40 Random Bits of Trivia Our Precocious Four-Year-Old Announced Unbidden, Ruthkanda Forever-Style

You’ll forever be in solidarity with these facts
40 Random Bits of Trivia Our Precocious Four-Year-Old Announced Unbidden, Ruthkanda Forever-Style

There’s no denying that these facts have a loyal following. We don’t know how exactly, but they get people to advocate for them after only one reading. It’s probably because they not only provide knowledge, but they do so with such passion and conviction that you can’t help but rally behind them.

So you better not have too much on your plate right now, because after reading them, it’s all about to take a back seat to spreading the good factual word.

Nagoro, Japan

IN NAGORO, JAPAN, DOLLS OUTNUMBER PEOPLE TEN TO ONE. When artist Tsukimi Ayano learned that the population of her hometown had dwindled to 35, she beg

Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle felt writing Sherlock Holmes was dull hack work. He saw historical fiction as his real work, and Sherlock Holmes as stuff that pa

The Statue of Unity

597 ft. The Statue of Unity in India is so tall the Statue of Liberty could barely touch his knees with her torch. 152 ft. CRACKED.COM

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Terrorism

CRACKED coMT ARE YOU AFRAID OF BEING ONE OF THE VICTIMS IN A TERROR ATTACK? CHILL. YOU ARE 1860 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE HIT BY A WORLD-ENDING ASTEROID

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp says he spent $5 million shooting Hunter S. Thompson's ashes from a cannon. Following the revelation of Depp's money woes, many outlets re

The Poorest Areas of the U.S.

In one of the U.S.'s poorest areas, the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, people make on average less than $8,000 a year. ENTERING PINE RIDGE INDIANPESERVATION About 60% of them can't afford to plug into the power grid. CRACKED.COM

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Baby Facts

A mother's age is important to her baby's health. And a father's age is important to his baby's mental health. Men who are older at the time of concep

London

19TH-CENTURY LONDON STANK TO HEAVEN The city's sewage was dumped directly into the Thames in those days. In the summer of 1858, the stench became SO b

Aussie Football

Aussie Football is a rough game. It's a mixture of soccer, rugby, and pandemonium. But John Bourke took it to a new level. In a 1985 match, Bourke tri

Weird Al

CRACKED c COM Weird AI Yankovic grew up in a very conservative home. Indulgences like sleepovers were off the table, skipping church wasn't even a c

The Matrix Reloaded

Philosopher Cornel West is on the council of Zion in The MatrixReloaded. Lana Wachowski liked his books so much, she wrote a character based on him and asked him to cameo. CRACKED COM

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Silence of the Lambs

The first choice for Hannibal Lecter was Sean Connery. Не refused a role in Silence of the Lambs very quickly because he found it disgusting and said he'd never play something like that. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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Mathias Rust

Mathias Rust, the amateur pilot who landed a plane in Red Square during the Cold War, was later convicted of attempted manslaughter. In 1989 he used a

Friday

Cube Chs tucker Tot 04 botwon South Central inspired Ice Cube 0 to write Friday because he didn't like the portrayal of the hood as violent and unsafe

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