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October 28, 2024

Everybody gripes about graffiti being such an eyesore, but if it happens to contain random facts, then we’re all about it. Maybe if you art-hating prudes took a second to look closer, you’d learn a thing or two as well. These facts can fill that open mind real quick!

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The horny horse distraction CRACKED.COM Pharaoh Thutmose III was a brilliant military mind, but he was once thwarted when the king of Kadesh unleashed a single mare in heat, which sent all the Pharaoh's stallions into a horny frenzy. — Source: 6 Insane Uses of Animals in Wartime (That Actually Worked)

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A middle-aged man was thought to have a tumor in his lung. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A TOY TRAFFIC CONE HE INHALED WHEN HE WAS SEVEN. S'O He suffered no com

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In a 2008 survey, 58% of British teenagers thought Sherlock Holmes was real. 23% thought Winston Churchill was a myth, as was Florence Nightingale. Gandhi and the Duke of Wellington were also in the top 10 of people thought to be myths. — Source

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Spitfire planes were crowdfunded in some cases in World War II. ZD В MH434 CRACKED.COM Large scale contributors were allowed to give the plane a nickname which was printed on the side. 'Dorothy of Great Britain and Empire' was named by a group of women, all named 'Dorothy.' — Source

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Burger King once released the Windows 7 Whopper in Japan to promote the release of Windows 7. It's 10.22 Windows 7 REI your Windows7 regular Whopper,

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CROSSOVER EASTER EGGS THAT'S so RAVEN AND SAVED BY THE BELL Both shows were shot on the same school set, and the schools have the same name - Bayside High. BELDING CLUO THIS THURA CLASSROOM 82 CRACKED.COM — Source: Disney Wiki

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WEIRD WORLD The Taliban are cracking down hard on members committing abuses. 3,000 members of the Taliban got kicked out - - they were accused of committing abuses in Afghanistan and, according to a Taliban official, They were giving a bad name to the Islamic Emirate. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Apparently, all astronauts tried to move around the ISS propelled by their farts. Astronaut Chris Hadfield said that everyone tried to do it, but it didn't work - - too muffled, not the right type of propulsive nozzle :) NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — The Huffington Post

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CRACKED.COM obi-wan Kenobi Guinness and MCGregor aren't the only obi-wans. James Arnold Taylor plays Kenobi in most of his animated appearances, including The Clone Wars and several video games. — Source: Wookieepedia

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Doom

The name Doom came from a Tom Cruise movie. What you got in there, Cruise's character is asked in The Color of Money, about his pool stick case. Doom, he replies, and proceeds to kick ass at the game. That... was how I viewed US springing the game on the industry, John Carmack has said. — Sources: Doomworld, Movie scene on YouTube

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Airbnb listed an 1830s slave cabin as a luxurious bed & breakfast. airbnb GRACKED.COM The company has since apol- ogized and vowed to make changes to other listings of former slave quarters. Do people really want to pay a premium to sleep in literal slave quarters? — CBS News

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SONIC SONIC DRIVE -IN SERVICE WITH DE SPEED OF SOUND Happy Eating TEXAS M-M-M-M-M OKLAHOMA SONIC HAM- BURGERS KANS ARKANSAS 1963 GRACKED.COM The first advertisements for Sonic Drive-In feature a well dressed man, who has the body of an earthworm, plug-walking with a steaming sack of hamburgers. They promise service with the speed of sound -not AT the speed of sound, but WITH the speed of sound. I suppose it's comforting to know that I won't be served a chili cheese dog in the vacuum of space. — Gray Flannel Suit

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Within the wingspan of a single B-2 Stealth Bomber, You Could Fit: - 172 Feet 3 F-14 Fighters 48 Feet 40 Feet 4 Wright Flyers 30 Honda Civics 6 Feet 114 Men Lined Up Shoulder to Shoulder H CRACKED COM 1.5 Feet — Source

