45 Random Bits of Trivia That Are Perfectly Cooked to Your Brain’s Liking

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45 Random Bits of Trivia That Are Perfectly Cooked to Your Brain’s Liking

It’d be great if we could ring a dinner bell right now, but what are you gonna do? Grab a plate and get in line, because these steamy facts are ready to serve. 

We’re usually back-of-house people, but we were asked to don some lunch-lady aprons, hair nets and Rubbermaid gloves for fact-service today, so here we are.

Little Miss Sunshine

Little Miss Sunshine $8 MILLION CRACKEDOON After becoming a big hit on the festival circuit, Fox Searchlight Pictures scooped it up and turned it into a $101 million piggy bank. Along the way, they picked up Oscars for Best Original Screenplay and Saddest Steve Carrell.

Urine-Based Fertilizer

University of Michigan researchers are pushing a 'pee for peonies' urine diversion plan. CRACKED COM It's all part of an effort to ed- ucate the public about Ann Arbor school's Nichols Arbo- retum research showing that applying fertilizer derived from nutrient-rich urine could have environmental and economic benefits.

AP News

Mike Tyson’s Punch Out!

Punch Out!! CRACKED COM Soda Popinski was originally named something much more overtly offensive: Vodka Drunkenski.

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Weed-repreneurship

CRACKED IN NEW JERSEY, PRIOR OFFENDERS GET A CHANCE TO CASH IN ON LEGAL WEED. In New Jersey, people with prior marijuana convictions have been given the chance to join the legal marijuana business and make money to take care of their families. 16% of all marijuana licenses have been given to them.

CNBC 

Southwest Airlines

Two CEOs arm wrestled over copyright infringement. GRACKED.COM Instead of going to court over a copyright infringement dispute, the CEOs of Southwest Airlines and Stevens Aviation challenged each other to an arm wrestling duel. No lawyers were ever involved, and the men honored the outcome of the match.

NPR 

Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee actually power- kicked a dude in Enter the Dragon. After an actor accidentally injured him, Lee got his revenge by demolishing the guy's che

The Ritz-Carlton

Someone stole from the Philadelphia Ritz Carlton's 'loss prevention' office. GRAGKED.COM The male suspect entered the hotel by forcing open a basement door around 1:20 am, went through the loss prevention office and locker room, and fled the area.

ABC

The Horse of Cockington

This small, beautiful village in the southwest of England elected a pony as mayor in 2020. Four-year-old Patrick was subsequently banned from the local pub. CRACKED

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BP Oil Spill

BP swallowed the $61.6 billion cost of damages from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill and kept going. CRACKED COM The company spent $17 million a d

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

CRACKED.COM TO WONG FOO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING! Robin Williams JULIE NEWMAR and Steven Spielberg godfathered the movie. A movie about three drag queens stranded in a small town wasn't really sought after in the 1990s, but it got the financial backing from Spielberg's production company after he and Williams endorsed the script.

Source: Today

Michelangelo’s David

Michelangelo's David is over 17 feet tall. And weighs over 12,000 pounds. CRACKED.COM

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The Walking Dead

There was absolutely no narrative reason for The Walking Dead to spend a season on a farm. THE IMPROVISATION: The network axed the Season 2 budget bef

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE CRACKED.COM 2005's Emily Rose was a highly successful ode to The Exorcist. Its success sparked a new era of followers who changed the name, like The Exorcism of Molly Hartley, Anna Ecklund, or Karen Walker. Or the synonym and the name, like The Taking of Deborah Logan, The Possession of Hannah Grace, or The Possession of Gail Bowers.

Source: allhorror

Nomophobia

CRACKED COM Your anxiety over not having your phone is super common. A survey of students found that nearly 25 percent were suffered anxietyover the o

Steve Carell

Comedic actor Steve Carrell was originally going to pursue a career in law! He changed his mind while filling out his law school application: He could

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