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Squeeze everything you can out of these facts

40 Random Bits of Trivia to Sink Your Teeth Into and Suck the Precious Life Force Out of Like a Fly Caught in a Spider’s Web

November 04, 2024

Does your brain have a fact juicer by any chance? If not, it can borrow ours. Juicing these facts is by far the best way to get every little drop of knowledge out of them, and if we’re going through all the trouble of serving them up, then we want nothing going to waste.

So go ahead and soak it all in please. No info-saturated pulp left behind!

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Vanilla

Vanilla is the world's second most expensive spice. CRACKED.COM 99% of vanilla-flavored products on the market, from vanilla-flavored vod- ka to vanilla wafers and va- nilla pudding, don't actual- ly contain vanilla. Artificial vanilla essence is used in- stead. — Source

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The Lighthouse

2019 Dafoe vehicle The Lighthouse was shot, unsurprisingly, in a lighthouse. Not a real one. A full-sized fake built from scratch. It was 70 feet tall

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Haribo

THE NAME HARIBO COMES FROM THE FIRST TWO INITIALS OF THE FOUNDER'S FIRST NAME. LAST NAME AND THE NAME OF HIS HOME TOWN. HANS RIEGEL FROM ВО NN, GERMANY CRACKED.COM — Source: 30 Facts About Candy

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Larry the Cable Guy

Daniel Lawrence Whitney is known to most as Larry The Cable Guy. Larry The Cable Guy was originally a character in Whitney's stand up act. However, the character became so popular Whitney assumed the identity entirely. CRACKED.COM — source: Ticket Entertainment

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Twin Peaks

BOB became a character on Twin Peaks by accident. Frank silva was working as the set dresser on the pilot episode when his image got caught on camera.

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Charlie Bit My Finger

CRACKED Charlie (of Charlie Bit My Finger fame) In 2007, the Charlie Bit My Finger video went viral and became an internet classic. Years and years later, the Davies-Carr family auctioned it as an NFT, starting at $1,000, to help their four sons. — Time

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Profiling

Profiling isn't all that useful, actually. Are profilers super-psychologists who can get into the criminal's mind without even meeting them? Hardly - research shows that law enforcement profilers are only slightly better at it than untrained randos. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Finnish Physicians

Finnish people receive a top hat and a sword when completing their doctoral degrees. CRACKED.COM The sword comes with a scabbard, a black or golden scab- bard holder and the golden emblem of the University. — University of Jyväskylä

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Snow Buddies

Air Bud had a spinoff, Snow Buddies, that led to the deaths of 5 puppies. Disney Snow Buddies They fell victim to a virus that, unfortunately, spread in the winter conditions needed for shooting exterior scenes. Even IV drips couldn't save them. CRACKED.COM — Source: Complex

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Super Bowl Weekend

Pas 11 Americans consume over one billion chicken wings each Super Bowl weekend.

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Billy Madison

13 Obscure, Cool Chunks Of Movie And General Trivia - In Billy Madison, Adam Sandler really hit kids with dodgeballs. — Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Beehives

The classic cartoon image of a beehive depicts an ancient, man made hive. The skep is a round domed shaped beehive made from clay or woven with straw, with an open bottom to al- low free movement of the bees. The hive was de- stroyed when it was time to collect the honey. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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The Bajua People

REAL-LIFE AQUAMEN EXIST IN SOUTHEAT ASIA. The Bajau can free-dive to depths of more than 200 feet, and spend up to 13 minutes underwater on a single b — More: Weird AF Examples of Human Evolution Happening Right Now

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Jewelry CEO Gerald Ratner

CRACKED CORPORATE CRASH & BURN SAYING THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD Gerald Ratner, the CEO of a jewelry group, made a speech in 1991 that included the musing: People say, 'how can you sell this for such a low price?' I say 'because it's total crap. His careless words are now known as doing a Ratner, and cost his company a whooping £500 million. — Source

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Rosario Dawson

INDIE MOVIES OF THE '90s KIDS THE CREW RANDOMLY DISCOVERED ROSARIO DAWSON SITTING ON A STOOP. While scouting for locations, the director and the writer noticed 15-year-old Dawson and thought she'd be perfect for a role. She was kinda freaked out, but got over it and started a successful career. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Walmart

In 1995, Wal-Mart received a customer complaint stating that this shirt ran contrary to the company's family values. omeday a woman will be PRESIDENT!

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The Room

Tommy Wiseau's 'The Room' almost had vampires. Wiseau wanted his character, Johnny, to reveal himself to be a vampire by driving a car off a roof into the sky after the confrontation with the drug dealer which is never mentioned again in the film. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Dr. Oz

When a group of doctors called on Columbia University to cut ties with Dr. Oz for his questionable ethics, Oz responded, it's not a medical show. BLOOD Medicine show are (noun): a traveling troupe, especially in the late 1800s, offering entertainment in order to attract customers for the patent medicines or purported cures proffered for sale. SARSAPARILLA -Dictionary.com - NO PROO In response to criticism, the show has stopped using words like miracle, axondent and no SOFING longer showcases magical weight-loss cures. Autumn Mediaine CRACKED.COM http://www.nbcnews.com/health/heatth-news/dr-oz-responds-critics-its-not-medical-show-n347101 — Source

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NASA

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Breast Milk

CRACKED FORMULA: STILL NOT AS GOOD AS BREAST MILK. Infant formula has come a long way since it was first produced, but it still has some concerning ingredients. Tests have found that many formulas contain arsenic, lead, and cadmium, which, if you didn't know, can be harmful to a baby's health.

