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November 24, 2024

As you can see, we’re not the type to take in any old fact off the street. We vet the holy heck out of them first. So although these facts might look a little rough around the edges, they’re no different from the rest.

It’s not the first time we picked up some hitchhiking facts either. With all the fact hunting we do, it’s nice that some of them come to us. Like fish that just jump right in the boat. These fish happen to have tear drop tattoos under one eye and blood on their shirt, but who are we to judge? A fact is a fact to us!

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The Sense of Smell

You cannot smell in your sleep. Though many people report being able to, scientists says the sensation comes from your brain- not an outside source. CRACKED.COM — Source: BBC

42

The Felonious Fart Song

COMEDIANS WERE ARRESTED FOR A FART SONG IN 1981. CRACKED Dallas police arrested comedy team Bowley & Wilson on stage after a woman complained that her 16 year old daughter was exposed to vulgarity. Comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff said, They were facing a year in prison for doing 'The Fart Song. — Source

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Hitler

U.S. Congress brings up Hitler 7.7 times per month. CRACKED.COM Republicans bring up the dictator more than their colleagues, by a ratio of about 57-42 percent. Hitler mentions reached a peak in October 2003, with 93 mentions of both parties combined. — Daily Dot

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Beavers

43 Random Bits of Trivia We Picked Up Hitchhiking in Orange Jumpsuits About A Block From the Prison — Source: 18 Amazingly Interesting Facts To Stick In Your Brain

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Dinosaurs

Deinosuchus 80 MILLION YEARS AGO This creature was similar in appearance to its relative the alligator, but at a whooping 39 feet long, it probably at — Source: National Geographic

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Ancient Rome

The ancient Roman civilization technically lasted for 2,200 years. CRACKED.COM It was founded as a monar- chy in 753 ВС, became a republic in 509 ВС, turned into an empire in 27 ВС, shifted capital to Constan- tinople in 330 AD, and fi- nally fell only in 1453 AD. — Source

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TikTok

Since they entered the US market by merging with Musical.ly, TikTok has grown CRAGH to surpass Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat in downloads

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Love v Lust

43 Random Bits of Trivia We Picked Up Hitchhiking in Orange Jumpsuits About A Block From the Prison — Source: EurekAlert

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Paris Hilton

PARIS HILTON HAS HAD A TOUGH LIFE, APPARENTLY. Hilton, born a millionaire, whose job has always been to be rich and famous for the camera, has gone on record as saying: Everything bad that can happen to a person has happened to me. Heartbreaking, isn't it? CRACKED.COM — 25 Celebs Who Left Reality Behind

34

Homeland

They came up with the ending of Homeland a day before it was shot. Despite many script drafts and discussions, they couldn't settle on a good reason for Carrie to stay in Moscow until 24 hours before filming started - v when they came up with the idea for her to be writing an expose of the CIA. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Way Different

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Bill Buckner

BILL BUCKNER CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM CRACKED COM Buckner will live in sports infamy for allowing a ball to go through his legs in Game 6 of the '86 Serie — MLB

32

Ant Heads

Ants were once used to hold wounds closed. CRACKED.COM Primarily practiced in the Americas, people would hold an ant above an open wound and wait for it to bite the skin. Once bitten, the head would be removed so that the pincers would stay in place as a stitch. — Vice

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Prescriptions

CRACKED.COM Drugs are more expensive in the US than other nations. A month's supply of diabetes medication Januvia costs $168.61 after discounts in the US. Canada pays the next highest price ($68.10), which is not discounted and still $100 less. — Source

30

Jeopardy!

