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Facts that will never morph into myths

40 Timeless Bits of Trivia That Are As True Now As They Will Be in Any Dystopian Future You Can Dream Up

December 06, 2024

The truth is the truth.

That might sound redundant, but we’ve been in the fact game long enough to know that some truths don’t stay true — especially in that pesky field of science. They’re always coming up with new ways to debunk the truths of old and replace them with fresh ones. It’s confusing, and it makes our job a lot harder.

Don’t get us wrong, we’re grateful for anyone on the truth hunt. Let’s just get it right the first time, shall we? Take these facts, for example. They were true in the past, they’re true now and they’ll be true in the distant future!

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The Constitution

THE U.S. CONSTITUTION IS RIDDLED WITH MISTAKES. We democracy Roderly the and People with of Articl All We're not talking here about stuff such as not giving everyone the right to vote- we mean the many misspellings contained in the Constitution. Just ask the delegate from Pensylvania. GRACKED.COM NM — Source

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Child Support Laws

Utah discovered the quickest way to ensure child support payments: don't let the deadbeats hunt or fish. CRACKED.COM Rep. Karianne Lisonbee said she came up with it after hearing her constituents complain their noncustodial partners were spending money on hunting and fish- ing when they were behind on child support. — PHL17

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The U.S. Navy

CRACKED THE U.S. NAVY DIVING MANUAL HAS DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR ESCAPING A GIANT CLAM. This was due to a pervasive myth that divers could be eaten by the harmless mollusk. — Bence Sibalin/Shutterstock
Atlas Obscura

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Terminator 2

The helicopter flying under an overpass in Terminator 2 was, well, exactly that. It was James Cameron's idea, and they had to do it twice so they could film the helicopter from both the front and the rear. — Source: FilmSchoolRejects

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David Schwimmer

STU ION HO David Schwimmer RA saved the day. CAT Ross from Friends helped the New York Police by giving them footage of a violent fight that broke out outside his apartment. Police were able to apprehend one man, while another was taken to the hospital with stab wounds. TH CRACKED RAP — Source

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The 12-Year Coma

CRACKED.COM A guy spent 12 years in a coma, but completely aware. South African Martin Pistorious slipped into a coma at 12. At 16 he began to regain consciousness, but he still couldn't move or speak for years. His strongest memory of his time locked in is Barney & Friends reruns on the TV. Today, he hates Barney more than any other living person. — Source: 15 Creepy Random Facts for Spooky Season

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The Dark Knight

The infamous Batman growl in The Dark Knight was not Christian Bale's fault. CRACKED.COM The real voice during film- ing was more toned down and then heightened to a rougher, grittier vibe during post-production un- der the decision of director Christopher Nolan. — Source

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QAnon

WEIRD WORLD A singer at a QAnon conference forgot the words to the National WWGTWGA WHERE Anthem. WE GO ONE WHO ALL It was a conference at the Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, that gathered hundreds of QAnon members, too. CRACKED.COM — Source

32

True Lies

Jamie Lee Curtis lost her grip. TRUE LIES CRACKED.COM Her pratfall during her seductive dance was real; you can even see Arnold move to help her. — Source

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Jon Hamm

Before getting his big break, Jon Hamm worked as a set dresser for Cinemax soft-core- porn movies. Hesaid it was soul lcrushing. CRAGKEDOOM

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Big Ben

WHEN YOU TRAVEL TO LONDON, DON'T EVER CALL THIS TOWER BIG BEN.THE TOWER ITSELF IS CALLED ELIZABETH TOWER. NOW THIS IS BIG BEN. BIG BEN IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THE BELL INSIDE THE ELIZABETH TOWER. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Pineapple

GRACKED Why do you sometimes get a tingly sensation from eating pineapple? Because of the enzyme complex bromelain that's found in the fruit. This enzyme breaks down the proteins that make up the mucosal layer, which is the protective coating in your mouth. — Kotcha K/Shutterstock
Live Science

28

Machu Picchu

Peru has asked tourists to stop getting naked at Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu is a place where you can admire ancient Inca architecture and tourist dong. So many people are taking pictures of themselves in the buff that the Peruvian government has formally requested them to stop. Cambodia and Thailand have similar issues in their tourist spots. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cats

Cats don't like to drink water if food is nearby. CRACKED.COM Moving your cat's wa- ter away from its food will help prevent kid- ney disease, which is a very common condi- tion in older cats. — Chestnut Vets

26

The Green Jewel Beetle

CRACKED BEETLE Is that a cool mood ring? An acid trip? No, it's the green jewel beetle. — Source: Shutterstock

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The World’s Largest Cashew Tree

CRACKED COM These are the branches of the world's largest cashew tree located in Parmarinim, Brazil viewed from ground level. This is an aerial view. The tree covers a total of 8,500 square meters of land. — 28 Eyebrow-Arching Size Comparisons

24

The ‘Wild’ West

In the 1870s, people in a town in the West staged fake gunfights and robberies. It was basically a show for passengers who were coming to town on the new railroad - it might have all been a ploy to boost tourism. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

23

Cruise Ships

Cruise ships have on-board morgues Cruise ships have morgues to keep dead bodies cold until they can be transported. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: The Telegraph

