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35 Random Bits of Trivia That Make Dinner Plans and Actually Follow Through

November 03, 2024

As you delve into adulthood, you find that inviting people over is a great way to keep your place clean.

At least in our case, without visitors, our home would be a complete dump. Heck, sometimes we don’t even want to hang out with anyone, but what are we going to do — clean just because the place needs cleaning? There’s no way that’s going to happen.

We wanted to gift your brain with that scenario today. We know how grimy it’s getting, so we told these facts that there’s a party in your brain minutes from now. So you better get the vacuum — and dip. They love dip.

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The Ice Bucket Challenge

Founder of the lce Bucket Challenge drowns. 2014 CRACKEDO 27-year-old Corey Griffin co-founded the viral challenge when his friend Pete Frates was dia

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The Power Rangers

CRACKED.COM Spider-Man basically invented the Power Rangers. As you probably know, Spider-Man has a giant robot in the Japanese series from the 1970s. As it turns out, giant transforming robots were a new thing back then, and Spider-Man's success convinced Japan to try it in other shows - eventually leading to Power Rangers. — Source

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The Only Animal That Doesn’t Need Oxygen

We've found the first animal that somehow doesn't breathe using oxygen. It's a very tiny critter - a white salmon parasite that's just a few millimeters long. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Finding Nemo

35 Random Bits of Trivia That Make Dinner Plans and Actually Follow Through — Source: 7 Movies That Put Insane Detail into Stuff You Never Noticed

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Clerks

Kevin smith не was supposed to play Randal in clerks. Smith wrote the role of Randal for himself. But then he realized, hey, making shows and movies is really hard - so he gave himself an easier part. anners CRACKED.COM — Source

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Muppet Treasure Island

The creators of Spam sued Jim Henson Productions for using the name Spa'am. CRACKED.COM The judge dismissed the suit for failure to prove damages from the pig character in Muppet Treasure Island, noting, one might think Hormel would welcome the association with a genuine source of pork. — NY Times

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Playing Cop

A man impersonating a police officer pulled over an off-duty sheriff's deputy. CRACKED.COM Jose Flores Ortiz activated a light bar on the dash of his Dodge Durango and began brake-checking the deputy. When he finally pulled over, Ortiz charged his vehicle, prompting the officer to pull out his weapon. — KY3

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British Muslims

AROUND 400,000 MUSLIMS FOUGHT FOR BRITAIN IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. The Muslim role in the War to End All Wars is rarely discussed, but many fought and died for the victory of the Allies. The Indian Army consisted of 1.3 million soldiers, among them were 800,000 Hindu soldiers, 100,000 Sikhs and 400,000 Muslims. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Jon Favreau

Jon Favreau credits Dungeons & & Dragons with giving him a background in storytelling. CRACKED.COM Favreau, who gave us 2008s Iron Man and The Mandalorian, credits Dungeons & Dragons with giving him a really strong background in imagination, storytelling, understanding how to create tone and a sense of balance. — TV Over Mind

26

The Okapi

The okapi is an animal that likes its privacy, preferring to live a solitary life within a large secluded area. They mark their territory with a sticky tar-like substance coming from their hooves. And urine, of course. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Betty White

When Betty White hosted SNL at the age of 88, she was working all day. Will Forte asked her How are you doing? Did you get some sleep? She responded

24

Romeo and Juliet

ROMEO + JULIET Mercutio's death was shot in a real hurricane. The entire set in that scene was built on an empty beach in Mexico, from the palm trees to the utility poles. The storm was real though. The set was eventually blown away, and the crew had to go — The Guardian

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Dinosaurs

Turns out, T-Rexes grew so fast, you could almost watch them grow. Teenage T-Rexes could sometimes add 35-45 pounds to their frame in as little as a week. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The PG-13 Rating

The first PG-13 rating 1984 CRACKED.COM Even though it clocked in at 134 acts of violence per hour (Guinness counted), Red Dawn was the first film to officially find itself between PG and R. — Source

21

Seinfeld

Seinfeld's lawyers allowed the real J. Peterman to review the script for every episode that featured him. The show lawyers ар- proached the real John Ре- terman after the first epi- sode and allowed him to review each script before it aired. That same year, the J. Peterman Company posted a $400,000 loss. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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The Battle of the Worlds

The Battle of the Words happened during World War I. CRACKED.COM With their trenches only 150 feet apart, Belgian and Ger- man soldiers threw insults at each other all day and night. It became so annoying that the Belgian commander for- bade his men from talking to the Germans. — Source

19

Unilever

Dove and Axe are owned. by the same company, Unilever. Unilever One promotes female self-confidence by re-de- fining beauty while the other advertises itself us- ing highly sexualized imag- es of women. They're play- ing both sides so they al- ways come out on top. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Tim Horton

Today, Some Don't Know Не Was a Person Tim Bell Arte Camera Heiten Nikon Nikon PROFESSIONAL Nikon NOW STUDI Ekon CRACKED COM Every few years, some uncultured Americans and even Canadians get duly shamed for admitting on Twitter, of all places, that they didn't know Tim Horton was a guy and not just, like, some dough- nut-ejecting abomination. In 2014, some fans got so fed up that they started a petition to get Horton's pictures back in restaurants. — NARCITY

17

The Pyramids

The Great Pyramid of Giza is much taller than it looks in photos. It's about 131 ft taller than the EliZabeth Tower, which itself stands 320 ft high.

