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45 Random Bits of Trivia That Just Hatched in the Nest of Knowledge

October 12, 2024

In this fun little analogy of a nest of knowledge, which sounds like an epic ancient term of some kind, our brain will be the tree. These little hatchling facts are up in our knowledge nest, and they need to fly over to yours.

So if you just wait a few minutes to read these facts, it’ll give them time to learn to fly. Thank you for your patience.

Okay… Here they come!

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Awkward Bezos-Goodell handshake.

(5 ST CRACKED 7 م 8 15 ANSP CIT BL S 1 In 2022 in Kansas City, JEFF BEZOS got a lot of criticism on Twitter for his awkward handshake and conversation with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. It's as if he doesn't know how to human. — TheGunzShow/Twitter (via OutKick)
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Man, people love their dogs.

CRACKED SELLING DOG GOGGLES. After the sun got in her dog's eyes while playing frisbee, Roni Di Lullo invented dog-specific goggles (Doggles) and secured a patent. Now, more than $3 million of Doggles are sold annually. Available Now! DogglesILS™ 100%UVProtection -InterchangeableLenses Anti-Shatter - Anti-Fog Shop Here 10 U BL SHA PR — Doggles

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Richard Lee McNair

Richard Lee McNair, a convicted murderer, was a prison escapee who managed to convince an apprehending officer that he was a jogger. 113°F CARL BORDELON BL-3 16:08:09 4/05/06 WED MIC-ON 7:50 The cop commented on McNair's rugged appearance and how he was matching up to description, but didn't seem to catch on to his odd decision to go jogging on a hot day, or that McNair had given him two different aliases: Richard Jones and Jimmy Jones. After 10 minutes, the cop bid McNair to be careful and let him go. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Keystone Cops Moments That Let Criminals Go Free

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Pornographic websites were displayed on car charging ports.

WEIRD WORLD Electric vehicle charging points in a small island's car parks were hacked to show porn. PLUC- VEHICLE ONLY HOME PARKING ONLY PODES NO سلا K ALL SMIT is - - SAUDI = IND EXIT like BIG PSC zipcars The have Z Isle of Wight has three charge points for electric vehicles, which display the network's own website but were hacked and redirected to a porn site instead. CRACKED.COM — BBC

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45 Random Bits of Trivia That Just Hatched in the Nest of Knowledge — Source: Your Mileage May Vary

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WEIRD WORLD A 105-year-old just set a world record in running (but she's not thrilled about it). COSMA 201 - - THE TPK KITCH INE IND You'd think she'd be over the moon, but she says she wanted to do it in less than a minute. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Pirates

IND Pirates' loot was mostly stuff like food and fabric, which they almost never stashed in buried chests. Burying that loot would ruin it, and anyway

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Jon Favreau

CRACKED.COM STUDIO RO MORT by Quicken AVENG INFINITY MARVEL NI THE D 2 20 S oz 2 celebrities who play D&D & 14 9 14 R ? 9 Jon Favreau 2 20 V CC 20 1 8 bl 2 14 Favreau was a big geek in high school, C 2 10 20 : 2 20 io 8 2 91 playing as a halfling with his friends. Не credits D&D with helping his improv training and developing movies for Marvel and Disney. — Sources: Jimmy Kimmel Live/YouTube, The Hollywood Reporter

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Wine starter kits were sold during prohibition to get around alcohol bans.

During prohibition, grape farmers would make semi-solid grape concentrates called wine bricks. CRACKED.COM DOMENIILE BL They were then sold with the warning: After dissolving the brick in a gallon of water, do not place the liquid in a jug away in the cupboard for 20 days because then it would turn into wine. — Napa Valley Register

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COMEDY DE NERD CRACKED.COM Eddie Murphy R BL-S B FAMWORKS ek F L ST V AFTER Eddie Murphy has only a single Emmy win, though in his case that might BE attributed to a meteoric rise to A-List film star. Another win on a later hosting stint, Murphy picked up an Emmy for his performance hosting SNL in the year 2020.

