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December 11, 2024

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45

Great Britain

Great Britain is annually responsible for 63 Independence Day celebrations around the world. That averages to about one every six days. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

44

Fish

There's more evidence fish may be self-aware The cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus is believed to be able to pass a mirror test, one of the ways researchers determine if a species is self-aware. CRACKED.COM — Source

43

Toys

CRACKED.COM A doll caused an uproar for (allegedly) trying to convert children to Islam. Mattel's Cuddle & Coo doll played nonsense baby sounds, but some parents thought they heard the toy praising Islam or Satan (which are probably the same thing in such people's heads). Mattel didn't recall the doll, but did reprogram unshipped units. — Source

42

Unlimited Vacation Time

GRACKED.COM Unlimited vacation time usually means less vacation time. More and more companies are offering the perk of unlimited paid time off-but this policy often results in their workers taking shorter vacations. No one wants to be seen as the lazy employee who took one day too many, right? — Source

41

The NHL

The Bruins team up on a Rangers fan CRACKED COM When a spectator reached over the glass and whapped a Bruins player with a rolled up magazine, the entire team retaliated. They hopped the barrier one by one and beat the tar out of the magazine guy and anyone who came — Source: YouTube

40

Space

We didn't always have the same North Star. Due to a slight wobble of the Earth's axis, the North Star changes. When humans were building the Pyramids, the star Thuban was used for Northern guidance. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

39

Mosquitos

CRACKED MOSQUITOS DRAINED 15 COWS LIKE KEGS OF BLOOD. In 1980, a Texas farm was so overrun with mosquitoes that 15 cows died from blood loss. One researcher calculated that it would take 3.8 million mosquito bites to drain one cow of that much blood. — Certified TPC / CDC

38

McDonald’s Toys

CRACKED MCDONALD'S PEDOMETERS. STEP-iT STEP-IT STEP-iT STEP-iT STEP-iT STEP-iT These Step It pedometers found in Happy Meals were a feeble attempt to prove McDonald's cares about health. Maybe they just needed proof that kids don't care about their step or calorie count. — Source

37

Newspapers

Newspapers are so big because they were taxed based on the number of their pages. Trouw deVentieping 11 I - - - - - word - Trouw wagel - - - - magness - - - (Motjreges - one book up greet - سنسب - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . new - - I / ! I - - - of - - 1 صدب - - - - The British govern- ment began taxing newspapers in 1712 based on the page count, so the 33.1-inch by — Pen and the Pad / Wikipedia

36

Roxanne

Roxanne by the Police CRACKED.COM That jumble of notes at the begin- ning of Roxanne where it sounds like someone punching a piano was, in fact, someone sitting on a piano. Yep, one of the most famous songs in music history is partially played by Sting's butt. That's also why you can hear him laughing a second later. — Source: 15 Bizarro Details of the Recordings of Famous Songs

35

Stephen Hawking

Sport Celebrities Stephen Hawking was a star coxswain on the University of Oxford's rowing team before contracting ALS. CRACKED.COM — Rowperfect UK

34

Minnesota Principal

WEIRD WORLD In Minnesota, a principal got suspended for plagiarizing from another principal. A staffer thought her recent email was a little too well-written for her, SO they googled the text. It turned out their hunch was right. CRACKED.COM — Source: TwinCities.com

33

Airplanes

CRACKED THE SHORTEST COMMERCIAL FLIGHT IN THE WORLD IS ONLY 1.7 MILES LONG. The flight between the islands of Westray and Papa Westray in Scotland, operated by Loganair, takes only 1-2 minutes. TO OF ds Anine Loganair — Bradley Caslin/Shutterstock
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32

Bees

Bees can't see red, and what we perceive as the color red is seen as black. However, they can see ultraviolet light. UV al- lows them to see vein-like patterns in a flower, like a map that allows them to locate the nectar source. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

31

Fraternities

Back in the 18th century, Fraternities college societies were less were born about keg, togas, and as literary hazing, and more about societies. debating topics like politics, literature, and religion. The first fraternal organization as we know them today, Phi Beta Карра Society, was established in 1776, and more soon followed. CRACKED.COM — Source

30

The Horse War

40 years of war over a horse race VIFE CRACKED.COM In the year 568, two Arabian tribes went to war after an unbeatable horse named Dahis was scared off the track, mid-race, by opposing warriors. Dahis was, unfortunately, owned by a King, who declared war after his bet was ruined. — Source: The Geographical Journal

29

The Giant Water Bug

The Giant Water Bug CRACKED.COM These winged nightmares fly and bite. They're 4 inches long and have one of the more painful bites of the insect kingdom. — Source: 19 Terrifying Real-World Monsters Straight Out Of A Horror Movie

28

The Last Temptation of Christ

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27

The Philippines

WEIRD WORLD A pro-LGBTQ politician in the Philippines said he was against gay marriage. IF'S just rate LE LOVE ers His exact words, translated into English, were I will support same-sex marriage once men can get pregnant and give birth. CRACKED.COM — Source

26

Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson's fiancée said she'd leave him if he took the role of James Bond. CRACKED.COM The Irish actor was heavily courted for the role in the mid 90s, but his then fian- cée and late wife Natasha Richardson told him she wouldn't marry him if he took the role. — Source

25

Disney

Disney uses a green paint to hide visually hide items in their park The paint is called Go Away Green. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Apartment Therapy

24

Bees

Bees can make green and blue honey. The anomaly occurred in Ribeauville, France because the bees collected remnants of colored M&Ms instead of nectar

