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40 Random Bits of Trivia That Came Spilling Out of a Piñata at This Very Sad Kid’s Birthday Party

November 13, 2024

These crying kids may have been expecting candy to plop out of this busted piñata, but we couldn’t be more thrilled right now. Not only did we get this list of sweet, sweet facts, but smashing a paper-mache donkey was just so satisfying. It was like that scene in Zoolander where they smash a computer, but we actually got some info out of this thing.

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Evel Knievel

Evel Knievel BEAT UP AN AUTHOR Author Shelly Saltman recorded Knievel & CO., with their consent, during months of preparation for a stunt. He later pu

39

Suicide Squad

EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES THE SHICIDE Weasel IS BASED SQUAD on Bill THE Cat: James Gunn revealed on Twitter that the notorious Weasel was inspired by the character from the Bloom County comic strip. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Clowns

CRACKED.COM British clowns use eggs as a makeup registry. Over 250 ceramic eggs are housed in the London's Clown Gallery-Museum, each painted with the signature look of a particular clown as a form of copyright protection. The gallery- museum is housed inside a church, because clowns are apparently trying to be creepy. — Source

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Roland Dorgeles

In 1910, a French novelist convinced a radical artist group that a painting made by a donkey was by a bold foreign painter. Roland Dorgelès tied a paintbrush to a donkey's tail, then fed it to make its tail wag back and forth across a canvas. Не told the artists the work was by Joachim-Raphaël Boronali, a pioneer of the new artistic movement Excessivism. CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Historical Practical Jokes That Are Still Funny Today

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Derinkuyu Underground City

ANCIENT ENGINEERING DERINKUYU UNDERGROUND CITY The Derinkuyu Underground City in Turkey was built to protect up to 20,000 people from danger. It had huge stone doors that could be closed to keep people safe during wars and Mongol raids. CRACKED — Elena Yakusheva/Shutterstock
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The Hoarder Who Lived With Her Dead Son

A woman lived for 20 years with her dead son and never knew it. Elderly Brooklyn resident Rita Wolfensohn was legally blind, a compulsive hoarder, and not very close with her family- which explains why for 20 years, she never realized her son had died in his bedroom. Apparently she thought he had just moved out. — More: 5 Scary Stories That Sound Made Up (That Really Happened)

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Michael Jackson

THE SIMPSONS Michael Jackson CRACKED.CO Jackson voiced this character (a pop star named Michael Jackson) under the condition that an impersonator do all the singing. — 22 Surprising Celebrity Appearances Everybody Forgets About

33

Pizza Hut

The Double Sensation' was a twin-crusted pizza. AneHu D SENSATION TUEA CRACKED.COM Pizza Hut gave customers in Singapore more of what nobody really likes all that much- the crust! They called it a pizza within a pizza, but it was realy just an excuse to fill you up with more — YouTube

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Sugar

CRACKED All sugar everything. As early as 1942, doctors and dentists were aware that sugar could be harmful to people's health. However, in the 1960s and '70s, the sugar industry spent millions of dollars on advertising campaigns that portrayed sugar as a healthy food choice. — Time

31

The Telescope

Hans Lippershey is the inventor of the telescope. Lippershey, a Dutchman, applied for a patent in 1608. The Dutch government refused his patent, and instead issued a report sharing his work. Galileo read the report and recreated Lippershey's telescope, but with stronger magnification. A year later he received the patent, and credit for inventing the telescope. CRACKED.COM http://www.history-of-the-microscope.org/hans-lippershey-invented-the-telescope.php — Source

30

Cheetos

A janitor pitched the idea of Flamin' Hot Cheetos to Frit-Lay. CRACKED.COM Richard Montañez had the idea to add chili powder to the cheesy treat, and has since risen up the ranks to serve as a PepsiCo executive. The movie Flamin' Hot about these events is cur- rently in post production. — Source

29

The Australian Lottery

An Australian man used the same lottery numbers for 30 years, and finally 2 3 4 5 8 9 won $5.5 million. 10 11 12 13 14 21 15 16 17 O 18 19 20 27 2 28 22 23 25 24 26 27 28 35 22 23 $5,543,173.97. The man said he would not quit 29 The winning man held the only division one winning entry in Oz Lotto draw 1466. 30 31 his job, but he and his parents are about to be 33 34 3 6 35 The division one winning entry scored 29 30 31 37 — The Lott

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Blockbuster

CNET / Wikipedia

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Your Pinky

50% of our hand strength comes from our pinky. The index, middle finger, and thumb are most adept at function- while the pinky and ring finger are the most powerful. CRACKED.COM — Source

26

Leonard Nimoy

CRACKED Leonard Nimoy ALCOHOLISM Nimoy, most famous for playing Spock, had a long battle with alcoholism that lasted for decades before he passed away in 2015. — Vicki L. Miller/Shutterstock
National Post

25

Shaq

Shaq can't recall if he partied at the Parthenon. GRACKED COM When someone asked if he visited the Parthenon while he was in Greece: I can't really remember the names of the clubs that we went to. — Source

24

The Kettle War

The Kettle War SALTY SAILORS CRACKED.COM In 1784, Austria attacked the Dutch by sea. A small Dutch ship fired a single shot, which toppled a kettle of soup, soaking the Austrians and making them surrender. — Source