Kevin O'Leary has a great nose for business. Luckily for him, general knowledge isn't a category for investments. $12,800 -$2,800 KEVIN AARON Celebrity ty Mr.Wonserfull In 2015, he was a contestant on Celebrity Jeopardy! and bombed, correctly answering only a few (music) questions. CRACKED.CON — Source: 17 Geniuses Who Are Surprisingly Stupid (In One, Glaring Way)

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The Beatles

THE BEATLES OFFICIALLY ENDED ON DISNEY PROPERTY. IN 1974, ON VACATION AT DISNEY'S POLYNESIAN VILLAGE RESORT, JOHN LENNON SIGNED THE CONTRACT THAT DISSOLVED THE GROUP. Disney's Polynesian Village Resort CRACKED.COM — Source

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James Corden

CRACKED JAMES CORDEN WAS BANNED FROM BALTHAZAR, A NEW YORK RESTAURANT OWNED BY KEITH MCNALLY, AFTER MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF POOR BEHAVIOR. According to McNally's Instagram, Corden allegedly found a hair in a meal during a visit to the restaurant in June and later started yelling at a server when his food wasn't up to par. The ban was lifted less than 24 hours later when Corden called and apologized profusely to McNally. — Source

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A Psychic Octopus

German futbol fans sent an octopus death threats. In 2010, Paul the Octopus, from a German aquarium in Oberhausen, correctly predicted every single World Cup match outcome for the German National Team that year. Не received death threats when he accurately foresaw their semi-final loss. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — IBT

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Australian TV

AUSTRALIA'S naughtiest HOME VIDEOS With DOHLS CANCELED RIGHT AWAY AUSTRALIA'S NAUGHTIEST HOME VIDEOS In 1992, this raunchier version of America's Funniest Home Videos included a boy eating maggots and a man spinning a basketball on his penis. It was pulled halfway through the first episode, and a Cheers rerun took its place. CRACKED — Source

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The Philippines

GOING STRAIGHT HOME AFTER A FUNERAL I In the Philippines some believe that, if you do this, bad energy will follow you and so will spirits. Filipinos who believe this will go somewhere else first to perform pagpag, a term that means shaking off dust and dirt. CRACKED.COM — University of Southern California

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Lady and the Tramp

eww! walt Disney didn't like the iconic à I are scene of the romantic dinner in The Lady and the Tramp (1955) Не thought that two dogs eating pasta would be a disaster without any kind of tenderness involved. But Frank Thomas, the cartoonist in charge of the film, created a scene so perfect that Disney couldn't resist the charm. CRACKED.COM — Source: 46 Next-Level Movie Facts To Know

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Andrew Cunanan

Andrew cunanan, most remembered for Gianni Versace's murder, had read and memorized a whole set of encyclopedias by the age of 10. CRACKED COM

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Battery Life

ADVERTISED BATTERY LIFE REFLECTS HOPELESSLY UNREALISTIC CONDITIONS. Yes, you can get your computer to run 15 hours on a single charge- -if you disable

21

B-52s

A B-52 bomber can have its engine kickstarted with explosive cartridges. CRACKED.COM The explosives can be in- serted into the bomber's engines to get them up and running more quickly if needed. The cart start reduces takeoff time from about an hour down to ten minutes. — Source

20

Head Louse

The common head louse has a cousin that only infects gorillas. CRACKED.COM It is speculated that mod- ern human lice are de- scended from gorilla lice that parasitized early hu- mans that slept in gorilla nests or butchered gorilla corpses. — Source

19

Game of Thrones

GAME OF THRONES, HBO The elaborate fur capes were actually made from IKEA rugs. CRACKED.COM — Source: CNBC

18

World War II

CRACKED UNOPENED BEER AT MEMORIAL PUB: TED'S TRIBUTE TO WW2. Ted d'Auvergne was a Waihao Downs farmer who left a bottle of beer at the Waihao Forks Hotel when he set off for War in 1939. Sadly, he never returned and his bottle remains unopened at the pub as a memorial to all those who lost their lives in service. HOTEL FORKS NATURAL WAIHAO FORKS HOTEL XXXX Home BEER of The If - - Bottle 17 — Source

17

India

The richest man in India is investing $80 billion into green energy. That's roughly 6 trillion rupees, and it's all going towards renewable power projects in Gujarat, one of the states that make up India. The plan is to create one million new jobs. CRACKED.COM — Source

16

Cooking

COOKING Nearly half the people preparing Christmas food have suffered an accident at some point- up to and including cutting themselves while chopping — Source: National Accident Helpline

