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40 Random Bits of Trivia to Yell at a Comedian If You Can’t Think of Any Substantial Heckles

November 09, 2024

You know the feeling: You’ve had a few wobbly pops at a comedy show, and you think the show could use a few extra laughs.

Well, it’s up to you to provide those laughs! Your friends think you’re funny. They all tell you that you should try stand-up, so here’s your chance! You don’t have to write five minutes of material or email open-mic bookers for spots. You can just yell some gem from your seat!

Here, try this one: “Hey buddy! Steven Spielberg’s dad was an influential electronics engineer!” Let us know if it killed!

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Mechanotherapy

CRACKED EXERCISE YOUR WAY TO WELLNESS WITH DR. ZANDER'S MECHANOTHERAPY. K1 Dr. Gustav Zander pioneered the concept of mechanotherapy which promoted health and healing through the use of exercise apparatus, and his machines were popularized in the late 19th century due to the industrialization of society and the mechanization of labor. — Smithsonian Magazine

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Warp Speed

The term was adopted at WARP SPEED STAR TREK CRACKED.COM Though the concept of warps was present in earlier science fiction, Star Trek brought the concept of speed into popular consciousness. It sounds SO much more impressive than super-fast. — Dictionary.com

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Ken McElroy

No one saw who killed Ken McElroy - despite the dozens of witnesses UNSOL McElroy was gunned down in front of a crowd in Skidmore, Missouri in 1981. Of the more than 40 witnesses, not one was able to name the shooter. Perhaps not coincidentally, McElroy was both feared and hated in town, as he was a constant bully who got away with numerous crimes. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Dolly Parton

16 Badass, Little-Known Dolly Parton Stories - She wrote Jolene and I Will Always Love You' in one day in 1972. That was a — Source: Snopes

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The Cure

The Cure was originally named after one of their first songs Easy Cure. Robert Smith thought the name Easy Cure was too American and hippie-ish so they shortened it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Slavery

CRACKED COM NEARLY 5 MILLION AFRICAN SLAVES WERE BROUGHT TO BRAZIL DURING THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE, MORE THAN 10 TIMES THAT OF THE UNITED STATES. — Source: 18 Perspective-Shifting Historical Statistics

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Cracow Shoes

40 Random Bits of Trivia to Yell at a Comedian If You Can’t Think of Any Substantial Heckles — Source: Atlas Obscura

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Hippos

LOUISIANA WAS CONSIDERED PRIME HIPPO HABITAT. A field agent was sent to survey the ground, which he found bleak, but full of possibility. The hippopotamus would find no difficulty living in Louisiana, he reported.

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Tonsils

Tonsils act like a canary in a coal mine. Tonsils are strategically placed near the airway in order to catch incoming bacteria and viruses. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — ENT Carolina

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Nigerian King Ogiame Atuwatse III

A Nigerian king is looking for an investment... No, really. CRACKED.COM King of Warri, Ogiame Atu- watse III, is visiting Canada looking for economic in- vestment in Warri's energy sector. Maybe he had to make a personal appear- ance after no one respond- ed to his emails. — CBC

30

Sandra Bullock

CRACKED.COM MIX Pizza.Net - - - been - Please enter your maine address and phone: - Angela Bennett Address 487 Finley Street - CA to 94290 CH Venice - (318) 853-3472 Power New KJ December Sandra Bullock ordered pizza online in 1995. Back when the web was a new plaything, The Net thrilled audiences with the possibility of ordering fast food with your Power Macintosh. — Source

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Roger Waters

The Wall was one of two album pitches from Waters. CRACKED.COME After the end of touring in support of Animals, Waters offered the band two demos for their next project. The first demo was an early version of The Wall. The second was for The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, which would become Waters' first solo album. — Source: Ultimate Classic Rock

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Quakers

CRACKED QUAKERS People started calling George Fox and his followers Quakers as an insult after Fox told a judge to tremble at God's Word, and the word had a negative connotation for a while. Today, it'd be pretty hard to get worked up about getting called a Quaker. — The Canadian Encyclopedia / Quaker

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Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. CRACKED.COM After one of his many surgeries, Hitchcock had his stomach stitched up the mid- dle, leaving him with- out the button. — Source

26

Bird Box

WE NEARLY GOT TO SEE THE MONSTERS FROM BIRD BOX. Bird Box Monster prosthetics were actually created for the film and were even brought in for filming. However, their resemblance to giant babies made everyone on set burst out laughing and the idea was thankfully abandoned. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Iconic Characters That Almost Looked Radically Different

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The Karate Kid

YKabrate The Karate Kid's CRACKED.COMT HOWE W CALVFORNIA Irame Iras S STLL THE SAWE APARTWEKT COWPLEX. yTh Irax

24

Chimps

Mike, the lowest ranking member of a chimp group became the alpha male of the community overnight. 3 CRACKED.COM Не stole empty ker- osene cans from the researcher's camp, and banged them to scare the other chimps. — Source

23

B-2 Stealth Bombers

Within the wingspan of a single B-2 Stealth Bomber, You Could Fit: 172 Feet 3 F-14 Fighters 48 Feet 40 Feet 4 Wright Flyers 30 Honda Civics 6 Feet 114 Men Lined Up Shoulder to Shoulder H GRACKED COM 1.5 Feet — Source

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Garry Marshall

Director Garry Marshall demanded in his contract that his friend Hector Elizondo get a role in every film he directed. DAY Elizondo, who had appeared in every single film directed by Marshall, only found out about the contract clause upon the death of the director. GRAGKED.COM — Source: 16 Extremely Specific Celebrity Demands

