40 Random Bits of Trivia the Universe Never Meant for You to Find Out

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40 Random Bits of Trivia the Universe Never Meant for You to Find Out

You’re not supposed to be back here! Show us your pass! 

The sign out front clearly states that only members of the human race with “all-access” passes are permitted to peel back the universe’s curtain and stroll amongst these hidden gems. We hate having to lay down the law, but we took a side hustle as the universe’s security guards and this was rule number one. 

Once we clock out, we’re real sweeties, but for now? Get the hell outta here! And don’t read any of these on your way out!

Grand Central

There's a subway station under Grand Central Station. It led directly into the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, sO the well-to-do wouldn't have to mingle with t

Mt. Everest

4G AND 3G OF BOTH SUMMIT THE THERE'S ON COVERAGE EVEREST MT. MTTE CRAGKEDCON

Mr. Rogers

Mr. Roger's Details Rogers' level of detail wasn't superfluous. He studied child development and worked closely with many academic researchers, includ

St. Francis

CRACKED Giotto's 13th century frescoes in the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi had a hidden secret for centuries - nobody could get up high enough to spot a side-on portrait of Satan hidden in the clouds.

Coked-Out Bees

Scientists gave cocaine to bees. Researchers from Macquarie University in Australia and the University of Illinois dosed a segment of the bee populati

Disney

DISNEY USED SHELL COMPANIES TO Buy MAGIC KINGDOM. THE AIm: LOWBALLING LANDOWNERS. By hiding that such a huge company wanted the land, they kept seller

The Creation of Adam

CRACKED It wasn't until 1990 that anyone realized that in Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam, on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the cloak surrounding God and his angels is a giant brain, complete with cerebellum, optic chiasm and pituitary gland.

The Adoration of the Magi

CRACKED The Adoration of the Magi places multiple well-known figures of the time around Christ, including the powerful Medici family and the guy who commissioned the painting. The dude on the far right looking straight at us? Botticelli himself, showing off.

Hidden in Art

CRACKED Raphael's The School of Athens is hella dense, featuring 52 characters. The setting is also quite something: it's modeled on the architectural plans for St. Peter's Basilica, which wouldn't be finished for another century - like a renaissance CGI walkthrough.

Radio City Music Hall

Radio City Music Hall has a swanky apartment. Radio City built it for its first impresario, Samuel Roxy Rothafel, who had brought in a ton of top-shelf acts. It became his bachelor pad and party venue. And today, it could be yours - it's been kept in top shape, and is up for rent. CRACKED.COM

Hidden Salt Mine

Lake Erie lies above a massive salt mine. The mine is a three-mile-long complex that's so deep underground, fresh air has to be pumped in and miners have to carry an hour's worth of backup oxygen. Many of its sprawling tunnels are unexplored (and might be home to horrors that should not be awakened). CRACKED.COM

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40 Random Bits of Trivia the Universe Never Meant for You to Find Out

Hidden Forest

CRACKED Researchers have found an ancient forest that was encased in a glacier 1,000 years ago and is only now being exposed as the glacier melts. The team plans to return to the site to learn more about the conditions of the environment at that time.

Scary Finds

CRACKED.COM In 1982, two children playing on a swing in a field in Norton, England looked down and saw that they had accidentally unearthed a skeleton. They had been swinging over a 1400- year old Saxon burial ground. 120 skeletons were eventually unearthed, along with weapons, keys, brooches, and other artifacts. And those kids probably never climbed on a swing again...

Nazi Docs

During a renovation, a Hungarian couple accidentally uncovered 6300 Nazi documents behind a wall in their apartment. I Adatszolgáltatási iv I Sister المغربية E f 1 F . I I - 14. E St. rendelether. E Y f I 1 P I . - I | E for I I E I I this works 7 orda Evense jour د Australia 20 than r I bierram Zs 31.268 utca 168. helyra|zi szão | | I háror I f 6 These documents were a census to keep track of Jews before moving them into death camps during the Holocaust. CRACKED.COM

Times Square

NOT 2018 TOSHIBA HAPPY NEW YEAS TOSHIBA OTOK RAPPY NEW YEAR A major building in Times Square is empty. It's the building where they drop the New Year's Ball - One Times Square. There's one tenant: a Walgreens on the ground floor. The building has been used as a gigantic, vacant advertising stand since 1992. It makes $23 million a year. CRACKED.COM

The Secrets of the Ice

CRACKED As the Earth's glaciers melt at an alarming rate, ancient artifacts are being uncovered. The Secrets of the Ice project has been surveying the glaciers on Norway's highest mountains in Oppland since 2011 and has found a slew of treasures frozen in time and ice. Almost 3,000 archeological artifacts have been found in Oppland, including wooden skis dating back to circa 700 and Viking swords.

Fine Art Easter Eggs

CRACKED Flemish artist Clara Peeters' Still Life with Cheeses, Almonds and Pretzels features another incredibly subtle self-portrait - Peeters painted with such accuracy that she included herself reflected in the rim of the jug.

Hidden Islands

CRACKED The Russian Navy has discovered five small islands off the coast of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. The discovery was made due to melting glaciers and extreme ice loss, chartered by a team of 60 people over two months. This area is growing in interest due to potential shipping routes opening up as a result of global heating.

Mummies

Two Filipino fishermen returning home for the day noticed a drifting partially submerged yacht. CRACKED COM They would then discover that its captain was still on board, as a mummy. How long he had been dead was impossible to determine, since conditions at sea could have mummified him within weeks.

Animal Carcass Insulation

A family in Auburn, PA was trying to insulate their home but upon tearing down the wall, dozens of animal carcasses spilled out. - Model Resimated Yearty Operating Des $41 Includes Ma&Tray The corpses were wrapped in newspapers from 1930s and 1940s. The family is certain that there are more hiding in their walls but have run out of money trying to get them out. CRACKED.COM

Melting Glaciers

CRACKED As glaciers around the world melt due to global warming, they are giving up bodies that have been frozen in time. In Italy, the Presena glacier is melting and exposing the artifacts and mummified remains of soldiers from World War I. On the other side of the world, in Argentina, Incan children who were sacrificed hundreds of years ago are being revealed by thawing glaciers.

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