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36 Keen Bits of Trivia That Don’t Dumb Themselves Down Around the Cool Facts

December 16, 2024

At one point or another, kids usually end up finding “their thing.” Some are more into sports, some get into the arts and some are real brainiacs. Facts are no different. Each one hones in on a very specific thing, and luckily for them, they can all find a place at our lunchroom table.

We’re very inclusive and want each of them to share their interest without fear of alienation. Join us!

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Predictions

ROBERT HEINLEIN PREDICTED THE SCREEN SAVER, IN 1961. They went to the living room; Jill sat at his feet and they applied themselves to martinis. Opposite his chair was a stereovision tank disguised as an aquarium; he switched it on, guppies and tetras gave way to the face of the well-known Winchell Augustus Greaves. -Stranger in a Strange Land CRACKED.COM Robert A Heinlein, 1961 Stranger in a Strange Land. — Source

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Making the Band

Making the Band 2000 CRACKED The first season of Making the Band premiered on ABC's TGIF and created the boyband O-Town, whose singles included All or Nothing and Liquid Dreams.

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Peanuts

PEANUTS ARE LEGUMES, NOT NUTS. Nuts are dry fruits with a single seed inside, like acorns, black walnuts, and pecans. Peanuts and almonds are actually legumes, while pine nuts are edible seeds from pine trees. CRACKED — dinosmichail/Shutterstock
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Scarface

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Frogs

At 7-8mm in length, the Paedophryne amauensis frog from Papua New Guinea are the smallest known vertebrates on Earth. Here's one sitting on a dime. CRACKED.COM — Source

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SNL

STEVIE WONDER wrote tracks for Murphy's record GRACKED COM Eddie Murphy's impression angered some fans, telling him your mother brought you up wrong! But Wonder was in on the joke, appearing in a sketch where Murphy instructs him how to do a better Steve Wonder impersonation. — Source

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Mr. Rogers

CRACKED ROOKED IL MR. ROGERS DISCUSSES HIS SEXUALITY. Не told gay psychologist William Hirsch that if sexuality was a scale, Well, you know, | must be right smack in the middle. Because I have found women attractive, and | have found men attractive. — Yahoo / XVXU

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Mulholland Drive

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Braveheart

36 Keen Bits of Trivia That Don’t Dumb Themselves Down Around the Cool Facts — Source: Politics

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DAT Tapes

DAT TAPES Hendensatot OLDK HIGH DAT DENSITY RECORDING TNALYM O TOK aue Bemnrd RECORDING OENSITY HIGH 120 DA-R 68 TDK CRACKEDCON DAT tapes were suppose — Source: LA Times

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Star Wars

Many Star Wars props are repainted WWIl airplane parts. Rolls-Royce Derwent jet engine cutaway IG-88's head and the cantina drink containers are jet e

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Rabies

Rabies is easily prevented with a vaccine that can be administered before or shortly after exposure. However, once symptoms appear, it's basically a death sentence. Less than 20 people have survived rabies. Ever. CRACKED.COM — Source: World Health Organization

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Cold Case

CRACKED MYTH: YOU CAN CATCH A COLD FROM COLD WEATHER. FACT: Colds are caused by viruses, not cold weather. However, being in close proximity to other people who have colds can increase your risk of getting sick- and you are more likely to be inside and in close proximity to others during cold weather. — Mayo Clinic / Today

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Paul Reubens

Paul Reubens' dad was a founder of the Israeli Air Force. Milton Rubenfeld was a U.S. Army Air Force stunt pilot during WWII. When the Arab-Israeli War broke out in 1948, Rubenfeld (who was Jewish) aided the tiny Israeli force against five Arab army forces. Today, Rubenfeld and his fellow pilots are credited as the official founders of the Israeli Air Force. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Vampyre

JOHN POLIDORI'S THE VAMPYRE VAMPYRE; A Tale. In the same creative challenge that birthed Shelley's Frankenstein, arguably the first English story about vampires was written in 1819. A nobleman seduces women and drinks blood from their necks. CRACKED — Source

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Seinfeld

Jerry seinfeld wears sneakers because he idolized Bill Cosby and NFL player Joe Namath, who both wore distinctive white sneakers. CRACKED COM

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P.T. Barnum

P.T. Barnum out-hucked a huckster who buried a giant statue. CRACKED.COM George Hull commissioned a giant statue in 1869 to bury and later dig up, pre- tending it was an artifact. When Hull declined Bar- num's offer of $50k for it, Barnum made his own and claimed Hull had a fake. — Archeology

