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Squeaky clean facts for that filthy little brain of yours

40 Random Bits of Trivia That Feel Like Dunking Your Whole Brain Into a Barrel of Hand Sanitizer

October 31, 2024

You know when you get so busy writing lists of random facts that you don’t have time to shower for like three or four days? Something we can all relate to, right?

Well, your brain can feel like that from time to time too. It gets caught up in some mindless scrolling or has to listen to some dud of a dude drone on and on about gas prices or some crap, and it starts feeling a little icky.

If that’s been the case lately, then we have the cleansing reset it needs. These facts are sure to kick off the dust and scrub those hard-to-reach brain folds. You and your brain deserve it.

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The Paypal Scam

Crypto Scams B THE PAYPAL Pay SCAM In 2023, a 79-year-old was tricked out of $79,500 by a crypto scammer using PayPal. The scam relied on fear, guilt, and all sorts of other tactics to take advantage of the victim's lack of computer knowledge. CRACKED — Primakov/Shutterstock
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Star Trek

Movies With Sneaky Shout-Outs To Other Movies - 2009's Star Trek put in a very subtle nod to the original show. When Pike sits in the — Source: Film School Rejects

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The Father of the AK-47

CRACKED.COM THE INVENTOR OF THE AK-47 SAID I WISH I'D MADE A LAWNMOWER. Although Mikhail Kalashnikov died saying he was proud of his invention, he said he wished he had made something that could have helped farmers instead. — Inventors Who Can't Stand Their Own Creations

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Randy Orton

SummerSlam 2004 Randy Orton became the youngest World Heavyweight Champion ever. Orton pinned Chris Benoit for the first of multiple world title reigns in his career. Не was only 24 years old. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Chinawood

JACKIE CHAN E T THE KOREA - - - THE Las FORBIDDEN MUMMY CROUCHING TIGER KINGDOM Тома OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR HIDDEN DRAGON - - KUFETAR Hengdian Movie Studios in Zhejiang, sometimes called Chinawood, is the world's largest outdoor film studio. They have full-scale replicas of the Forbidden City and the Old Summer Palace, and will build any elaborate set your movie needs-for free. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Kevin Federline

CSI Kevin Federline CRACKED.COM к Fed played a gang boss (and guy wearing a hat for the first time) named Pig, in an episode called Fannysmackin'. — Source

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Lovitz v Dick

jon andy LOVITZ DICK CRACKED.COM The two feuded on the set of NewsRadio, but patched things up. That was until drunk Dick confronted Lovitz at his own restaurant and told him I put the Phil Hartman curse on you, you're the next to die. The bad blood culminated in a fistfight at a comedy club before a doorman broke it up. — Source: “I’ll Put A Bullet In Your Head”: 15 Comedy Feuds That Weren’t Always Funny

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Japanese Prime Minister Sosuke Uno

The Prime Minister of Japan, Sōsuke Uno, resigned in 1989 after an affair with a geisha. The scandal revolved around Uno being stingy, failing to properly pro- vide and support his mis- tress with an appropriate amount, rather than any kind of morality. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Toy Story

Toy Story was pitched as a 30-minute sequel to Tin Toy... ...but the President of Walt Disney told them to make it a full length movie. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Eric Clapton

Rock Against Racism was formed in response to a speech made by Eric Clapton in 1976. CRACKED.COM At a concert, Clapton urged the British audience to vote for Enoch Powell and Keep Britain White. — Virgin Media

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DoorDash

WEIRD WORLD A DoorDash driver pooped in the lobby of a building after delivery. CCTV E FOOTBER 1005 DES кады .ح.د He'd delivered to a person living in that residential building, and then just used a trash can there as an impromptu toilet. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Facial Attraction Preferences

