45 Random Bits of Trivia That Had to Account for the Curvature of the Earth to Snipe Your Brain From 3,000 Feet Away

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45 Random Bits of Trivia That Had to Account for the Curvature of the Earth to Snipe Your Brain From 3,000 Feet Away

You can’t escape these facts, so you might as well just read them head-on. If you read a couple and just walk away, the others will set up shop on a hill, get you in their crosshairs, and blast themselves into your brain from a great distance.

You know what? Go for it. They’re fresh out of the academy and are itching to show Sarge what they’ve got.

Sweden’s Ski-Thru Fast-Food Restaurant

Sweden has a ski-through McDonald's Donald's A ski resort has a McDonald's you can ski right up to. How very Swedish of them. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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The Vietnam War

J.S.AIR FORCE The U.S dropped around 8 million tons of bombs during the Vietnam War (three million tons on Laos alone). As a comparison, the U.S dropp

Snakes

A NEW SNAKE SPECIES WAS NAMED AFTER THE FOUNDER OF HOUSE SLYTHERIN. An Indian research team found a new green pit viper species from the genus Trimere
Source: CNN

The Terminator

James Cameron didn't have a filming permit for The Terminator, so the crew had to avoid cops. THE IMPROVISATION: They shot at night so they had less c

Martian Storms

The Martian has 60 mph storms. Sounds super dangerous, right? On Earth, sure. But on Mars, the atmosphere is only 1 percent as dense, so those same fa
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Tom Franco

CRACKED COM Tom Franco, brother of James and Dave Franco, is a busy, talented artist. He founded the Firehouse Art Collective in Berkeley, California,

Harriet the Tortoise

Harriet the tortoise was collected by both Charles Darwin and Steve Irwin. The 176-year-old tortoise was also one of the oldest animals at the time of her death in 2006. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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Orange Is the New Black

CRAZY EYES was originally in two episodes of Orange Is the New Black. The producers were sO amazed by Uzo Aduba's performance that they ended up usi

Being John Malkovich

A drunken extra hucked a beer can at Malkovich's bean. BEING JOHN MALKOVICH CRACKED.COM Some extras got ripped and decided to do a drive-by while the scene was live. Malkovich's reaction (pissed off) is genuine.

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An Unexpected Nerve Agent

Charlie Rowley, from Wilstshire, England, couldn't believe his luck when he found a sealed box of what looked like expensive designer perfume, and gave it to his girlfriend, Dawn Sturgess. O Unfortunately the bottle contained a nerve agent of the same type that had been used recently to poison a Russian spy, and Sturgess died after applying it to her wrists. Rowley nearly succumbed, himself. GRAGKED.COM

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The Leaning Tower of Pisa

The Leaning Tower of Pisa contains an empty tube. The Tower of Pisa is actually a bell tower for the nearby cathedral, and there's literally nothing inside it. Aside from the ginormous bell, of course. CRACKED.COM

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Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando popularized wearing a t-shirt as an outer garment. Before Brando's 1951 role in A Streetcar Called Desire, it was commonplace to wear a t-shirt only as an undergarment. CRACKED.COM

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