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37 Random Bits of Trivia to Lodge in Your Skull Like Razor-Sharp Throwing Stars

December 18, 2024

If a more delicate approach to a problem isn’t working, sometimes you need to apply a little force. We’ve tried every possible way of getting facts into your brain, but these ones just won’t budge. Nine times out of ten it can be as easy as reading and comprehending them, but if these little guys won’t get in line for reading time, then we’re just going to have to pick them up and start hurling them into your skull.

Oh, look at that. They just hopped to like nervous little cadets. See, that wasn’t so hard now, was it?

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Las Vegas

A rescue camel was used to get In-N-Out drive-thru in Vegas. CRACKED.COM The handler said the camel is a rescue from Colorado that now lives in a sanctuary in the Las Vegas area and loves to eat french fries. — ABC / YouTube

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The Human Skeleton

BONE HOGS CRACKED.COM With 206 total bones in our body, and 52 bones in our feet (26 in each foot), just over one quarter of our bones are in our feet. — Source

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Turkmenistan

The Gates of Hell in Darvaza, Turkmenistan. Geologists estimate that the sinkhole opened in a natural gas field in the '60s, and was then set on fire in a Soviet drilling accident in 1971. The crater, which is 230 feet wide and 99 feet deep, has been burning ever since. CRACKED — Source

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Brian Dennehy

BRIAN DENNEHY LIED ABOUT BEING A VIETNAM WAR VETERAN For years, Dennehy claimed he did a -year tour in Vietnam and that he was wounded in action. While the actor did serve in the Marines, he was never in combat or in Vietnam. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Head-Scratching Lies (Told By Famous Actors)

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Nuclear Testing

Testing nuclear bombs in the U.S. has killed over 10,000 Americans The U.S. government had 1,000 nuclear tests in Nevada, with another 67 in the Marshall Islands. The tests caused cancer, resulting in a very low estimate of the fatalities being in the thousands. CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 Facts From WWII History We Don't Hear Enough

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Store Hours

STORE HOURS CN OPE Stores staying open 24/7 is a thing in the U.S. and also in parts of Asia, but not at all in Europe. For example, in Germany, opening on Sundays is against the law in most cases. In France, pretty much the only 24-hour stores are pharmacies, and in Switzerland, the only late-night options are vending machines. GRACKED.COM — Source

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Ivan the Cabbage

A rebel leader named Ivan the Cabbage led a peasant uprising in 1277. GRAGKED.COM Ivan formed an army of peasants in 1277, con- quered Bulgaria in 1278, ruled as emperor in 1279, was deposed by the nobles in 1280, and fled to the Mongols who promptly ex- ecuted him in 1281.

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The Boys

CRACKED.COM YOUGHT THE BOYS THE SHOW ISN'T ACTUALLY SHOT IN NEW YORK CITY. In fact, it isn't even shot in the United States! Filmed in Toronto, the production team uses CGI to insert different NYC landmarks in certain shots — Sources: Ranker, CBR

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Love in the Big City

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY HAD QUITE A FEW ROLES IN UKRAINIAN ROM-COMS. РУССКОЕ РАДИО Не played Igor in 2008's Love in the Big City, 2010's Love in the Big City 2, and 2014's Love in Vegas. — Source

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Dancing to Death

Dancing Plague In 1518, in Strasbourg, France, Frau Troffea started dancing in the street. After six days, others began to join in; after a week there — Source: Digital Journal

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Filming Locations

Even though it's set in Detroit, the Robocop movie was actually filmed in Dallas. CRACKED.COM The only real shot of Detroit in the entire movie is the aerial shot in the opening, and that was stock footage. — Source

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Gone With the Wind

IN THE BOOK GONE WITH THE WIND, THE KKK ARE THE GOOD GUYS. In the movie, the guy who attacks Scarlett in Shantytown is white. In the novel, he's black

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Nuclear Fusion

Turns out, nuclear fusion might be pulled off in the reasonably near future. The JET laboratory in the UK produced 59 megajoules of energy in a five-second span in recent experiments - over twice what similar experiments generated back in 1997. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Bootlegging

CRACKED CON CONGRESS HAD ITS OWN IN-HOUSE BOOTLEGGER. In 1920, George Cassiday set up shop in the House of Representatives Every morning he arrived in — More: 5 Crazy Secrets Of Famous Places Around The World

23

Shenzhen, China

The fastest growing city in human history sex-centupled its population in 37 years. CRACKED.COM In 1980, Shenzhen in China had a population of 30,000. In 2017, that had sex-centupled to nearly 20 million. It is believed to be the fastest growing city in human history. — CNBC

22

Gladiator

In Best Picture Gladiator, Maximus duels and kills Commodus in the arena. THE REALITY The real Commodus was killed in the bath by a wrestler named Narcissus. And unlike the brief term shown in the film, Commodus actually served as Roman Emperor for a successful 13 years before he was dispatched in the tub. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Rango

