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43 Random Bits of Trivia Hidden in a Small Capsule Inside of a False Tooth in Case of Emergency

November 30, 2024

Whatever situation you find yourself in today, these facts have your back.

If you’re light on talking points in a particularly boring conversation, they’ll be there. If a border guard won’t permit you entry into Canada until you tell him about the only animal on Earth that doesn’t breathe using oxygen, they’ll be there. If you’re a spy being tortured for sensitive information, they’ll be there. Simply bite down on this list and, well, thank you for your service. We’ll forever be indebted to you.

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Sophie Germain

you for again property de demondur marra I'un transplain , et First / be nombus naturals paid depuid per que catter paperities 2. Y - 4) y A Born in 1776, SOPHIE GERMAIN was awarded a prize by the French Academy of Sciences for her paper on the patterns of vibration. Her work was crucial for applied mathematics, and is still used today in the construction of skyscrapers. 7 A too Л CRACKED — Wiki Commons
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Weird Science

CRACKED CREATING THE FIRST-EVER HUMAN/MONKEY HYBRID EMBRYO. An international team of researchers created part-human and part-monkey embryos. The interspecies chimera formations are made with human pluripotent stem cells. — Source

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Fruit

CRACKED FRUIT SO SWEET, EVEN ANIMALS CAN'T TAKE IT. The sweetness of fruits has become so intense that zoo keepers have had to switch some animals from a diet that was mainly fruit to one consisting of pellets flavored with pears and green vegetables. — kyslynskahal/Shutterstock
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Fresh Produce

MYTH: FRESH PRODUCE IS HEALTHIER THAN CANNED OR FROZEN. FACT: PRESERVED FOODS HAVE moRe NUTRIENTS. Unless you're harvesting your fruit and vegetables from your own garden, that fresh produce has likely traveled over a distance before landing on your table. During that time, it has lost vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. Freezing and canning stops that loss, because it locks the nutrients in. CRACKED.COM http://abcnews. go.com/Health/reasons-buy-frozen-fruits-veggies/story?id=20683879#1 — Source

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Scars

WOMEN FIND SCARS SEXY, NOT UGLY. SCARS SIGNAL PAST TRAUMA. SEXY TRAUMA. Thank evolution. A man with scars is seen as a survivor of difficult fights, p — For details, read 5 Insignificant Things That Determine Who You Have Sex With

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Batman Returns

CRACKED.COM Batman Returns In an early. draft of the script, the Penguin and Max Shreck were brothers. — Source

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New Zealand

WEIRD WORLD In New Zealand, a kid waving a phallic carrot interrupted a TV interview. Minister for social development Carmel Sepuloni was being interviewed over Zoom - and then her son burst in with a strangely shaped carrot he'd found. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Guardian

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Rapunzel Syndrome

There is a rare mental disease called the Rapunzel Syndrome. The disorder causes a patient to develop an irresistible urge to pull out their own hair, and sometimes eat it. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Independent / YouTube

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Body Heat

MYTH: YOU Lose most OF YOUR BODY HEAT THROUGH YOUR HEAD! FACT: YOU Lose HEAT THE SAme ALL oveR. Turns out covering one part of the body has as much effect as covering any other. The origin of this myth can be traced back to a 1950s U.S. Army study that put several test subjects through bitter cold conditions to measure the amount of body heat lost. But the army neglected to give their subjects hats. So naturally they lost heat through their heads. CRACKED.COM https://www. theguardian.com/science/2008/dec/17/medicalresearch-humanbehaviour — Source

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Hamilton

43 Random Bits of Trivia Hidden in a Small Capsule Inside of a False Tooth in Case of Emergency — Source: Vulture, Twitter, Twitter

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Discoveries

A king's severed head CRACKED.COM The head of King Henri IV of France turned up in some guy's attic. Seems a tax collector bought it years ago, stored it there, then forgot about it. — Source

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Candles

Burning candles is worse for you than breathing in diesel exhaust fumes. Effects from exposure to particles from burning can- dles include lung inflam- mation and toxicity, arte- riosclerosis, and aging ef- fects on chromosomes in the lungs and spleen. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — The Guardian

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The X-Files

GILLIAN ANDERSON LIED ABOUT HOW OLD SHE WAS. THE X-FILES Anderson told the casting directors she was 27 during her first audition. She was actually 24 — Independent