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MARTIN SHEEN APOCALYPSE NOW In a scene where a drunk Captain Williard trashes his hotel room, Sheen was actually plastered. He couldn't believe the bl — YouTube

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45 Random Bits of Trivia That Just Hatched in the Nest of Knowledge — Source: YouTube

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Roy Batty's dying monologue in Blade Runner was originally very, very long. It had stuff like I've felt wind in my hair, riding test boats off the bl — Source: 5 Classic Pop Culture Moments (Actors Made Up on the Fly)

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Mongol attackers seized Caffa by catapulting dead bodies at the defending army The Golden Horde of Mongols, led by Khan Jani Beg, attacked Caffa, a Bl — Source: CDC.gov

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JAMES DOOHAN SERVED IN WORLD WAR Il. He was shot six times on D-Day: four in the leg, one in the chest (stopped by a metal cigarette case), and one bl — Source: Star Trek

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TINDER HAS BEEN A MAJOR SOURCE OF CORONAVIRUS NEWS. Yeah. we are encouraged to stay indoors All the transportations are unavailable The bridges are bl — Source: Buzzfeed News

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RUSSIA MADE RETURN OF THE JEDI LOOK LIKE A GRITTY REBOOT OF SESAME STREET. 3BE3AHbIE 0 H bl TANAKTNYECKNA BECTEPH- NPOM3BOOCTBO- CLA ABTOP CUEHAP PEXW

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In order to avoid price-gouging, fans, and journalists, Lucasfilm convinced everybody they were shootinga a CRAU horror film called Blue Harvest... BL

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FETTERMAN: SUITS OPTIONAL. NGI a 3 Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) got some heat from conservatives for wearing shorts and a hoodie to a press conference in the Senate. Everyone else was dressed up in suits and ties, but Fetterman decided to go for a more casual look. CRACKED — Source

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STUDENT SUSPENDED FOR EXPOSING TEACHER'S RACISM. A student at a high school in Springfield, Missouri was given a three-day suspension on May 15, 2023 after they recorded a teacher using a racial slur during class. CRACKED — Source

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DOCTOR GETS THE CHOP FOR ASKING JANITOR TO HELP WITH TOE-ECTOMY. A doctor in Germany got das boot from a hospital after he asked a janitor to help him with cutting off a patient's toe. Apparently, no actually qualified assistants were around. CRACKED — Source

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911 DEPARTMENT LAUREN BOEBERT'S SON CALLED 911, BUT SHE TOLD THE DISPATCHER NOT TO BOTHER. In December 2022, Rep. Boebert's son called 911 because his dad, her husband at the time, was getting physical with him. She got on the phone and told the dispatcher that he didn't need help, but eventually let the officers come. CRACKED — Source

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CANADIAN WOMAN WINS CHEESE ROLLING RACE (DESPITE BEING KNOCKED OUT). Plimp Pun supplies supplie A woman from Canada was victorious in the women's downhill race at the UK cheese rolling event, even though she got knocked out during the race. Follow your dreams. CRACKED — Source

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DESANTIS' FIRST PICK FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT: AN ACCUSED MURDERER. Governor DeSantis' first pick for law enforcement in 2019 was Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony. It turned out that Tony was charged with murder, and lied about it on his law enforcement documents. CRACKED — Source

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LAWYER GETS CAUGHT USING AI FOR LEGAL RESEARCH. A lawyer in the U.S. confessed to using ChatGPT for their legal research. It was so bad that there's going to be a court hearing to decide if they should be punished. CRACKED — Source

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SOMEONE GOT AWAY WITH DUMPING 500 POUNDS OF PASTA IN THE WOODS. In April 2023, an unnamed person who had a history of mental illness was not charged for dumping 500 pounds of pasta in the woods of Old Bridge, New Jersey. CRACKED — Source

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HOPING FOR A DEATH IN THE FAMILY TO AFFORD A PLACE TO LIVE. In Birmingham, England, young adults in Will and dult their 20s and 30s are so desperate for a place to live, they are kind of hoping a loved one will pass away so they can inherit some money to afford it. CRACKED — Source

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OFFICIAL DRAINS OVER 500,000 GALLONS OF WATER TO FIND HIS PHONE. In May 2023, an Indian official got in trouble for draining water from a reservoir to look for his phone that he had dropped while taking a selfie with his buddies. CRACKED — Source

