40 Random Bits of Trivia Delicately Prepared by a Fugu Chef

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40 Random Bits of Trivia Delicately Prepared by a Fugu Chef
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Ripper

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER Ripper CRACKED.COM Librarian zaddy Rupert Giles was almost the focus of several spinoffs -- a BBC series, a TV movie, a strai

Belgian Frites

CRACRED.CON Belgian potato producers are begging people to eat more fries. Belgium's frites (twice-fried potatoes) are in way less demand, as they wer
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Mick Jagger in The Bank Job

In The Bank Job, Mick Jagger has a cameo as a bank employee. It shows him as he might look if the Rolling Stones didn't pan out he was a finance and a

Microsoft

CRACKED Microsoft has filed a patent for a system that would monitor employees' body language and facial expressions during work meetings, in order to give the events a quality score. 104A 106A 106C 78 106B 104C 106D 104B The patent envisions rooms being packed with sensors to monitor the participants. This raises privacy concerns, as Microsoft is already under fire over a separate productivity-score tool that allows managers to keep track of individual workers' use of different software programs.

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Facebook’s Spy Machine

CRACKED Facebook's 24/7 spy machine. After a 50 million user data breach, Facebook released Portal, a video-calling device with a camera and mic that were always on. Labeled the worst tech device of the year, people distrusted Facebook's camera/microphone combo in their home, and it flopped.

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Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters One Cracked reader writes, Yes, the 1984 film is my favorite movie of all time, but I don't go around bashing a reboot that did not harm me in the slightest or 'ruin my childhood.' Get over yourselves. CRACKED.COM

Carrie Fisher

AT A GLANCE CARRIE FISHER She never met James Earl Jones until an episode of The Big Bang Theory. o 000 The voice of Darth Vader never went on set, SO the pair didn't officially meet until they both guest starred on the show in 2013. CRACKED.COM

This is movie magic at its finest. 

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Super Monster Wolf

ROBOTIC MONSTER WOLVES PROTECT CROPS IN JAPAN. With local wolves hunted to extinction 200 years ago, boars and deer have become a nuisance to farmers. A modern solution is Super Monster Wolf, an animatronic, solar-powered scareboar that keeps animals (and probably people) at bay. CRACKED.COM

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Cosmo Yogurt

IN 1999, COSMOPOLITAN Looey SEX WH YOL MAGAZINE BEGAN SELLING YOGURT UNDER THEIR BRAND. muraerec. Sexy LOVE asecret life? COSMOPOLITAN need to know WE

Disposable Underwear

BIC UNDERWEAR LAUNCHED IN 1998. THEY SOLD DISPOSABLE UNDERWEAR IN GREECE, LEVER THIN o 5-6 BIO AUSTRIA Kieldergrope 46-52 AND IRELAND. HOSE 8 BiC NEU! Mit Zwickell GRACKED.COM

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Guardians of the Galaxy 2

40 Random Bits of Trivia Delicately Prepared by a Fugu Chef

Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee died during the filming of Game Of Death. Yet he appears in Game Of Death . Eight years after Lee's death and actual funeral were incorporat

My Strange Addiction

CRACKED A MENTAL ILLNESS MAKES YOU CRAVE TO EAT DIRT. Or any other type of inedible substance. It's called pica, and it's what those people who eat diapers on My Strange Addiction have.

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Gladiator

GLADIATOR At the beginning of Gladiator, Maximus is wounded fighting off his captors. He's bleeding from the arm when he sets off riding from Germania

The Largest Spider in the World

The Goliath birdeater tarantula is the largest spider in the world. It can weigh more than a newborn puppy. CRACKED.COM

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Dog Surfing Coach

CRACKEDOON Love water, dogs and surfing? DOGSURFING COACH might just be the job for you! Dog surfing coaches are people who know their way around the

The Castle of Murder

Coolderry, Ireland - The Castle of murder - Leap Castle is said to be the home of a whopping 19 ghosts. It has a history of clan battles and familial

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California

WEIRD WORLD In Placerville, CA, people protested about having the noose removed from the city's logo. ERT E Free The noose is a reference to the hanging of three people convicted for robbery and murder during the gold rush, which gave the city the nickname Hangtown. Today, having a noose

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