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39 Random Bits of Trivia That Immediately Fell in Line on Their First Day of Boot Camp

November 01, 2024

As the drill sergeants here at this fact-training facility, you’ll be pleasantly surprised with the list below. It’s the shining star amongst a highly proper and poised class of lists, and we’re proud to show it off.

Some lists gave us a pretty hard time in the beginning. Getting them to fall in line was like herding cats, but this list came ready on day one and hasn’t missed a beat since.

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The Lord’s Prayer

In 2019, Pope Francis approved changing the Lord's Prayer. KAI MH BIEENETKHE HMAE EIE ПЕТРАХМОН* АЛАА PT- EAI HMAE АПО TOT ПОNН- AMHN. POT. GRACKED.COM The phrase lead us not into temptation changed to do not let us fall into tempta- tion. Не said the original was a bad translation be- cause it suggested God caused the temptation. — Source

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Air Traffic Controllers

Air traffic controllers have to retire by 56. You have to start the job when you're 30 or younger, and everyone must retire young to avoid any age-related mental decline. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Steve Jobs

CRACKED Personal Habits of Billionaires Steve Jobs: Innovator, visionary... and barefoot? Jobs was renowned for his unconventional approach, such as holding brainstorming meetings while walking around barefoot. — Source

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The Incredible Shrinking Man

39 Random Bits of Trivia That Immediately Fell in Line on Their First Day of Boot Camp

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Emile Hirsch

EMILE HIRSCH In 2015, the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood star was arrested for assaulting a female Universal executive at Sundance. The actor first claimed he put her in a chokehold in self-defense but later on blamed the assault on his alcohol problem. — USA Today & IndieWire

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Rosa Parks

On December 1, 2019, a statue of civil rights activist Rosa Parks was unveiled in Montgomery Alabama as part of a celebration honoring her. Helping un

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Yuri Gagarin

The first man returning from space was met by potato farmers. In 1961, Yuri Gagarin parachuted from his space capsule down to the village of Saratov, and walked up (in his orange spacesuit) to a woman farming potatoes with her granddaughter. They freaked out the moment they saw him, then he calmly told them who he was. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A Serious Man

The Coen Brothers and their movies A Serious Man The Coens flat-out invented the Jewish parable. It just seemed like starting the movie with a little Yiddish folk tale would be somehow an appropriate introduction ... but we didn't know any suitable Yiddish folktales, so we just made one up. CRACKED.COM — CBS News

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Nuke the Moon

The U.S. once considered nuking the moon UNITED STATES CRACKED.COM During the Cold War, the U.S. considered detonating a nuclear bomb in a crater to show off its nuclear power and study its effects. — Source

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A24

A24 Movies The name A24 Films was inspired by the Autostrada A24 in Italy, the location of many classic Italian films. As the legend goes, Daniel Katz was driving down the motorway when he came up with the idea for the company. CRACKED.COM — Source: GQ

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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

CRACKED COM SPIDER-MAN INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE While Miles Morales is visiting his uncle Aaron in his apartment, the TV is on. 11 And the TV is showing an episode of Community, which features Donald Glover in Spider-Man pyjamas. — Source

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Jurassic Park

LEX became a painter CRACKED.COM After starring in Jurassic Park, Ariana Richards painted a portrait of herself holding Jello like she did in the film, which is just one of her many amazing pieces. — Source: Amblin

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Celebrity Workouts

Celebrity Workouts Daddy's Lil Monsie MARGOT ROBBIE loves Reformer pilates. Robbie likes to build strength and keep in shape with Reformer pilates, which is done on a Reformer bed made up with various cables and springs on a moving suppose CRACKED.COM — Source

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Catfight

Anne Heche Movies Catfight The movie was too violent for its own marketing. The black comedy-drama is so violent, in fact, that while the poster image comes from the first fight scene, the bloody faces had to be cleaned up. CRACKED.COM — Poster:Wikipedia

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Leo Fender

Leo Fender is a legend who perfected the electric guitar. But he couldn't play, and didn't like rock'n'roll. Despite the fact that his entire business

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Bo Burnham

AT A GLANCE во BURNHAM Не wrote and directed Eighth Grade Во Burnham's writer-director debut was critically acclaimed. Не said, I really set out to just make a story about how I was feeling at the time that I was writing it, which was nervous, and sort of wanting to talk about the Internet and how it felt to sort of be alive right now. CRACKED.COM — Source: NPR

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Loki

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind partly inspired, of all things, Disney's Loki. LOKI INTERNATIONAL That movie (like, say, Scott Pilgrim), had a lot of elaborate practical sets that look like CGI - and Loki did too, to make its world feel like a real environment. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo killed a bunch of fish. In 2003, the success of Finding Nemo caused a domino effect of children attempting to flush their fish to freedom. Unfortunately in real life, flushing a fish kills them instantly. CRACKED.COM — source: Los Angeles Times

