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44 Random Bits of Trivia That, If Captured on Film, Would Take Home the Oscar for Best Screenplay

November 04, 2024

Boy have we got a treat for you today! This is no ordinary list. This list is like a roll of film, and if you scroll through each fact frame fast enough, it plays the best movie you’ve ever seen.

We know what you’re thinking: Movies that have a ton of those on-the-nose teachable moments are usually pretty lame, but we really nailed that infotainment balance. Don’t take our word for it. See for yourself.

44

Bruce Springsteen

In 1963, Bruce Springsteen bought his first guitar for $18. His signature, one-of-a-kind guitar is insured for $1 million to $5 million. CRACKED.COM — Source: AP News and Rolling Stone

43

The Secret Service

44 Random Bits of Trivia That, If Captured on Film, Would Take Home the Oscar for Best Screenplay — Source: Mental Floss

42

The Most Densely Populated Island on Earth

The most densely populated island on Earth is the size of two soccer fields. Santa Cruz del Islote in the Archipelago of San Bernardo off the coast of Colombia is only two acres, but 500 people are packed into 155 houses on the island. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — The Guardian

41

Sex Dolls as Spy

CRACKED.COM SEX DOLLS WERE USED AS ESPIONAGE TOOLS. The JIB, or jack-in-a-box, was regularly used by CIA operatives in Moscow in the '80s. Like in — From 5 Historical Facts That Were Way Too Stupid For The Movies.

40

Lord of the Rings

Dominic Monaghan prank-interviewed GRADI Elijah Wood. Posing as a German journalist, Hans Jensen, Monaghan tortured Wood with his odd demeanor, embarr

39

Taco Bell

Hard shell tacos were popularized by Taco Bell. x They were developed in the U.S. in the 1890s. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 17 Tasty Now-You-Know Food Facts

38

OnlyFans

CRACKED ONE ONLYFANS STAR IS USING HER MONEY TO BE A HERO TO THE LESS FORTUNATE. Rebecca Goodwin is using her £100,000 monthly earnings from OF to buy eight houses to rent to low-income families for cheap, helping people struggling with the cost of living crisis. — Mirror

37

The Dark Tower

The Dark Tower director Ron Howard wishes the movie was more grown-up. I think it should've been horror, he said, rather than PG-13 and sort of a boy's adventure. CRACKED.COM — Source

36

R.L. Stevenson

Bonkers Ways Famous Creators Made Iconic Works -The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde was written — Source: 7 Great Works Of Literature (Written While Wasted)

35

Christian Bale

Actorvs Character Christian Bale and acting itself When I love it, I love it. When I hate it, I just can't. It's disgusting, this vanity-fuelled profession. I can't stand the people and I hate them all, and I hate the films. And then I'll find something and I'll go, 'Yeah, forget everything I just said. I want to go back in.' CRACKED — Lionsgate Films
The Guardian

34

The Walk of Fame

Celebrities have to buy their stars on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood. MILETA - LANTEN It costs $50,000. CRACKED — Walk of Fame / Discover Los Angeles

33

Mike Patton

Mike Patton voices video games. Have you ever played The Darkness? Mike Patton, lead singer of Faith No More, is The Darkness. That screeching shadow

32

Stonehenge

1,300 stone circles CRACKED.COM Stonehenge is only one of 1,300 surviving stone circles found in the British Isles and Ireland. — Source

31

Radiohead

Radiohead's Creep was inspired by the time Thom Yorke stalked a girl at school. When you were here before Couldn't look you in the eye... ...I want

30

Popular Mechanics

Where a calculator like ENIAC today is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and perhaps weigh only 1.5 tons. I Popular Mechanics, 1949 CRACKED.COM — Source

29

Star Wars

Alderaan got blown up in Star Wars because Alderaan scenes were too expensive. George Lucas' initial idea was for Alderaan to be the site of the prison Leia would get rescued from, but he didn't have as much money as he wanted, so he just put all those scenes on the Death Star. CRACKED.COM — Source

28

Victoria’s Secret

VICTORIA'S SECRET WAS CREATED FOR EMBARRASSED GUYS. Roy Raymond felt very awkward buying underwear for his wife, so he went and opened a lingerie shop — More: 5 Famous Companies With Unexpectedly Dark Origin Stories

27

Brown Bears

Brown bears often walk around with tapeworms hanging out of their butt. Since they eat raw salmon, they ingest a lot of tapeworm eggs, so they get tap — Source: Microbiology Nuts and Bolts

26

Mahna Mahna

The famous MAHNA MAHNA song originally came from a softcore Italian movie. The movie is called Sweden: Heaven and Hell. The song plays over a sauna scene. CRACKED.COM — Source: Mental Floss

25

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Creedence Clearwater Revival's full Woodstock set only came out in 2019. The set wasn't released for five decades because, in the words of former frontman John Fogerty, it wasn't remarkable. CRACKED.COM — Source

24

Pigeons

Pigeons can be better multitaskers than humans. Scientists think it's because of their brains' neuronal density. They have six times more nerve cells per cubic millimeter of brain than humans, which seems to make it easier for them to switch from one task to another. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Animals With Envy-Inducing Biology

23

Beethoven

Beethoven used exactly 60 beans in his cup of coffee. This was so important to him, he would often count every bean when he made coffee. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

