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Extreme Celebrity Pets JOHN QUINCY ADAMS' ALLIGATOR НЕ REPORTEDLY KEPT IT IN A WHITE HOUSE BATHTUB. After receiving it as a gift from the Marquis de Lafayette, it's been said that Adams often directed visitors to the gator bathroom as a prank, until it got so large that he just let it roam around the big house. CRACKED — Source

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In 1957, a nuclear bomb in the desert exploded directly over six guys' heads. They were five Air Force officers and a cameraman, and apparently they all reached old age. One of them might even still be alive. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A British aircraft carrier produces 540 tons of fresh water per day at sea. The HMS Queen Elizabeth uses a reverse osmosis system that filters salt molecules, creating enough fresh water each day to fill 12,000 bathtubs. CRACKED.COM — Source

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There was a futuristic floating McDonald's on a barge in Canada way back in 1986. It was set up for the 1986 World Expo in Vancouver, and orders were brought out on a conveyor belt. But after the Expo, it was left to rot for years. CRACKED.COM — Source

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One crane at the Smithsonian National Zoo has a human mate (kind of). They mate for life, and the crane Walnut has chosen zookeeper Chris Crowe - in 2004. She hasn't changed her mind since, apparently. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Michelin Guide Inspectors

Being a Michelin Guide Inspector means eating 275 inspection meals a year. IC And that's just the minimum. Luckily, to compensate for the effects of that, Michelin has a plan -- they reimburse fitness membership fees. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Rick James once got a custom drawing by Salvador Dali, but he ruined it. Dali sketched him at a party on a napkin, and gave it to James. James left it in his shorts, forgot about it, and went swimming in them the next day. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Scallions and green onions are the same vegetable, with different names. But spring onions are different - their bulbs are much bigger than those of green onions, and those bulbs in fact kind of look like small onions. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Isaac Newton was a member of Parliament, but he was very ineffective. During his 21-year stint there, he apparently only spoke once, and it was to the usher - he asked him to close the window one time when it was chilly. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 1968, the Beatles signed a petition to get Mick Jagger in A Clockwork Orange. They sent it to Terry Southern, who was writing the movie adaptation's script, demanding to have Jagger in the lead role. Alas, it was clearly unsuccessful. CRACKED.COM — Source

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John Leguizamo sadly sacrificed a lot to play Luigi in Super Mario Bros. Не had gotten the chance to play Tom Hanks' character's love interest in Philadelphia, but he refused the offer and decided to play Luigi instead. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Jerry Seinfeld never unironically said What's the deal with ... ? on Seinfeld. No, not even in the pre-intro stand-up sets. It's apparently associated with him just because he said it in a 1992 SNL skit where he played a game show host. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Olympics

A classic Simpsons Olympics episode is based on something that really happened. MILKS In Lisa's First Word, Krusty Burger offers free burgers if the US team wins, and that comes back to bite him. This really happened to McD's in 1984. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Aaron Sorkin once hurt his hand by practicing a scene for The Newsroom. Не got up in the middle of the night to practice an idea he had, and that involved lunging at his bathroom mirror - he broke it, and went to the ER. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD Great Britain's Minister for Levelling Up got stuck in an elevator. PO Ex oli olicy xch Michael Gove was on his way to do a radio interview, but the elevator that was supposed to get him there performed a spectacular feat of irony by getting stuck. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A British store made its sausages only available to people over 18. It was a truly dumb mix-up - they mistakenly listed saucisson sec as secateurs, which was a bladed item, and people who wanted to buy it had to prove they were of age. CRACKED.COM — Source

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What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?

A speeding woman on cocaine killed a drunk driver who was high on meth in Vegas. CRACKED.COM While a trauma paramed- ic was attending to the driver's injuries, a small baggie containing a white substance fell out of the left side of her bra, po- lice said. — 8 News Now

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A dumpster is a brand name.

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Wind Turbine Blades Could Be Recycled Into Gummy Bears One Day.

A new kind of wind turbine could be recycled... into gummy bears. CRACKED.COM The new form of wind tur- bine material combines glass fibers with both plant-derived and synthet- ic polymers that can be ex- tracted during the recy- cling process and used in a variety of ways. — CNET

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Breast milk helps a baby know what time of day it is.

Melatonin levels secreted in breast milk vary depending on the time of day. This helps the baby know when to sleep/wake up and thus regulate its sleep cycle. Babies who are fed formula have a harder time regulating their sleep cycle and are more prone to col- ic. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — NCBI

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Top scientist admits 'space telescope image' was actually a slice of chorizo.

A space telescope image turned out to be a slice of chorizo. CRACKED.COM The director at France's Al- ternative Energies and Atom- ic Energy Commission apolo- gized after tweeting a photo of a slice of chorizo, claiming it was an image of a distant star taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. — CNN

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Wisconsin activist says he committed voter fraud to expose potential voter fraud.

An activist committed voter fraud to expose potential voter fraud. IC REPUBLICAN DEMOCRATIC OFFICIAL BALLOT 300ml sources MINISTRY ABSENTEE I Harry Wait, the president of Instructions 2 - I - I a . 1 I JOHN your f 1 choice To VODA like a person $ I STATE TREASURES I & I I في bake I F SVB parent Government, said he pean A eno 1 I & by Into : أ DYSTE POR Honest, Open and Trans- you A I change ! Your I BRAD LAGER | i a # a pol I و I successfully ordered absen- for ballos I and PRESIDENT — CNN

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Possums

Possums don't play dead, they actually pass out when confronted. GRACKED.COM They go into shock and faint when con- fronted, involuntarily. They are in a cataton- ic state until they be- come conscious again. — Ripley's

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Steve Carell owns a store in MA.