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Sir Isaac Newton

The father of modern physics didn't really get the appeal of sex - he was so busy working on optics and gravity (plus spending a weird amount of time feuding with dildo salesmen), that he's thought to have died a virgin. CRACKED — Source / Space

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Childbirth

A MONTH AFTER A BANGLADESHI WOMAN DELIVERED A BABY, SHE WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR STOMACH PAINS. It turned out she has two wombs and that she was in labor again, giving birth to twins. Arifa Sultana has a condition called uterus didelphys, where a woman develops two uteruses instead of one. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Pepsi Number Fever

Public votes that backfired big time PEPSI NUMBER pepsi FEVER A Pepsi contest in the Philippines had a grand prize of 1 million pesos, but an error at the bottling plant led to 600,000 winning bottles. Riots and even grenade attacks injured dozens and killed 5 people in the deadliest marketing disaster in history. CRACKED — MDV Edwards/Shutterstock,
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Sesame Street

CRACKED.COM Oscar the Grouch is weirdly related to racism. Oscar isn't a grouch just because he's cranky - grouch is canonically his race. Не hails from a city where everyone is a grouch. It's not such a stretch to call that segregation - he was intentionally created to represent racial and ethnic diversity. — Source: 15 Random Facts About the World We Didn't Suspect

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Phil Collins

Phil Collins was the only artist to perform at both Live Aid 1985 benefit concerts. CRACKED.COM Не played at Live Aid Wembley, went by heli- copter to Heathrow, flew to New York on the Con- corde, then another heli- copter to Live Aid Phila- delphia. — Source

25

Beyonce

CRACKED BEYONCE CAN RUN A MILE WHILE SINGING. In 2011, she told the Times of India My father, who was also my manager, made me run a mile while singing so | would be able to perform on stage without becoming exhausted. — Paper Mag / LA Times

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Chocolate

WE COULD RUN OUT OF... Chocolate Dry weather and a fungus in West Africa (where 70% of all cocoa comes from) caused cocoa production to go down, which is leading to a worldwide shortage of chocolate. Long-term, we're eating increasingly more of it than we're making. CRACKED — Sebastian Duda/Shutterstock
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23

Knives Out

Knives Out's score was influenced by an old-school movie Lawrence of Arabia. AWRENCE OF ARABIA Khives JOHNSON QTO With that score, like a bunch of others, it feels like you can hear every instrument. It's not a blurry, washed-out sound. Every voice has its place, says composer Nathan Johnson. Which worked great for Knives Out. CRACKED.COM — Source: FilmSchoolRejects

22

The Human Tongue

MYTH: YOUR TONGUE IS zoneD BY FLAVOR TYPE. BITTER SALTY SALTY SOUR SOUR SWEET FACT: YOUR WHOLE TONGUE TASTES THINGS. The myth about your tongue being able to taste different flavors with different areas started with a mistranslation of an old German study. Turns out all areas in the tongue are about equally good at detecting different flavors. It's not an evenly distributed democracy of taste buds, but every tongue has different patterns of strength and weakness. CRACKED.COM http://www. livescience.com/7113-tongue-map-tasteless-myth-debunked.html — Source

21

Terracotta Army

You can tell the rank of the sculpted warriors featured in China's Terracotta Army by their clothing. The lowest ranked warrior? The one wearing a terracotta t-shirt that says Fart Now Loading. CRACKED.COM — Source

20

Brave

Pixar wrote a new program just for Merida's hair in Brave. And her hair is made up of over 1,500 individual, hand-sculpted strands. — Source: Vanity Fair, The Atlantic

19

Nic Cage

In 2006, Nic Cage gave $2 million to Amnesty International. He had been working with them for two years by that point, and had collaborated with them on Lord of War. CRACKED.COM — Source: Digital Spy

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Germany

43 Random Bits of Trivia Hidden in a Small Capsule Inside of a False Tooth in Case of Emergency — Source: The Local

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Morgan Freeman

43 Random Bits of Trivia Hidden in a Small Capsule Inside of a False Tooth in Case of Emergency

16

Tanzania

This bubbly pink lake looks like diarrhea medicine. It's just a typical day for Lake Natron in Tanzania. Specifically, it's the alkali salt crust on the lake's surface. Countless microorganisms are attracted to the heavy salt concentration, which gives the lake its odd appearance. And although the lake is highly alkaline, it's a breeding site for flamingos. GRACKED.COM http://earthobservatory nasa gov/IOTD/view php?id=3042 — Source: 22 Ridiculous Places Right Here On Earth

