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Interior Design

Early humans practiced interior design A new study shows that humans who lived 170,000 years ago placed the fire in the optimal place for utility and to avoid smoke, which shows high cognitive abilities. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Sneeze Speed

HURRICANE BE SNEEZES GRAGKED.COM Little pig, little pig, let me in. On the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, a category 2 hurricane is 96-110 mph, and according to the American Lung Association, a sneeze travels up to 100 mph. — Source

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Quentin Tarantino

celebrity Hobbies MB I Dream Quentin Tarantino - NEW im of Jeannie GAME collects board games MILTON based on old TV shows. MARATHON RADLEY DAGING The gritty film director has a niche hobby of collecting vintage board games licensed by classic television shows, such as I Dream of Jeannie, The A-Team, and The Dukes of Hazzard. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Hypothermia

People frozen to death are often found naked and misidentified as a victim of a violent crime. Just before lethal hypo- thermia, a person will un- dress themselves because they perceive themselves to be overheating when in- deed they're freezing (par- adoxical undressing). CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Living in Space

YOUR HEART WEAKENS IN SPACE. OVHD 0 YOUR ONLY REMEDY? CONSTANT EXERCISE. You have to exercise a good 2.5 hours a day, every day, as long as you're out — For details, read 6 Reasons Why Mass Space Travel Would Completely Suck

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Samuel L. Jackson

ANG samuel L. Jackson was an usher at the funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr. Being a student at Atlanta's Morehouse College, where a funeral procession was held, Jackson volunteered to help people find their way around campus. MLK's assassination galvanized him into becoming politically active. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Beyonce

The Church of England co-owns Beyoncé's Single Ladies The church has invested in Hipgnosis, a company that owns the rights to thousands of songs. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Sharks

SHARK SUPERPOWERS CRACKED.COM Sharks can swim in a really, really straight line In featureless, open oceans, they swim in arrow-straight lines that could pass any DUI test. They can also accurately navigate in the dead of night. This is due to their sensitivity to the Earth's magnetic field. — Source

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Kingdom Hearts

CRACKED.COM KINHDOTO! on! LDC HD COPPAND Attack Magic MPHP Items Summon Right before you fight possessed Riku, there's a very long cut scene. A cut scene you had to rewatch every time you died, because the original Kingdom Hearts didn't have skippable cut scenes. After watching the same cut scene 20 times you'll never want to play the game again. — Source: 27 Video Game Moments That Made You Walk Away, Forever

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The Rolling Stones

Bill Wyman is a metal detector guy THE ROLLING STONES CRACKED.COM The bassist tapped out of the rockstar life in the 90's, and has since become a serious detecting enthusiast. Не even created his own top-of-the-line instrument, the Bill Wyman Signature Metal Detector. — BBC

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Selena

Selena The movie was announced a few months after Selena's death. Selena's biopic was announced in August 1995, after she was tragically shot and killed in March. The movie was released in 1997. CRACKED.COM — Source: E! Online

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Bruce Wayne

POP CULTURE RETIREMENT HOME Batman Beyond BRUCE WAYNE He'd probably spend most of his time locked in his room with his dog, but Wayne would ensure that this retirement home is the most state-of-the-art one of all time, both in care and in security. Just leave his pills at the door and don't make eye contact. CRACKED.COM

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Behind-the-scenes Drama Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness The movie had to be changed because of the pandemic. The entire plot was rewritten after Marvel's films were shuffled around and this became a sequel to Spider-Man: No Way Home. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Phoenicians

CRACKEDo COM Because of their use of easily degradable papyruses, everything ever written by the Phoenicians is lost. To have a bit of an idea of what

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Bones

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Benedict Cumberbatch

CRACKED.COM Benedict cumberbatch не was told to change his name (but not for the reason you think). His parents encouraged him to use a different last name for his career - not because Cumberbatch isn't Hollywood-friendly, but because of his slave- owning ancestors in 18th-century Barbados. — Source: The Guardian

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Roseanne

COMEDIES that shouldn't have been saved Everything but ROSEANNE's views had evolved. 20 years after its initial run, Roseanne aired on ABC in 2018. Its renewal for a second season was halted by Roseanne's racist remarks on Twitter, and ABC moved forward with The Conners minus Roseanne. CRACKED — ABC
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Jaws

If you love (or hate) summer blockbusters, you can thank Jaws for it. Before Jaws got released, summer was considered a dead period for movie releases - and Jaws was the first ever summer blockbuster. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Shaving

MYTH: SHAVING MAKES HAIR GROW B BACK THICKER. CRACKED.COM If shaving made your hair grow back faster and thicker, every teenage boy would look like Paul Bunyan. The reason this myth persists is because hair tapers as it grows, and when you cut it back you see the wider bottom portion. — Source

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David Letterman Extortion Attempt

David CRACKED.com In 2009 Letterman revealed to his studio audience that he was being blackmailed.. The Late Show host was being extorted by a CBS exe

