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40 Random Bits of Trivia Your Grandparents and Your Grandchildren Couldn’t Possibly Understand

September 14, 2024

George Washington knew less about dinosaurs than any four-year-old currently alive.

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS, AND REFERENCES THE -SUICIDE. SQUAD Fast Live Die clown SHOUTOUT TO Joker The inscription at the back of Harley's new jacket reads: Live Fast Die Clown. CRACKED.COM — Source

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England's Forgotten Queen was only the Queen of England for 9 days in 1553. CRACKED.COM Lady Jane Grey only as- cended to the throne be- cause Edward VI wanted to keep a Protestant as the sovereign of England. She was then deposed and exe- cuted the following year. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Blue-eyed people are likelier to become alcoholics. Genetics is a mess. If you have genes for blue eyes, it's likely that you also have genes for a higher alcohol tolerance, which can lead to drinking too much. The effect is small, but study after study keeps showing the same thing. — Source

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THE ACTOR: Miley Cyrus THE ROLE: Title role in Hannah Montana WHY SHE Cyrus says being in the public eye at such a HATED IT: young age gave her body image issues, and sparked anxiety attacks and hot flashes. CRACKED.COM — Source

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True Blood

CRACKED.COM Worst TV Finales True Blood Bill coerces Sookie into killing him, so she can live a normal life - negating the show's themes of questioning such imposed notions of normality. True Blood began all edgy, and concluded like the happy ending to a Lifetime drama. — More: 15 Incredibly Dark Endings To TV Series

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If you think about it, Leslie would be a nightmare to work for.

CRACKED THE PAWNEE PARKS DEPARTMENT PARKS & REC Toxic positivity is a thing, Leslie. She oversteps personal boundaries, has her staff work for her personal benefit, and not only allows, but participates in the incessant bullying of Jerry Gergich. — CBR / Thrillist

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There is a bird that looks like Pikachu. CRACKED.COM The male Cream Colored Woodpecker has the same coloration as the cartoon character Pikachu, from the Pokémon series, including the red cheeks. These birds are found in South America. — Source

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Lea Michele

Behind-the-scenes Drama Glee Lea Michele is apparently as much of a diva as her character. That was said about her by many co-stars, including Samantha Ware, Heather Morris, Yvette Nicole Brown, Abigail Breslin, Melissa Benoist... and those are just the names you'd recognize. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Cases of Behind-the-Scenes Drama that Showed Up On-Screen

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When adding spices, don't confuse chile powder with chili powder. MARKET TERVES Guajillo Chile CHILI Powder POWDER OAKTOWN SPICE best - SHINE Chile powder has only one ingredient: a dried and ground chili pepper (like cayenne, ancho, or jalapeno). Chili powder is a blend that includes multiple other ingredients like oregano, garlic, and cumin. CRACKED.COM — Source: 26 Food And Cooking Common Misconceptions

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George Washington died in 1799 - over 20 years before anyone knew about dinosaurs. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Animation dates way back to the stone age, using only charcoal, flickering flames, and neuroscience. 21,000 years ago, prehistoric artists would draw rows of images that, when illuminated by flickering firelight, would CRACKED.COM appear to be in motion. This illusion has to do with the way the human brain fills in gaps between the flashes of light. — Source

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Apparently, noble women in Ancient Egypt weren't given to embalmers right away. Their families waited a few days, so that embalmers wouldn't get horny and try anything - all according to the ancient historian Herodotus. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED COM Metallica was very particular about having bacon for every meal on their 2004 tour. Eggs Bacon & Sausage ** BACON VERY IMPORTANT THAT BACON BE AVAILABLE AT EVERY MEAL AND DURING DAY They clearly had their priorities sorted out. — Source

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Sean Penn wanted to name his son after his favorite food, which is steak. That's special even by celebrity baby name standards, and the mother (Robin Wright) totally nixed the idea and named the kid Hopper. CRACKED.COM — Source: People.com

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MYTH: THIN people HAVE A QUICK METABOLISM. FACT: THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A SLOWER one. The folks at the Mayo Clinic found out that, when you take weight into consideration, the metabolisms of over- and underweight people are the exact opposite of what we always heard: Thin people actually tend to have slower metabolisms than their heavier counterparts. It's because a heavier body actually needs a faster metabolism to get around. CRACKED.COM http://www.mayoolinic org/healthy-lifestyle/weight-loss/in-depth/metabolism/art-20046508 — Source

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The Hot Chick EBERT'S RATING: 1/2 STAR CRACKED.COM Among many other rthings,heo-McAdams umbrage with the ratio: The movie's conviction that we would rather see the outside of Rob Schneider's body than the outside of Rachel McAdams' body is not the least of its miscalculations. — Source: Roger Ebert

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Guns N' Roses' Sweet Child o' Mine began as a dumb joke. During a jam session, Slash started making faces while playing a silly melody. The other band members liked the tune and ran with it. Within an hour my guitar exercise had become something else, Slash wrote. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Of Our Favorite Songs (Have Surprising Backstories)

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CRACKED.COM After Osama bin Laden released a videotaped message just before the 2004 Presidential election, legendary news anchor Walter Cronkite speculated that Karl Rove may have made arrangements with Osama to release the tape, in hopes of swinging the election toward incumbent George W. Bush. — Source: 23 Bonkers Celebrity Beliefs

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Preserving the past, one cast at a time.

