43 Needy Bits of Trivia That Can’t Live Without You

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43 Needy Bits of Trivia That Can’t Live Without You

Yes, these facts are pretty needy, but it’s not for creepy or affection-starved reasons. It’s just that, without brains, their information would never be known. It’s like that whole tree-falling-in-the-woods scenario. 

Now that we’ve cleared that up and you’re hopefully not creeped out by their neediness, will you please complete the circuit and let these facts in? 

Dung Beetles

Dung beetles always move in a straight line, even during a moonless night: They navigate their path via the Milky Way Galaxy: CRACKED.COM

Arm the Impaired

CRACKED TENNESSEE: WHERE COPS CAN BE INTOXICATED AND STILL PACK HEAT. Tennessee Senator Joey Hensley has put forward a bill that would let police officers carry guns even if they've been drinking alcohol or taking drugs. OUNTY COUNTY POLICE POLICE

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The Playboy Mansion

CRACKEDCON The Playboy Mansion hot tub was once responsible for a Legionnaire's disease outbreak affecting over 100 guests who attended a fundraising

The Risk of Dying on Your Birthday

CRACKED RISK OF DYING ON ONE'S BIRTHDAY People are 14-18% more likely to die on their birthday than any other day of the year. That's according to a major Swedish study, and one of the authors says We can only speculate on the reasons for the extra deaths on birthdays.

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Space Travel

TWO MONKEYS WERE THE FIRST ASTRONAUTS TO RETURN FROM SPACE ALIVE. The first living beings, aside from fruit flies, to return to earth successfully wer
Source: NPR

Stuck in the Jungle

CRACKED 41 YEARS IN THE JUNGLE BECAUSE OF ONE U.S. BOMB. Vietnamese Но Van Lang and his dad escaped to the jungle in Vietnam after a U.S. bomb destroyed half their family during the Vietnam War. They stayed there for 41 years.

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Bachman Turner Overdrive

You AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET WAS RECORDED TO MAKE FUN OF A STUTTERER. ana The stutterer was Randy Bachman's brother Gary, and Bachman Turner Overdrive recorded the song to poke fun at him. The song was never intended for commercial release, and Bachman re-recorded it without the stuttering. The record company insisted on releasing the original, and it became the band's only number one hit. CRACKED.COM http://www.stutteringhelp.org/btos-song-unique

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Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin and Joseph Hooker started the world's first terraforming project in 1850. CRACKED.COM The project has turned the arid volcanic wasteland of Ascension Island into a self-sustaining and self-re- producing ecosystem made completely of for- eign plants from all over the world.

BBC

The Blair Witch Project

The creepy ambiguous ending of The Blair Witch Project was almost way gorier. The ending shows MIKE standing in the corner of the room, mirroring the

Mega Man

Mega Man Because the Japanese-to-English translation of his name doesn't distinguish between an L or R sound, Dr. Thomas Light is alternately known as

Thandiwe Newton

Actress Thandiwe Newton is correcting the spelling of her name after 30 years of being Thandie. Newton dropped the 'w' in Thandiwe when she started her career, worrying it made her sound too 'different.' In 2021, she finally announced she would henceforth be known and credited as Thandiwe Newton. CRACKED.COM

Vogue 

McDonald’s Monopoly Cheaters

The FBI made up a production company to expose McDonald's Monopoly winners. PEEL HERE PEEL HERE $ $ our ©2005 Medonald's PUSO 28 CRACKED.COM The FBI went undercover to interview supposed win- ners for TV ads using the name Shamrock Produc- tions, and they drove a van with the byline Cause you're just lucky printed on the side.

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Independence Day

INDEPENDENCE DAY THE FILM WAS ALMOST RETITLED TO DOOMSDAY. 20th Century Fox toyed with the idea of changing the title from Independence Day to something more dour and lame. Fortunately, that didn't happen. CRACKED.COM

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