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Seeing the joy that these facts put on your cute little faces makes it all worth it!

43 Random Bits of Trivia We Spent All Day Trying to Win in A Super-Sized Claw Machine

December 24, 2024

Sure, we spent like five hours and about a hundred bucks trying to win these things, but our nephew really wanted them so we had to get them. It’s a memory he’ll hopefully have forever. They provided him with about five minutes of entertainment before he got back to his Switch, but we were damn proud to give him those five minutes.

And hey, now that he’s done with them, you lucky little devils can enjoy them too!

43

McDonald’s

WEIRD WORLD In Iceland, a Big Mac meal got preserved as an important historical artifact. The last McDonalds in Iceland closed in 2009, and the 12-year-old Big Mac in question is now a historical curiosity - the last of its kind. CRACKED.COM — Source

42

Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock first heard about menstruation while making a movie. CRACKED.COM While Alfred Hitchcock was filming 'The Pleasure Garden,' an actress refused to enter the water because she was on her period. A cameraman had to explain to him what she meant. Не was 26. — Hitchcock Zone

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Stumptown

CRACKED Mark Webber wasn't handsome enough. After the pilot, he was replaced by Jake Johnson. Не said, Look, I'm a straight white male, so I know my journey has been way less painful in this warped industry, but I'm being recast in a network television show because I'm not 'handsome enough.' STUMPTOWN — Buzzfeed / Redbull

40

The Grinch

WEIRD WORLD One mom in the UK hired the Grinch to come and mess up her house, but it backfired. The actor didn't just mess the kids' beds, have a pillow fight and put toilet roll around your Christmas tree, as advertised - he basically trashed her home. CRACKED.COM — Source

39

Michelle Obama

Sandwiches Named After Celebrities MICHELLE OBAMA'S MICHELLE MELT As a nod to the former first lady's attempt to get Americans to eat healthier, the Good Stuff Eatery in D.C. created a turkey burger in her name. It includes a free-range turkey meat patty, veggies, and Swiss cheese on معملك a whole wheat bun. CRACKED.COM — Source

38

Infinity

(OX Not all infinities are the same size. Georg Cantor demonstrated that there are more real numbers than natural numbers, even though there's an infinite amount of each CRACKED.COM — 22 True Facts (That Seem Like Nonsense)

37

Fruit Flies

Fruit flies are a huge part of cancer research because of their simple genome and short life cycle. Scientists also probably don't have to worry about animal activists coming to free thousands of flies. CRACKED.COM — Source: Frontiers In Genetics

36

IKEA’s Pee Ad

R IKEA N wants you to pee on their ad. It's a magazine ad that uses the same technology as pregnancy test kits, which will reveal a discount if you ar

35

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

34

French Nuns

Mass hysteria in a large 19th century French convent once caused a bunch of nuns to start loudly meowing in unison, for hours a day. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 19 Spooky Facts For Scaring Others

33

Ashton Kutcher

CRACKEDOON Ashton Kutcher's first job was at General Mills as a cereal dust sweeper.

32

The Missing Minnesota Man

Somewhere in Minnesota The young man who just disappeared. Brandon Swanson (19) was driving home one night when he accidentally drove into a ditch. Не called his parents, unsure of where he was, but said he was following the lights to a nearby town. While on his phone with his dad, he suddenly swore and the call went dead. Не was never seen or heard from again. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Real Crimes Straight Out Of A Horror Movie

31

Mission: Impossible 2

Hunt and Hall were going to sit down and talk about their relationship in Mission: Impossible 2. To John Woo, a scene where they sit in a room and talk was too boring, so he changed it to a call in the middle of a car chase. The filmed scene is funny, sexy, and romantic to him. CRACKED.COM — Source

30

Willie Nelson

After getting pneumonia a few times, Willie Nelson knew he had to give up cigarettes or pot for his health. Не gave up cigarettes. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Marijuana To Blaze Upon

29

ZZ Top

CRACKEDCO The only member of ZZ Top that doesn't have a beard is... FRANKBEARD! This guy.