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Reebok Bacon

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Jon Heder

CRACKED JON HEDER WAS A POP CULTURE ICON FOR A COUPLE YEARS. Napoleon Dynamite became a household name in 2004, and after leading roles in School for Scoundrels and Blades of Glory in 2006, he left Hollywood for the Pacific Northwest, where he feels a lot more comfortable. — Game Rant / Knox News

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Dimethylmercury

A few drops of dimethylmercury killed a professor of chemistry at Dartmouth College in 1997. GRAGKED.COM Karen Wetterhahn died 10 months after a few drops landed on her protective gloves. Although she had been following the required procedures, the material permeated the gloves and her skin within seconds. — U of Bristol

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Jackson Hole, China

There is a popular resort town in China that is a near-replica of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. CRACKED.COM It is complete with its own Teton Village and Million Dollar Cowboy Bar. The town's Chinese name translates literally to Hometown, USA. — The Atlantic

17

Checkers

SECRET ORIGINS CHECKERS AN EARLY VERSION OF CHECKERS WAS PLAYED IN ANCIENT EGYPT ON A 5 BY 5 BOARD, CALLED ALQUERQUE. AROUND 1100 IN FRANCE, THE GAME WAS ADAPTED INTO MODERN CHECKERS BY PUTTING BACKGAMMON PIECES ON A CHESSBOARD. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Alec Baldwin

CRACKED Alec Baldwin on SNL. The current leader in the times hosted category with 17, he was also basically a cast member during the Trump administration with 46 appearances as the Donald. Just sign him to a contract and get him in every episode already! — Fandom / Deadline

15

Macarena

The song Macarena is about a woman who cheats on her boyfriend while he's drafted One translation is of the lyrics include Macarena has a boyfriend who is named/ Who is named with the last name Vitorino/And while he was being sworn in as a conscript/ She's giving it to two friends NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: HuffPost

14

Jaws

When John Williams shared his idea for the Jaws score, Spielberg laughed. AFL It was just two notes, so Spielberg thought it was a joke. He played it until I stopped laughing. CRACKED.COM — Source: BBC

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Celebrity Stoners

CRACKED.COM Celebrity Stoners Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson are weed feminist icons. They wanted pot to be a big part of Broad City, as it was a big part of their lives. Many advocates have praised the show, as women stoners aren't often depicted on movies and TV. — Source

12

Iron Man

Tony's hand when he first realizes he can be a force for good... and the same hand when his journey culminates by saving the universe. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Animal Clones

People remember Dolly the Sheep for being the first cloned mammal, but she's far from the only cloned animal. The list of successful clones now includes: cows, goats, pigs, monkeys, cats, rats, horses, ferrets, and carp. CRACKED.COM — Source: Interesting Engineering

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Juno

Juno Juno is a movie about a pregnant teenager. Juno was the Roman goddess of, among other things, childbirth. — Source: Encyclopedia Britannica

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Fox Urine

To stop the theft of trees in public parks near Christmas time, some cities spray would-be Christmas trees with fox urine. CRACKED.COM It freezes and is odorless outdoors, but would be unbearable and irremovable if taken into someone's home. — Daily Nebraskan

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Viola Davis

Viola Davis had to search through maggot-filled garbage for food. Kindergarten photo The Academy Award-winning actress lived in apartments overrun wit

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Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson worked passionately for two decades to make the movie The Professor and the Madman. It was a box office disaster which didn't even recoup a third of its budget. It also only got 38% on Rotten Tomatoes. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Tokyo Drift

Tokyo Drift couldn't secure certain permits but filmed scenes anyway. REGARO Universal Studios hired a fall guy to go to jail instead of the director. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

5

Arizona

Afraid of slakes! Hopefully you don't live in Arizona, home to 19 species of venomous reptiles. You should be safe in Alaska or Maine where there are

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Ben Stiller

CRACKED BEN STILLER Ben Stiller was in a teenage punk band, Capital Punishment, and they released an album named Roadkill in the 1980s. Yep -- Ben Stiller used to be a punk drummer. — Pitchfork / Hollywood Reporter

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Atoms

REMOVE ALL THE EMPTY SPACE FROM ALL THE ATOMS IN ALL OF THE PEOPLE ON PLANET EARTH... ...AND ALL OF US COMBINED WOULD EQUAL THE VOLUME OF A SUGAR CUBE. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Heart Attack Faker

A dude tried to fake a heart attack to get out of his trial. In 2008, Keison Wilkins faked a heart attack during his closing argument in hopes of getting a mistrial, but no one in the courtroom bought it. Не continued is act even after returning to the defense table. Не ended up being sentenced to 42 years in prison. CRACKED — pickingpok/Shutterstock
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Hidden Meanings

STAR BOLTS THAT KEEP THE BUILDING TOGETHER Metal stars on older brick buildings aren't just decorative. METAL STAR BOLTS are often used to help keep the walls connected to the floor and roof beams. This helps to make the building more stable and less likely to collapse. CRACKED — Source

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