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44 Intimidating Bits of Trivia That Are Just Like Regular Trivia Once You Get to Know Them

November 26, 2024

It’s okay. Just breathe. Some of the biggest facts on the planet are on the other side of this blurb, and you’re about to scroll through them. You probably have a decade’s worth of things you’re dying to tell them, but there’s no way it won’t come off as gushy fandom. Wouldn’t you rather be the cool, calm, collected type who strikes up a chill conversation about coffee, Aztec Gods or horsepox?

Random facts love that stuff. They’ll probably end up talking to you about those all night!

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Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd has Tourette's and Asperger's and was born with webbed toes and two different colored eyes. CRACKED.COM His strange obsessions with law enforcement and ghosts later led to the idea for Ghostbusters and his unique line of vodka served in a crystal skull container.

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Deadpool 2

Ryan Reynolds voiced Juggernaut in Deadpool 2 because they couldn't get anyone else. We didn't settle on that just because it was quality, we settled on that because we just didn't have any more budget left for other actors to jump in, he said. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Spiders

CRACKEDGOM WE KEEP FINDING HORRIBLE SPIDERS. You might think every eight-legged monstrosity is already known and safely far away. You'd be dead (and) — More: 6 Terrifying Reasons To Stay Indoors This Summer

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Bridesmaids

BRIDESMAIDS Bridesmaids wore similar dresses to the bride in order to trick any evil spirit who may attempt to curse the bride. CRACKEDGON — Source: CNN

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The Thames

The Thames is one of the world's great rivers, and contains comes a shocking amount of islands. Some tiny, some large enough to be inhabitable, there are around 180 river islands, or eyots on the Thames. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Japan

Japan is building wooden satellites to clamp down on pollution. Metal satellites release alumina particles when they re-enter and burn through our atm — BBC

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Dude Origins

CRACKED DUDE The term dude comes from the late 19th century, and ultimately from Yankee Doodle Dandy. Basically, in the 1800s, dude meant a young man who dressed to look richer than he actually is, and it was pretty derogatory. — Babbel / Shortlist

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Halsey

Halsey is an anagram of her first name, Ashley. It's also the subway stop in Brooklyn, New York, where she grew up. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Beatles

The Beatles were all in their 20s when they broke up WELCOM WDGY Ringo Starr was only 29-years-old, while George Harrison was a mere 27. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED COM

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Scents

The smell of cucumbers and Good & Plentys turns ladies on. GRACKED.COM In a smell-test, researchers identified the scents that women found most alluring, with cucumbers and the candy Good & Plenty topping the list. On the bottom of the list is the smell of bar-ba-que and cherries, with men's cologne being chief among the repelling odors.

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The Tsar Bomb

Tsar Bomba the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated. The mushroom cloud is 59 miles high and 29 miles wide. Island of Manhattan 13.5 miles long Rhode Island 48 miles N to S CRACKED.COM — Source

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China

They tried making a theme park about sex in China, but it got shut down. Love Land was supposed to have how-to workshops and sexual history exhibits, but Chinese officials closed the park before it could even open. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Traveller.com.au

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Global Warming

Dogs and cats in the US contribute fairly significantly to global warming. The diet fed to dogs and cats creates 25-30% of the total environmental impact (in terms of fossil fuel use, biocide use, and so on) from animal production. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Interesting Facts To Become A More Intriguing Conversationalist

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Japanese Companies

A survey found that 49% of Japanese companies have an old man that does nothing. GRAGKED CON When young employees at 300 companies were asked if there was anyone older who always sat around do- ing nothing, about half of them said that there was. In America, this is called a CEO. — Japan Insides

30

Hyenas

Hyenas outperformed primates in cooperative problem solving tests. A 2009 Duke University study showed that the hyenas outperformed primates, with some subjects teaching inexperienced partners how to perform some tricks. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ewok Meat

CRACKED.COM In the Star Wars universe, raiders visit Endor to hunt Ewoks for their meat. One of the favorite dishes of the Outer Rim worlds is Ewok Jerky. — Origin Stories That Are Over-The-Top Dark (For No Reason)

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Itzpapalotl

ITZPAPALOTL CRACKED.COM Looking for a skeletal goddess and former star demon? This Aztec goddess flies on obsidian wings tipped with claws of flint, and legend has it, she appears as a beautiful woman of the Mexican court before exploding into a terrifying demon creature.

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Earliest Shelters

The oldest shelters ever built by humans were made from mammoth bones. CRACKED.COM In 1965, a Ukrainian farmer dug up the lower jawbone of a mammoth. Further ex- cavations revealed the presence of 4 huts made up of a total of 149 mam- moth bones, dating back 15,000 years. — Source

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The Eye Up Close

This looks like a lake in a canyono It's your eyeball. This is a real photograph of a human eye, via electron microscope. The blue part is the pupil,

25

The Room

Tommy Wiseau's 'The Room' almost had vampires. Wiseau wanted his character, Johnny, to reveal himself to be a vampire by driving a car off a roof into the sky after the confrontation with the drug dealer which is never mentioned again in the film. CRACKED.COM — Tommy Wiseau's 'The Room' Almost Had Vampires

24

The Oldest Instrument

The oldest known musical instrument is a 43,000-year-old flute that was carved from a bear femur. This is older than the extinction of Neander- thals, domestication of animals, the extinction of Ice Age mammals, and the invention of the wheel. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Cambridge / Wikipedia

23

White Bellbirds

White Bellbirds GRAGKED.COM Love is blind, but I bet these birds wish it was mute. The male white bellbird screams directly into the face of its potential mate, at a staggering 125 decibels - as loud as an ambulance siren. Just slide into her DMs like a normal person. — Source: 20 'Harmless' Looking Animals (That Are Actually Monsters)

22

Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover 1964 Herbie's last known written missive was a get-well note to Harry Truman, who'd just sustained a head injury in his own bathtub: Bathtubs are a menace to ex-presidents for as you may recall a bathtub rose up and fractured my vertebrae when I was in Venezuela.

