43 Random Bits of Trivia That Have Been Sliding Into Our DMs for Years, and We Thought We’d Hear Them Out

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43 Random Bits of Trivia That Have Been Sliding Into Our DMs for Years, and We Thought We’d Hear Them Out

Some random little tidbits with the handle @hotfactsforyou just called us cute and said they want to hang out, so we’re riding pretty high right now. They’re not like those other random facts in our DMs. They’re different. Sure, they just made the account today and only have four photos with six likes each, but we can tell they’re for real. And worst case, we send them a couple hundred bucks and never hear from them again. 

At least we’ll have learned a whole bunch of random facts!

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What a way to find out about a sun allergy.

CRACKED Sun poisoning and a dead cobra on ISHTAR The 1987 movie was shot in the Sahara Desert, where director Elaine May found out she was allergic to the sun. She had to wear bandages completely covering her face. Oh, and a cobra that was supposed to appear in the film died of a heart attack.

Columbia Pictures

Vanity Fair

Not only one of the worst movies of all time, but one of the most lethal.

THE CONQUEROR was the most carcinogenic set of all time They filmed so close to an atomic bomb test site that 91 out of the 220 cast and crew members got cancer later in life. 46 of those, including John Wayne, died from it. Radiologist Dr. Robert Pendleton said, Blame for their exposure on set would hold up in a court of law. CRACKED

RKO Radio Pictures

Intermountain Histories

The United Nations

United Nations forces are often called blue helmets because of their light blue headwear, same as the UN flag. The bright blue also serves to quickly and obviously identify them as UN forces even to faraway snipers. CRACKED.COM

Source: UN

MISSIDN: IMPOSSIBLE RIGUE NATIDN Tom Cruise trained with a professional diver for weeks to learn to hold his breath for around 6 1/2 minutes for an un

Wall-E

UN WIN TRO UEI WALL.E The spaceship's computer in WALL-E was voiced by Sigourney Weaver. Maybe it was to keep aliens away.

Wanda Sykes

Wanda Sykes is an ex-NSA agent. SECURITY AGENCY ONAL * VOIHTWVA OF LINN VIS She had top secret clearance, and she was involved in the Desert Storm ope

This Fact Is One Step Up Knowledge Mountain

Celebrity Endorsements It's-a-me! Pen-él-ope Cruz! Nintendo needed a spokesperson for the DS and thought, Why not a hot movie star? Cruz appeared in several spots for console, and even dressed up as Mario himself. (Hey, it's better than Chris Pratt.) CRACKED.COM

Source: Ad On YouTube

Balenciaga's 'full destroyed' sneakers listed for $1,850.

Balenciaga is selling 'full destroyed' sneakers for $1,850. NEM B GRACKED COM The Paris High Top Sneak- er Full Destroyed from high-end brand Balenciaga look like they were re- trieved from the corpse of a teenage Freddy Krueger victim, and will set you back almost $2k.

Balenciaga

DisNEY CRACKED PIXAR FINDING NEM The release of the film had the opposite effect it vied for. Sales for clown fish hit the roof and there was SO much

Facts to Guide You

Hobbies older than we knew 1869 College football On November 6, 1869, Rutgers beat Princeton 6-4 in the first college football game, which looked more like rugby than today's football. The two New Jersey schools already had a heated rivalry before the game. CRACKED

Source

CRACKED.COM HUNGER GAMES SET IN: PANEM (FUTURISTIC NATION LOCATED IN NORTH AMERICA) FILMED IN: ATLANTA. GEORGIA The Hunger Games takes place in a post

PR agency hires Gen Z cohort and appoints ‘ZEO.’

PR company Edelman hired 100 Gen Z employees to engage the Gen Z consumer. CRACKED.COM The push to understand what moves Gen Z and what loses them is led by the 'ZEO,' gender fluid fashion designer Harris Reed. Is it working, Zoom- ers? Are you buying?

Campaign Asia

The Don’t Say Gay bill was shot down.

The Louisiana 'Don't Say Gay' bill failed 4-7. CRACKED.COM If passed, it would prohibit classroom discussion about sex- ual orientation or gen- der identity in certain grade levels.

WGNO

Arsenal is an artificial intelligence photo-taking assistant. With it, you don't have to worry about lighting and exposure - it determines the optimal
2019 Global Lighthouse Summit RoboBin ParamountAl Redeteg ORGANIC RECYCLE GARBACE ma 5 Canadian university students have created a smart bin that will

Coca-Cola

IN 1994. Coca-COLA TRIED TO APPEAL TO GEN XERS WITH OK SODA, DISTINGUISHED MORE BY ITS DRAB, GRIM CAN DESIGNS THAN BY ITS ODD, CITRUSY TASTE WHICH REA

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