CRACKED BRINGING THE DEAD BACK TO LIFE SINCE 1863. In 1863, One Giuseppe Fiorelli perfected the technique of making casts of the people who died in the eruption of Pompeii in 79 CE. Since then, more than 100 casts have been made. — Pompeii Sites
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The information discs that programs wear on their backs in Tron are really Frisbees. Frisbee coach Sam Schatz was hired to train the actors how to use them. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Final Action Scenes SES 2006 VellSide 05-54 20500 05-86 THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT More of a martial arts movie that happens to have car tricks, it smartly introduces themes of crime and honor, and leads to a race scene with actual stakes. Justin Lin's directing was already smooth, but the final race is beautiful (even if everyone seeing it through their flip phones is the dumbest thing ever). CRACKED.COM — Watch it on YouTube

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CRACKED MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ'S MULTIPLE DUIS. In 2007, she was sentenced to 6 months in jail for failing to complete her community service obligations, stemming from a string of 3 drunk driving offenses in 2004. — Source

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19 THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH PEE CRACKED.COM BAKE BREAD During WWII, prisoners in a Japanese internment camp wanted to make bread, but had no yeast. They used urine instead. The Yeasty Boys Prisoners filled drums with pee which was boiled down to isolate ammonia carbonate, which can be used as a yeast substitute. — Source

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Mrs. Manface and Baby Face

VILLAINS BATMAN SHOULD FIGHT IN HIS NEXT MOVIE MRS. MANFACE AND BABY FACE Manfreda Face and Alfonso Vincenzo Giuseppe Face The criminal duo have a baby face on the man and an unshaven, manly face on the woman, making them a perfect representation of a T4T couple. CRACKED.COM — Source: Batman Fandom

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John Stamos kept the couch from Full House. The blue plaid couch at the center of the Tanner family's living room is property of Uncle Jesse himself. In 2020, Stamos shared a snap on Instagram of his toddler standing next to the iconic sitcom prop. CRACKED.COM — Source

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New volcanic island just dropped.

A new island formed in the Pacific Ocean that isn't made of garbage this time. CRACKED.COM After just 11 hours of volca- nic eruptions off the Poly- nesian island Tonga, a 50 foot tall, 700 foot long vol- canic island emerged from the salty depths, under a plume of steam. — Yahoo

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Abandoned mines under the Dolomites store thousands of tons of produce.

40,000 tons of apples are stored under the Dolomite Mountains in Italy. CRACKED.COM The cool, dark conditions of the network of aban- doned mines running throughout the Dolomites just right for storing fresh produce as they act like a huge chiller. — Wired

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WEIRD WORLD A guy painted a giant WELCOME TO PERTH sign near the Sydney airport. WELCOME PERTH The joke is, Perth is 2,000 miles away and the sign was was up on the roof for 3 months before people started really noticing it. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Register

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We might be addressing US Presidents as your Majesty, if not for Washington. The official manner of ad- dress for the President of the United States could have been Highness or Majesty, if not for George Washington con- senting that the final title be simply Mr. President. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Let them eat cake. MARIE ANTOINETTE NEVER SAID 'LET THEM EAT CAKE.' The quote showed up in Jean-Jacques Rousseau's autobiography, Confessions, which was published in 1765. Marie Antoinette was about 9 years old at the time. No reference to her uttering the quote exists from sources dating to the French Revolution. It was pro-revolutionary historians that first attributed it to her. CRACKED.COM — 40 Myths (That've Been Around Forever) We All Believe

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Brad Pitt

Leo DiCaprio has kind of a cute yet weird nickname for Brad Pitt. 'Lover.' Не calls me 'lover.' It's a bit confusing, but I roll with it, says Pitt. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Bunk Beds

CRACKED.COM EVER ON to AND NA ... THE BUNK BEDS FROM STEP BROTHERS At first it was Reilly, Ferrell, and | just laughing, says director Adam McKay. We sat around for three or four days and just wrote scene ideas, images, attitudes, locations (like) 'I would love to see a movie where bunk beds collapse. — The Ringer

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The website Obsessed with Film calculated that in order to master piano, ice sculpture, and Phil to spend so on, Connors 10 had stuck DAYS in Groundhog Day. 12,403 2 10 3 0 4 That's just under 34 years. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Easter Eggs for Polyglots The Lord World: Jurassic Park I left Japan to get away from this! The screams of a Japanese man running from the rampaging T-rex reference another city- destroying dinosaur, who is really big in Japan. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Easter Eggs You Missed (If You're Monolingual)

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Tired: gold. Wired: steel. THOMAS EDISON CRACKED.COM Edison was convinced we were on the verge of dispensing precious metals like a Taco Bell soda fountain. And what would we do with the power of alchemy? Devalue gold and turn all our furniture into cold, hard steel. — Source: 15 Impossibly Silly Predictions (Made By Serious People)

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CRACKED COM HARRIS KLEBOLD Columbine massacre, The Story: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold; two bullied loners finally snapped and gunned down 13 people

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NARNIA -THE CHRONICLES OF In the movie Prince Caspian, Caspian speaks with a Mediterranean accent. In the next film, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, he has an English accent. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Queen Latifah té CRACKED.COM She decided she was finished dying after her death in Set It Off. All of her contracts since 1996 stipulate that her character can't die. In her words, If I die, I can't be in the sequel. — Source

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40 Random Bits of Trivia Your Grandparents and Your Grandchildren Couldn’t Possibly Understand — Read More: 5 Forgotten Historical Facts That Prove The Past's Crazy AF

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In 43 states, jails and prisons can bill inmates for their stay. The fees can be tens of thousands of dollars, are imposed at the sole discretion of a judge, and are often aggressively collected regardless of ability to pay. CRACKED.COM — Source

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