23

PTSD

Traumatic Beginnings Research shows that children exposed to family violence have the same pattern of brain activity as soldiers in combat. CRACKED.COM — Source: Science Daily

22

David

Michelangelo's David has a clear sign of heart disease. It's a bulging vein on the right side of his neck - AKA jugular venous distension. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

21

Auctions

A green jacket from the Augusta National Golf Club was purchased at a thrift store for $5. CRACKED COM The famed green jack- et had a tag that said it was from the 1950s and was bought from the thrift store in 2017. It sold at auction for $139,000. — The Star

20

Predator 2

CRACKED.COM PREDATOR 2 SOME PREDATORS WERE LOS ANGELES LAKERS. A huge Lakers fan, Danny Glover convinced some players to come on set and get dressed and fully made up as Predator extras in the final sequence. — Source

19

Impersonations

A French man impersonated an American family's lost son for 3 and a half months. GRAGKED COM Frédéric Bourdin imper- sonated American Nicho- las Barclay from San An- tonio, Texas, who disap- peared in 1994 at age 13. Bourdin was caught and deported back to France.

18

Logan

A Logan deleted scene reveals some of Logan's backstory with Sabertooth. Bobby plays with Wolverine and Sabertooth figures and asks if Sabertooth was real -- Logan says yes, adding that they were in the same research program. CRACKED.COM — CBR

17

Pharmaceuticals

A Danish biopharmaceutical company placed an embargo on the sale of its own product. Lundbeck Inc. stopped sell- ing pentobarbital to US pris- ons because of its moral stance on lethal injection. It announced a tightly con- trolled distribution system ensuring deliveries to hospi- tals and treatment centers. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

16

Colorado

In Colorado, the world's first mostly solar-powered steel mill will be built. The mill will draw most of its power from a 750,000-panel solar farm that'll generate 300 megawatts (and it'll be called the Bighorn Solar project). CRACKED.COM — Source

15

The Hulk

Lou Ferrigno partly voiced Hulk in The Avengers. Joss Whedon wanted Hulk to sound very human-like, not like a monster, and the voice that ended up working best was a combination of Mark Ruffalo, Lou Ferrigno, and three other people. CRACKED.COM — Source: Yahoo

14

Gravity

GRAVITY SHRINKS US GRAGKED.COM On average, we are about 1cm taller in the morning than at night, because gravity causes the cartilage in our knees and spine to compress throughout the day. When we sleep, the cartilage decompresses to its normal size. — Source

13

Space Invaders

SPACE INVADERS Space Invaders' increasing speed is because of a + hardware problem. Even after a year working on the hardware, the invaders moved really slowly. They only sped up when there were fewer of them on the screen, because they'd been shot. Hence the slowly accelerating pace. CRACKED.COM — Source: 21 Games We Grew Up On (With Weird Backstories)

12

Revolutionary War

Marquis De Lafayette became a major general at age 19 When he was 16, he was a second lieutenant. Не was considered a war hero in both the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolution. CRACKED.COM — Source

11

Jurassic Park

Apparently, Jurassic Park and Face/Off are in the same universe. C.R35 Gen There's an InGen container in a Face/Off scene --that's the company that brought Jurassic Park's dinos back to life. CRACKED.COM — Source

10

The Mandalorian

Big Bird taught Giancarlo Esposito to work with Baby Yoda. Esposito has said that a Sesame Street gig early in his career prepared him for The Mandalorian. Big Bird taught me how to play with someone who was inside the suit, who was a real human being, which all led me to being able to work with Baby Yoda. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Random Facts to Awake Your Sense of Wonder, Curiosity, and/or Dread

9

Venice

CRACKEDCO The Bridge Of sighs was built for prisoners. That pretty Venice bridge-known for gondolas, honeymoons, and yes, appearing in Madonna's Like

8

Babylon

The first customer complaint is from Babylon, and it's about 4,000 years old. Complaint about delivery al of the wrong grade of copper g About 1750 BC (Old Babylonian period). from Ur ME 131236 It's a cuneiform tablet from 1750 ВС, and it tells the complaint of a man who bought copper ingots that were supposed to be higher quality. CRACKED.COM — Source

7

Doctor Who

A Fresh Serving Of Trivia About Science, History, Movies, And More - In 2013, nine lost Doctor Who episodes turned up i — Source: BBC

6

Elvis

Elvis was a natural blonde Не dyed his hair black because he believed it brought out his features better on film. CRACKED.COM — Source: Graceland

5

Gambling

CRACKED OVER $100 MILLION GAMBLED AWAY One businessman lost more than $100 million in 2007 at a chain of casinos in Las Vegas. It's said that he was given alcohol and drugs to keep him gambling. — Source

4

Ice Cream

Ice cream doesn't cool you down, it warms you up! That's because the body heats up while it digests the ingredients in ice cream. GRACKED.COM — 21 Debunked Food Myths

3

Apocalypse Now

CRACKED.COM Laurence Fishburne lied about his age to secure his casting ill this epic film. He said he was 16 to get the part of a 17 year old. Appeddene Now He was only 14 years old. — Source: 18 Lies That Launched Beloved Pop Culture

2

Delivery Cats

GRACKED.COM Belgium attempted to use cats to deliver mail. In 1879, in the city of Liège, the Belgian Society for the Elevation of the Domestic Cat had the idea of using cats in the same way as carrier pigeons, giving them small waterproof postbags. The results were disappointing, and the experiment was cancelled. — Source

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Immigrant Myths

MYTH: Worried about criminal activity? It's got to be all those immigrants. FAGT8 Immigrants are less likely to commit crimes. First-generation immigr

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