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

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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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

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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