45 Random Trivia Tidbits That Know Their Multiplication Tables Through Nine

The mystery of Chile’s misspelled coin — revealed

October 20, 2024

With the prevalence of phones and handheld devices, you’d think that kids don’t need to learn multiplication tables anymore. But according to Google, that isn’t true. “Yes, kids are still taught multiplication tables in elementary school and use them throughout their math education.” That’s downright comforting, isn’t it?

How about you? Quick: What’s five times nine?

We don’t want to give you too much help with that answer, but let’s just say that the number of trivia tidbits below weren’t chosen by happenstance.

A drunk gunman fired a hole in the Alaskan pipeline.

A drunk person shot a hole in the Alaskan oil pipeline. 562 CRACKED.COM Clean up involved digging ditches and holes to cap- ture the oil, which was be- ing vacuumed into trucks. Daniel Carson Lewis had to pay for the $17 million cleanups and received 16 years in jail. — Juneau Empire

Adidas acquired their design with whiskey.

High Snobiety

“Pretty Woman” was going to be a lot darker before Disney came in.

The original ending of Pretty Woman was much darker. CRACKED COM Originally titled 3,000, the movie ended with Julia Rob- erts' character being tossed out of a limo into a dirty alley and thrown $3,000 in cash. The screenplay changed when Disney took over pro- duction. — USA Today

Yeah, honestly don't remember it

Forgotten Rom-Coms Splendor Gritty indie director Gregg Araki turned to quirky fluff territory with this comedy about a girl who ends up in a relationship with two guys. The concept may seem quaint in our time of open relationships, but it hasn't really been explored in actual movies, let alone adorable rom-coms. It's a solid effort (and the soundtrack is awesome). 1999 CRACKED.COM — Source

That sounds like Ernest

Ernest Hemingway survived two plane crashes 24 hours apart. Presumed dead after the second, he emerged from the jungle with a bottle of gin & some ban — Source: Time

An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away (the Doctor Doesn’t See Corpses)

Apple seeds contain amygdalin, which when digested, releases cyanide into the body. You’d have to eat an insane amount of apple seeds to die from it, and it would hurt like hell when you shit, but yeah. Cyanide. Terrifying.

The Rubbery Aniseed Flavor of Night

The only people wandering around eating industrial quantities of black licorice are deep weirdos, but they could be in trouble — it contains a compound called glycyrrhizin, which in high enough quantities can cause a person’s potassium levels to drop dangerously.