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40 Random Bits of Trivia We Found Abandoned As Tidbits and Nursed Into Full-Grown Facts

November 08, 2024

We knew this day would come. When we saved these little tidbits from the cold, we knew we couldn’t keep them forever. We just don’t have the space, and our rigorous fact-finding missions can send us all over the universe at a moment’s notice.

So thank you for taking them today. We’ll never forget our time with them, but we’re glad they’re going to a good brain.

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40

Britain’s First Satellite

Ariel-1, Britain's very first satellite, was put into orbit on April 26, 1962. It was accidentally destroyed weeks later after the US military detonated a 1.4 megaton nuclear weapon called Starfish-Prime in the upper atmosphere. CRACKED.COM — Source

39

MAS*H

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM M*A*S*H M A S H H M*A*S*H's final episode aired in 1983. It remained the most-watched US TV broadcast until 2010, only ever beaten by SOME Super Bowls (and not the last 4). The show was so outrageously successful, the fact that it was a spin-off of a 1970 feature film of the same name sometimes goes forgotten. — Source: NPR

38

Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett considers the controlling shares of Berkshire Hathaway to be the dumbest stock he ever bought. CRACKED.COM Buffet bought the shares of the now multibil- lion-dollar company just to fire the CEO as re- venge for trying to low-ball him when Buffett went to sell the stock. — Source

37

Kangaroos

The faster a kangaroo hops, the less energy it burns. CRACKED.COM Kangaroos have ex- tra-strong calves, a giant bundle of tendons that reach from their tails to their hip bones, and hind feet that work like a pair of springs. — Source

36

Centipedes

No species of centipede has exactly 100 legs. GRAGKED.COM Despite the name, centi- pedes can have a vary- ing number of legs, ranging from 30 to 382. Centipedes always have an odd number of pairs of legs. — Source

35

Tanzania

In Tanzania, somebody narrates movies for people as they watch them. People who do that are known as video jockeys, or VJs, and they re-enact dialogue, comment on what's happening, and fade the soundtrack in and out. CRACKED.COM — Source

34

Jennifer Lawrence

CRACKED At 16, JENNIFER LAWRENCE starred in an MTV commercial for My Super Sweet 16. Lawrence played a spoiled teen whose party doesn't go as planned. Way more Cady Heron than Katniss Everdeen, really. — Andrea Raffin/Shutterstock,
MTV
MTV

33

Fingernails

Do our fingernails grow after we die? No, but the skin around nails shrinks as the skin dehydrates, giving the illusion of growth. CRACKED COM — Source: BBC

32

Lettuce

You may know lettuce as short bundles of salad-to-be, but it can actually grow to over 3 feet tall. Called bolting, lettuce cán sprout tall stalks with yellow flowers. However, this makes the leaves inedible. CRACKED.COM — Source

31

Wood Frogs

Wood frogs can hold their pee for up to eight months Wood frogs have microbes in their guts that recycle urea, allowing them to avoid peeing all winter. CRACKED.COM — Source: CBC

30

Night of the Living Dead

CRACKED COM NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD Many people think Romero was making a statement about racism in NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, but according to him, the movie is really about our inability to communicate, even when faced with a crisis. — Source: 12 Movies That Everyone Misunderstands (And What They Mean)

29

The F-35

Meet the F-35 Lightning II, a.k.a. the Joint Strike Fighter, the world's next generation fighter plane currently under development. Each unit is estimated to cost $109.5 million, over 2,100 times the median U.S. household income. The U.S. Department of Defense has budgeted for 2,457 of these bad boys. That's 2,457 times... well, you get the idea. CRACKED COM — Source

28

Madonna

MADONNA RECOMMENDS PEEING ON YOUR OWN FEET. Peeing in the shower is really good, Madonna told a flabbergasted David Letterman in 1994. It fights athlete's foot. Some people might prefer the fungus, though. CRACKED.COM — 25 Celebs Who Left Reality Behind

