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

Will your brain give these facts their forever home?
40 Random Bits of Trivia We Found Abandoned As Tidbits and Nursed Into Full-Grown Facts

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. 

Oh, and they love cuddles. Lots and lots of cuddles.

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

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M*A*S*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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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