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25 Random Bits of Trivia Surgically Extracted From the Smartest Guy at Our Office

September 25, 2024

With a title like that, we have to start this list with a disclaimer. The fact finder in question was harmed in the harvesting of these facts. Plus, with these new-age surgical extraction techniques, he doesn’t even know that they’re gone. He has enough facts up there that he will not miss a couple dozen.

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Avatar: The Last Airbender (The Art of the Animated Series)

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Shaolin Soccer

Random Musical Numbers Shaolin Soccer Californiá Dreamin''' The movie features martial arts, soccer, clunky early-2000s CGI, and a hilarious drunk rendition of what sounds like California Dreamin''' in front of a completely uninterested crowd. Bottle throwing ensues. CRACKED.COM — Watch it!

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Source: Avatar: The Last Airbender (The Art of the Animated Series)

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Team Shaolin

Fictional Sports Franchises Team Shaolin Can anyone truly beat a soccer team that kicks ass at the game that can also kick ass in general? Shaolin Soccer CRACKED.COM

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Abraham Lincoln

ABRAHAM LINCOLN CREATED THE SECRET SERVICE THE MORNING НЕ WAS ASSASSINATED. CRACKED However, it wouldn't have helped him much - it was originally created to stop counterfeiting. — Source

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Y2K WAS A VERY REAL THREAT. WELCOME TO THE WILLOWE une MOUNTAIN COMMAND CENTER GRACKED Luckily, a bunch of tech nerds saw it coming and fixed the issue before anything bad happened - except for the nerds at a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, which did experience a computer crash on January 1st 2000 at 12:00 am. — Source

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THE REASON BRITISH PEOPLE SOUND SMARTER TO AMERICANS ISN'T BECAUSE OF THEIR ACCENT-IT'S BECAUSE OF ONE WORD. CRACKED British people use the word right when being told new information, which, according to some studies, makes them seem like they already knew the information. — Source

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IN THE LATE 70S, JOAN RIVERS MADE A MOVIE WHERE BILLY CRYSTAL GETS PREGNANT. CRACKED It was her only film; she mortgaged her house to make it, and it was shockingly very successful at the box office. — Source

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NETFLIX ALMOST HAD THE WORST NAME EVER. NETFLIX INSTANT STREAMING PS3 - Dise FOR FBC NETFLIX DO NOT USE EVERY RETURN DIS TIME TO WATCH TO NETFLI INSTANTLY CRACKED When Netflix split its business between streaming and DVDS they dubbed their DVD service Qwikster. It was Qwikly changed. — Source

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Sammy Davis Jr thought his iconic song The Candy Man would bomb. His exact words: This record is going straight into the toilet. Not just around the rim, but into the bowl, and it may just pull my whole career down with it. It hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. CRACKED.COM — Source

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There was a Civil War veterans' reunion in 1938 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was the 75th anniversary of the battle, and about 1800 vets from both sides attended - the youngest was 88 years old, while the oldest was 118 (so he claimed, anyway). CRACKED.COM — Source

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Bears kind of act like big cats-they purr when they're happy or content. That purr-like sound is something they produce when they're say, eating a delicious snack, feeling comfortable, or nursing (if they're a cub). CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Amish actually celebrate Christmas twice in a two-week period. The first celebration is on Dec 25, and the second one on Jan 6 - Christmas used to be celebrated all over the world on Jan 6 until relatively recently, and the Amish kept that tradition (but also took on the new one). CRACKED.COM — Source

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Richie Haven's iconic song Freedom came about by accident. Не just started playing it at Woodstock because he didn't have anything else he could play, but needed to stay on the stage. Later, to learn how to play it, he watched himself in the Woodstock movie. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Vatican had to pull 6000 papal medals in 2013 because of a typo. Instead of Jesus, the medals said Lesus - and, of course, collectors snapped up the medals with the misprint when they had the chance. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In Nepal, there was a tiger that killed 400 people in the early 1900s. She was nicknamed The Demon of Chompawat, and was apparently the deadliest tiger in history (until she got killed by a hunter and tracker). CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Roman Colosseum had a cloth awning that weighed about 24 tons. It was supported by an elaborate network of ropes, and it was there to protect the people in the Colosseum from the sun. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Some monkeys are (theoretically) capable of human speech. Those monkeys (like the Japanese Macaque) have the right vocal anatomy, but not the brain anatomy they'd need to actually talk. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED THE QUAKER MAN ISN'T WILLIAM PENN-JUST A MYTH. The Quaker Man isn't based on any real person, even though lots of people think it's William Penn. — Source

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CRACKED IRAQ WAR VET TAKES HIS MARTIAL ARTS SKILLS TO THE STREETS. Fernando Rodrigues, an Iraq war veteran, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon after attacking two people with his martial arts skills. — Source

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CRACKED DARIA MORGENDORFFER WAS BORN ON THE BACK OF A PAPER PLATE. John Garrett Andrews, the supervising producer of the animated series Daria, first drew the iconic misanthropic high schooler Daria Morgendorffer on the back of a paper plate. — Source

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CRACKED ROB SCHNEIDER LEARNED THE HARD WAY THAT TRUMP DOESN'T LIKE TO BE DISAGREED WITH. Rob Schneider was chosen to be a judge for the Miss USA pageant, which was owned by Donald Trump. But when Schneider voted for a brunette contestant instead of the blonde one that Trump wanted, Trump called him a loser. OF — Source

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CRACKED THE FLINTSTONES ARE GETTING A MODERN MAKEOVER WITH BEDROCK. Elizabeth Banks is producing and acting in a new version of The Flintstones called Bedrock. It'll focus on an adult Pebbles and be similar to The Simpsons and South Park in terms of its tone and style. — Source

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CRACKED GUESS YOU CAN'T TEACH AN OLD HAPPY GILMORE NEW TRICKS. Adam Sandler can still do the Happy Gilmore swing even after all these years. B — Source

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CRACKED AYKROYD: NO MORE BLACKFACE IN MOVIES ... THANK GOODNESS. Dan Aykroyd said that if he was in a movie today, he wouldn't wear blackface like he did in Trading Places back in 1983. I probably wouldn't choose to do a blackface part, nor would I be allowed to do it. I — Source

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CRACKED GOODMAN: THE ONLY ONE STANDING BY BARR IN THE FACE OF CRITICISM. John Goodman is the only one who stuck by Roseanne Barr after her controversial tweet in 2018, and has no regrets about defending her. — Source

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CRACKED JOHN MULANEY TRIED TO MAKE A QUICK BUCK, BUT ENDED UP THROWING IT AWAY. John Mulaney tried to make some quick money by buying a Rolex and then selling it. Not only did he lose money, he also threw $3,000 into the trash by accident. — Source

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CRACKED THE BARENAKED LADIES HAD TO SUE EACH OTHER OVER MONEY. The Barenaked Ladies took legal action against each other because Steven Page, one of the original members, said he wasn't getting his fair share from the song they wrote for The Big Bang Theory. — Source

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CRACKED CARRYING YOUR TWIN AROUND FOR LIFE? TALK ABOUT A HEAVY BURDEN. In rare cases, a person can absorb their twin in the womb and carry them around for the rest of their life. This has only happened in about 100 cases-one of the most famous was Sanju Bhagat in 1999. — Source

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