41 Random Bits of Trivia That We Wrung Out of Our Mop After Cleaning A Sloppy Fact Finder’s Floor

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41 Random Bits of Trivia That We Wrung Out of Our Mop After Cleaning A Sloppy Fact Finder’s Floor

It’d be easy for us to be pissy that the higher-ups made us clean the office today, but we honestly felt pretty grateful. We have so many random facts around here that a single tidy-up can unearth dozens of new ones. We’ve taken our fact wealth for granted, but if facts are stuck to the floors and spilling out of the couch cushions, then we know that we’re exactly where need to be. 

Take a look at this bucketful now while we empty the vacuum cleaner.

Early Toilets

CRACKED EARLY TOILETS EXPLODED. Before we figured out how to deal with the buildup of flammable gas that results from hiding our poop, our earliest forays into indoor plumbing resulted in tons of wounded butts and pride.

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Bali

IN DESA KOLOK, SIGN LANGUAGE SPEAKERS ARE THE MAJORITY. In the village of Desa Kolok in Bali, a disproportionate number of its residents are born deaf

The Hundred Years’ War

When the Hundred Years' War started, the blind King of Bohemia wanted to fight. So he got his men to tie their own horses to his horse, and to lead him into battle. Не refused to retreat, and died in battle. CRACKED.COM

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Subway

Subway was started by a 17 year-old ... and his family friend who had the $$$. Don't get it twisted, money comes from money.
Source: NPR

United Airlines

A blind woman flying United Airlines was assured by the flight crew they would help her exit the plane. Instead, they forgot her, left, and locked up
Source: CBC

Friends

Matthew Perry got Julia Roberts to guest-star in Friends by writing a paper on quantum physics. Perry asked her to come on the show, and she said she'd do it only if he wrote her a paper on quantum physics. Apparently, a day later, he wrote one and faxed it

Source: NME

Jurassic Park

The T-Rex jeep chase was put in Jurassic Park because of budget restrictions. HARN Originally, the T-Rex was supposed to chase the heroes down a river

Japanese COVID Masks

In Japan, they've created a new coronavirus detection device: glowing masks. Apparently, the masks glow in UV light if there's any coronavirus on them (and the process relies on antibodies from ostrich eggs). CRACKED.COM

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Its Near Cancellation

41 Random Bits of Trivia That We Wrung Out of Our Mop After Cleaning A Sloppy Fact Finder’s Floor

Prison’s One Free Phone Call Rule

MYTH8 When you're arrested, you get one free phone call. FAGT Nope, that's absolutely not the law. The one phone call rule is purely a Hollywood inv

New York City Alleys

One New York City alley usually stands in for the rest of them in Hollywood movies. R د. - D NYC only has about 5 alleys, and you can usually only film in Cortlandt Alley, so that's the one that ends up playing a NYC alley in most movies. CRACKED.COM

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Milunka Savic

MILUNKA SAVIC TOOK HER BROTHER'S PLACE IN THE SERBIAN ARMY. AND SHE WAS A RIDICULOUS BADASS. During the Battle of Kolubara, Corporal Savic ran through

Alligator vs. Drone

Gator 1, Drone 0: Fort Myers' unusual training exercise. The Lee County Sheriff's Office was doing a training exercise when an alligator attacked a camera drone. The gator had some fun with the drone, but didn't rough it up too much. CRACKED

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Lori Loughlin

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM LORI LOUGHLIN Lori Loughlin was on the episode The Serenity Now in Season 9. The Full House star did such a good job it would make you say I bet this woman will never do anything bad for the rest of her life.

Source: IMDB

The Six Million Dollar Man

The '70s TV show The Six Million Dollar Man accidentally discovered a corpse. THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN When a camera crew came to an amusement park and tried to move a hanging man prop, the arm came off - the prop was a real body. CRACKED.COM

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South Korean Service Dogs

South Korea clones service dogs that have already passed their training. Half of all service dogs don't pass their training, so South Korea came up with a way to boost the odds. By cloning the dogs that already passed, the animals have a much higher rate of completing training. CRACKED.COM

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