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Martin Lawrence

MARTIN LAWRENCE FEBRUARY 19, 1994 GRACKED.COM Only East Coast viewers saw Lawrence's unedited monologue, a bit about oral sex and feminine hygiene that was full of enough improvised profanity to earn a spot on Lorne's Lifetime Ban List. — Source: 14 SNL Hosts That Were The Worst

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Your Body

Almost none of your body is permanent. Only a few cells in your eyes, heart, and brain will be with you your whole life. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Kinda Gross Facts About The Human Body That'll Make You Feel A Little Uncomfortable

20

Da Vinci’s Student

There is a copy of the Mona Lisa painted by one of Da Vinci's students. Prado Mona Lisa was a copy painted simultane- ously as Da Vinci's origi- nal. It has come to be un- derstood as the earliest known studio copy of Leonardo's masterpiece. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — The Art Newspaper

19

The Last Jedi

In The Last Jedi, Rey horizontally cuts a rock in half, making the top part slide down. Not long after, Snoke's body gets cut in half in a pretty simi — Source: 5 Crazy Movie Foreshadowing Scenes Everybody Always Misses

18

Plant-Based Meats

Thanks to Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods, 1 million animal lives were saved. The non-profit World Animal Protection estimates that 630,000 animals were saved thanks to those two companies just in 2021, according to data =E2=80=93 and WAP says that the real figure is probably closer to 1 million.com — Source

17

300

comic Book Movies 300 Gerard Butler had multiple on-set injuries (including a hernia) while filming this testosterone-drenched, vaguely racist movie. CRACKED.COM — Source: Celebretainment.com

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The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz Insect? What insect? In a deleted scene, Dorothy and her gang are attacked by a bug sent by the Wicked Witch of the West. That doesn't happen in the finished movie - but the Witch still refers to it, when she tells her flying monkeys that she's sent a little insect ahead of them. — Source: Oz Wiki

15

Harrison Ford

Source: 15 Random Facts About the World We Didn't Suspect

14

Tic Tac Dough

Thom McKee held the game show winnings record for 2 decades. Tic Tac Dough X For 9 weeks in 1980, he took down 43 fellow contestants, and won $312,700 (roughly $1.1 million today), which was a game show record that stood until Michael Shutterly won $500,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in 1999. CRACKED — Source / Tic Tac Dough

13

Joseph Lister

18 Amazing People Too Many Of Us Haven't Heard Of - Lister’s research into hygiene puts him among the greatest medical researchers of all time. And ye — Source: Smithsonian

12

Purple Dye

It became Jewish law that any woman could divoce her husband if he became a dyer. CRACKED.COM Making a purple pigment used to dye clothes for royal- ty in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome involved harvest- ing the pigment from rotting snails, which smelled so bad that the divorce law was spe- cifically written. — Exodus Lost

11

Japan

One man rescues cats in Fukushima's nuclear zone. Sakae Kato stayed behind when the 2011 Fukushima earthquake happened, and now he saves cats abandoned by their former owners. He's currently looking after 41 cats, and says I want to make sure I am here to take care of the last one. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

10

Coco Easter Eggs

Coco has a couple of nods to The Shining. When Dante wakes up, there's an axe behind him-- it's one of the axes from The Shining. And there's a red drum, too, which is an elaborate reference to Redrum. CRACKED.COM — Source

9

Cats

Domestic cats can jump up to five or six times their height on average. GRACKED.COM In human terms, this is the equiva- lent of a 6-foot-tall person jumping be- tween 30-36 feet in the air. — Source

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Will Smith

The Hollywood Reporter

7

Brazilian Customs

Brazil CRACKED.COM Many countries eschew utensils altogether. Brazil takes the opposite stance. While there, you should always use utensils, no matter what. Yes, New Yorker shedding a single tear, even for a delicious pizza pie. — Food Network

6

The Lone Gunmen

IN THEIR PILOT EPISODE, THE LONE GUNMEN THWARTED A PLOT TO HIJACK A PLANE AND CRASH IT INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. (Cue X-Files theme music.) It aired in March, 2001. CRACKED.COM https://youtube@ruM32hHsLo — Source

5

Glee

The cast of Glee has had 207 SONGS on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. That's three times as many as the Beatles. CRACKED.COM — Source

4

Joy Division

Joy Division bassist Peter Hook and drummer Steve Morris were once questioned by police due to their tour's schedule matching the movements of serial

3

Game of Thrones

JOHN BRADLEY THOUGHT HE WOULD HAVE TO WEAR AN INCREDIBLY GOOFY COSTUME. Game of Thrones producers decided to prank Bradley by having the costume depar — YouTube

2

TV Firsts

The first non- binary character 2017 CRACKED.COM Non-binary actor Asia Kate Dillon's character on Billions, Taylor Mason, is a highly-intelligent go-getter. — Source

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Taiwanese Funerals

1/3 of Taiwanese funeral processions include a stripper. CRACKED.COM Funeral strippers are often brought in to entice a larger crowd to join the procession in Taiwan and China, but officials are trying to ban the prac- tice. — Source

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