28

I, Robot

The title of Asimov's I, Robot was swiped from a different work. AMAZING VER ССК EMPRESS ЗАМЦАЯТ 20 KS JOHN STOPIES AMAZING CONFESSION I. ROBOT DISPER Asimov wanted to call his robot book Mind and Iron, but his editor just reused the title of a story by author Otto Binder, thinking it was punchier. Asimov didn't want to do this, but eventually the editor had his way. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Random Facts That Quenched Our Thirst for Knowledge

27

The Sultana

The sinking of the Sultana was horrific, but no one paid attention to it. The steamboat Sultana was carrying over 2,000 recently-released POWs of the Civil War-most of whom died when the boilers exploded. It was a tragedy worse than the Titanic-and it was totally upstaged by the Lincoln assassination, which happened around those same days. CRACKED.COM — Source

26

Alien

ALIEN COULD HAVE BEEN A LAUGHABLE B-MOVIE. ALLEN The original script was rewritten to add a couple subplots and tighten some of the dialogue- and in t — From 7 Terrible Early Versions of Great Movies.

25

Star Wars

Star Wars got made partly thanks to Grace Kelly. She joined the board of directors of 20th Century Fox in 1975, and stAYED quiet when they discussed S — Source: 5 Famous Movies Rescued by the Last Person You'd Expect

24

Pac-Man

WEIRD WORLD Apparently, we've created tiny Pac-Man robots that will destroy the Earth. The little Pac-Man replicas are autonomous living robots that, it turns out, have learned how to reproduce. Anyway, here's hoping there's no lab leak. CRACKED.COM — Source

23

Mean Girls

AMY POEHLER PORTRAYED THE COOL MOM IN MEAN GIRLS AT THE AGE OF 32... CRACKED Making her just seven years older than Rachel McAdams, who played Regina George at 25. — Source

22

Harley Davidson

The II-American icon Harley Davidson actually... .isn't made in the USA. That is, many of its parts are from abroad - suspension components come from Japan, brake parts from Italy, wheels from Australia, and so on. CRACKED.COM — Source: JS Online

21

Space Internet

SPACE DOES HAVE THE INTERNET. BUT IT'S SUPER SLOW. The issue is distance. While the ISS itself is only around 250 miles away, signals must bounce through a network of satellites, traversing 22,000 miles. And of course, as we move into deeper space, accessing the net will become vastly harder. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Horrifying Sides Of Space Travel No One Talks About

20

Pirates

A surprisingly high number of 18th-century pirates were actually from Africa. The reason for that is pretty simple - a pirate ship was one of the few places at that time where a slave could actually free themselves. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

19

A Perfect Circle

A PERFECT CIRCLE CRACKED.COM While working as a guitar tech for Tool in 1999, Billy Howerdel convinced Maynard James Keenan to front his new band. While definitely the main gig for Howerdel, A Perfect Circle became a very successful side project for Keenan, selling 4 million albums from 2000-2004 in and around Tool projects. — Source

18

James Cordon

You used to be cool JAMES CORDEN's lovability is all an act. Known for his cutesy teddy bear-like demeanor, he was once so rude to staff at a New York restaurant that he was banned. Dozens of stories of his rude, terrible behavior (on and off set) began surfacing, forever tarnishing his reputation. CRACKED — Source

17

Lipstick

Most brands of lipstick contain fish scales. Pearl essence or pearlescence found in lipstick is a byproduct of fish scales, mostly from commercially fished herring. Skin creams also contain cerebrosides, the brain tissue of livestock. CRACKED.COM — Huffington Post

16

Burger King

WEIRD WORLD At one Burger King in Nebraska, the sign announced that all the employees quit. 24 BURGER KING Restaurant HRS LISA LIS! BURGER KING (illustration) We had just got really tired of upper management, said general manager Rachael Flores, so she and at least another six employees all left. CRACKED.COM — Source: Yahoo

