37 Globetrotting Bits of Trivia That Want to Stick A Pin in Your Brain

These facts know a good destination when they see one
37 Globetrotting Bits of Trivia That Want to Stick A Pin in Your Brain

Whether you knew it or not, your brain is a real tourist attraction for random facts. These well-traveled tidbits have seen all kinds of brains in their day, but they were dead set on visiting yours. You should really capitalize on this. Put some money into a nice strip of restaurants and local shops for these facts to stroll down once they’ve docked and exited their cruise ship. 

Better get on that now actually. This cruise liner of a list is pulling into port!

Michelangelo’s David

Michelangelo's David is over 17 feet tall. And weighs over 12,000 pounds. CRACKED.COM

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Playing Her Own Daughter

WEIRD WORLD A 48-year-old woman lived as her 22-year-old daughter, a university student. She did that for two years, and held a job at a library and had boyfriends who seriously thought she was 22 years old. CRACKED.COM

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The Wright Brothers

CRACKEDOON Wilbur and Orville Wright were the first to fly a plane in 1903. One of them was also involved in the world's first fatal plane crash. Duri

Professional Mourners

Moirologists, or professional mourners, are paid to grieve and comfort families at funerals. It's not a new profession. The practice of professional mourning dates back to Ancient Egypt. CRACKED.COM

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Grand Theft Auto

Grand Theft Auto exists because of a glitch in a boring racing game. GTA'S predecessor, a pretty tame racing game called Race'n'Chase, was buggy as he

Wine

CRACKED.COM WINE TASTES BETTER IF YOU THINK IT'S EXPENSIVE. In a study, participants' brain activity measurements confirmed that the brain responded m

Day of the Dead

During Mexico's Day of the Dead, women often dress up as a sheletal figure dressed in Western attire. It is known as 'La Catrina', and it originated f

Australia

Outside the Australian Parliament, drunken bees are falling from the air. Some flowers' nectar is fermenting due to the hot weather, making lots of be

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Kanye West

GOLD DIGGER KANYE WEST Ironically, Kanye West wrote the song just for the money, admitting he never cared for it. Не said in an interview, I knew I would get paid for doing 'Gold Digger. CRACKED

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Ancient Egyptian Humor

The Egyptians were basically known as the class clown of the Ancient world. They had such a strong reputation for cracking jokes all the time, Romans banned Egyptian lawyers from courts because their jokes disrupted the work of the court. CRACKED.COM

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