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Home Alone

Home Alone held a box office record for a grand total of 27 years. Specifically, it held the record of the domestically highest-grossing live-action comedy in Guinness World Records, and eventually lost that title to the Chinese comedy Never Say Die. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cyber Security

You're more likely to get a computer virus from visiting religious sites than porn sites. CRACKED.COM Security firm Symantec found that the average number of security threats on religious sites was around 115, compared to adult content sites which carried around 25. — Source

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Bitcoin

Nobody knows who actually invented Bitcoin (and cryptocurrencies in general). TROYOZ INTERNATIONAL MJB EUSTER bb ITALYOZ BITCON. NTRAL METALS B MAJIENDO The inventor went by the name Satoshi Nakamoto online, but the person (or group) behind the handle never came forward and has never been identified. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Jay and Silent Bob

Let Jay & Silent Bob sell weed to YOU! JASON MEWES and KEVIN SMITH will be your bud-tenders at HERBARIUM 979 NLA BREA AVE. WEST HOLLYWOOD. CA 90038 Friday, Sept. 27th 4:20 PM until closina view Askewniverse Jay and silent Bob snoogans You can finally buy weed from Jay and Silent Bob. At the launch of their weed line, Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith even got in character to sell it personally. Hybrid Buy all 3 pre-rolls and snap a selfle with the stars of the upcoming motion picture Snoochie Beachies Sativa Cariar GOLD GRACKED.COM ALL POWERED BY JAY & — Source: YEW!

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Michael Sheen

Michael Sheen has sold his houses and become, he says, a not-for-profit actor. Не gave the proceeds from his house sales to charity, and also plans to use his acting income to fund charities. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Boss Level

TIME LOOP MOVIES BOSS LEVEL THE MOVIE WAS ALREADY IN PRODUCTION IN 2012. Originally titled Continue, the video game-inspired action movie was being done by Fox-until it wasn't. It took until 2020 to get the movie made. CRACKED.COM

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Dogma

Kevin Smith attended a protest for his own movie, Dogma. When an unwitting reporter asked for a comment, Smith said, I don't know, but I've been told, 'not good.''' NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Know More

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Alien3

Alien3 (1992) Ridley Scott visited the set, much to the delight of fanboy David Fincher. Lewer The two shared a moment of mutual grievance. Ridley asked how it was going and I said 'Really bad' and he said, 'It never goes well, this is not the way to make movies, make sure you make a little film where you have some control while they're beating you up.' And all he did was tell me he still hasn't seen a dime from the first Alien. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Malaria

The parasite which causes malaria in humans wears the membrane of a blood cell to go undetected. GRAGKED.COM Plasmodium Falciparum first infects the liver, de- veloping there for months without any symptoms. Then it in- fects red blood cells to wear as a disguise. — Source

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The First PG-13 Rating

The first PG-13 rating. 1984 CRACKEDGO COM Even though it clocked in at 134 acts of violence per hour (Guinness counted), Red Dawn was the first film

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Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brosnan once worked with the circus as a fire eater. CRACKED COM A teenage Brosnan was taking an acting work- shop but decided to learn the ancient skill of the flame when he saw a group of women with their tops off. — The List

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Coca-Cola

Coca Cola Dr. John Pemberton created Coca-Cola in the hopes of curing his morphine addiction.

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McSpaghetti

The McSpaghetti is exactly what's on the tin. CRACKED.COM Ordering a Chicken McDo with McSpaghetti was a needlessly long way of ordering a chicken leg and some spaghetti -- but a really quick way to get heartburn. — Source

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The Good Place

EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES The real philosophers In the series finale, modern philosopher Todd May and UCLA professor Pamela Hieronymi make appearances as Chidi's students.They were both consultants on the show. The Good Place CRACKED.COM — Source

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Mickey Mouse

MYTH Walt Disney drew Mickey Mouse. x FACT Disney came up with the concept for Mickey Mouse and voiced the character. But Disney's partner, Ub Iwerks, was the artist behind the Mouse, as well as his first animator. CRACKED — Disney
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Boris Yeltsin

In 1992, Russian president Boris Yeltsin drummed on the Kyrgyzstan president's head with spoons. There was no particular reason for it, he just did cr — Source: Reuters

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Jade

Early drafts of movies Jade The script didn't suck (according to the scriptwriter). Joe Eszterhas agreed with reviewers ripping the movie to shreds, claiming that his cerebral story was completely rewritten by director William Friedkin (as Friedkin himself acknowledged). CRACKED.COM — Den of Geek

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Anti-Vampire Technology

PIN ME DOWN When Harold West died, he requested a steel stake be shoved through his heart. This was in 1972. Не was specifically afraid of coming back as a vampire, but we're gonna count it. CRACKED COM — Source

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The Beatles

The Beatles Many early songs of the Fab Four were sound edited for American tastes. Also, for royalties reasons, their American albums had fewer songs than the British versions. — Source: CultureSonar

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The Earth’s Crust

The crust of the Earth is so thin that it can be compared with the peel of an apple. The crust only makes up 1% of the earth's volume at just 25 miles deep, yet this comparatively small area contains all known life in the universe. CRACKED.COM — National Geographic

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