40 Random Bits of Trivia That Feel Like Dunking Your Whole Brain Into a Barrel of Hand Sanitizer — Source: TIME

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Homeland

Easter Eggs for Polyglots لو منور كافكا Homeland Homeland is watermelon. The show hired people who knew Arabic to decorate a set with graffiti. The artists decided to write what they really thought of Homeland, like, This show does not represent the views of the artists, or Homeland is watermelon (which in Arabic is meaner than in English). CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Easter Eggs You Missed (If You're Monolingual)

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Scam Artists

CRACKED ROBERT HENDY-FREEGARD This 34-year old car salesman tricked seven people into thinking he was a secret agent for MI5. Не made them run away from supposed terrorists, stole from them, and made them beg and borrow money to pay for his fancy lifestyle. — Source

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The Purge

THE PURGE was inspired by road rage. Director James DeMonaco and his wife were almost killed by a drunk driver once. She was so blindingly mad at the guy, she said, Wouldn't it be great if we could have one free one a year? — Source: Den of Geek

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Poltergeist

A FOOTBALL POSTER IN POLTERGEIST SAYS 1988 SUPER BOWL XXII. 1988 SUPERSON XXII WHICH IS WEIRD, BECAUSE THE FILM WAS RELEASED IN 1982. In 1988, on the day of super Bowl XXII, Poltergeist actress Heather O'Rourke happened to be living in san Diego, the city where the game was taking place. she suddenly became violently ill and died the following afternoon. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Ultimate Restraining Order

CRACKED STOP GUY GETS A 10-YEAR BAN FROM STANDING NEAR WOMEN. A 32-year-old Londoner was convicted of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in front of her family on the London Underground, and was given a 10- year ban from standing near any woman he doesn't know in public. — ra2 studio/Shutterstock
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Arby’s

Arby's is a play on RB for Raffel Brothers, the founders. Arby's ROAST Beer Sandwich IS DELICIOUS. Arbyis Leroy and Forrest Raffel almost named it Big Tex. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

22

Pavel Chekov’s Accent

Star Trek Chekov's accent is such a bad caricature, isn't it? walter Koenig just copied his father's speech patterns. His father being a Soviet-bloc immigrant, Koenig gets annoyed when he's told Chekov's accent is wrong. — Source: Las Vegas Sun

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Skechers

Skechers claimed that its Shape-ups help people lose weight, and strengthen and tone the butt, legs, and abs. S Shape-ups In 2012, the FTC made the company pay $40 million to settle charges that it deceived consumers. https://www.ftc. gov/news-events/press-releases/2012/05/ CRACKED.COM skechers-will-pay-40-million-settle-ftc-charges-it-deceived — Source

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Siberian Seals

No one knows how seals originally came to Lake Baikal in Siberia. CRACKED.COM The Baikal Seal is the only true freshwater seal on Earth, and may have trav- eled hundreds of miles to Lake Baikal from another large body of water during the last ice age before be- ing stranded. — Source

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Kong: Skull Island

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Mt. Rushmore

Mt. Rushmore was designed by a white supremacist. Gutzon Borglum, the man that sculpted Mount Rushmore, was a racist who had ties to the Ku Klux Klan and was deeply involved in their politics. Не said things like, I would not trust an Indian, and referred to African Americans as a mongrel horde. CRACKED.COM — Source

17

The Best Thing That’s Ever Happened at an Airport

15 Feel Good Stories Of 2020 To End This Wretched Year - The grandma who surprised her grandkids at Victoria airport dressed as a dinosaur. The two b — Source: Vic News

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Axl Rose

CRACKED DR MO DAVIDSON TIES AXL ROSE and Lafayette, Indiana Не doesn't like to talk about the fact that he comes from there, despite being its most famous son. Не used to sneak visits to his favorite pizza shop, Arni's on Elmwood Ave, but hometown fans said he'd immediately retreat to his limo without talking to anyone. — A.PAES/Shutterstock
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World War II

There was a small group of WWII spies that were kind of real-life Inglorious Basterds. Two Brooklyn Jews were parachuted behind German lines to gather intel, and they were soon joined by a disillusioned ex-Nazi lieutenant. CRACKED.COM — Source: The National WWII Museum