Steve Carell owns the 158 year old Marshfield Hills General Store in Marshfield Massachusetts. O M CRACKED.COM Carell and his wife, actress Nancy, grew up in Massa- chusetts. Nancy's sister mentioned that the histor- ic general store was up for sale, and Carell cinched a deal to purchase the busi- ness in 2008. — Marshfield Hills General Store

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Hitler loved the movie “King Kong.”

King Kong was Adolf Hitler's favorite movie, despite being censored in Germany. CRACKED COM Nazi Health Officer, Professor Zeiss, didn't like the fact that it showed a blonde women of the German- ic type in the hand on an ape. — Total Film

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The public is bad at spelling "publicly."

Publicly is the most commonly misspelled word in the English language. Eleonora ВПЕД Drimen and mit Schroefter drt S zen, mit roelines - CRACKED COM Public is the only word ending in ic that has ly added to the end as opposed to ally, like in logically. — Source. CNBC

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Porsche gave up on a factory in China because its Chinese buyers don't want cars made there. PORSCHE Jaacs airr ic China is a huge market for Porsche, but the buyers there want cars made in Germany. to them, that's synonymous with quality. So Porsche decided it wouldn't build the — Source: The Drive

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Saved By the Bell

140 141 IC AL The same high school set was used on Saved By The Bell, iCarly, and That's So Raven. This means that same set of lockers first aired in 1989 during Saved By The Bell's heyday, and stayed on the air until iCarly's final season in 2012. CRACKED.COM — Source

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It took 10 years GRACKED.COM (from 1938 to 1948) for the Secrets Service to catch the disgive HUNDRE Mister NOT LEGAL TE If Eight-Eighty ONE PL LAY LA - DOLLARS .. who had 'Wahsington' on his counterfeit $1 bills. That's right. Counterfeit $1 bills. — Source

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CRACKED.COM PLAYBOY - - - - - BOLD - I BACK - PLAYR PL CAMPUS DATE BLK It ... . I i - PLA - - - - - - i I .. - KAN SEX Upon learning that his costar, Julie McCullough had bared it all for Playboy Magazine a few years previously, newly minted Christian Kirk Cameron by his real life girlfriend. demanded she be fired, soon to be replaced — Source

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Norman was a former bodybuilder too, so…

CRACKED STEVEN SPIELBERG WAS DEATHLY AFRAID OF A STALKER. ur R ST PL CC In 1998, Jonathan Norman was sentenced to 25 years in prison for his plot to break into Spielberg's house, and take his family hostage to be with Steven. Spielberg said, I genuinely, in my heart of hearts, believe that I would have been raped or maimed or killed. — LA Times / Deadline

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Don’t Duck with the Ocean.

Don't bring your pool toys to the beach, or you might end up like these guys. Three guys got swept away in the ocean while riding a huge inflatable duck near England's coast. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is now, reasonably, warning people not to bring inflatable pool toys to the beach. PL H RNLI ALL RNLI ANLI CRACKED — Matthew Rowe/RNLI (via UPI.com)
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TV

YOUNG INVENTORS A KID INVENTED TV (SO WE CAN ALL WATCH TOO MUCH TV). 15-year-old Philo Farnsworth came up with diagrams on how to make an actual electronic TV system. In 1921. By 1927, he had created an image dissector that could indeed transmit images. Later, he developed a complete TV system, camera and all. VHE 13 86OL 12 17 - PICTURE UHF -88 PL ASTOJATI SOLID STATE HUE COLOR - CRACKED.COM — KsanderDN/Shutterstock
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People were complaining about socialized medicine 80 years ago.

Fluoride was criticized as socialized medicine back in the mid 20th century. Colgate 10 and 9) Duraphat® un zr ZUO kau PL 00049/0042 Sodium fluoride 50 mg/ 8201.51 5/02 Ce Holder Colgate to lear adid 25.0-45731 Wa tre o by Pharbil Waitro GRAGKED.COM When fluoride was first in- troduced to American wa- ter supplies, it was criti- cized as a Communist plot to socialize medicine and deplete the brain power of American children. — Hydration Anywhere

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PL Travers / Mary Poppins

PL Travers was pretty disappointed by the movie version of Mary Poppins. After the premiere, she found Walt Disney at the after-party and told him Well, the first thing that has to go is the animation sequence. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Writers Who Hate Movie Adaptations Of Their Work

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Native English speakers unconsciously follow a specific order when arranging adjectives.

Unconsciously, native English speakers say adjectives preceding nouns in a specific order. I I une sotropous elasticity protons or I I such in edi BM FSF 180 of tropy Israel. -n. pl-lin or adi isotop hav 3 1 ٢٠٠ harm ozi OF prejudic register descent n from Jacob; a Hebrew the Bible a member of form equal OC 2020 20 magazine subject & requiring or newspaper. a decision a Z a topic of interest OF disney combining - a connecting on punding 22 Law or giving the descendants out something of - line 2 dew J Physics any of — QZ

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PL get the party started P!NK'S 2001 SMASH HIT, 'GET THE PARTY STARTED' WAS WRITTEN BY 4 NON BLONDES FRONTWOMAN LINDA PERRY DURING A WEIRD PHASE CRACKED.COM — 20 Eyebrow-Arching Authors Of Famous Songs

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THE CANTINA IS BASICALLY RICK'S CAFE FROM CASABLANCA. lllustrator Ralph McQuarrie came up with the idea to take Rick's Cafe and put it on a faraway pl

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Daryl Davis owns over 20 Ku Klux Klan robes. Their original owners gave them to him as a gesture of friendship. Davis is a musician, and in 1983 he pl

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We might not agree on whether Pluto's a planet but we all know it's blue, right? Wrong. It's brown. NASA'S New Horizons spacecraft recently reached Pl

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