27

The Flintstones

Celebrity Endorsements The Flintstones wanted you to smoke up. In 1961, the Modern Stone Age Family encouraged you to burn a few Winston cigarettes to relax while you watched their wacky primetime antics. Apparently they didn't have a pelican x-ray machine or a saber- tooth CT scan to inspect their lungs. CRACKED.COM — Source: Ad On YouTube

26

Tesla

TESLA says let's do tequila shots Featuring a dry fruit and light vanilla nose with a balanced cinnamon pepper finish, enjoy TESLA tequila powered by QUILA : the sun and AEA cocaine. Better hope Elon Musk is buying because this sold-out bottle goes for $250 a pop. CRACKED.COM — Tesla

25

Whoopi Goldberg

TREKKER CELEBRITIES WHOOPI GOLDBERG KNOWN FOR The View, getting kicked off The View, Sister Act. TREK CLAIM TO FAME Fought to be on TNG because Uhura inspired her to become an actress. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

24

Shakira

SHAKIRA SENT N95 MASKS AND VENTILATORS TO COLOMBIAN HOSPITALS. The mayor of Barranquila, her hometown, thanked her for the contribution of thousands — Source: Entertainment Tonight Canada

23

Joss Whedon

A character on Joss Whedon's show Angel hates some of Whedon's work. Fred's mother says her husband loves the Alien films, except for that last one t

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22

Star Wars

Star Wars rips off French comics. If you're familiar with Moebius, or with Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières' Valérian and Laureline, you might have noticed that Star Wars borrows heavily from them. Mézières in particular claimed to be dazzled, jealous and angry about the whole thing. CRACKED.COM — Source

21

The Hubble Space Telescope

CRACKEDco THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE ACTHALLY LOOKS BACK IN TIME. WHEN IT TAKES A PICTHRE OF A GALAXY 100 MILLION LIGHT YEARS AWAy, WE ARE SEEING THE

20

Ancient Romans

CRACKED ANCIENT ROMANS HAD IT FIGURED OUT: 44 MILLION GALLONS, ONE AND A HALF DAYS. In Nîmes, France, the Roman aqueduct could transport water over 30 miles with only a 56-foot drop in elevation, and had a capacity of 44 million imperial gallons of water a day. It took almost a day and a half for the water to travel to the city. — Eric Isselee/Shutterstock
U.S. Geological Survey

19

Homer Simpson

OH Homer Simpson's trademark grunt is a shortened version of the d'ooooooh uttered by Scottish comedian James Finlayson in Laurel and Hardy movies D

18

The New Televisions

47% -amount of viewers who watch content on their PCs in Asia. Additionally, 37% watch content on their phones, and TVs only get 3% of overall watch time. CRACKED.COM — Source

17

LG

LG France LG LG France Nos smartphones ne se plient pas, ils sont naturellement incurves :) #bendgate e pic.twitter.com/ZoHdXyUWkU In 2014, LG France

16

Herbalife

An Herbalife insider once admitted on camera that the company was a scam. Lose Weight Now HERBALIFE. Ask Me How! Independent Distributor Investor Bill Ackman claimed Herbalife's nutrition clubs, private settings where Herbalife distributors sell the company's products and recruit new members, amount to a pyramid scheme. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — CNBC

15

Maternity Leave

The U.S. is 1 of only 4 countries in the world that does not require paid maternity leave. The U.S. ranks last among developed countries when it comes to paid parental leave. While many U.S. companies offer paid parental leave, the United States is the only advanced country without a federal law mandating it. CRACKED.COM — Source

14

Rob Lowe

CRACKED TMI! ROB LOWE's wife taught oral sex to Gwyneth Paltrow. Не told Jimmy Kimmel that his wife Sheryl Berkoff had taught a then- teenaged Paltrow how to give oral sex. Or, as I like to say, Chris Martin and Brad Falchuk, you're welcome! — Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock,
Andrea Raffin/Shutterstock
People