CRACKED.COM RANGO THE MOVIE WAS SHOT IN LIVE ACTION FIRST. In order to get more natural performances and body language in the animation, Gore Verbinski had the actors perform in person to capture their movements. — Source: 18 Now-You-Know Movie Facts To Thwart Our Enemies

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Fewest Words in a Language

Fewest words in a language 123 words The Toki Pona language is an artistic language created in 2001 with minimalism in mind. It can take only 30 hours to master. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Atlantic

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19

John McAfee

A year after being found dead in his jail cell, John McAfee is still in a Spanish morgue. GRAGKED.COM The McAfee Antivirus founder died in jail in 2021 by suicide, but his widow said he was not suicidal and that she would seek an- swers. — Reuters

18

The Vermont Mummy

There is a cremated mummy from 3,800 years ago buried in Vermont. CRACKED.COM The mummy of Amum-Her-Khepesh-Ef was in a museum attic for 60 years, but a curator was worried student pranksters would dig it up if buried whole, so the mummy was burnt in a furnace in 1950. — Atlas Obscura

17

Slavery

There are more, not less, slaves in the world today. CRACKED.COM There are more slaves in the world today (around 27 million) than were in America just before the Civil War, and possibly more than any other time in known human history. — Washington Post

16

China

Alice in Wonderland was banned in China because of talking animals. CRACKED.COM Bears, lions, and other beasts cannot use human language, said the Governor of the Hunan Province in 1931. — Source: The Guardian

15

Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence (Blofeld in Bond movies and Loomis in Halloween movies) was in a Nazi prison camp. He was a pilot in the RAF, and his plane was shot — Source: BBC

14

Killer Clown

In 1925, a one-legged clown escaped prison and was never found. Не was convicted in 1912 in Chicago, for the murder of an heiress, and was sentenced to life in prison. CRACKED.COM — Source

13

Thanos

In the comics, Thanos does the awful things he does just to impress a girl. The girl is Death who, in the MCU, is a woman in a purple robe. Thanos is totally in love with her and murders countless beings just to impress her. CRACKED.COM — Vulture

12

Sweden

In Sweden, a museum had a whale skeleton with completely furnished insides. There were benches and carpeting inside, and you'd go in through the mouth - but they closed the mouth in the $30s, after catching a couple having sex in it. CRACKED.COM — Source: Atlas Obscura

11

Norse Mythology

VALHALLA In pop culture: Warriors slain in battle go to Valhalla, Odin's hall in Asgard. In Norse myth: Valhalla gets half the fallen warriors - the other half go to Folkvang, Freya's abode. (Sources aren't always consistent, though.) — Source: Norse Mythology for Smart People

10

The Colombian Weasel

Historical Photos COLOMBIAN WEASEL In 2011, Juan M. de Roux took this, the first-ever picture of a Colombian weasel, the rarest carnivore in South America, showing the critter on a toilet in his parents' bathroom in the countryside. CRACKED — Juan M. de Roux
Gizmodo

9

Christian Slater

21 Beloved Celebrities Who Melted Down In Spectacular Ways - When another man stepped
in, Slater bit him in the chest. He also kicked a janitor in th — Read More: LA Times

8

Crime

WEIRD WORLD A man in New York state drove to a court appearance in a stolen car. Mark S. Cooper, a suspect in several larceny cases, stole a car in Rensselaer, NY, then drove in it to Troy, NY for his appearance in Troy City Court. Troy police quickly caught — Source: News10

7

Star Wars

64 years old in 2015 63 years old in 1977 MARK HAMILL IS OLDER IN THE NEW STAR WARS TRILOGY THAN ALEC GUINNESS WAS IN THE FIRST MOVIE.

6

The Olympics

The first Olympic Games took place in 8 B.C. in Olympia, Greece. And then every four years before it was banned in the 4th century, A.D. for being a pagan festival. The first modern Olympics took place in Athens, Greece, in 1896. CRACKED.COM — source: History.com

5

Lichenstein

In 1976, 75 Swiss soldiers and 50 packhorses took a wrong turn and ended up in Iradug, Lichtenstein. The villagers informed them they were in the wron — Source: Herarld Sarasaota Tribune

4

LEGO

Why do LEGO heads have holes in them? In case they end up in someone's windpipe. Lego added the feature in case toddler a (or you, nobody's perfect) s

3

Snakes

CRACKED EITHER IN GRASSLANDS OR IN THE DESERT... WATCH YOUR STEP! SNAKES ARE LURKING! You can rest assured that in the BY ALL MEANS, U.S., only five

2

Public Bathrooms

IN AMERICA, PUBLIC BATHROOMS ARE FREE. In a lot of places in Europe you have to pay to use a public bathroom. It usually costs around $1 in change to

1

Italy

In 1994, an abandoned village became accessible for the first time in 50 years. The village of Fabbriche di Careggine in Italy was flooded in 1946 SO — Source: SkyNews

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