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39 Random Bits of Trivia for Your Brain to Lock Away and Swallow the Key

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Hey there! We’re putting a personal touch on today’s list, so you better look over your shoulder before reading. These aren’t for them. They’re for you! We appreciate your loyal readership and tailored the randomness to your every interest. Originally, we wanted to make it more of a This Is Your Life-type thing where we gave you facts about you. But you know those already, and we thought it would be a tad creepy.

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KUBRICK ALMOST LEFT THE HERE'S JOHNNY! PART OUT. THE SHiNiNG The line was thrown in by Jack Nicholson - and Kubrick, being British, didn't get that it was a reference to The Tonight Show. He came close to cutting out the film's most iconic shot. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Bone-Chilling Behind-The-Scenes Facts About 'The Shining'

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Astronauts didn't really eat astronaut ice cream, or space ice cream, in space. It was created by Whirlpool for NASA's Apollo missions, but records apparently don't clearly show NASA ever actually took it to space. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Weird Things We Never Knew About Ice Cream

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Oxygen masks in airplanes are not connected to oxygen tanks. CRACKED.COM The masks use a chemical reaction from sodium chlorate and barium per- oxide, with less than 1 percent potassium per- chlorate, to produce оху- gen for 12 to 22 minutes. — Source

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NORTH CAROLINA A game of Bingo MAY NOT last longer than 5 hours. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Lone Gunmen

THE LONE GUNMEN CRACKED.COM The ultimate side characters got leading guy status, only to be cancelled after 13 episodes. Show co-creator Vince Gilliga — Time

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A Canadian brewery makes beer with water from before humans invented agriculture. Quidi Vidi Brewery in Newfoundland har- vests water directly from icebergs that are up to 20,000 years old and float down the ar- ea's Iceberg Alley. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — NPR

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Donnie Darko

Patrick Swayze is wearing his own clothes in his scenes in Donnie Darko. He wanted to take a flame-thrower to his image, says director Richard Kelly, and they even filmed all the infomercials on his ranch, too. CRACKED.COM — Source: About.com

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Ryan Gosling

RYAN GOSLING: ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK? 1995 CRACKED.COM A very young, VERY '90s Gosling appears in the kid's show with Gilbert Gottfried. Gosling was in The Mickey Mouse Club with Justin Timberlake prior, but who wasn't? — Source: Mental Floss

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Rats

CRACKED A RAT GOT INTO AN ATM AND ATE $19K WORTH OF BILLS. In 2018, a rat got into an ATM in India, through a tiny hole for cables, and ate up more than $19,000 worth of Indian rupees that were inside. — Source

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WEIRD WORLD A Canadian retreat for sex assault survivors somehow let in a sex offender. Dr. Manulea Joannou Dr. Manuela Joannou, who ran Project Trauma Support, used a retired Canadian Forces major (who was a registered sex offender) as a peer mentor for survivors with PTSD. That was in 2018, and she only apologized in 2021. CRACKED.COM — Source: CBC

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TIME LOOP MOVIES All You Need Is Kin 3 state DE EDGE OF TOMORROW THE MOVIE IS BASED ON A JAPANESE YOUNG ADULT NOVEL. Hiroshi Sakurazaka's All You Need is Kill is darker and more complex than the movie, even adding a tachyon explanation to the time-looping shenanigans. It also explains Rita's giant sword: it's a helicopter blade. CRACKED.COM — Sources: Screen Rant, Cinemablend

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39 Random Bits of Trivia for Your Brain to Lock Away and Swallow the Key — YouTube

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Harry Potter

A minor character in Harry Potter is a tribute to a real fan. Harly Potter AND GOBLET THe FIRE OF In 1999 when she was still a hero to children everywhere, J.K. Rowling received a communication about a fan with Leukemia named Natalie. Rowling responded with the future storylines — Source: BuzzFeed

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An Oregon guy sued Michael Jordan over his resemblance to him. JORDAN LOOK-ALIKE? MICHAEL ALLEN JORDAN HECKARD Allen Heckard sued Jordan for $416 million because, he said, being mistaken for Jordan all the time caused him emotional pain and defamation. CRACKED.COM — Source: TIME

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Klondike discontinued the Choco Taco to meet demand for their full portfolio. CRACKED.COM Unilever had to make some difficult choices regarding their product line to en- sure availability of their full portfolio nationwide, meaning the Mexican cui- sine inspired treat will be taken off shelves. — NY Times

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There's a pretty easy way to open your prescription bottle that you might not know. When you have it open once, you can just flip the lid and put it back on that way, you won't have to remove the ribbed base again. CRACKED.COM — Source: Yahoo

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CRACKED.COM The Big Lebowski Maude Lebowski's accent is not an accent. The first time I did it, Ethan said to me, 'I love that boarding-school accent you do, Julianne Moore said. I told him it wasn't an accent, it was an affectation. — 7X7

