45 Random Bits of Trivia That Your Brain Only Calls When It Needs Something

Your brain is really taking advantage of these facts
45 Random Bits of Trivia That Your Brain Only Calls When It Needs Something

This relationship between your brain and these facts is starting to feel a little one-sided. Like, what is your brain ever giving these facts in return? Time after time it calls on them for knowledgeable little tidbits, but does it ever give anything back? No! Tell that selfish thing to start reciprocating some facts for once. 

Every fact that it learns here today better get one random fact in return. Or you know what? They might just stop taking its calls.

Kate Winslet

KATE WINSLET RESCUED RICHARD BRANSON'S MOTHER. In 2011, Branson had a party in his home in the British Virgin lslands when the house caught on fire du

Turning Urine into Gold

Collected pee to turn into gold CRACKED.COM In an attempt to use alchemy to turn urine into gold, Hennig Brand collected lots of his own pee. After it evaporated he found not gold, but phosphorus.

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Adam West

ADAMWEST had a second career making cameos MEET ADAM WEST Besides showing up at a car show and dancing the Batusi on the classic Mr. Plow episode, West poked fun of himself on 30 Rock, Family Guy, SpongeBob Squarepants, the King of Queens, and Big Bang Theory.

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Muhammad Ali

THE THEFT OF A BICYCLE GAVE US THE GREATEST BOXER THAT EVER LIVED In 1954, a police officer found a 12-year-old fuming over his stolen bike. The boy s

Bono

U2 Frontman Bono wears glasses because he has glaucoma, a condition that can make eyes more sensitive to light. CRACKED.CO

British Government

WEIRD WORLD A top British official who investigated lockdown parties held one of his own. Specifically, he was supposed to investigate lockdown parties being held in government ... ... and then it turned out they held one in his office. CRACKED.COM

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The Hells Angels

CRACKEDCON D Uin UU 008 The infamous motorcycle club Hells Angels plotted to kill Mick Jagger after he called them out for fatally killing a man AT th

The 40-Year-Old Virgin

BEHINO-THE-SCENES FACTS Trust the comedy instincts of LESLIE MANN CRACKED.COM Apatow thought her scene should end with cops finding a gun under her seat. And Leslie said to me, 'No, I really think I need to throw up in his face.' And then she made her own vomit out of strawberry yogurt and some sort of breakfast cereal. And it turned out to be one of the biggest laughs of the movie.

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The Collector

The Collector was almost Jigsaw's origin story. Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton wrote 4 different Saw films, but the relationship started with a Saw movie that never happened. The duo almost had their film, called The Midnight Man at the time, picked up as a Saw prequel. The tie-in

Nirvana

Kurt Cobain invented Grunge fashion because he was broke. e His mismatching outfits were mostly stuff he bought in thrift stores. CRACKEDCO

The White Stripes

Meg & Jack THE WHITE STRIPES CRACKEDcO A good relationship can't be built on lies, SO in a way, the couple was doomed when they bizarrely claimed to be siblings early on in their White Stripes days. Specifically, Jack hated that Meg would keep quiet during interviews (due to crippling

Fan Mail

Johnny Depp, Rob Lowe, Michael J. Fox and other celebs have used a fan mail answering company. Sylvia Spanky Taylor, president of Spanky Taylor Inc.

The Battle of Little Bighorn

The Battle of Little Bighorn was raging while the Brooklyn Bridge was being built. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED COM

Australia

Contrary to the stereotype of Australians being constantly at risk of death by venomous snake or spider. the leading culprit in animal-related deaths

Dogs

THE AVERAGE DOG CAN UNDERSTAND 165 WORDS. Very intelligent dogs can learn up to 250. CRACKED COM
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