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Bitcoin

In 2009, Lily Allen refused to get paid for a concert in 200,000 Bitcoin. She was offered the payment for a virtual performance in Second Life but said no, and later called herself an idiot. If she'd taken it, she'd be a billionaire today. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — 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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Brothel Owner CRACKED.COM Lucy Hicks Anderson Born in Kentucky in 1886, the Black woman was jailed when it was discovered that she was trans and sent to jail for being married to a man. — Source

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In WWI, two enemy captains just decided not to fight. SS Gwendolen, the British ship The captain of the British ship and the German ship patrolling Africa's Lake Nyasa (now Lake Malawi) didn't want their decade-long friendship ruined. So when WWI started, the British captain shot the German ship once and faked the capture of its captain. Then they got back to hanging out and drinking as usual. CRACKED COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM Dougray scott was too late to play Wolverine. You may remember Scott as the bad guy in Mission: Impossible 2. He remembers that as well, a

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Kenyan runner Abel Mutai held a comfortable lead in an international cross country race when he mistakenly stopped running 10 meters before the finish line. cames 7 - POLICE A.E Instead of exploiting the mistake, second place runner Iván Fernández Anaya stopped and guided Mutaito the first place finish he deserved. CRACKED COM — Feel-Good Stories To Buoy All Our Souls

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The Exorcist

Pop culture inspirations The Exorcist René Magritte's series THE EMPIRE OF LIGHTS explores mind-bending oxymorons, and William Friedkin recreated this work for the movie, capturing the disharmonious spiritual aura that surrounds the home. CRACKED — Warner Bros. Pictures, René Magritte
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Will Smith wishes he could “Keep his name off this f***in’ list!”

CRACKED SLAPPING THE HOST OF THE OSCARS. Accosting Chris Rock over a joke at the 2022 Oscars got Will Smith banned from attending the ceremonies for 10 years, and had the world think a lot less of him. — Cafe Mom

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Opossums give birth after 2 days.

The opossum only carries its young for 12 days before giving birth. CRACKED.COM The Virginia opossum has the shortest known gestation period, just under two weeks. The longest? The Indian elephant, with 22 months. — Britannica

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ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST THE ACTORS LIVED IN THE PSYCHIATRIC WARD DURING SHOOTING. All of the actors who played patients actually stayed in the sleep quarters at the Oregon State Hospital, to get a sense of what it was like to be hospitalized. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A Chicago man abandoned a car he bought his ex-girlfriend so it would accumulate parking tickets. CRACKED.COM Brandon Preveau bought the car in his ex-girlfriend's name and parked it illegal- ly at the O'hare airport. The city asked the ex to pay the 678 tickets, worth over $100,000. — Source

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Ryan Gosling could have been a Backstreet Boy if AJ McLean called him back. backstreet boys Talk about the call that changed destiny... Gosling turned down McLean's initial offer to join, but left an unreturned message that he had changed his mind. CRACKED.COM — Source: 17 (Forgotten) 90's Things

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As of 2020, Segway Inc has completely stopped producing the Segway. was - Which meant that the Segway was retired less than 20 years after production got started - not much of a lifecycle for something so hyped-up. CRACKED.COM — Source

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One snip too far?

Medical Mishaps OVERLY ENTHUSIASTIC SURGEONS A man at the Royal Liverpool Hospital got a vasectomy instead of a minor urological procedure. The hospital apologized, and is investigating. Medics tried to reverse it, but it's unclear if it worked. CRACKED — Pressmaster/Shutterstock
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John Travolta: Misunderstood or Misinterpreted?

Akward Awards 2015 OSCARS JOHN TRAVOLTA Travolta was the talk of the Oscars because of a moment he had with Scarlett Johansson that people misinterpreted. But Johansson made it clear that it was all very nice and she was totally OK with it. CRACKED — Via ABC News
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Iji has an end-game weapon that ends the game. CRACKED.COM Unlike most weapons and powerups you get for completing a game 100%, the Null Driver in Iji tends to break the whole experience when it's used. As you fire the end-game weapon, glitches occur, replacing the tiled background with art assets from earlier portions of the game, until it's impossible to move on. The only way to get rid of the weapon is to quit the game. — Source

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VILLANOVA VS GEORGETOWN VILLANOVA 32 CRACKED.COM In 1985, the #1 seed Georgetown Hoyas had a 35-2 record, and were 9-point favorites over the Villanova Wildcats, who stumbled into the final with a meek 19-10 record. With a 66-64 win, Villanova had The Perfect Game in one of the greatest upsets in NCAA history, and remain the lowest seed (8) to ever win a national championship. — Source: vuhoops

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Jennifer Lawrence

Celebrities' Favorite Foods Jennifer Lawrence Cool Ranch Doritos Cool ranch Doritos are my girl, Lawrence said to ABC News. Dorito I've been trying to wean myself off cool ranch Doritos and move on to Pirate's Booty. It's just COO RANCH not doing the trick. PLAYORE CRACKED.COM — ABC News

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Russell Crowe is missing cartilage in his toes because of Cinderella Man. It was the result of the movements he was forced to make in the movie's fight sequences (he played a heavyweight boxing champion). CRACKED.COM — Source: Vulture