23

Orson Welles

Orson Welles illustrated a series of Shakespeare books. It was called Everybody's Shakespeare, and it was written for high school classes, with illustrations (by Welles) based on famous actors. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Eyebrow-Arching Early Jobs Of Celebs

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22

Fight Club

WEIRD WORLD China changed the ending of Fight Club ... and, uh, the system wins. In the recently released edited version, the final scene doesn't have any exploding buildings - just a black screen with the text The police rapidly figured out the whole plan and arrested all criminals, successfully preventing the bomb from exploding. GKED.COM — Source

21

WALL-E

If WALL-E worked around the clock, without ever stopping to recharge, make repairs, or 95 mess around, it would YEARS take him roughly to build one tr

20

Heart Muscles

CRACKED HEART MUSCLES Japanese researchers made history: they transplanted lab-grown heart muscles from stem cells into a human. They used degradable sheets with heart muscle cells to patch the patient's heart. — Longevity Tech / Health

19

The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour

The First Belly Button After half a decade being denied Barbara Eden's navel in I Dream of Jeannie, America got to see Cher's, like, all the time, on

18

Jethro Tull

lan Anderson was a fish farmer JETHRO TULL CRACKED.COM At one point in the 90's, he employed 400 people at the salmon farm he ran out of his home. Salmon breeding and rock flute have more in common than you might think: It's not a million miles away from rock and roll. There's a little bit of theatricality about it, too. — Source: 15 Famous Musicians Who Quit The Scene For (Relatively) Normal Jobs

17

The Net

Identity theft: a reality foretold in 1995. The Net WEAR Sandra Bullock stars as Angela Bennett, whose life is put in danger when she discovers a strange glitch in a computer game. The movie follows Angela as she is subjected to identity theft and attempts to clear her name, while exploring how vulnerable people can be to surveillance through computers. CRACKED — Source

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Mongolia

The Triforce has roots in Mongolian invasions. CRACKED COM It's based on the emblem of the Hoja Clan, who successfully fought off Mongol invaders and helped popularize Zen Buddhism.

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The Myrtle Beach to Ireland Garbage Run

14

Educational Videos

Educational Videos Work Studies have shown that babies under two performed just as well learning from videos as babies who were taught by their parents. CRACKED.COM — Source: EurekAlert!

13

Spy Pigeons

CRACKED WWI SPY PIGEONS. During World War I, the U.S. military used pigeons with cameras strapped to them to get information about the opposing forces. — Spy Museum
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12

Brad Pitt

Buntika А. Butcher of Chulalongkorn University in Thailand made no attempt at subtly trying to get Brad Pitt's attention naming a wasp Conobregma bradpitti - the paper specifies (his) poster adorned the wall of her laboratory during her doctoral studies. CRACKED — Source / Biography

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England

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Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton burns all unsold bags and products at the end of each year. This is done to ensure product exclusivity and eliminate the sale of discounted merchandise. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 Boss Movie & General 'Now You Know' Facts

9

Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury was a very devoted cat person. While on tour, he'd call home and ask to talk to some of his cats. When one went missing for a few hour

8

Wildfires

WHAT'S THE DEAL: WESTERN WILDFIRES Why is it so bad? CRACKEDG COM Scientists and fire experts point to a deadly combination of severe drought, drier than normal winter and spring seasons, topped off with extreme heatwaves across the West. Basically, the West is sitting around with the conditions of a well-managed ski-lodge fireplace.

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Ashton Kutcher

CRACKED THE HOLLYWOOD RIPPER MURDERED ASHTON KUTCHER'S GIRLFRIEND. In 2001, Ashton Kutcher was late to pick up his then-girlfriend Ashley Ellerin at her house. Не testified that he thought it was red wine in her house, but Ellerin was stabbed to death. The Hollywood Ripper, Michael Gargiulo, was given the death penalty. — Yahoo

6

The Lorax

There's a Lorax parody called Truax (from the National Wood Flooring Association). In Truax, the title character is a tree logger (and a good guy) who's harassed by Guardbark, a kind of environmental activist (and definitely a bad guy). CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Interesting Facts To Impress Others With

5

The Soup Nazi

No Soup For You The Soup Nazi was inspired by real-life owner of Soup Kitchen International, Ali AI Yeganeh, who was known for having strict rules around ordering. CRACKED.COM — Source: Know Your Meme

4

Dark Green Veggies

Eating dark green vegies and green powder can make your poop green, but it's nothing to worry about. It's just the chlorophyll in the food. CRACKED — Aprilphoto/Shutterstock
Healthline

3

Point Nemo

Point Nemo Point Nemo is so far away from any land that the closest people to it are usually astronauts. The International Space Station orbits the Earth at a maximum height of 258 miles, while the closest land to Point Nemo is over 1,670 miles away. CRACKED — Viacheslav Lopatin/Shutterstock,
NASA/Wiki Commons
Snopes

2

The Titanic

The Titanic sank in 1912 A1 the same year that ecstacy was invented. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED COM

1

L.A.’s Palm Trees

CRACKED LA'S PALM TREES AREN'T NATIVE. Palm trees have become an iconic symbol of Los Angeles, having been imported to the region in the late 1700s and popularized during the Victorian era. In the 1930s, a large effort was made to plant 40,000 palms as part of an unemployment relief effort, cementing their place in the city's identity. — LA Walking Tours / LA Mag

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