21

Boxing

The longest boxing match went 110 rounds and over 7 hours. CRACKED.COM Boxers Jack Burke and Andy Bowen battled in 1893 for the lightweight title, with the fight declared a draw. This happened at the Olympic Club in New Orleans which did not serve alcohol. — Mental Floss

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Horsepox

In 2017, Canadian scientists recreated an extinct horse pox virus. GRAGKED.COM This was to demonstrate that the smallpox virus can be recreated in a small lab at a cost of about $100,000, by a team of scientists with- out specialist knowledge. — Source

19

Dale Schroeder

A man called Dale Schroeder used his life savings to send 33 students to college. CRACKED.COM Не grew up poor in lowa, never married, had no children, and worked as a carpenter at the same company for 67 years and only owned 2 jeans. — Source

18

Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now made one town in the Philippines a big surfing center. Locals watched actors surf during filming, and got inspired - they later became pro surfers, and turned Baler into the birthplace of Philippine surfing. CRACKED.COM — Source: BBC

17

World of Warcraft

HENRY CAVILL WAS A WOW ADDICT. The actor revealed that he missed the call about being cast as Superman because he was busy doing a dungeon in World of Warcraft. He's also a massive Witcher 3 fan-having beaten the 100-hour game two times before even being cast as Geralt. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Hollywood Stars Who Happen To Be Huge Nerds

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The Office in Saudi Arabia

The Office Is Being Remade in Saudi Arabia. CRACKED.COM The series will star Saleh Abuamrh as Malik Al-Tumai- fi, the David Brent/Michael Scott character at the cen- ter of the show, with the comedy shifting from a ра- per merchant to a courier services company. — Hollywood Reporter

15

Peanuts

CRACKED CHARLES SCHULZ MADE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN PEANUTS. Since his death in 2000, the Charlie Brown creator has generated a total of $730.5 million. $157 million of that came in 2020, then another $204 million in 2021. — Newsweek / Britannica

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Disney Renaissance

The '90s are 1994 1995 15 1992 1993 1994 sometimes 199 called the Disney the 92 Renaissance. 1993 1994 1995 1996 999 1991 1997 It began in late 1989 with the wildly successful The Little Mermaid, 199 reached its peak in popularity with The Lion King in 1994, and ended in 1999 with Tarzan. 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 CRACKED.COM NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s — Source

13

Joan Murray

SKYDIVER JJOAN MURRAY'S PARACHUTE FAILED TO OPEN. THE FALL SHATTERED THE RIGHT SIDE OF HER BODY. She landed on a mound of 250,00 fire ants. But she su — For details, read 5 People Who Straight Up Survived The Unsurvivable

12

The Simpsons

CRACKED P IT TOOK TWO YEARS TO CREATE ONE EPISODE OF THE SIMPSONS. It might have something to do with the fact that it was the 2014 episode Brick Like Me, which recreated Springfield entirely out of Legos. — 20th Television
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Taco Bell

A man awoke from a 47-day coma. His first words? I want Taco Bell. Unfortunately, Jake Booth wasn't able to eat solid food for another three weeks. — Source: Grub Street

10

Saliva

CRACKED YOU CAN'T TASTE FOOD WITHOUT SALIVA. If you dry your tongue with a towel and try to taste something, you won't be able to! — Randall Stevens/Shutterstock
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Coffee

Contrary to popular belief, lighter coffee has higher caffeine content. When coffee is roasted, it loses caffeine, meaning that a dark and robust cup of coffee has less caffeine than a lighter roast. CRACKED — Healthline / JL Hufford

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Dr. Pepper

REFRESHING SERVING OF SODA TRIVIA... CRACKED.COM DR. PEPPER ADVERTISED DRINKING IT HOT OVER LEMON FOR THE HOLIDAYS In the 1960s, nothing said Christmas like warm soda. — Source

7

J.J. Abrams

There's an important detail JJ Abrams would change in The Force Awakens. When Rey and Chewie come back after Han's death, Abrams says Chewie shouldn't have just walked past Leia (who embraced Rey). CRACKED.COM — Source

6

Marvel

Marvel has licensed their characters She-Hulk and Rogue to be used in romance novels to lure women into comics. - - PRODUCTIONS TONOS The two novels feature strong, smart heroines seeking happiness and love while battling cosmic evil. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

5

Hurricane Harvey

Hurricane Harvey dropped so much rain that the Weather Service had to change their map. CRACKED.COM During Hurricane Harvey, the National Weather Ser- vice had to add two new colors to the rain accumu- lation map as the old color key topped out at an amount of rain they never before thought would fall. — Source

4

Burger King

Celebrity Colognes and Perfumes FLAME by Burger King In a fragrance fit for a king, His Royal Majesty of Burgers presented a limited edition body spray that had one primary feature: the smell of flame- broiled meat. Just take Axe body spray and add liquid smoke to it. BURGER FLAME. KING CRACKED.COM — Source

3

Hernias

You'll get a hernia if you lift heavy things! CRACKED.CON Not true. Hernias are a result of congenital factors or age; lifting heavy things can exac

2

Memory Foam

MEMORY FOAM Originally developed for the shock absorption and comfort of airplane seats, memory foam is used in everything from helmets to mattresses — Source: Mental Floss

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Woodpeckers

A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second. CRACKED.COM They can usually peck about 10,000 to 12,000 pecks per day, consuming insects and sap from with- in trees. They also drum on objects to communicate instead of singing. — Bird Informer

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