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Koalas have fingerprints that are nearly indistinguishable from ours. CRACKED COM In a case of convergent evolution, both humans and koalas ended up with fingerprints that exhibit the same kind of whorls and loops for better grip. Chimps and gorillas have fingerprints, but most monkeys and other arboreal animals don't. It's possible the prints help koalas with their picky eating habits, allowing them a finer sense of touch. — Source: Gizmodo

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A local boy secured the first line for the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge, and was paid $5. CRACKED.COM In 1848, to begin construc- tion on the bridge, engi- neers needed to secure a line across the 800-foot chasm. The lead engineer held a kite-flying contest, and the boy won. — The Great Bridge / Wikipedia

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JRR Tolkien's love story with his wife is ripped right from a fantasy novel. CRACKED.COM Tolkien fell in love with his future wife Edith Bratt at 16 years old. His guardian, a Catholic priest, ordered him to not have any contact until he was 21. Не obeyed and met her under a railroad viaduct and she broke up her engagement, converted to Catholicism, and married Tolkien. — MentalFloss

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Video games might help with surgical skills training. CRACKED.COM Although it doesn't replace first-hand experience, video games help practice in surgery. — EurekAlert!

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CRACKED COM A bug from another game inspired Devil May Cry's iconic feature where the main character can suspend enemies mid-air using continuous attacks. Coot ! e During the development of Onimusha: Warlords, they discovered a bug that caused the enemy to stay floating when being attacked. They thought it was kind of cool and adopted it for Devil May Cry. — Source: 21 Unnoticed Game Details That Were Insane Work

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The highest paid role to date goes to WILL SMITH... for Men in Black 3. Smith received $100 million for the movie (the amount doesn't include additional residuals). CRACKED GOM — Source: Connery Was Not The First Bond: 15 Unexpected Hollywood Firsts

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Scientists discovered fossils of рудту tyrannosaurus rex that would have roamed the Arctic. CRACKED.COM Roaming the Earth during the Late Cretaceous, the рудту tyrannosaur was half the size of a т. Rex at seven meters from snout to tail and two meters up to its hip. — Source

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In the late 80s, javelins had to be redesigned partly because they flew too far. With the longest throw being over 340 ft, javelins were made more blu

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CRACKED Google has created a new way for people to communicate better in loud places: an electronic throat tattoo. 280 This tattoo would work as a noise-canceling microphone and also have the ability to detect lies through galvanic skin response, sweating, etc. — The Atlantic

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Airplane II: The Sequel also included gags in the credits. Calliera Operator FREUNIC OMEIN First Assistant Camera M. TODD HENRY HORST GRANDT Property Master Gaffer (What's a Gaffer?) LARRY GILHOOLY Best Boy (Electric) FRANK McKANE ADOLF HITLER Worst Boy PETE G. PAPANICKOLAS Key Grip Special Effects ROBERT N. DAWSON Stunt Coordinator DAVID R. ELLIS Video Technical Consultant RICK WHITFIELD IRIF Hard to argue with their nominee for Worst Boy. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A fugitive was arrested after she applied for a job with the Sheriff's office. CRACKED.COM She was wanted in Penn- sylvania for failure to ар- pear in court on charges of fraud and an additional 10 bench warrants for failure to appear in court on traf- fic charges in Jersey City. — NJ.com / Wikipedia

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WORST POET William McGonagall Despite being known as the worst poet in the history of the English language, the Scottish poet was so confident in his work, he showed up uninvited to perform for Queen Victoria. CRACKED — Parisian Photo Co, Edinburgh/Wiki Commons,
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CRACKED MILEY CYRUS AND RADIOHEAD Miley Cyrus was really hoping to meet Radiohead at the 2009 Grammy Awards, but they wouldn't even talk to her. She was so disappointed that she ended up leaving the show early, feeling really upset, sparking a beef. — MTV / ABC / Parade

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We only have Spider-Man because Stan Lee wouldn't take no for an answer. His publisher didn't like the character (he thought people hated spiders, and Peter Parker was too young and troubled to be a superhero), so Lee snuck Spider-Man into the last issue of Amazing Fantasy comics. It sold so well, the publisher said they should do a series about Spider-Man. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The first-ever EDM record to go platinum was the Mortal Kombat soundtrack. 27% The filmmakers absolutely insisted on EDM, and got booted from two record companies for it -- but it paid off. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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The Sand Octopus quickly builds a bunker in the ocean floor to escape predators. GRACKED.COM Since they lack the ability to change color, they shoot jets of water into the sand to bury themselves. They then secrete mucus to rein- force the walls, and leave one arm out as a ventila- tion chimney. — Source