15

Snakes

CRACKED SNAKES CAN PREDICT EARTHQUAKES. If it's a big one, they can start behaving extremely erratically and smash their heads against walls. — Source

14

Willie Nelson

CRACKED WILLIE NELSON Willie Nelson gave up smoking weed because of problems with his breathing - in 2019, when he was 86. THEAT — KSAT

13

Silent Hill

SILENT HILL The creepy fog in Silent Hill is there to hide the + game's slow load time. It sets a creepy atmosphere, and prevents players from seeing monsters until the last second, but it's actually there to conceal the fact that the scenes take a while to render. + CRACKED.COM — Source

12

Antarctica

The biggest desert has most of the 3 world's water. A 4 et 8 RN GRACKED GOM It's Antarctica, which, though cold, has so little precipitation that it's a desert. 70 percent of Earth's fresh S04 water 3 is frozen as Antarctic ice. — Source: 14 True Facts That Sound Like Total Nonsense

11

Dune

CRACKED DUNE: MATH PROBLEMS The 1984 Dune movie had a huge marketing push, including coloring and activity books with 44 pages of wild scenes, 60 pages of puzzles and games, mazes, paper dolls, word puzzles, and most excitingly, math problems. — Open Culture

10

The Origin of the Word Testify

The word Testify comes from the same root as Testicles. CRACKED COM Before the practice of swearing on a holy book became commonplace, witnesses would literally swear on their testicles that they weren't perjuring themselves. — Source

9

The Russian Military

Russia's military makes. its arsenal look more imposing with inflatable weapons. It's literally a bunch of tanks, radar stations, and everything between that look real from a distance but are inflatable -- they're very cheap and reasonably convincing. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: BBC

8

Lapis Lazuli

The nun who ate lapis lazuli, for art CRACKED.COM Archaeologists found an exorbitant amount of lapis lazuli, an extremely rare and expensive rock in the 12th century, in the mouth of a nun they unearthed. She was likely ingesting the precious mineral when she licked the paintbrush she used to decorate religious tomes. — Source: How A Dead Nun Ended Up With Teeth Full Of Treasure

7

James Cameron

CRACKED JAMES CAMERON RESCUED GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S DAD FROM A KIDNAPPER. Del Toro and Cameron have been friends since 1993, when Cameron helped Del Toro with his feature film debut Cronos. Years later, Del Toro's father was kidnapped - and it was only thanks to Cameron that he could pay the ransom money. — Grunge

6

Ants

THERE ARE ABOUT 1,300,000 ANTS PER PERSON There are an estimated ants in the world. 000'000'000'000'O00'OL CRACKED.COM — Source

5

Mt. Vesuvius

CRACKED COM MOUNT VESUVIUS CAUSED HEADS TO EXPLODE. During the Vesuvius eruption in 79 CE, people in the nearby Herculaneum were hit by a super- hot gas cloud. The hapless victims didn't just burn to death -their brains instantly boiled, and their skulls exploded. — 6 True Stories From History Creepier Than Any Horror Movie

4

The First Cooking Show

The First Cooking Show SHARP Cook's Night Out in 1937 walked so that Gordon Ramsay could scream. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 TV Groundbreaking Firsts (That Seem Pretty Mundane Now)

3

Coca-Cola

REFRESHING SERVING OF SODA TRIVIA... CRACKED.COM THE COCA-COLA CO. SELLS 1.9 BILLION SERVINGS A DAY We don't want to even think about how many calories that is. — Source: Coca-Cola

2

Leonbergers

Every currently living Leonberger dog can be traced back to 8 that remained after World War 2. CRACKED.COM The Leonberger breed of dogs were used a lot in both World Wars in and around Germany. Many of the dogs were aban- doned or killed in action due to invasions. — News Advance / Wikipedia

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Pearl Harbor

A comic book foretold Pearl Harbor. CONSTATION National Comics #18 depicted an air assault on Pearl Harbor. It was released in November 1941-one month before the attack by Japanese airplanes. CRACKED COM — Source

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