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October 13, 2024

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All poop generated aboard US Navy's newest aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford will be vaporized by plasma. CRACKED.COM The Plasma Arc Waste Destruction System (PAWDS) being used will treat all combusti- ble solid waste gener- ated on board the ship. — Source

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Your fruit juice contains arsenic. 100% JUICE 130% Vitamin C FLAVOREO BLE 33 OF APPLE PINEARL As 150 GRAPE, MANGO AND Arsenic ES JUICE FROM CONCENTRAT

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Qui-Gon Jinn's communicator was called a Hush-98 Comlink. In our galaxy, it's called a Gillette Sensor-Excel for Women. Which explains why his beard was so neat. CRACKED.COM http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Hush-98_comlink — Source

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Gin and tonic started off as an anti-malaria cocktail. CRACKED.COM British colonials in India used gin to cover the bitter taste of tonic water, which was initially marketed as a means of delivering qui- nine to consumers in order to offer anti-malarial pro- tection. — Source

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Keya Morgan

CRACKED MARVEL SILLES AVENGERS INFINITY MA J CO WA ST AVE INFINI MARVEL COMI MO ST U by Qui AVI INFI MARVE VEN FINT STAN LEE'S MANAGER ABUSED AND DEFRAUDED HIM Keya Morgan, Stan Lee's former manager, was accused of mistreating the late comic book legend when he was 95 years old. Не faced five charges, including false imprisonment, fraud and forgery. — ABC

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On American game shows, it is assumed that the audience will always help contestants, but this is not the case in other countries. Ov'est-ce qui givit

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CRACKED QUIBI Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman started Quibi, a mobile-focused streaming service, and got a lot of money from different investors. Despite all the money and the famous people involved, Quibi had to close down after 6 months (or approximately 26,000 Quibis, a unit of time they really thought would catch on). Quibi Qu $2 billion Q sundance Q sund institute Quil ibi sund O Qui — Source

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Mathematicians' job growth will be over 5 times higher than the average als occupation's. 1 rez or M Rt-2+ 1L-2 I Al Aé-2 LATHEA M im2 4 R imb_1 AUAD RLM ALA, Al-21 ما B3-, TRUE le + Qu GB12 m Le e I I AlizAlon A LMN ok The Bureau of Labor Statistics expects An-1 job growth for mathematicians between 2018 and 2028 to be 26%. The average for all occupations is 5%. Why? Businesses now have so much data that's so complex, they need mathematicians to analyze it (even statisticians aren't cutting it anymore). CRACKED.COM — Source

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JOHN QU ADAMS SKINNY DIPPING CRACKEDCO This wasn't a one-time drunken bender. Our sixth president did a nude, early-morning wade through the Potomac on the daily. A female reporter who couldn't get an interview showed up one morning and sat on his clothes until he agreed to answer a — History of Old

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The term 'military grade' doesn't mean what you think it does. To the actual military, it means meeting bare-minimum requirements & doesn't signify qu — Source: MEL Magazine

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Vanilla

Vanilla Ice was the sixth- fastest jet skier in the world. This was in the '90s, after his lce, lce Baby fame had died down. He attained his rank qu — Source: 6 Surprising Talents Celebrities Are Hiding From The World

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This woman controls your sex life LISTED LTED NYSE NYSE JPMORGAN CHASE & Ca POlagites QU THES CNBC MATCH GROUP CEO @ POST 9 EXCLUSIVE CNBC Amanda Gins

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GRACKED COYOTE UGLY: INSPIRED BY A GQ ARTICLE. QX16-03 CP44270 GH 467C 15-2038 WE DON'TAL De SPETITE ESTO NO The movie Coyote Ugly was inspired by a GQ article written in 1997 by Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert. The article was about her time working as a bartender at the Village Idiot, a dive bar in the East Village of New York City. — Source

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A Twist In Time.

MYTH 420 stems from a municipal penal code for marijuana use. x HI GH FACT 420 started as an in-joke for students at San Rafael High School in California, regarding the time of the day they would all meet up to smoke weed. CRACKED — Canna Obscura/Shutterstock
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John Corbett and Во Derek

After 20 years of dating, John Corbett and Во Derek got married secretly. EN SXF AY L E GH E We're pretty private people, we didn't make an announcement, all our friends and family knew but this is the first time either one of us has said anything publicly about it because really we haven't had an opportunity, Corbett said on a talk show. CRACKED.COM — Source

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ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT NODS FROZEN Orig BANANA gh for GRACKED.COM It's impossible to see Jason Bateman and not think about Arrested Development. In Ozark, Marty stuffs cash into the resort walls like George Sr. did in the banana stand, and Marty's knowledge of Maritime Law reminds us of his time on the Queen Mary. — Source: mentalfloss

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Ghostbusters

GH STBUSTERS Our introduction to Peter Venkman is a test that seemingly involves torturing grad students. ВЗАЯ This is a nod to the Milgram Experiment. A test disguised as a learning exercise, but really made to test how willing people were to hurt one another. CRACKED COM — 22 Real-Life Inspirations For Your Favorite Movie & TV Moments

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GLENN HODDLE, a famous English middle-fielder and coach, was sacked from the national team after uttering terrible comments about people with disabilities: GH 'Some people have not been born like that for a reason. The karma is working from another lifetime. I have nothing to hide about that. It is not only people with disabilities. What you SOW you reap.' CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Celebs Whose Careers Imploded, Hard