13

The Hangover Part II

CRACKED THE HANGOVER PART II stole a tattoo artist's design. When Ed Helms' character gets Mike Tyson's exact face tattoo, they didn't ask artist S. Victor Whitmill for permission to use his original design. Не sued the production and instead of digitally altering his face in post, they settled out of court. — Warner Bros. Pictures
The Hollywood Reporter

12

MLB Hall of Famers

Producers struck out with ML HALL OF FAMERS C CRAGKEDCOM Homer at the Bat'' is enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame. But some members of its all-star cast were fill-in players. Director Bonnie Pietila was turned down by all-timers Ryne Sandberg, Carlton Fisk, Nolan Ryan, and Rickey Henderson. — The Ringer

11

Danny Trejo

Danny Trejo CRACKED.COM His uncle got him into marijuana at eight, and since then, he was in and out of prison over taking drugs. And dealing drugs. And committing armed robberies to buy drugs. Не got his high school diploma in prison. — Source

10

Redwall

Redwall Gonff the Mousethief is a rodent version of Brian Jacques. The author of the Redwall book series has stated that Gonff was based on himself as a kid. Also, Gonff was his favorite character. CRACKED.COM — Brian Jacques: The Official Site

9

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones didn't speak for eight years. After moving across the country as a child, he began stuttering due to the trauma of being separated from his mother (she didn't come along) and of almost being left behind by his family. Не stopped speaking, because other kids made fun of him - - until, in high school, an English teacher had him read poetry out loud. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Smithsonian Magazine

8

Mt. Everest

CRACKED DREAMS ACHIEVED, LIFE LOST: EVEREST JOURNEY ENDS IN TRAGEDY. A 28-year-old IT expert from the UK had been dreaming of climbing Mount Everest since he was a kid. Не finally made it to the top, but sadly, he passed away just a few hours later from exhaustion and blindness. — Source

7

Faking Sickness

Can't help faking sickness to get out of work? Nearly half of your colleagues do that, too. According to a CRACKED.COM survey, 40% of workers have faked sickness as an excuse to take some time off work. — Source: 20 Bad Behaviors That Are More Common Than You Realize

6

The CIA

There's a Starbucks in the CIA Headquarters. For the safety of the officers, baristas don't use or write down customers' names. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

5

The Goo Goo Dolls

THE Goo Goo DOLLS WERE ORIGINALLY CALLED SEX MAGGOT. Their manager balked at the name, so they picked the name Goo Goo Dolls when they spotted an ad for a doll with a moveable, rubber head in True Detective magazine. CRACKED.COM http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/The_Goo_Goo_Dolls.aspx — Source

4

Tennessee

WEIRD WORLD In Tennessee, they banned an anti-Nazi graphic novel about the Holocaust. The school board's reasoning was that the novel, Maus, wasn't OK because it contained swearing and drawn nudity (specifically, there's a single nude illustration). CRACKED.COM — Source

3

Police Brutality

Police drowned a Vietnam vet instead of taking him to the hospital. POLICE S CRACKED.COM Jose Campos Torreswas arrest- ed for disorderly conduct in 1977 and beaten by six cops. His injuries were too severe to be processed in the jail so the offi- cers were ordered to bring him to a hospital. They shoved him into the Buffalo Bayou River. — Source

2

Deep in the Heart of Texas

In 1942, the BBC banned the song Deep in the Heart of Texas during work hours. DRU : TTU DEEP IN THE HEARTof KNICHT TEXAS CRACKED.COM TUTTY They worried that its infectious melody might cause wartime factory-hands to ne- glect their tools while they clapped in time with the song. — The Guardian / Wikipedia

1

Cher

On Cher's comeback hit Believe in 1998, the producers decided to test out a vocal autotune device. CRACKED COM They set the pitch corrector at an ex- tremely high level that created the fa- mous robot-synthe- sizer sound. — Source

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