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38 Random Bits of Trivia That Hospitalized Our Fact Taster, But We’re 99 Percent Sure You Can Handle Them

January 03, 2025

We bet you’ve thought about how far you could go on Hot Ones. It’s natural to want to know how you’d handle extreme situations, and if you’re ever wondering how far down a list of facts you can go, now’s your chance.

Each one is crazier than the last, so take it easy, okay? Maybe have a tall glass of milk on hand.

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Denzel Washington

38 Random Bits of Trivia That Hospitalized Our Fact Taster, But We’re 99 Percent Sure You Can Handle Them — Source: TCM

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Sean Connery

You used to be cool SEAN CONNERY promoted hitting women. In 1987, he told Barbara Walters that slapping women isn't that bad, if the situation merits it. On what situation would merit hitting a woman, he said it should only come after a man has tried everything else. Not cool, James Bond. Not cool. CRACKED — carrie-nelson/Shutterstock
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Poltergeist

THE CLOWN REALLY TRIED TO STRANGLE OLIVER ROBINS IN POLTERGEIST. They're here. POLTERGEIST It know what Robins explained that while shooting the scene where his character Robbie was being attacked by the clown doll, the device got stuck around his neck under the bed. He said Steven Spielberg saw he was in trouble through the monitor and pulled him free, adding that if he hadn't, maybe I wouldn't be here today. CRACKED.COM — Source: 21 Horror Movies (Even Scarier Behind The Scenes)

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Oreos

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Thanksgiving

The Thanksgiving turkey originated with a 19th-century writer. There's no reliable indication that turkey was eaten during the first Thanksgiving in 1 — Source: Encyclopedia Britannica

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Film Firsts

CRACKED VULGARITY HISTORY The F-word becomes the norm in movies In 1973, The Exorcist dropped the F-bomb 13 times, but was the highest grossing movie of the year. That same year, Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets dropped it 49 times, and these profitable, well-made films helped the F-word become more acceptable. — Source

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Farming

U.S. farmers were encouraged (even required) to grow pot. Hemp used to be big in colonial times. In 1619, the Virginia legislature passed a law requiring every farmer to grow hemp. Everything was fine until the early 20th century, when the plant was demonized because poor, non-white people smoked it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Disney

Walt Disney himself helped to design a Mickey Mouse gas mask Though few remain, you can find several on display in various museums in the United States. CRACKED.COM — Source: These 47 Facts Will Make You A Walking History Channel

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Meganeura

Meganeura 300 MILLION YEARS AGO CRACKED COM With a wingspan of 2.5 feet, these giant dragonfly-like creatures were carnivores who ate other insects an — Source: Furman University

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Tangled

Tangled has a shout-out to Lion King. In the I Have A Dream scene, Pumbaa is in the Snuggly Duckling tavern. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Sybil Ludington

A 16-year-old girl rode twice the distance of Paul Revere to warn about the British. Sybil Ludington rode 40 miles in 1777, starting at 9 pm and ending at dawn the next day, to warn American forces that the British were ар- proaching. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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American Idol

Anthony Hopkins was a huge fan of American ldol. He even wanted to turn the show into a movie. In particular, he was a big fan of judges Simon Cowell

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Alcohol

CRACKED ALCOHOL-RELATED BLACKOUTS HAPPEN BECAUSE OF DATA TRANSFER ISSUES. When you drinks enough, the transfer of memories from short-term to long-term storage is temporarily blocked. Blackouts are more likely to occur when alcohol enters the bloodstream quickly, causing higher peak blood-alcohol content levels. — Nomad_Soul/Shutterstock
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

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The USSR

The USSR had an all-female airplane squadron in WWII-- the Night Witches. Their job was bombing enemy convoys, troops, and ammo dumps. They got their name because they'd set their engines on idle and glide towards their target - so, from the ground, they sounded like they were whooshing by on broomsticks. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Dyslexia

A survey of American businesses found 35% of entrepreneurs are Dyslexic — Source

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Elijah Wood

Elijah Wood shot his own audition tape for the LOTR trilogy back in the day. Не did that way before making your own tape was common and, he says,he enlisted some friends, including George Huang, who is a writer and filmmaker. We went out to the woods in Griffith Park and shot two of the audition sequences there and one at my house. CRACKED COM — Source