16

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone was created because of racist backlash in the '50s. The TWILIGHT ZONE Rod Serling's script about the murder of Emmett Till, a Black boy, was rejected by studio bigwigs who feared blowback -- - so Serling started writing sci-fi. CRACKED.COM — Source: Smithsonian Magazine

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Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss and his editor had a closet full of hats to use when struck with writer's block. CRACKED.COM Seuss and his editor would go into this closet, filled with hundreds of hats, and wear them until the words came. We're sure that's what Seuss told his wife, anyway. — Source

14

Mr. Burns

Rich Jerks The Simpsons C. Montgomery Burns Burns is based on two businessmen and a praying mantis. Matt Groening based the character of Burns on John D. Rockefeller, while animator David Silverman based his design on former head of Fox Broadcasting Barry Diller (and a bug). CRACKED.COM — More: The Simpsons: 15 Mr. Burns Slippery Now-You-Know Facts

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Money Sayings

TWENTY SHILL Counterfeit, 15 DESED Before it said In God We Trust, all US currency came with a handy reminder: TO COUNTERFEIT IS DEATH. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

12

Split Ends

MYTH You can repair split ends with the right products. x FACT Once the hair is split, there is no repairing the damage. The only thing you can do is cut them off. Products that advertise fixing split ends are lying. CRACKED — mehmet dinler/Shuttestock
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11

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

Deleted scenes that would've changed everything Ferris Bueller's Day off Ferris Bueller was a thief. Ferris is a bit of a dick, but in the original cut of the film he was also a thief. Не stole his father's bank bonds to pay for the day out. — Source: Goat

10

Sherlock Holmes

SHERLOCK'S PARENTS WERE PLAYED BY BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH'S ACTUAL PARENTS. Established UK actors Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham appeared on Sherlock as Mr. and Mrs. Holmes. Unfortunately, in real life, Mark Gatiss is not part of the family. CRACKED.COM — Source

9

Breaking Bad

PETE 1 FH t MABTY enec ROBBINS DIGRESTAT This song from the Breaking Bad finale tells us how the episode ends. A cowboy steals a ride, flees to New Me — For details, read 6 Mind-Blowing Bits of Foreshadowing in Famous TV Shows

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Octopuses

Octopuses are cuddly when given ecstasy Octopuses are normally antisocial to each other, but on the drug, they hugged each other. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

7

Kenya

Everyone pictures Kenya as a wild or impoverished land But in reality Kenya is a modern state with bustling cities and a capital home to over three million people. CRACKED.COM — 15 Countries We Picture Wrong Side By Side With Reality

6

Terminator 2

James Cameron and his movies Shooting Terminator 2 caused him a permanent injury. Не has a piece of shrapnel lodged in his forearm from a pyrotechnics explosion that happened while filming the movie. CRACKED.COM — AskMen

5

Star Wars

A CA bakery entered a bread sculpture of a frozen Han Solo to a local scarecrow contest. CRACKED.COM The creation, dubbed Pan Solo, is One House Bak- ery's entry in Benicia's 15th annual Scarecrow Contest. The owners say they see people, like, smelling the sculpture and poking it. — UPI / YouTube

4

The Blue Marble

The Blue Marble is the only whole-earth photo taken by human hands. It was taken on December 7, 1972, from a distance of about 18,000 miles from the planet's surface. No one has since been far enough from earth to take a similar picture. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

3

The African Spiny Mouse

The African spiny mouse is the only known mammal that can lose up to 60% of Its skin, and grow It all back. Their skins are brittle and can easily tear to help them escape their predators. While mammals will grow scar tissue when their skins are removed, spiny mice can fully regrow skin, hair follicles, sweat glands, and even cartilage. CRACKED.co — Nature

2

The Catholic Church

The Catholic Church is actually pretty cool with evolution and the Big Bang. Bras OVIA DILIGO TE O PETRE DIXIST NC VNA FIDES MYNDO REFVIG It also says that Young Earth Creationism and Intelligent Design are essentially just pretending to be science, and it rejects them outright. CRACKED.COM — Source

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