15

Pepsi

Pepsi lteacats ocaCA pepsi P pepsi CRACKEDG In 2006, a coke employee smuggled out some secrets and samples and contacted Pepsi, offering to give it to them. Pepsi said they were interested, but actually contacted coke to set up a sting and arrest her. — For details, read 5 Crazy Stories From the War Between Coke And Pepsi

14

Japan

WEIRD WORLD Japan is officially using a character named Professor Poo for public education. 0 1000 CR837111C * P * CR 83711 The, uh, disturbingly cute cartoon character is being used as a way to teach kids about paying taxes. CRACKED.COM — Source

13

Daylight Saving Time

Daylight Saving Time almost got a high school student arrested for calling in a bomb threat. GRACKED.COM The actual bomb threat came in an hour after an honor student called the school's automated phone line, but due to Daylight Saving, the time of his call matched up with the bomb threat. — NBC News

12

Animal House

Illegal filmmaking Piano thievery on be National Lampoon's Animal House. The production brought the Delta Tau brothers up to the University of Oregon five days before shooting to bond. They hit up a real frat party that involved hard drugs and a massive brawl, and they stole a piano. CRACKED — Source

11

Bears

Bears kind of act like big cats - they purr when they're happy or content. That purr-like sound is something they produce when they're say, eating a delicious snack, feeling comfortable, or nursing (if they're a cub). CRACKED.COM — Source

10

Hairy Houdini

Ken Allen the orangutan escaped from his ZOO enclosure multiple times The Hairy Houdini would stroll around looking at other animals in the zoo. Не taught other orangutans how to escape. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

9

Measles

CRACKED MEASLES CAN GIVE YOU AMNESIA. When you get measles, a strong immune response helps protect you from it in the future. But this might be what causes immune amnesia - when your body replaces its normal immune memory cells with ones that can only recognize measles — luanateutzi/Shutterstock
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8

Kelly Osbourne

For her 30th birthday, Kelly Osbourne had two of her extracted wisdom teeth dipped in gold. The wisdom teeth, pre-dipping She kept one for herself and

7

Lawyers

Washington D.C. has about 277 lawyers for every 10,000 residents. This is nearly 14 times more lawyers per 10,000 than any other state in the United States. The lowest lawyer rate per capita is North Dakota with around 4 lawyers per 10,000 peo- ple. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — One Legal

6

Grocery Stores

Staples like bread and milk are kept in opposite areas to keep you lookinng. CRACKED.COM If you're just making a quick run to the grocery, you'll have to look through more food. — Source

5

Chris Hemsworth

Chris Hemsworth used to clean breast pumps. Before making it as an actor, Hemsworth used to clean rented breast pumps for a pharmacy. Не has described the job as the worst one CRACKED.COM he has ever had, and no wonder: to keep the machines clean, he had to wash them by hand! — Source

4

Casablanca

The actress who sang La Marseillaise in Casablanca was crying for real. Madeleine Lebeau was a refugee who fled Paris with her husband just before the Nazis invaded, and eventually made it to California -- and got a role in Casablanca. CRACKED.COM — Source: neh.gov

3

Jackson Pollock

JACKSON POLLOCK revolutionized painting. Autumn Rhythm (Number 30), 1950 Where other artists stood their canvases upright and brushed on paint, Pollock laid his flat and poured and dripped the paint in swirling patterns. So rather than using paint to create an image, the paint itself was the art. CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Wild And Left-Field Works Of Art, Explained

2

Los Angeles

There are fully functioning oil wells hidden throughout Los Angeles. For example, one structure that looks like a windowless office building in the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood actually contains 52 oil and gas wells. CRACKED.COM — Source

1

Dr. Phil

CRACKED.COM Dr. Phil used to race moto- cross. Не can still pop a wheelie on a dirt bike. — Source

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