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36 Impatient Bits of Trivia That Can’t Wait for Your Brain to Read Them

November 01, 2024

It might not be any of our business, but your brain promised these facts that it would be here about an hour ago. That may not seem like a big deal to your brain, but the facts are up in their room crying right now. They dolled themselves up with little knowledge tidbits written in fun, punchy ways, and your brain just strolls in here like nothing’s wrong.

So it better march up there right now, tell them how beautiful and interesting they are and beg for forgiveness. If they forgive it, this better not happen again.

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Reading Comprehension

You retain more of what you read in environments with vivid colors, even when you don't feel any calmer or more relaxed. SUMMARY illus finitimus and B

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The Departed

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS ROBERT DE NIRO TURNED DOWN A ROLE IN THE FILM. DEPARTED THE De Niro was offered the role of Captain Queenan but had to turn it down because he was busy directing The Good Shepherd. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The Departed

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The Princess Bride

Cary Elwes trained for four months for his final sword duel in The Princess Bride. And Mandy Patinkin had spent six months training. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong's NASA application was a week late and he almost didn't make the cut. GRACKED.COM If it weren't for his friend, Dick Day, secretly slipping the application into the pile, he would have been rejected. — VOA News

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Polio

Polio was actually a serious disease only in a very small minority of cases. Less than 1% of infected people got paralytic poliomyelitis, while 72% have no symptoms and about 24% have symptoms that quickly resolve. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Bic Underwear

BIC UNDERWEAR LAUNCHED IN 1998. THEY SOLD DISPOSABLE UNDERWEAR IN GREECE, LEVER THIN 5-6 BIC AUSTRIA Kleldergrope 46-52 AND IRELAND. HOSE 8 BiC NEU! Mit Zwickel! GRACKED.COM — Source: 30 Products Companies Want To Forget

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New Zealand

WEIRD WORLD A man in Auckland, New Zealand drew elaborate penises around potholes. Geoff Upson has been doing it since 2018 to draw attention to the long-standing problem of potholes on Auckland's roles - but, three years later, the authorities took legal action against him rather than fix the potholes. CRACKED.COM — Source: CBC

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Diabetes

Eva Saxi, a diabetic, taught herself how to synthesize insulin from water buffaloes when legal insulin became unavailable in the Shanghai Ghetto where she was living during the WWII. She helped over 400 diabetic individuals, and became the first spokesperson for juvenile diabetes. CRACKED.COM — Source: 31 Amazing Women Who Deserve To Be Way More Famous

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Killer Vitamins

VITAMINS CAN KILL TOO. A health food enthusiast consumed carrot juice and vitamin pills a bit too regularly. The intake of 70 million units of vitamin

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The Beatles

GRACKED.COM THe BeAtLes SONG LUCY IN THE Sky WITH DIAMONDS IS ABOUT THIS DRAWING, BY JOHN'S SON JULIAN, NOT LSD. — Source

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The (Teen) Father of the Snowmobile

YOUNG INVENTORS A 15-YEAR-OLD INVENTED THE SNOWMOBILE. Quebec-born Joseph Bombardier took an old Model T and added a sleigh frame and a hand-whittled propeller to it. By 1937, at age 30, he was already selling Bombardier snowmobiles that sat seven people, but it all started at an age at which some of us were just discovering late-night Cinemax movies. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Beetles

CRACKED COM There are over 300,000 species of beetles currently identified. get by with a little help from my friends... This represents nearly 30% of ALL KNOWN ANIMAL SPECIES. — Source

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McDonald’s

McDonald's is only in four African countries McDonald's M Liconald's If you find yourself in Africa craving a Big Mac, you'll have to go to Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, or Tunisia. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: McDonald's

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English Muffins

English muffins were made in New York. They also aren't muffins. They're crumpets. What a misnomer. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Bucket Wheel Excavators

CRACKED 15 The Bagger 293 is a bucket-wheel excavator built in 1995 and weighs over 14,000 tons. It can clear 90 tons of earth from a building site in one go, doing up to 85,000 tons a day. It's grey and badass. — Source

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Star Trek

STAR TREK CRACKED.COM The Paramount Lot where all episodes were filmed had a problem with stray cats. So when they shot alien planets, the Enterprise crew were constantly crawling through cat poop. — Source: 15 Unexpected Facts About Movie & TV Show Locations

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The Indian Stock Exchange

WEIRD WORLD Apparently, a major Indian stock exchange has been guided by a spiritual force. NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE The CEO of the NSE, Chitra Ramakrishna, sought guidance from that force for 20 years to run India's National Stock Exchange, she says. CRACKED.COM — Source

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An Airport Hero

John Smeaton was awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal for kicking a suicide bomber in the testicles. The bag handler (an ар- propriate position) was working at Glasgow Air- port during the terrorist attack in 2007, and ran to confront the bomber after he heard explosions. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — BBC / Pexels

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The Number of Muscles in Your Fingers