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The Man in the Iron Mask

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Michael II

Shortest Reigns 18 hours Michael II of Russia Right between Nicholas Il's abdication and the Russian Revolution, Michael II was briefly Emperor of Russia in March, 1917, and we do mean briefly. Не was not ratified, though, as Russia's provisional government did not agree with the succession. Ultimately, Michael was killed by the Revolution. CRACKED.COM — Portrait by Ilya Repin
Wikipedia

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Exploding Head Syndrome

CRACKED If you've ever heard a loud noise or crashing sound in your head while you're sleeping, you may have EXPLODING HEAD SYNDROME. Don't worry though, it's not dangerous and doesn't need any treatment. — photoschmidt/Shutterstock
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18

Fisher Price

WEIRD WORLD Fisher Price is cashing in on nostalgia by creating a mobile phone. It looks exactly like a Fisher-Price Chatter Telephone, complete with a rotary dial in rainbow colors, but it's actually a working, Bluetooth-equipped phone. CRACKED.COM — Source

17

Ed O'Neill

Sport Celebrities Ed O'Neill was a college football player and an undrafted free agent for the Pittsburgh Steelers. CRACKED.COM — CBSSports.com

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Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama's brother Craig CRACKED.COM Robinson is a star in finance and basketball. He worked as a bank vice president and managing director, before returning to basketball (in college, at Princeton, he was one of the best all-time scorers). Robinson became head coach at Brown University, then Oregon State University, and is now vice president of player development for the New York Knicks. — Source

15

The MCU

Ralphie’s actor helped launch the MCU
Peter Billingsley is close with Jon Favreau, and served as a producer in Iron Man (in addition to playing a bit — Source: Vulture

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Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict cumberbatch не was kidnapped in south Africa. STATATA In 2005, during an off-day shooting To the Ends of the Earth, six men kidnapped Cumberbatch and his two co-stars, tossing them into the trunk of a car. Не managed to talk the kidnappers out of it. CRACKED.COM — Source: HuffPost

13

Wally the Walrus

WEIRD WORLD The authorities on an English island put together a plan to get a walrus to leave. Wally the walrus showed up at the Isles of Scilly in June, and caused thousands of pounds' worth of damage - so they're trying to make him go away. CRACKED.COM — Source: BBC

12

Hitler’s Fear of Dentists

Hitler and Goering were terrified of dentists. Goering cried in the big chair. Hitler delayed appointments until too late, and once needed 10 fillings in one go. However, dentistry had the last laugh when it came to identifying Hitler's body. CRACKED — Source

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Tycho Brahe

Tycho Brahe was a Danish astronomer in the 1500s. He's been described as the first competent mind in modern astronomy to feel ardently the passion for exact empirical facts. THE CRAZY: He kept a dwarf under his dinner table. The little person was named Jepp, and Brahe believed Jepp had psychic powers. Brahe paid Jepp to dress as a jester and sit under the table during meals. CRACKED.COM Fdeath-of-tycho-brahe-historys-strangest-astronomer — Source: 24 Famous (And Insane) Historical Figures

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Steven Spielberg’s Dad

Arnold Spielberg, Steven's dad, was an early, influential electronics engineer. He had a hand in designing 1950s GE mainframes, and won the Computer Pioneer Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. CRACKED.COM — Source: Variety

9

LL Cool J

LL Cool J came up with his rapper name when he was sixteen, but it was e 'completely wishful (thinking.' Wanting a cool moniker (and to attract girl

8

Nellie Bly

11 novels written by pioneering journalist Nellie Bly were just recently discovered. She wrote them in serialized form for a weekly newspaper, and they were thought to be lost - - but a writer discovered copies in archives in 2020. CRACKED.COM — Source

7

India

INDIA DEPLOYED ITS NAVY TO BRING PEOPLE HOME. It sent two ships to evacuate about 1,000 Indians on the Maldives, and a third to the United Arab Emirates (where 200,000 Indians applied for repatriation). It's not free, though-evacuees have to pay for the service. CRACKED.COM — The Economic Times

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Schindler’s List

steven spielberg refused a paycheck for schindler's List. The movie being a close and personal project for Spielberg, he refused to take a salary for it. His share of the profits went to the Shoah Foundation, a history archive for the Holocaust and other tragic events. CRACKED.COM — Source

5

Tacos

Hard shell tacos were popularized by Taco Bell. They were developed in the U.S. in the 1890s. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

4

Buttloads

CRACKED BUTT IS TECHNICALLY A UNIT OF MEASURE FOR WINE THAT STARTED IN MEDIEVAL TIMES. A buttload of wine is about 475 liters or 126 gallons. — Source

3

Drunk Shoe Shopping

GRACKED CHARLIE HUNNAM WAS DRUNK SHOE SHOPPING. While drunk and shopping on Christmas Eve, he blew a kiss to a woman who was looking at him. She ended up being a producer on Byker Grove, which became his first acting role. Within a year, he landed his breakout role on Queer as Folk. — YouTube / Hollywood Reporter

2

A Truly Self-Inflicted Gunshot

A lawyer shot himself demonstrating how the victim might have accidentally shot himself. GRACKED.COM Clement Vallandigham, a lawyer and Ohio politician defending a man accused of murder, had his client cleared in 1871 by his first-hand demonstration. Vallandigham died 12 hours later. — Source

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Ben-Hur

Cinematic classic Ben-Hur is set during the 1st century. Before the big race, Ben-Hur is given the Star of David so he can proudly display his Jewish faith and piss off those pesky Romans. However, that symbol wouldn't piss anyone off back then, because the Star of David was first widely used as a Jewish symbol in the 17th century. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Silly Historical Mistakes From Famous Movies

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