45 Random Trivia Tidbits That Stack Up Into A Trivia Megatron Voiced By Hugo Weaving

Dynamite started out as yellow dye — you read that right
45 Random Trivia Tidbits That Stack Up Into A Trivia Megatron Voiced By Hugo Weaving

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First off, Hugo Weaving, let me say how sorry we are to use what some might say is a very unflattering photo of you in the thumbnail for this piece, but it does scan with the first fact in the set. And really, who better to voice a trivia collection that stacks up into Megatron than the man himself? 

So we invite you to read on and hear that rich-timbered voice, not only of Megatron, but Agent Smith and The Red Skull, in your head as you move along, filling your brain with very important information.

Thumbnail Photo: Eva Rinaldi, Wikimedia Commons

All hail Hugo Weaving!

Hugo Weaving had no idea what any of his lines meant in Transformers. It only took two hours to record Megatron's lines, but Weaving said he had no id
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The Pentagon

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Time to sit down, dude

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Didn't even know you could 'leave' the yakuza

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All the man wanted was to make things yellow, not sky-high

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He probably wrote 'amputated' way too many times

Walt Whitman volunteered during the American Civil War to write letters for illiterate soldiers. Whitman wrote count- less letters on behalf of soldiers, some of whom were illiterate or were dying, back home to their loved ones. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

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The Great Airplane Mode Lie

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The African Grove Theater

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Killer Vitamins

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If this was the case all of Wisconsin would be dead by now

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Right, so organic hot dogs aren't always better

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IRL Benjamin Button stuff

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Terrorism

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This should have been pretty obvious?

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"Ship it, I don't care!"

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Also, that ingredient in their 'bread' shared w yoga mats

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Absolutely, well done

Brazil banned Everquest for encouraging the subversion of public order. EverQuest It was also called an attack against the democratic state and the

Iceland’s women went on strike in the ‘70s.

On October 24, 1975, 90% of Iceland's female population went on strike, demanding equal rights. CRACKED.COM In 1980, Iceland elected its first female president (Vigdis Finnbogadottir), who credits her win to this specific day.

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Remember that funny episode in Saved By The Bell when Zack Morris sold swimsuit photos of his (underaged) female schoolmates, taken without their cons

This is a VERY important detail

The stars Rose looks at on that door raft are supposed to be the same stars that were in the sky on that fateful night. Neil deGrasse Tyson emailed Ja

This all turned out ok, somehow

In her interview in January 2013, Miley Cyrus shocked the fans by saying she and Liam Hemsworth were married. That turned out to be a lie. Later that year, their PR reps confirmed their engagement was broken off. CRACKED COM

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At what speed does the Polar Express go back in time?

IN A NOD TO ANOTHER FILM DIRECTED BY ROBERT ZEMECKIS... A FLUX CAPACITOR CAN BE SEEN IN THE ENGINE ROOM IN THE POLAR EXPRESS. CRACKED.COM

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