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September 02, 2024

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'Ballooning' spiders are able to take off and fly through the air, without wind. CRACKED.COM They float by using a single line of web ejected into the air to propel them up the naturally generated electric fields in our atmosphere. — Source

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Hooters operated an airline called, Hooters Air from 2003 to 2006. H TERS GRACKED.COM Two 'hooters girls', dressed in their restaurant uniforms, were on each flight assisting the traditionally attired in-flight crews with hospitality duties. — Source

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The first known written example of the Finnish language is found in a German travel journal dating back-to-1450. CRACKED.COM Written by an unknown Finnish bishop, the line reads: I want to speak Finnish, but I am not able to. — Source

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In 2013, JCPenney sold a stainless steel tea kettle that attracted controversy due to its perceived resemblance to Adolf-Hitler® JCPenney CRACKED.COM Due to the media attention, the kettle sold out at JCPenney's stores, with some later reappearing on eBay, priced as high as $199. — Source

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TIL The Q*Bert arcade game had a special knocker inside the cabinet. PLAYER 1 12820 CHANGE TO LEVEL 2 ROUND: 1 CRACKED.COM A plunger that strikes a mounting bracket would make a physical knock when Q*Bert fell off the stage, landing inside the arcade cabinet. — Source

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A 1715 Jacobite attack on Edinburgh Castle failed because the ladder they brought was too short. CRACKED.COM The Jacobites tried to storm the castle under the cloak of night, however, the short ladder left the Jacobite rebellions stranded until morning, where they were discovered and promptly arrested. — Source

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Onboard Apollo 10's mission to orbit the moon, there was an emergency when one of the astronaut's poop got-loose. CRACKED.COM All three astronauts denied responsibility. This came to light when the mission transcripts were declassified. — Source

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Princess Margriet Francisca was delivered in an extraterritorial hospital in Canada. GRAGKED.COM In the midst of the Second World War, part of the maternity ward on the third floor of Ottawa's Civic Hospital was declared to be no longer part of Canada to clear the way for the birth of the Dutch princess. — Source

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CIA satellites in the 1960s would jettison heat-shielded film canisters with parachutes back to Earth CRACKED.COM The fifth generation of satellites had about 3 miles of film per camera, which was to be retrieved in mid-air by plane. — Source

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Coffee makes you poop because caffeine activates contractions in your colon and intestinal muscles. GRACKED.COM Research has shown that caffeine makes the colon 60% more active than water and 23% more active than decaf coffee. — Source

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A Montana man named Bob Craft changed his name to Jack Ass in 1997 to raise awareness for drunk driving. CRACKED.COM Не then sued MTV for $10 million over the show Jackass in 2002, claiming the show plagiarized his name. — Source

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The father of microbiology built an eyeglass 10 times more powerful than the best microscope of the 17th century. CRACKED.COM Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch button salesman, discovered millions of bacteria present in a single drop of water. — Source

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Tapeworms can live inside you for up to 30 years and grow 80 feet long. CRACKED.COM If you ingest certain tapeworm eggs, they can migrate outside your intestines and form larval cysts in body tissues and organs. — Source

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Nobel Prize in Literature winner Alice Munro co-founded a bookstore before she decided to write. GRAGKED.COM After reading some of the store's stock, she thought I can write better books than this. — Source

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A killing on an iceberg is being examined as a possible case study in the event murder occurs in outer space. CRACKED.COM Since the murder happened outside of any country's territorial waters, it led to a massive kerfuffle over the questions of jurisdiction and who had the right to try the defendant. — Source

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German shepherds were renamed to Alsatian Wolf Dog after World War 1. CRACKED.COM It was believed that the inclusion of the word German would harm the breed's popularity, due to the anti-German sentiment of the era. — Source

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A Googolplex is such a large number that it has more zeros than all the hydrogen particles in the known universe. GRACKED COM If you were to write the number out on books with 400 pages, 50 lines per page and 50 zeros per line, the mass of the books would be greater than the total mass of all the stars in the observable universe. — Source

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There is a hotel named Henn-na Hotel in Japan which is staffed by robots. CRACKED.COM The check-in desk is an animatronic velociraptor wearing a bowtie, and porter robots will carry luggage up to the guest rooms. — Source

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Kirk Hammett encouraged Les Claypool to audition for Metallica after Cliff Burton died in 1986. CRACKED.COM After not getting the job, James Hetfield said it was because Claypool was too good and should do his own thing. Claypool later formed Primus. — Source

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Bay Area FBI agents data mined grocery store records for falafel purchases to find Iranian terrorists. GRACKED.COM The head of the FBI's criminal investigations unit, Michael Mason, shut down the Total Falafel Awareness program, arguing it would be illegal to put someone on a terrorist watch list for simply sticking skewers into lamb. — Source

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Sharks act calmer when listening to AC/DC songs. CRACKED.COM After playing the songs using underwater speakers, the sharks became more investigative, more inquisitive and a lot less aggressive. — Source

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NASA wanted to send Big Bird into space on the Challenger in 1986 to get children interested in space. Me CRACKED.COM The Big Bird suit was too big, however, so they sent teacher Christa McAuliffe instead. The Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff. — Source

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The surname Stuart was created by Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots. CRACKED COM Since the French tend to pronounce W like v, she adopted the spelling to ensure that the French said her name correctly. — Source

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Deleted scenes from 1997's Event Horizon were found in a salt mine in Transylvania. CRACKED.COM The scenes were thought to be lost forever, but even after being recovered the director still thought they weren't worthy to be included in the Special Edition. — Source

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In 1977, William Kampiles stole a spy satellite manual from the CIA which he sold to the Russians for.$3000. CRACKED.COM Не then told the CIA who he worked for and what he had done in the hopes that they would hire him as a double agent. They didn't and he was sentenced to 40 years in prison. — Source

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George Lucas thinks 'Empire Strikes Back' is the worst Star Wars movie. CRACKED.COM Lucas says, Sid is the reason why The Empire Strikes Back is always written about as the best of the films, when it actually was the worst one. To be fair, this was in 2007. — Source

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In 1968, the Beatles formed Apple Corps Ltd (informally known as Apple). CRACKED.COM In 1981, a lawsuit was settled with Apple Computer with the payment of $80,000 to Apple Corps. As a condition of the settlement, Apple Computer agreed to stay out of the music business. — Source

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When a Google employee dies, their family is well taken care of. CRACKED.COM Their spouses receive half pay from the company for 10 years and their children receive 1,000 dollars per month until they are at least 19. — Source

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Staring at fire improved brain functions in early humans, such as memory and problem-solving. CRACKED.COM The controlled use of fire began with Homo erectus, who emerged nearly two million years ago. The creation of artificial daylight enabled the hominid brain to adapt and evolve. — Source

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Olympian Laura Trott overcame being born with a collapsed lung and an asthma diagnosis. DEPORTE Y RECREACIÓN T + TISSOT T+ TISSOT T+ CANA CA LOOK CRACKED.COM She stands a little over 5ft, weighs 115lbs and is now a double Olympic gold medalist in track cycling. — Source

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