22

Soccer Star Mario Balotelli

Italian footballer Mario Balotelli doesn't celebrate making goals. BALOTELLI 95 CRACKED COM When asked by a reporter why he refused to celebrate his goals, he responded: Because I'm only doing my job. When a postman delivers letters, does he celebrate? 27% — The Guardian

21

Honorary Degrees

A Turkish mother received an honorary degree after reading lecture notes to her blind daughter. CRACKED.COM The University of Sa- karya gave Havva Merve Kul an honorary degree after she spent four years helping her blind daughter, Berru, with her law degree. — Indian Express

20

Cashews

CASHEWS AREN'T NUTS. Cashews and some other types of nuts that you might find in the kitchen aren't actually nuts - they're called drupes, which are fruits that have a soft outer layer and a hard shell inside that covers the seed. CRACKED — Elena M. Tarasova/Shutterstock
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19

Die Hard

In his Die Hard fall, Alan Rickman was supposed to get dropped on the count of three. They dropped him before three, to get a look of pure shock. CRACKED.COM — Source

18

Mitch Hedberg

CRACKED MITCH HEDBERG'S FILM LOS ENCHILADAS! Не wrote, directed and starred in this very low budget movie that he funded himself. It starred Maria Bamford, Marc Maron, and Dave Attell, was edited by Broken Lizard's Jay Chandrasekhar, and premiered at Sundance in 1999. — Youtube / IMDB

17

Maude

44 Random Bits of Trivia That, If Captured on Film, Would Take Home the Oscar for Best Screenplay — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

16

Animaniacs

Animaniacs credits almost always included a gag. JULIE POULSON GAIL VIRALDO JUST WAIT UNTIL EPISODE #100! JUST WAIT! AND WAIT! AND WAIT! Above is an example of the 99th and final episode, but most episodes include a weird title for Kathryn Page, like Hamster Trainer. CRACKED.COM

15

Cameron Diaz

44 Random Bits of Trivia That, If Captured on Film, Would Take Home the Oscar for Best Screenplay — Source: Cosmo

14

Mick Jagger

Mick Jagger was a porter at a psychiatric hospital. He took the job when he was 17, and says he lost virginity at the hospital it was full of nymphomaniac nurses and nymphomaniac patients. — Source: Prince Could Ball! 7 Unexpected Pre-Fame Lives (RIP Prince)

13

The Longest Insect

This is the world's longest insect; it's 24.6 inches long. Species name: Phryganistria chinensis Zhao The researcher who found it initially mistook it for part of a tree. CRACKED.COM — Source

12

George Washington

CRACKED.COM George washington was a huge whisky producer (for a short time). After retiring from politics in 1797, Washington set up a whisky distillery in his land. During its first year, the distillery sold nearly 11,000 gallons of booze, and was one of the biggest in the U.S. But Washington soon died, and his nephew couldn't successfully continue the operation. — Source

11

The Los Angeles Dodgers

In 1995, the LOS Angeles Dodgers gave their fans promotional baseballs on their way into the Dodger Stadium for their game against the St. Louis Cardi

10

The Thinking of the First Homicide Detectives

It was believed that murdered corpses bled in the presence of their killers. This belief that victims oozed cries of revenge didn't fully die out until the early 1800s. Cruentation, as the phenomenon was called, was even weighted more heavily than actual evidence of murder. CRACKED.COM — Source

9

The Apollo Program

The Apollo program involved 420,000 people. The Apollo program employed 400,000 people and required the support of over 20,000 industrial firms and universities. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

8

Coffee

Coffee doesn't taste as good as it smells because salivia wipes away the flavor. 300 of the 631 chemicals involved in forming the coffee scent are digested or changed by saliva. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

7

Hot Tub Time Machine

In Hot Tub Time Machine, Lou decides to stay in 1986, forming GRACKED.COM Mötley Lüe and writing Home N MAIN Sweet Home. MOTLEY CRUE Quite the feat, since Mötley Crüe had been around since 1981, and released Home Sweet Home in 1985. TRENTRE OF PRINT — Source: 27 Movies And Shows That Need Help With History

6

Con Air

15 Bonkers Movie Sequels We Almost Got - Simon West wanted to do a Con Air sequel ...in space.
West floated the idea of the sequel being “a studio ver — Source: CinemaBlend

5

Billy Crystal

Billy Crystal was babysat by Jazz legend Billie Holiday She was the first person to take him to the movies.

4

Raya and the Last Dragon

An early scene from Raya and the Last Dragon showed totally different Druun. In the final movie, the Druun are just mist without form-- but early on, as shown in this scene, they were armored humanoids with a clear shape. CRACKED.COM — CBR

3

Professional Packers

Uber-rich mothers hire professional organizers to pack their kid's trunks CRACKED.COM for summer camp. RE LLAUY lne A professional organizer charges a

2

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

WEIRD WORLD Reindeer in British Columbia are fiercely attacking poor old Rudolph. Specifically, it's a decoration of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in Fort Nelson, BC - the young bucks nearby keep beating the crap out of it, over and over. CRACKED.COM — Source

1

Freaks and Geeks

LINDA CARDENELLI WAS 24 WHEN SHE PLAYED 16-YEAR-OLD LINDSAY CRACKED.COM She was the oldest teen actor in the show. John Francis Daley was the youngest, at 14. — Source: Vanity Fair

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