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COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM A POKEMON EPISODE NEVER GOT SHOWN IN THE US BECAUSE OF GUN VIOLENCE. In the ер, a character pulls a gun on Ash and his friends, and Ash only escapes death through his quick wits - he talks the guy out of firing the gun. — Source

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Weed smokers in the 1930s were called muggle-heads. CRACKED.COM Its leaves can be dried, ground and rolled into cig- arets , which are boot- legged under the name of 'muggles,' 'reefers,' or 'Mary Warners, according to a Time article from the period. — Source

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MONKEY ISLAND Monkey Island was inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean, and vice versa. In 2000, ILM began conceptualizing a movie based on The Curse of Monkey Island, which was inspired by the Disneyland ride. The movie never got made, but writer Ted Elliott went on to write Curse of the Black Pearl. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Foods we've been engineering for centuries APPLES Apples were first tamed from Asian wild apples, then crossed with European crabapples to create the modern apples you see in grocery stores. CRACKED — Markus Mainka/Shutterstock,
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The IRS

In 1994, one woman got the IRS to agree that her massive breast implants are tax-exempt. She was an exotic dancer, so they were considered a business expense. The legal opinion said: Because petitioner's implants were so extraordinarily large, we find that they were useful only in her business. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Rabbit scene in 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' is based on a carving in the Notre Dame Cathedral. CRACKED.COM The Notre Dame de Paris features a carving of a knight fleeing from a rab- bit, which illustrates cow- ardice, and is appropri- ately titled, The Allego- ry of Cowardice. — Source

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REBEL WILSON claimed her real name was Rebel LIE! CRACKED.COM Not so fast, Melanie Elizabeth Bownds. Rebel sued an Australian tabloid after it reported her actual name and age, claiming the news cost her jobs in America. Despite the tabloid publishing what all parties acknowledged as the truth, Rebel still won the suit! — Source: Tell Me Sweet Little Lies: 13 Times Celebs Stretched the Truth Until It Broke

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Edward Briney booby-trapped his farmhouse which resulted in a burglar's legs being shot with a shotgun. CRACKED COM The burglar sued him and won. Later, when asked if he would do anything different, Ed- ward Briney stated I'd have aimed that gun a few feet higher. — Source

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CRACKED COM TICKET TO RIDE According to John Lennon, the ticket to ride was actually a card indicating a clean bill of health... ...carried by Hamburg prostitutes in the 1960s. .... TICKET — Source

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Where's Waldo? While you're looking for Waldo, you might find a toppless lady or two. We guess we didn't look as hard as these parents did while growi — Comedy Central

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39 Random Bits of Trivia for Your Brain to Lock Away and Swallow the Key — Source: Independent

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The scary guy under heavy makeup is oftentimes LAWRENCE MAKOARE

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Han Solo pops up all over in Firefiy. Apparently, the prop department made a prop of Han Solo frozen in carbonite for Nathan Fillion (who's a big Star

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Dr. Strangelove

Stanley Kubrick insisted that the War Room table in Dr. Strangelove be covered with green felt, even though the entire movie was filmed in black and white. Kubrick wanted to create the feeling of a poker table, and how the characters in the War Room were gambling with the fate of the entire world. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Punch Out!! CRACKED COM Soda Popinski was originally named something much more overtly offensive: Vodka Drunkenski. — Source

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Craig Ferguson: Punk Rocker

What do a late-night host and Dr. Who have in common? BO) 2e SUCE BO) PETER CAPALDI AND CRAIG FERGUSON They were in a punk band together. During the '

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Steve Jobs

STEVE JOBS BECAME VEGAN BECAUSE HE THOUGHT IT WOULD ELIMINATE THE NEED TO SHOWER OR WEAR DEODORANT. His early coworkers say he was very, very wrong. C — Source: Steve Jobs

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Cher

Cher's If I Could Turn Back Time CRACKED.COM Prolific songwriter Diane Warren, who has written over 80 top 10 hit songs, had to literally beg Cher to record what would become one of her biggest hits: I got on my hands and knees and held her leg down until she said she'd try it out. She goes, 'I hate that fucking song. I hate it.' I go, 'Well, I'm not letting your leg go! RRY S GOLD MAXI-SING — Source

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Walt Disney World’s Alligator Infestation

Walt Disney World has a severe alligator infestation. The number of alligators caught within the premises of the resort increases every year, mainly because it is located at the center of water ways and canals commonly inhabited by alligators. GRACKED.COM — Source: 24 Startlingly Dark Secrets About The Disney Company

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Scientists grew tear glands in a dish and made them cry CRACKED.COM Using human stem cells, scientists were able to grow tear glands and induce tear production. This is great news for people with tear gland disorders. — Source

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Cash

Carry crisp new bills when you're shopping. Research shows that people have a subconscious desire not to part with them and therefore you won't spend as much. ESE Se THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1 THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS PUBLIC AND PRINATE 1 F 30807041G WASHINGTON D.G A? 6 6 F F 30807041 G AIN 6 Road R 1 SERIES 2013 6 - Summer 1 ONEDOAR CRACKED.COM — Source

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