14

Peppa Pig

WEIRD WORLD The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom praised Peppa Pig in a speech. In the same speech to industry leaders, he kind of made comparisons between himself and Moses, and mimicked the noise of a car. CRACKED.COM — Source

13

Video Games

CRACKED COM THE VIDEOGAME TOM CLANCY'S GHOST RECON UNCANNILY PREDICTED THE RUSSIA - GEORGIA WAR. RELEASED IN 2001, THE GAME WAS SET IN APRIL 2008 - JUST R FEW MONTHS BEFORE THE REAL WAR. — Source

12

Mr. Rogers

Mr. Rogers kept in touch with his limo driver for the rest of his life. CRACKED.COM When Mr. Rogers heard his driver was going to be waiting outside while Rog- ers was in a meeting, he asked the driver to come in. On the way back they passed the driver's home and Rogers met his family. — CNN / Wikipedia

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Smokeless Cigarettes

THE rbine Turbine n2 PREMIER Hendensatot ai CRACKED COM RJ Reynolds spent $325 million to develop this smokeless cigarette to counter secondhand smoke — Source: LA Times

10

Robot Citizens

In Pennsylvania, robots now have the same legal rights as pedestrians. That goes for sidewalk robots weighing up to 550 pounds and going up to 12 mph, which are used to deliver groceries and small items. — Source: Axios

9

Nano Air Vehicles

The Pentagon has so far invested over $4 million on the NAV. (That's short for Nano Air Vehicle.) the NAV Not the NAV It's a robot hummingbird. It's 6 inches tall and weighs less than an ounce. And yes, it's for spying. CRACKED.COM http://www.avinc.com/nano — Source

8

Ants

An Amazonian ant species has evolved to reproduce without sex. The females basically clone themselves to produce an all-female ant colony. It's the first time this behavior has been recorded in ants. While diversity and the longevity of the species could be an obvious problem here, it's fascinating to note that these female colonies grow a greater number of crops than other ant species. CRACKED.COM — BBC

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The SS Andrea

THE SS ANDREA DORIA WAS THE SAFEST SHIP IN ITALY. THEN THE SS STOCKHOLMHIT IT, KILLING FIFTY INSTANTLY. Not killed: Linda Morgan, 14. The impact prope — For details, read 7 Real Humans Who Survived Shockingly Violent Accidents

6

Playing Piano

Learning tO play a piano makes you better at math. After 8 months of piano lessons, students went from scoring in the 30th to the 65th percentile on t

5

George Carlin

George Carlin was arrested in Milwaukee in 1972 after performing his '7 Words You Can't Say On Television' routine. Attorneys played Carlin's 'Class Clown' album as part of the defense and luckily, the judge had a sense of humor. After the seven words you can't say on television were said in a court Thursday, a smiling judge dismissed the disorderly conduct charge against comedian George Carlin. CRACKED.COM — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

4

World War I

The first doughnut machine was made in 1920 to meet the demand following WW1. Adolph Levitt, a Jewish refugee who came to America fleeing czarist Russia, designed the ma- chine and began selling fried doughnuts from his Harlem bakery in New York City. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

3

Michelin Guide Inspectors

Being a Michelin Guide Inspector means eating 275 inspection meals a year. IC And that's just the minimum. Luckily, to compensate for the effects of that, Michelin has a plan -- they reimburse fitness membership fees. CRACKED.COM — Source

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J.R.R. Tolkien

J.R.R. Tolkien wrote his children Have Neers The letters from Santa 1920 Dear-John for 23 years. I heard YOU في MATE - Thatz I علاب like R whore Illinos I am Tare past care Me of of nam House the my bundle for you ME 8 The TASS PAR of tope -some Ufferson Hope مر trail amien time the snow Every the NORTH POLIC tongre Many F OFF - In the letters, which CRACKED.COM were presented in sealed envelopes complete with stamps from the North Pole, Father Christmas would tell the children all about his life and adventures. — Source: 15 Famous People With Impressive Parenting Skills

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