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SIMO HAYHA WAS A FINNISH FARMER IN 39. HE SINGLEHANDEDLY TOOK OuT 705 RUSSIAN SOLDIERS. Hayha grabbed his trusty rifle and a couple of cans of food, h

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J.M. Barrie PETER AND WENDY m JM-BARRIE ILLNSTRATYD 40 yD BEDYORD The Peter Pan author straight-up kidnapped the Lost Boys. He based the Boys on the five children of his friend Sylvia. When she passed, she requested, in writing, that her friend Jenny take care of the kids. Barrie — Source: Telegraph

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INDIE MOVIES OF THE '90s BEING JOHN MALKOVICH JOHN MALKOVICH REFUSED FOR YEARS TO BE IN THE MOVIE. According to Spike Jonze, Malkovich saw it as a lose- lose proposition: Either the movie's a bomb and it's got not only my name above the title but my name in the title, so I'm f*ked that way; or it does well and I'm just forever associated with this character. CRACKED.COM — IMDb, The Guardian

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Evian Water Bra

CRACKED.COM evian WATER BRA evian This bra has pockets that can be filled with water. This feature allows women to avoid the disaster of having sweaty breasts. — Source: 30 Products Companies Want To Forget

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CRACKED.COM SUBDITE 7 RANGER LIG Toy Story 4 THE ALTERNATE ENDING: Woody chooses to stay with Во Peep, but she sees a girl and immediately feels she must be her toy. Woody is left alone in his new life, because Toy Story rules are weird. — Source: Alternate ending on YouTube

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44 Random Bits of Trivia That We Found Spray Painted on Our Subway Car — Source: Wikipedia

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British Government

WEIRD WORLD A top British official who investigated lockdown parties held one of his own. Specifically, he was supposed to investigate lockdown parties being held in government ... ... and then it turned out they held one in his office. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH: DOGECOIN What is Mining CRACKED.COM Highly oversimplified, imagine a dog doing a trick and getting a treat. Now replace the dog with a powerful computer, trick with a complex mathematical equation, and the treat with a bit of crypto. — Source: BitDegree

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CRACKED NOKIA 3 def g 1 2 abc 4 b ghi mno 5 jkl 7 pqrs wx 8 tuv * ب 0 MICROSOFT Microsoft has wasted at least $8 billion on its failed Nokia experiment, and CEO Satya Nadella's vision for the company has shifted away from a devices and services focus, resulting in the end of Microsoft's mobile subsidiary. — Source

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Ice Cream

CRACKED COM The weight of ice-cream eaten by Americans daily is more than the weight of Eiffel Tower — Source

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Spider-Man Movie Villains Michael Keaton isn't sure which Spider-Man universe he's in. Keaton starred in 2017's Spiderman: Homecoming as the Vulture, who also appears in 2022's Morbius... which is in a separate universe? When producers attempted to explain the two timelines, Keaton said he had no idea what you're talking about. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Christopher Walken raised a lion CRACKED.COM When he was a teen, he developed a housepet-like relationship with the lion he lived with: Sheba. Old girl. Very nice. She'd come and bump your leg. Like a house cat.

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The ancient Abu Simbel Temple in Egypt was moved to a new location to protect it from flood water. CRACKED.COM In the early 1960s, a team of international engineers disassembled and then carefully moved the tem- ple, brick by brick. They then reassembled the tem- ples more than 60m above their original location. — BBC

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The Wizard of Oz

They didn't use any special effects in the Wizard of Oz color transition scene. When the movie turns from sepia to color, they shot Judy Garland's stunt double in a sepia dress, with sepia makeup on, on a sepia set. When she steps out of the shot, she's replaced by Judy Garland in a blue dress. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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