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The feast scenes in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone literally stank. The food was left there for three to four days of shooting, so by the second day, the actors had to do endure the stench of rotting food. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Jonah Hill only got paid $60,000 to star in The Wolf of Wall Street. He'd really wanted to work with Martin Scorsese, so he accepted the ridiculously low pay. On the other hand, Leonardo DiCaprio, who was also a producer, was paid about $10 million. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Rian Johnson briefly considered bringing Lando Calrissian back for The Last Jedi. The director revealed he contemplated different ways to include the fan- favorite Rebel hero, possibly even as the codebreaker on Canto Bight. But he ultimately decided to leave his return up to J.J. Abrams in Episode IX. CRACKED.COM — 22 Behind-The-Scenes Star Wars Facts

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Tolkien in another language. IMSAMAMTIXMOYEIDMMASAMSRM The Fellowship of the Ring BEENO THEE PIRS'T PART oF THE LORD OF THE RINGS CRACKED RY COM The Lord Of The Rings books were just an excuse for linguist J.R.R. Tolkien to flex his fantastical language crafting, and he took every opportunity to decorate — Source: Bibliocrunch

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze

DARK DELETED SCENES TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES II THE SECRET? SPACE! The ninja turtles' powers are alien in nature. That was the secret of the ooze. CRACKED.COM — Source: IMDb

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Almond Milk

Almond milk seems like a new hipster thing, but it was big in the Middle Ages. People in medieval Europe considered it a delicacy and way better than milk they used it in fancy meals as much as they used spices. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cows are having their horns bred out of them.

Dairy COWS typically are born with horns and they are de-horned when young. Dairy farmers over- time use selective breeding to eliminate the recessive gene that causes horns in both male and female cattle. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Dairy Carrie

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THe WIZARD OF OZ inspired the ZOLA. costumes in The costume designer explained that, once things begin to escalate in the movie, a neon sour green color starts seeping into the costumes and even some of the frames. The color was chosen based on the green wizard, who is the hidden character in Oz, to reflect Stefani's hidden but true intentions. CRACKED.COM — Source: Fashionista

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Nanny MUPPET BABIES CRACKED.COM In a world full of freak-schnozzed monster infants, it's very possible that Nanny's face is an indescribable Lovecraftian horror. It's also possible that she's a stand-in for the countless anonymous knees we all encountered as babies.

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When Diana Ross sang I'm Coming Out she had no idea what it meant to closeted people. When she found out, she accused her studio of trying to ruin her career. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Know More

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Guy Bluford was the first Black American astronaut in space

CRACKED.COM Guy Bluford was the first Black American astronaut in space MF43E MF43G In 1983, he was a crew member of the Orbiter Challenger. The first person of African descent in space was Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez in 1980. — Source: NASA

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CRACKED VS MAIN ANTAGONIST MARIO LINK DA .CRACKED.co A fire A psycho breathing Pig-Man that turtle that occasionally occasionally uses sorcery to joins Mario decimate a Go-Karting. kingdom. WINNER: LINK

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CRACKED.COM DOB DOB got DOLPH LUNDGREN 100 is a chemical engineer. WEAR Who says brains and brawn can't go together? In addition to his martial arts prowess, Lundgren got a chemical engineering degree in his native Sweden, and was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to attend MIT. — 24 'Wait-A-Minute-What?' Celeb Facts

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Pi

Forgotten Indie Movies From the '90s 1998 Pi Everybody remembers Requiem for a Dream, but Darren Aronofsky's very first movie, Pi, is the stuff of legends. Part Eraserhead and part Tetsuo, it's a black-and-white thriller about paranoia and math. CRACKED.COM — Watch the Trailer

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China Ban

In 1997, China banned Martin Scorsese from stepping on Chinese soil. It was because he'd made Kundun, a movie about the Dalai Lama, whom China isn't terribly sympathetic to. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebs We Didn’t Know Got Banned From Other Countries

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55 MOVING 50 5 HOUSES JULY 1971 CRACKED.COM The house of the future would have no roots Gone would be water pipes, drains, power lines; the autonomous home could therefore move, or be moved, to anywhere on earth. -Arthur C. Clarke. Не wasn't predicting RVs, which already existed. — Source

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The Marvelous Mrs Maisel

The bassist from The Marvelous Mrs Maisel has a real-life inspiration. That inspiration is Carol Kaye, AKA First Lady of Bass, who played bass on songs for The Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, Ray Charles, and others. CRACKED COM — Source

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THE SIMPSONS Julian Assange CRACKED.COM Possibly the :00 most top-secret cameo of all time, since even the producers didn't know where Assange was recording his lines. — Source

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The longest marriage on record was held by the last Revolutionary War vet.

The last surviving veteran of the Revolutionary War also had the longest marriage. Daniel F. Bakeman, the alleged last surviving veteran of the American Revolutionary War, had the longest recorded marriage at 91 years and 12 days, the only documented marriage to have broken the 90-year anniversary mark. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution

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Dark Souls Summons

The idea for summons in Dark Souls came from people helping the creator when he got his car stuck. DARK SOULS REMASTERED Hidetaka Miyazaki was inspired to design its summoning based on an experience he had when his car got stuck in the snow on a hill and a bunch of strangers came and helped before vanishing. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Now-You-Know Facts That Sat On Our Chests Like A Sleep Paralysis Demon

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CRACKED MATT LUCAS' CONNECTION TO ANNE FRANK. His grandmother's cousin Werner Goldschmidt lived with Anne Frank's family, and is even mentioned in her famous diary. Lucas read the diary years earlier, never realizing this Mr. Goldschmidt was his relative. — Source

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