There are exactly O muscles in your fingers. You're just operating ten little marionettes with the muscles in your palms and forearms. NOW YOU KNOW CR

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Popcorn Lung

CRACKED BREATHE IN THE BUTTERY GOODNESS OF ... POPCORN LUNG? Diacetyl, the chemical used to give microwave popcorn its buttery flavor and smell, has been linked to breathing issues in employees at flavoring factories who breathe it in. It's commonly known as popcorn lung. — CBS / Serious Eats

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Alligators

An alligator's brain is absolutely tiny - it would fit in half of one tablespoon. It weighs a total of 8 or 9 grams, i.e. not much more than the usual contents of a tablespoon - which kind of explains a lot about gators. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Colin Farrell

CRACKED Colin Farrell hates Miami Vice, the 2006 movie he starred in with Jamie Foxx. Не told Total Film that it was style over substance and that they missed an opportunity to make a more fun movie. — Metro / The Ringer

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Vietnam War

During the Vietnam War, the U.S. decided to relocate South Vietnamese villagers. It was called the Strategic Hamlet Program, and the idea was to move the villagers away from the soldiers, so they wouldn't get hurt. They'd be grateful, and support our side. But we grossly underestimated the number of villagers. It turned out there were 8 million of them, and the government had no way of providing for them. The resulting discontent made them easy recruits for the communists. CRACKED.COM http://www.britannica/ a.com/event/Vietnam-War#ref809122 — 20 Times Tax Money Was Flushed Down The Toilet

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Sky Dancers

Product Recalls Sky Dancers In 2000, Galoob Toys Inc. recalled 8.9 million Sky Dancers flying dolls due to reports of 150 injuries, including eye injuries, broken teeth, a mild concussion, a broken rib, and facial lacerations. CRACKED — Source

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The Founding Fathers

CRACKED.COM MYTH: The Founding Fathers were Christians. No matter who you include as a Founding Father, not all of them were Christian. Deism (which prioritizes human experience and rationality over religious dogma and texts) had a huge influence during their time. — Source

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Toads in Germany

Toad buckets line the sides of roads in Germany. GRAGKED.COM Conservation organiza- tions installed more than 800 fences along popular roadways to catch toads in buckets before they end up in the street, to be re- leased into nearby forests at the end of the day. — The Local

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Who Framed Roger Rabbit

CRACKED.COM Amazing effects made without CGI Who Framed Roger Rabbit Roger Rabbit did the opposite of the Chip 'n Dale movie -hand-drawn animation was made to look 3D. The animation was passed through several layers of highlighting and shading to give it its lifelike feel. — Source

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Will and Jaden Smith

CRACKED Cal INVESTM em Let's Go ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA es WILL SMITH Will Smith's movie After Earth in 2013 was a huge flop, and Jaden, his son who co-starred in the movie, got a lot of the blame in the end. Will Smith said Jaden felt let down and didn't trust him anymore. — Indiewire / Buzzfeed

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The Breatharians

CRACKED SHADY TIES MICHELLE PFEIFFER AND THE BREATHARIANS The group claims to get all their nourishment from the sun. They were very controlling, Pfeiffer said. I had to pay for all the time I was there, so it was financially draining. When researching cults for a film, she realized she was in one, and left. — Source

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The Taliban

The Taliban accidentally exposed a cave network filled with 5th-9th century artwork. In 2011, the Taliban blew up two 4th-century stat- ues of Buddha with dyna- mite, but excavators later discovered a previously unknown giant statue of Buddha within. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — USA Today

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Pat Smear

Pat Smear is punk rock royalty. CRACKED.COM Smear was a founding member of the legendary Los Angeles punk band Germs, which also featured Go Go's frontwoman Belinda Carlisle. — Stereo Gum / The Guardian

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Black Cats

A black cat crossing your path from right to left is considered good luck in Germany. From left to right is unlucky. The supersti- tion is said to have stemmed from the 17th century where they began to be linked with witchcraft. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Greek Law

RADISH INSERTION GRAGKED.COM The ancient Greeks wrote of rhaphanidosis, a punishment for adultery. The cuckold was to thrust a radish into the homewrecker's rectum. — Source: 15 Horrifying Ways Sex Can Go Wrong

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Cuba

Cars are rare in Cuba, and as a result, all government vehicles are required to pick up hitchhikers (space permitting) to ensure they reach their destination safely. Hitchhiking is actually encouraged, and there are designated hitchhiking spots. CRACKED.COM http //globerove.com/cuba/cuba-hitchhiking-guide/255 — Source

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Egyptian Pharaohs

Egyptian pharaohs were often fat and had tooth decay. GRACKED COM They had high-sugar diets that were rich in bread, hon- ey, beer, and wine. Examina- tions of various royal mum- mies show that many suf- fered from obesity, heart disease, and diabetes. — Source

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Blade Runner

Surprising Ways Beloved Movies Accomplished Their Effects When Tyrell lowers the shades in his office in Blade Runner, no shades were actually lowered — Source: American Cinematographer

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