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G.I. Joe

Springfield, IL officially honored Cobra Commander. As Springfield was hosting a big G.I. Joe convention in 2015, the event was celebrated by handing the keys to the city to the show's villain. It kinda checks out, Considering Illinois' long history of government corruption. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM In Canada, you can get ketchup chips everywhere. Lay's Claim e LOADS OF KETCHUP Ketchup PLEINES DE FLAVOUN SAVEUR KETCHUP IL لا 200 g - - . 40 FLAVOUR SAVEUR SMILÉE They taste like everything that's in ketchup, without ketchup's gooey wetness. — Source

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Kim Jong-Il bought an entire brewery in England and shipped it piece by piece to North Korea. Jong-Il planned to re-use equipment from the Ush- ers plant, purchased for £1.5 million, to build a gi- ant new brewery on the outskirts of its capital, Pyongyang. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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32 In Mission 6 of Halo 4, you'll find two marines standing near a forklift. If you wait around long enough, they 'Il begin talking, and you'll hear the voices of Conan O'Brien and Andy Richter. CRACKED COM — Source

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Monkeypox

CRACKED THE WHO IS ADDRESSING MONKEYPOX (BY REBRANDING IT). The World Health Organization announced that they're changing the name of monkeypox to mpox, in order to reduce stigma and discrimination associated with it. We feel better already! il il - un = il Y - = باب - World Health ealth World Health World Health World Health VOS ation Organization Organization Organization Organization il = 00km التناسب = il - - World ealth World ealth VO Organ tion Org = = DE Dr Maria Van Kerkhove Dr Michael J. Ryan Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus WHO DIRECTOR GENERAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TECHNICAL — CNN / NPR

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The Boondock Saints

April on HBOMAX April 1 The Boondock saints Il Director Troy Duffy has called Keanu Reeves a punk, and Ethan Hawke a talentless fool. You can see that in Overnight, the documentary about the making of The Boondocks Saints. CRACKED.COM — Source: Rotten Tomatoes

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Bill Murray This ghostbuster graduated in 1968 from Loyola Academy in Wilmette, IL. He was an active member of the school's chess team. GRACKED.COM — source: classmates.com

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Originally, Marlon Brando was going to have a cameo in The Godfather Part IL. He was scheduled to appear for one day of shooting, but didn't show up, apparently because of a financial dispute with the studioc so the flashback scene was rewritten at the last second. CRACKED.COM — Source: IndieWire

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Airplane Il: The Sequel They teased AIRPLANE Ill post-credits, but Robert Hays (Captain Striker) explained that he pulled the plug because sequels wer

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A Quiet Place Part IL APRIL 23 CRACKED COM This sequel is guaranteed to be even quieter than the first. (Not really, but there's a baby in this one th

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Come on in, take a load off!

Burger King is banned from operating within 20 miles of Matoon, IL BURGER KING DBCHEESESURGERST WALE PRICE ca Cela A distinct, family-owned Burger Kin — Source: Atlas Obscura

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IL Fiw Hls wel shs ore phrle d heme Randhen hn HlanG inhani i- er oedHoreve BELIEF: July 4th was the day the US declared independence from Great Brita — Source: Constitution Center

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The Hells Angels

THE HELLS ANGELS WERE ORIGINALLY A VETERANS CLUB. Motorcycle gangs were at first just bored World War Il veterans who got cheap Army surplus bikes and — More: Bad Groups That Weren't Evil Originally

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World War II

1950s- Last veterans die, aged over 100 World War II 1939-1945 PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT IN THE CIVL WAR WERE STILL ALIVE AT THE TIME OF WORLD WAR Il. Civil W

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During World War IL, the British invented and smuggled strong itching powder into the Third Reich. The powder Was applied to the underclothes of Nazi

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CRACKED UB PRE THE NATI L P PRESS C В $8 BILLION BECAUSE OF A MERGER Ted Turner saw a huge financial loss of around $8 billion after America Online and Time Warner merged in 2001. Не had massive holdings of the new company's stock, and its price absolutely plummeted. — Source

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Ub Iwerks invented Mickey Mouse. Besides creating the character, he also animated Mickey's first five cartoons. But he just wasn't all that funny, and was pretty shy. So he stepped back and concentrated on solving technical problems, while Disney got all the attention and credit. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Breakfast Club

May on hulu CHAMPIO UB May 1 The Breakfast Club Rick Moranis was originally cast as the janitor. Не apparently wanted to play the role with a Russian accent, but was ultimately replaced due to creative differences. CRACKED.COM — Source: Mental Floss

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The Periodic Table

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SPINAL TAP YOU MAY NOT FEED THE ANIMALI TANY BECENTE A BAL AMISE vo EXEP - HEALTHI foco www 10 for An RESIDE - THRU NAMES - ALT - in PUBLIC ЕЯТА FUTURE I UB CRACKED.COM While the final Spinal Tap cut was a tidy 82 minutes, there were more than 100 hours of improvised goofiness left on the cutting room floor. In this deleted ZOO discussion, we learn that apes are primarily bread eaters and not a soup-eating species. They can also say simple things such as Can I have more bread? — YouTube

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