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Short sleepers function the same off of 4-6 hours of sleep as a typical individual getting 8. GRACKED.COM Natural short sleepers re- mained a mystery until 2009, when a study dis- covered that people who had inherited a particular mutation in a gene called DEC2 averaged only 6.25 hours of sleep per night. — Source

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In order to quickly identify the training of their mules in a herd, the US Army shaved bells into the tail. CRACKED.COM One bell meant the animal could pack, two meant it could pack & & drive, and three meant it was also broken to ride. — Source

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Hollywood legend Shirley MacLaine played baseball on an all-boys team. GRACKED.COM MacLaine played baseball for an all-boys team in the '40s and held the record for most home runs, earning her the nickname 'powerhouse.' She originally wanted to be a bal- lerina, but her height made it difficult. — Source

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The country now known as Vietnam wanted to be called Nam Viêt. VIBion VIBook mL WEL APEC VIE CRACKED COM In the 1800s, Vietnam asked the Qing dynasty to change their name to Nam Viet. The dynas- ty said no, and changed their name to Viet Nam instead. — Source

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The earliest Sony Walkman models had two separate headphone jacks labeled guys and dolls. SONY AUTO REVERSE 20PRESETS AVLS ISUAR MANGTE TUNING 2 3 5 4 CRACKED.COM In addition to two head- phone jacks, it featured a button where the two people listening could talk to each other, or sing along with each other, on a microphone. — Source

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Harmful bacteria can survive being frozen. CRACKED COM Common misconceptions are that ice is too cold to harbor bacteria, but bac- teria that can cause seri- ous harm to humans are able to survive the freez- ing process. — Source

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The US has been flying specialized planes into hurricanes since the 1940s. CRACKED.COM They send special planes into the eyes of hurricanes to track their path, flying through them continuously, for the duration of the storm, in order to precisely locate the eye. It's called 'fixing the eye.' — Source

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Nostalgia was originally classified as a mental disorder. COTH GRACKED.COM The disease was similar to paranoia, except the suf- ferer was manic with long- ing, not perceived perse- cution, and similar to mel- ancholy, except specific to an object or place. — Source

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Feral wallabies live in parts of Hawaii. CRACKED.COM In 1916, a small population of brush-tailed rock-walla- by managed to escape a Hawaiian ZOO. As these ani- mals bred outside in the wild, a feral population of these creatures was estab- lished. — Source

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Inmate in Georgia’s maximum security prison accused of impersonating billionaires to steal millions.

An inmate at a Georgia maximum security prison stole millions by pretending to be a billionaire. CRACKED.COM Arthur Lee Cofield Jr. as- sumed the identity of Cali- fornia billionaire Sidney Kimmel and stole $11 million from her Charles Schwab account and converted them to 6,106 American Ea- gle one-ounce gold coins. — AJC / Wikipedia

6

Lea Michele says of course she can read, she was on Glee.

'Glee' star Lea Michele says she really can read and write, despite rumors to the contrary. CRACKED.COM I went to Glee every sin- gle day; I knew my lines every single day, she said. And then there's a rumor online that I can't read or write? It's sad. It really is. — AV Club

5

Former Philly restaurant server ordered to pay $84M for massacre of 600 civilians.

A 68-year-old former Philly server has to pay $84 million for a massacre during the Liberian civil war. GRACKED.COM Moses Thomas was identi- fied as the commander who led the 1990 slaughter at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, an incident de- scribed as the worst sin- gle episode of the war. — Inquirer

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There are 53 supernovas exploding every second.

Supernovae explode on an average once every 100 years in a galaxy. CRACKED.COM Assuming there are 170 billion galaxies in the universe, there are 53 supernovae exploding every sin- gle second. — The Guardian

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It takes four times as much water to make a pound of milk.

Dairy COWS drink up to 50 gallons of water per day. CRACKED.COM Four to four-and-a-half pounds of water are needed in order for a COW to produce a sin- gle pound of milk. — UKY

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Barry Manilow wrote the Band-Aid jingle.

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Eagles can make a meal out of animals as big as deer.

An eagle can attack, kill, and carry away an animal as large as a small deer. CRACKED.COM Only a fully grown ea- gle can, as its toes and legs are strong enough to firmly hold and bear the weight of the heavy prey. — National Geographic

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