15

Action Park

CRACKED ACTION PARK Action Park in Vernon, NJ, was one of the first modern water parks in the US. It was known for its risky attractions, like the Tidal Wave Pool, nicknamed The Grave Pool because it needed 30 rescues a day. Just imagine that kind of thing today. K A on P — History

14

Fish

The Vibranium Fairy Wrasse got its name because its glowing purple scales reminded the researchers of the Black Panther's suit. Its scientific name,

13

John McAfee

John McAfee hit the jackpot with his antivirus software. So he went to Belize to spy on their government. After his software became a success, he move

12

Wojtek the Bear

Wojtek: Syrian bear turned Polish hero, captures enemy in shower. CRACKED COM Wojtek, a Syrian brown bear adopted by Polish soldiers during WWII, was allowed to stay as the unit's mascot and eventually became something of a national hero. Не even captured an anti-British fighter in Palestine while cooling himself off with showers. — Source

11

Deadpool

The neon Chinese sign on the rooftop in Deadpool 2 literally translates to deadpool. H SRAS HI Flipped image II FE I Deadpool

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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

A deleted scene from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer explains why Cornelius licks his ax. After Rudolph guides Santa to the Island of Misfit Toys, Cornelius picks up his ax after throwing it in the air, then licks it and says Peppermint! What I've been searching for all my life! I've struck it rich. So he was just licking his ах to see if he'd finally found peppermint. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

9

Pac-Man

The creators of Pac-Man did not know how the game ended as it was designed to run indefinitely. It was only when Billy Mitchell finished the game, after all its internal storage ran out, that they saw how it ended. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

8

Christmas Day Truce

The two sides of WWI had a truce on Christmas Day. CRACKED.COM During World War 1, Ger- man and Allied forces came out of their trenches on Christmas day in 1914, to sing carols, trade equip- ment and even play foot- ball between their lines. — ThoughtCo

7

Office Space

David Herman got fired from MADtv to appear in the movie. CRACKED.COM Не wasn't technically allowed to take the role while he was still a cast member, but he felt it was the right move for his career. So he loudly yelled all his lines at MADtv table reads until they fired him. — Source

6

Cats

Musical movies Lass 12 cats Andrew Lloyd Webber, creator of the stage play, got a therapy dog to deal with the trauma. When an airline demanded proof he needed a service dog, he directed them to watch the movie. Не was let through. CRACKED.COM — Source: NBC News

5

Blue Lake

The clearest lake in the world is the Blue Lake located in Nelson, New Zealand. CRACKED COM Visibility in the lake is up to 80 meters meaning the water is considered almost as optically clear as dis- tilled water. — Source

4

Sweden

in stockholm, sweden, you can win cash FOR obeying the speed Limit. The Speed Camera Lottery photographs the license plates of all passing cars. Speeding cars are fined, and those obeying the speed limit are entered into a lottery for a portion of the fines. http //www thestar com/news/world/2010/12/09/ GRACKED.COM speed_camera_lottery_pays_drivers_for_slowing_down.html — Source

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Old-School Predictions

An 1889 novel predicted parts of 2000 surprisingly accurately. Hono Domini 2 Written by Julius Vogel, a former New Zealand prime minister, Anno Domini 2000 features instant communication technology, widespread travel in aluminum air cruisers, and great changes to the environment as a result of industrial technology. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Parasites

We've found the first animal that somehow doesn't breathe using oxygen. It's a very tiny critter - a white salmon parasite that's just a few millimeters long. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Laptops

LAPTOPS CRACKED.COM In 1985, the New York Times catalogued what they saw as the demise of the laptop, due to the simple fact that folks just don't like having tiny computers on their person: Somehow, the microcomputer industry has assumed that everyone would love to have a keyboard grafted on as an extension of their fingers. It just is not so. — Source: 15 Modern Conveniences That Were Met With A Bizarre Amount Of Resistance

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