors were the most powerful in the history of the United States, it literal- ly knocked people off their feet and many experienced nausea from the extensive rolling of the earth. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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A toaster oven uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven. Since conventional ovens are often better insulated, they're better at retaining heat energy for longer ре- riods of time and are therefore the right choice for ambitious all-day cooks. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country. Antarctica is gov- erned by the Antarctic Treaty, written in 1959 and adopted in 1961, which has been signed by 27 coun- tries. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Left-Handed People

Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction. I'm a lefty Left-handedness is 2.6 times more likely in sports with higher time con- straints (baseball, cricket and table tennis) than in ones with lower time pres- sure (badminton, tennis and squash). CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined. Einstein said, All my life I have dealt with objective matters, hence I lack both the natural aptitude and the experience to deal properly with people and to exercise official func- tions. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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A dime has one less ridge around its edge than a quarter. Before the introduction of the ridges, small amounts of gold or silver from coins could be chiseled or shaved away and the pre- cious metal sold again or remelted and made into another coin. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine. If you eat a 100-gram bar, you will get 81 milligrams of caffeine, which may cause sleeplessness or in- crease your heart rate. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Research indicates that babies who suck on pacifiers are more prone to ear aches. The Finnish research- ers theorized it may have something to do with the change in pressure equilibrium inside the ear caused by the sucking. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Harrison Ford has a species of spider named after him. The spider Calponia harrisonfordi was named after Ford nar- rated a documentary for the London Muse- um of Natural History in 1994. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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In 2017, a group of travel influencers called 'High on Life' were banned from all U.S. public lands. for - محمد CRACKED COM Their violations included driving an RV across the Bonneville Salt Flats, and affixing a rope swing to the Corona Arch. A year later, they fell off a water- fall in British Columbia and died. — Source

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Disney means From Isigny. CRACKED COM Disney is an anglicized version of the French name D'Isigny, meaning From Isigny. Descen- dants from the same ancestors as Walt formed a cheese com- pany in France. They sometimes collaborate and make Mick- ey-themed cheese packages. — Source

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China has a farm the size of Portugal. CRACKED COM The world's largest farm is the Mudanji- ang City Dairy Farm located in China. It covers an area of 22.5 million acres. — Source

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The Can you hear me now? guy says someone repeated his catchphrase to him at his grandma's funeral. CRACKED.COM Actor Paul Marcarelli says that the catchphrase plagues him so much that someone even said it to him as his grandmother's casket was being lowered into the cemetery plot. — Source

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Kazakhstan didn't think New Zealand existed as recently as 2016. CRACKED.COM New Zealand adventur- er Chloe Phillips-Harris was denied access to Kaza,khstan in 2016 be- cause the map in the detention room did not include it. — Source

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During the filming ofTrading Places, Aykroyd's and Murphy's presence at the stock exchange led to over $6 billion of trading being halted. CRACKED.COM It was scheduled to take place during a weekday, but Aykroyd's and Mur- phy distracted the ac- tive traders, so filming was rescheduled for a weekend. — Source

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Before World War 2, skimmed milk was either thrown out or used to fatten pigs up. CRACKED.COM The milk was a byprod- uct of the butter-mak- ing process. Shortly thereafter, it was mar- keted as a weight-loss food to people. — Source

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The Bootlace Worm

The bootlace worm is the longest animal on the planet. CRACKED.COM They have been found at lengths of over 98 feet and are believed to even grow as long as 197 feet-longer than the blue whale. — Source

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Kangaroos

The faster a kangaroo hops, the less energy it burns. CRACKED.COM Kangaroos have ex- tra-strong calves, a giant bundle of tendons that reach from their tails to their hip bones, and hind feet that work like a pair of springs. — Source

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Gerald Ford was the only President to serve without being elected to the presidency or the vice presidency. CRACKED.COM Ford was voted by Congress to be vice president after Spiro Agnew resigned, then filled the presidency after Nixon resigned. — Source

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Chinese students can rent fake parents to meet their teacher to avoid embarrassment. CRACKED.COM Advertisements for the rented parents are posted in Chinese newspapers and on the internet, calling out specific events where their services might be needed, and cost $7.50 an hour. — Source

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A toy of the Teletubby Po was recalled in the late 90s for calling kids a homophobic slur and telling them to bite my butt. CRACKED.COM The head of the distri- bution company said the voice is a Can- tonese woman saying 'faster, faster' and 'slower, slower'. — Source

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One in three snake bite victims is drunk. One in five is tattooed CRACKED.COM Researchers found male victims outnumbered females 9-to-1. The aver- age age was 24, 57% were handling a venom- ous snake, and 28% had appeared intoxicated. — Source

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Between 365 and 988 million birds die from crashing into windows in the United States each year. CRACKED.COM Birds don't always die on impact, but may die later of their injuries. In addi- tion, some birds are made more vulnerable to preda- tors after being injured from flying into windows. — Source

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There was only one plane allowed to fly on 9/11, after the terrorist attack in New York. GRACKED.COM It was a plane from San Diego to Miami deliver- ing anti-venom to a man bitten by a highly poi- sonous snake. It was ac- companied by two jet fighters. — Source

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