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37 Random Bits of Trivia That Kindly Led Us Out of the Ignorance Maze

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37 Random Bits of Trivia That Kindly Led Us Out of the Ignorance Maze

October 21, 2024

Well, we just got out of quite the predicament. A kind soul asked us a question that we swear we knew but couldn’t recall at the moment. It was terrifying. All we could do was keep thinking, “Has our knowledge of random facts failed us? What’s the point of knowing all these fun little tidbits if we can’t regurgitate them at a moment’s notice?”

Then we realized that we just know so many facts that some older ones get pushed to the back. After a little reorganizing, we gave them the answer and saved face.

Here’s a bunch of other ones we found while digging around back there…

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One of Jason Alexander's favorite Seinfeld moments came at the end of The Marine Biologist. The first draft of the ending didn't impress the live au

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Max Hamburgers was the first hamburger restaurant to ever out-compete McDonald's. MAX - au SANNER # FRIENDS The Swedish burger joint has driven several McDonald's out of business in Sweden. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The experiment that ultimately became the basis for cochlear implants involves a cat hooked up to a phone. CRACKED.COM In 1929, Princeton re- searchers opened a cat's skull and connected its au- ditory nerve to a tele- phone. When one re- searcher spoke in the cat's ear, the other could hear it through the receiver. — Source

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CRACKED TINA FEY'S ANCESTOR HAS ART IN THE MET. Her 5th great-grandfather John Hewson was a master quilt-maker whose work hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. To this day, textile historians study his work. au ESTD H 19 ork stage IW Ш — Source

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Jessica Biel

Jessica Biel launched a fancy restaurant for rich kids. Her place, Au Fudge, offered kid favorites like banana sandwiches with almond butter? Well, there was a creative space that looked, uh, like a trendy startup office - kids love that, right? Mysteriously, Au Fudge didn't make any money. They closed after two years. CRACKED.COM — Source: Projects That Celebrities Definitely Didn't Think Through

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CRACKED.COM In Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the cloud that surrounds V'ger is stated to be 82 AU across. That is more than the distance FROM THE SUN TO PLUTO AND BACK. It was scaled back to only 2 AU (twice the Earth's distance to the Sun) in the special edition DVD. — Stats That Will Change How You View Fictional Worlds

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Reservoir Dogs' title came from a video store customer mangling a movie's name. When Tarantino worked as a video store clerk, someone asked for Au Revoir les Enfants but pronounced it like Reservoir Dogs -. apparently, the memory of that stuck with Tarantino for years. — Source: Variety

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celebrity Hobbies M ON scurves David Arquette little CARDO research loves to knit. Alv Edular The Scream star and occasional pro wrestler learned to knit from his grandmother.. He's so good that he graves the cover of Celebrity Scarves 2, a knitting book that raises money for breast cancer research. CRACKED.COM — Source

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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

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Hobbies older than we knew Very early CE Shopping Ancient Rome was a bustling city of one million in early CE, with shops and workshops lining the streets. The poet Martial said it looked like one big shop, until Domitian banned it. CRACKED — Source

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Old Hobbies

Hobbies older than we knew Drinking in a bar Before Christ Roman expansion into Celtic Europe brought taverns, which served as hostels and restaurants. They eventually became a spot for locals to chat about politics, business, and family. CRACKED — Source

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celebrity Hobbies simon cowell loves watching cartoons! The hard to impress X Factor judge is a kid at heart when it comes to TV, preferring to start his morning by watching classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Susan Sarandon

celebrity Hobbies susan sarandon will school you at ping pong. The Oscar winner is a huge fan, as it's a game that people of any size, age, or gender can play competitively against one another. She even supports a program that brings ping pong tables to underprivileged schools. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED SHEEP FIGHTING Sheep fighting is still popular among the younger generation in Algeria, even though it's technically illegal. It's like cockfighting, but a bit more sedate, and authorities usually turn a blind eye to it. — Source

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CRACKED DAGGERING Daggering is a dance popular in Jamaica. It looks like rhythmic dry-humping, and daggering music has been banned from broadcast because of how explicit it is. It's caused a lot of serious injuries, including (don't laugh) broken penises. — Source

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CRACKED NUKE-WATCHING PICNICS In the 1950s, people in Nevada used to go on trips to places near ground zero of atomic explosions. They'd bring atomic box lunches and have picnics (although Uncle Sam wouldn't let them get too close). — Source

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GRACKED ROBBING BANKS WITH BAD HANDWRITING M nt esse & Leip Derful k PPT trat me tu Le will PC a 1 I for t 5 6 on ، lerrn a In 2021, a 67-year-old retired Brit tried to rob three banks in Eastbourne and Hastings with a note he wrote himself. But the first bank couldn't make out what it said because of his bad handwriting, so he left without getting anything. — Sussex Express / Twitter

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Toilet Paper Mask

CRACKED ROBBERY WITH A TP MASK A guy in Nashville, Tennessee held up a gas station while wearing a mask made out of toilet paper. The police, for somewhat mystifying reasons, later went through the store's security footage to see if they could figure out who it was. — AP / Super Lucky