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Neanderthal Funerals

CRACKED.COM Neanderthals buried their dead Burial isn't unique to our species. Researchers confirm that 41,000 years ago a two-year-old Neanderthal child was intentionally buried. — Source: Scientific Reports

19

Kenny Baker

You probably know Kenny Baker played R2-D2. But did you know he also played an Ewok? In fact, he was the original choice to play Wicket, Leia's young Ewok friend, but he got sick. The role of Wicket went to Warwick Davis, and Baker wound up playing the Ewok who hijacks a speeder bike. CRACKED.COM http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Kenny_Baker — Source

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Hard Boiled

HONG KONG ACTION MOVIES JOHN WOO'S CAMEO IN HARD BOILED Chow Yun-fat thought his good guy character was less defined than the anti-hero counterpart (played by Shang-Chi's Tony Leung). So Chow asked Woo to add a mentor to the story and play the character himself (so he wouldn't want to cut those scenes). CRACKED.COM — Source: Wikipedia

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Coco de Mer Plant

The COCO de mer plant has a seed that looks a lot like, well, a human butt. Fittingly, its old botanical name was Lodoicea callipyge (callipyge is Greek for beautiful buttocks), and it was considered a strong aphrodisiac. CRACKED.COM — Source: Amusing Planet

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Grilled Cheese

According to the USDA, grilled cheese and PBJ are not sandwiches. A sandwich is a meat or poultry filling between two slices of bread, a bun, or a biscuit. Thus, there is no such thing as a vegetarian sandwich and anyone trying to sell you one is a huckster. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — MentalFloss

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Community

CRACKED.COM ommunity WAS INSPIRED BY DAN HARMON'S EXPERIENCES AT GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WHEN He WAS IN A BIOLOGY STUDY GROUP WITH TWO CLASSMATES

14

Top Gear

'Top Gear' staged breakdowns of the Nissan Leaf and Tesla Roadster, making them seem unviable. VEGAN CRACKED.COM The cars were driven in loops, for miles, until their batteries were drained. The hosts then staged a breakdown during a 60 mile journey, declaring that electric cars are not the future. — Source

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The Middle East

If you think of Muslims as living عبد يا ابت لا in the Middle إنّي East, you're نَتِ mistaken. 61.9 قان و percent don't. ه لام كين And not all Arabs are Muslim. ية ليز As much as 10 percent of the عفر لك world's Arab population is z. Christian, which means there ونَ مِن دُولِ are 1 million more Arab Christians than the world's P entire Jewish population: / -كلاح سفِيا وهبناله GRACKED.COM — Source

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Zach Galifianakis

Zach Galifianakis played a Disney character because he got high. He was high when they asked him to audition for G-Force, and that's why he said yes, he says. — Source: Rolling Stone

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Snack-sperimenting

CRACKED - lets - 301 25 20 The microwave 15 oven resulted from mixing radar and snacks. In 1946, while working on a magnetron for military-grade radar, a Raytheon engineer noticed that his snack had melted. This sparked his curiosity and he decided to experiment further, which eventually led to the invention of the microwave oven. — Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock,
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Comic Book Movies

CRACKED.COM 4 Chris Evans He's been in more comic book movies than any other actor. In addition to the MCU, Evans has been in the Fantastic Four films as Johnny Storm, and had roles in other movies based on the comic books like The Losers, Scott Pilgrim, and Snowpiercer. — Source: Eighties Kids

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Sci-Fi Movies

FACE/OFF IT WAS ORIGINALLY STRAIGHT SCIENCE FICTION. Between the magnetic boots and the face-swap, Face/Off has a near future, Black Mirror thing going on, but the script was much more futuristic. John Woo didn't think he could pull it off, and he didn't like the sci-fi concept taking the focus away from the characters, either. CRACKED.COM — Sources: Pajiba, Mental Floss
Image Credit: Paramount Pictures

8

Meat Glue

CHEAP MEAT IS OFTEN GLUED TOGETHER. Super MAENEHETSL Transglutaminase, also Glve called meat glue, is a substance used to build steaks and the like

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Casino Royale

6

Ruth Bader Ginsberg

RBG was down with her new catchphrase CRACKED.co I liked the actress who portrayed me and I would like to say 'Ginsburned!' sometimes to my colleagues, says Ruth Bader Ginsberg. We wouldn't mind seeing Clarence Thomas getting the verbal backhand. — USA Today

5

The Fly

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4

American Beauty

The screenplay for American Beauty is loosely based on the Amy Fisherl Joey Buttafuoco story. Alan Ball got the idea for the movie after he saw a comi

3

USPS Christmas

CRACKED USPS HAS LET PEOPLE BE SANTA CLAUS FOR OVER A CENTURY. USPS Operation Santa® allows people to adopt and respond to letters sent from children across the country, fulfilling their holiday wishes. The tradition has been running for over 100 years with a deadline of December 10th each year. — Source

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Tool

CRACKED.COM TOOL'S UNSETTLING SONG 'DIER VON SATANI FROM THE ALBUM AENIMA IS SPOKEN IN GERMAN. BUT WHEN TRANSLATED IT REVEALS... ...A cookie recipe. http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2900 — 20 Spirited Easter Eggs Hiding On Famous Albums

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Stretching

If you're like most people, you stop and STRETCH BEFORE YOU exeRcIse To improve your workout and prevent injury. Studies now show that static stretchi

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