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Bradley Cooper

BRADLEY COOPER CRACKED COM In 2001, long before voicing Rocket, and just after a make out with Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and the City, Bradley Cooper's first ever movie role was camp counselor Ben in Wet Hot American Summer. — Source

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Harambe

Most of Harambe's family was killed- by accident. GRACKED.COM Harambe's mother, only full brother, and two of his half siblings were killed when a tub of wet chlorine tablets left by a space heater created toxic fumes that blew into their enclo- sure. — People

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Film Firsts

Historical Firsts in Practical Effects Hg1 Frank Williams: Grandfather 1916 of the green screen 5 Fig.2. 6 Williams' traveling matte system shot actors or vehicles against a black background and isolated them to be placed on other moving images. It could only work in black and white, but is a direct precursor of blue/green screen technology. CRACKED — Source

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World War II

A Mexican citizen during WWII charged an enemy stronghold through a minefield, blowing off both of his feet. CRACKED.COM Silvestre Herrera, a volun- teer US soldier, continued fighting on his knees, pin- ning down the enemy and allowing his squad to cap- ture it. Не received the Medal of Honor. — Army Reserve

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The Sun

The Sun's atmosphere 3 extends past Earth. A 2+ 2N CRACKED.COM Past Pluto, even. It's called the heliosphere, and while it doesn't contain air, scientists consider it an atmosphere, ma 504 and it has its own 7324 weather. — Source: 14 True Facts That Sound Like Total Nonsense

14

The Lottery

An Australian man used the same lottery numbers for 30 years, and finally 2 3 4 5 8 9 won $5.5 million. 10 11 12 13 14 21 15 16 17 O 18 19 20 27 2 28 22 23 25 24 26 27 28 35 22 23 $5,543,173.97. The man said he would not quit 29 The winning man held the only division one winning entry in Oz Lotto draw 1466. 30 31 his job, but he and his parents are about to be 33 34 3 6 35 The division one winning entry scored 29 30 31 37 — The Lott

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The Beatles

28 years old GRACKED.COM 28 was the average age of the Beatles when they broke up. None of them were over 29-years-old. — Source

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Bridge Theft

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Scabies

CRACKED.co This horror causes scabies. This is Sarcoptes scabiei, a mite that causes the contagious skin condition known as scabies. The tiny bastards spread just by touch. In severe cases, thick crust forms on the skin, which can contain thousands of mites. — Tiny Horrors You (Thankfully) Can't See, That Are Everywhere

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President William McKinley

When President McKinley got shot, a gynecological surgeon operated on him. Dr. Matthew Mann was the first doctor who responded, so he did the surgery. They did try to call experienced abdominal surgeon Dr. Roswell Park, but he was with another patient and said he couldn't leave even for the president of the United States. They told him that's who it was for, but it didn't change Park's mind. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The White House

As many as three U.S. presidents may have died because of contaminated water at the White House. Before 1850, there was a night soil depository (read: a field of human poop) upstream from the White House's water supply. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Laying Off Workers

There is now a startup that offers other businesses tools to lay off their workers. LAYOFFNOTICE CRACKED.COM The company Continuum charges a flat fee for layoff consulting services, and the fee escalates with headcount. There is big money to be made in not having to pay a percentage of your workforce anymore. — NPR

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Bee Movie

Jerry Seinfeld has apologized for Bee Movie. According to Seinfeld, a bee having the hots for a human was not an intentional thing, and he has apologized for the uncomfortable subtle sexual aspect. Не has said, after it came out, I realized, 'This is really not appropriate for children. D'ya think, Jerry? CRACKED.COM — Source

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Fuel

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Melania Trump

Melania Trump dumped Donald when she saw a model leaving his apartment. The model in question was one of Donald's exes, and she broke up with him on the spot - but he managed to get her back a week later. CRACKED.COM — Source

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North Carolina

23 pounds of cocaine was found in the wheelchair of an airline passenger. CRACKED.COM The passenger arrived Tues- day at Charlotte Douglas In- ternational Airport from the Dominican Republic, with the white gold hidden under the cushions of their motor- ized wheelchair. — CNN

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Cavemen

Cave didn't men really live in caves. Rather, there's evidence that prehistoric humans spent most of the year hunting in the wilds, hunkering in caves only during the winter season. Caves just preserve artifacts BETTER. CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Historical Moments That Get Pictured Wrong

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Idiocracy

Terry Crews auditioned 7 times for the role of President Camacho. mas dotor UHT FEESI EX Terry Crews was different to how I imagined , but when he came in and read for it, it really clicked, Judge recalled.

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Sand Theft

We've all taken a handful of sand home after visiting a beach, but sand theft in Sardinia got SO bad that local authorities imposed a fine of 1,000 EU

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