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Balenciaga Collaboration

CRACKED tHe SIMPSONS TM THe SUMPSONS THE SIMPSONS' BALENCIAGA COLLAB Balenciaga's Simpsons collaboration has tees, hats, hoodies, keychains and more, from $260 to $2,450. Really, something for everyone, if you have $260+ for everyday accessories - but hey, if you think that's too much, you could get the t-shirt for $650. — Variety

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Mice don't love cheese. Like us, they actually think the smells of some cheeses are really gross and prefer sugary snacks. Remember what happens if you give a mouse a cookie. CRACKED — Billion Photos/Shutterstock
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The Inspiration For Goodman's Hair CRACKED.COM In the Dodgeball commentary, Stiller admitted he based White Goodman's hairstyle on Patrick Swayze from Roadhouse. Thurb- er described it as a super quaffed power mullet. Coinci- dentally, the super quaffed power mullet is also a move in the Kama Sutra. — FilmSchoolRejects

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Shell Shock

Soldiers with Shell Shock during WWI were executed for cowardice. GRAGKED.COM During World War 1, the British executed soldiers inflicted with Shell Shock (Combat Stress Disorder) on the basis of cowardice because Shell Shock wasn't considered a psychiatric disorder. — PBS

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The Battle of Blackwater Bay

The Battle of Blackwater Bay may have had a real world counterpart. Omme fracture A One . name ande C. dos S.Maria M - magness pentically Jominam - eda I - Comme - Yama home siment . related JABA ashing : : New Assorgic in your / K. since again Qualityes - نة - 1 Lidrian pressure - para .. alimen The - when mpan infecter Done - are of - impulse CRACKED COM Instead of using the fictional 'wildfire,' Hellburners were 16th-century fire-ships whose decks were filled with gunpowder sandwiched between bricks and tombstones. They are considered to — Of Arms and Men: A History of War, Weapons, and Aggression

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Vermont

The tallest building in Vermont is only 11 floors tall. CRACKED GOM Decker Towers, an extremely unimpressive, beige apartment buiildiong, was constructed in 1971 in Burlington. The Towers caught on fire on February 17, 2010, due to careless smoking, and are now smoke-free. — Burlington Housing Authority

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MYTH: SHAVING OFF HAIR MAKES IT GROW BACK DARKER AND COARSER. FACT: SHAVING Doesn'T CHANGE HAIR TEXTURE. Facial and body hair is slightly tapered at the end. When you shave it, you're chopping it mid-strand and giving it a blunt tip. That tip might feel coarse or rough for a little while as your hair grows out. But even though the hair might be more noticeable and look darker or thicker, it isn't. CRACKED.COM http://www. mayoclinic org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/expert-answers/hair-removal/faq-20058427 — Source: 12 Creepy Urban Legends (That Are True)

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The element that holds the distinction of the world's highest boiling point is Rhenium. Boiling at roughly 10, 100 degrees Fahrenheit, it's also one of the world's worst things to try to cook ramen in. CRACKED.COM — Source: Wikipedia

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THE HURT LOCKER PRODUCER WAS BANNED FROM THE OSCARS FOR EMAILINGACADEMY MEMBERS, ASKING THEM TO VOTE FOR THE MOVIE. Nicolas Chartier not only urged people to vote for his movie, but not a $500 million film, a clear reference to their competition. — The Guardian

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THE COLOR PURPLE RECEIVED 11 AND WON ZERO. E Steven Spielberg wasn't nominated for Best Director, and Out of Africa took home most of the awards at the 1986 ceremony. — Alt Film Guide

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HARVEY WEINSTEIN USED TO PAY ACADEMY MEMBERS TO TELL OTHER MEMBERS HOW GREAT HIS MOVIES WERE. He also threw parties for Academy members, which weren't allowed, and he paid publicists to dunk on Saving Private Ryan when it was up against his movie Shakespeare in Love in 1999. When his — 7 Tales Of Madness From Behind The Scenes At The Oscars

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AT A GLANCE KEANU REEVES He defends his performance in Bram Stoker's Dracula Reeves admits the reviews were negative but says, I don't know, I think I work in it! It's a wacky movie! CRACKED COM — Source: Total Film

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KELLYANNE CONWAY Conway delivered cringey comedy competing at 1998's D.C.'s Funniest Celebrity charity event. Her that's-50-90s set featured rib-ticklers about Ally McBeal and Monica Lewinsky. She went on to do funnier work in the Trump administration. — Digg

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CHANGE WHAT YOU CAN, AND BLAME YOUR PARENTS FOR THE REST. Both environmental and genetic factors contribute to your proactivity at work. — Source: EurekAlert

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37 Random Bits of Trivia That Kindly Led Us Out of the Ignorance Maze — Source: SteveJobs.com

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Shakespeare is highbrow today, but the bard wasn't above making yo mama'': jokes. I CHIRON Thou hast undone our mother. AARON Villain, I have done t

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Doctor, doctor jokes go back to Roman times. Doctor, when I awake from sleep I have a dizziness for half hour. an The physician replied, Awake afte

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Wolverine

CRACKED.COM THE WOLVERINE SET IN: JAPAN FILMED IN: SYDNEY t Not only was the Japanese garden scene in The Wolverine not filmed in Japan, it wasn't eve

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RESIDENT EVIL: APOCAL! SET IN: AMERICAN MIDWEST FILMED IN: TORONTO Raccoon City is a fictional town in the Midwestern United States. Apparently the ma

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