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The Dante's Inferno anime was animated in a different style for each layer of Hell. The film is divided into 6 parts, which were each animated by a different studio to depict each of the six circles of Hell that are featured in the movie. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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The Switch Witch is something anti-candy parents are doing on Halloween. A child leaves out their bag of candy and the Switch Witch (also known as the Santa of October) replaces it with a toy. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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In 1942, residents of Pascagoula, Mississippi lived in fear of the phantom barber. A criminal would sneak into homes at night only to steal locks of hair from his victims. Не worked in the darkness made more profound by the Army's blackout regulations due to World War 2. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Placebo sleep is a type of sleep where you convince yourself that you slept well. Even if you didn't get good enough sleep, it can actually trick your brain into thinking that you did sleep well. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Swiss cheese without the holes is referred to as blind. The holes in Swiss cheese are called eyes and come from carbon dioxide bubbles released by the bacteria inside. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Florida Highway Patrol has a semi-truck as a patrol vehicle and occasionally makes traffic stops. The FHP uses a fleet of three such hidden in plain sight trucks to snitch on bad drivers or even pull them over themselves. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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A New Zealander was jailed in Myanmar for posting an image of Buddha on Facebook. Philip Blackwood was imprisoned inside one of the world's harshest prisons in Myanmar for over a year because he posted an image of Buddha with headphones on his Facebook page. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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A Coffin Birth involving a pregnant corpse can happen in rare circumstances. Gas created due to decomposition of the body after death has enough pressure to cause a decomposing pregnant woman to expel the fetus. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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The only evidence of the deaths of most of the Titanic's passengers comes from the shoes laying on the ocean floor. Fish ate the bodies but no fish at that depth in that area could eat the leather that most shoes of the time were made of. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Powdered wigs became popular to hide the baldness caused by syphilis. To keep the massive wigs from losing shape, the French aristocracy starched them, using edible grain while the population couldn't afford to eat. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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A school in Brooklyn had to be shut down because of Axe body spray. X FINAL EDITION DRONDRANT BOOYSPART NT New Excite AXE AXE TWI2T DEODORANT BOOYSPRAY MEDDORANT BODYSPRAY In 2013, 6th graders sprayed enough Axe body spray to cause 8 students to be hospitalized. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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The Little Mermaid

Ariel from the Little Mermaid is the only Disney princess to have had a child of her own. Melody is the protagonist of The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea. She is the daughter of Ariel and Prince Eric, who dreams of living life under the sea. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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In New X-Men #118, the word sex is hidden in the art on every page of the issue. Sex is pretty prevalent in the plot as well; Jean telepathically contacts Logan and he tells her to get the hell out of my personal fantasies, and Jean asks Scott if he slept with Emma Frost. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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During courtship, the Gentoo and Adelie male penguins search across a beach to find a perfect pebble. If the female accepts the gift, they bond and mate for life. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Citizens of Japan have worn face masks for a lot longer than just the COVID pandemic. CRACKED.COM Surgical masks in Japan are not only used to prevent sickness but are used for fashion, warmth, and sometimes avoiding conversation with strangers. — Source

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Queen Elizabeth owns a Big Mouth Billy Bass. CRACKED COM She keeps it above the piano at her Scottish highland retreat Balmoral. It is thought the toy is possibly a gift from one of her grandchildren. — Source

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The Oh-My-God particle was the highest-energy cosmic ray ever observed, detected in October 1991. CRACKED.COM It was traveling so absurdly fast that time dilation dictates that it would have experienced only 16 days of time since the beginning of the universe. — Source

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A cameo appearance from 'N SYNC was cut out of the final version of Star Wars. CRACKED.COM George Lucas allowed the band members to make a cameo in 'Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones' in order to appease his daughters. — Source

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The movie 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' was based on news articles about Cambodian refugees. CRACKED COM Wes Craven found inspiration through the story of a refugee child from the Cambodian genocide, who was terrified to sleep for fear that he would be attacked in his dreams. Не died in the middle of a nightmare. — Source

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Three border collies have been trained to run around a Chilean forest devastated by wildfire in 2017. CRACKED.COM They wear special backpacks that release native plant seeds as they run around the forest. — Source

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An Italian interior designer was recruited by NASA to spend 4 months in underground isolation. GRACKED COM Stefania Follini completed the experiment in Circadian Rhythms in 1989, proving our bodies naturally fall into a 28-hour day, and later on a 48-hour one. — Source

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Samuel L. Jackson was a Black Panther who took administrators of his college hostage. CRACKED.COM Before he got in too deep with the group, his mother sent him to Los Angeles after the FBI warned her that he would die within a year if he remained with the Panthers. — Source

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In 1935, a shark in an Australian aquarium vomited up a human arm that had been cleanly removed. CRACKED.COM The investigation resulted in a man shooting himself in the head before leading police boats on an hours-long chase. — Source

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The CIA

The CIA was involved in the murder of a democratically elected Prime Minister of Congo. GRACKED.COM In 1961 Belgians, with CIA involvement, ordered the murder of Patrice Lumumba, who just wanted for the Congolese to regain the natural resources that were still under foreign control. — Source

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Aerosmith earned more money from Guitar Hero than from any one of their albums. 25 A CRACKED.COM Activision chief executive Bobby Kotick said that the band is enjoying more than just exposure to new fans and renewed interest of loyal rockers thanks to the videogame tie-in. — Source

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A neuroscientist named Dr. James Fallon scanned his brain, and discovered he was a psychopath. CRACKED COM Dr. Jimmy Fallon was studying the brains of psychopathic killers when he found out the bad news. When he told friends and family, the universal response was, That explains a lot. — Source

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Paul McCartney intended Let It Be as an Aretha Franklin song. GRAGKED.COM Не offered the song to her with the right of first release. Aretha recorded it, but then she held up the release. She only released it after the Beatles had a smash hit with it. — Source

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Google

Google had to pay a combined $522.5 million for their shady business Total practices. Google GRAGKED.COM Google paid fines for illegal data collection, knowingly allowing fraudulent pharmacies to advertise on their site, and were accused of profiting from women sex trafficking. — Source

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The USA has never won Olympic medals in five disciplines. AHMAD T NATSIR / INDONESIA INDONESIA CRACKED.COM Americans may never have stepped on the podium for these events, but we've taken home 1,022 gold medals since 1896. — Source

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