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Housework

THE MORE HOUSEWORK MEN DO, THE HAPPIER THEY, ARE. Men married to women feel guilty when they see their partner doing more housework so they feel more content when they participate. CRACKED.COM — 7 Things You Won't Believe Science Says Make You Happy

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Translucent

THE BOYS TRANSLUCENT WAS CREATED FOR THE SHOW. The invisible member of The Seven replaced the comic's Jack from Jupiter. Showrunner Eric Kripke reportedly removed Jack (who is an alien) in order to keep his adaptation more grounded (even though the show still has eye lasers and blood showers). CRACKED.COM — Source: Looper

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The Olympics

CRACKED VLADIMIR PUTIN WAS STRIPPED OF THE OLYMPIC ORDER. Amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended a ban for Russian athletes, and withdrew Putin's Olympic Order - the highest award of the Olympic movement. — CNN / JPost

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Melbourne

Trees in Melbourne receive love letters by email. CRACKED.COM Melbourne assigned the trees ID numbers and email ad- dresses so residents could re- port problems. Instead, as an unintended but positive con- sequence, the trees received love letters. — The Atlantic

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Lionel Royce

Lionel Royce was a Jewish actor who fled Vienna due the growing power of Nazis. He returned, with a beard, as Kaspar Brandhofer and became incredibly successful and celebrated. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED COM — Source: The History of Yesterday

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Bad Luck

CRACKED GIVING PREGNANT WOMEN A LEI Giving pregnant women in Hawaii a circular lei is considered bad luck because it's seen as a sign of the umbilical cord getting tangled. So, it's better to give them an open-ended lei instead. — Travel To Paradise / Viator

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SNL

BRIAN OYLE-MURRAY WAS THE SECOND MURRAY TO ANCHOR 1981 BROTHER BILL, OF COURSE, SAT IN THE ANCHOR'S CHAIR A FEW YEARS EARLIER. BRIAN DOES HAVE THE DISTINCTION OF BEING ONE OF THE ONLY HOSTS OF 'SNL NEWSBREAK', A SHORTLIVED NAME CHANGE BEFORE IT REVERTED TO WEEKEND UPDATE. — Entertainment Weekly

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Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin lost his mind when airline staff asked him to quit playing Words With Friends on his phone. TI UNA 14.00 DL SAMSUNG 213 . I Andrew ZAS . EN . - of D H O I D ، b G TL с CI A S a AR of Onzos O POURS SEA HARDO . WH IRL MAE O AW . . BOT by NO GED NOR I U U E E PLAY After the surliest and puffiest Baldwin brother boarded an American Airlines flight, he refused to turn off his cell phone after multiple requests by the crew. So he locked himself — 11 Supernova-Grade Celeb Meltdowns

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The Beatles

THE BEATLES OFFICIALLY ENDED ON DISNEY PROPERTY. IN 1974, ON VACATION AT DISNEY'S POLYNESIAN VILLAGE RESORT, JOHN LENNON SIGNED THE CONTRACT THAT DISS

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Shower Affirmations

CRACKED.COM Jeff Goldblum Не used shower affirmations to manifest his career. Embarrassed to admit what he really wanted, young Jeff would write, God, let me be an actor on the steamed up shower door after getting cleaned up every morning. It worked! — Source: The Guardian

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Finding Nemo

In Finding Nemo, Deb thinks her reflection in the fish tank's glass is her sister Flo, who seems to be a product of Deb's imagination. bobbies Siephell ROOI Deb (& Flo) Vicki Lewis Le Yet Vicki Lewis is credited as voicing Deb (& Flo). CRACKED.COM — Source

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Insects

Anecdotally, people tend to find fewer dead bugs on their windshield today than in the past. This is called 'The Windshield Phenomenon' & is attribute — Know More

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Happy Days

Happy Days RONNY-HOWARD CRACKED.COM The Happy Days crew started out on an episode of Love, American Style, which was basically an anthology of unconnected rom-com pilots. Their episode was meant to be a pilot for an entirely different show that was never picked up. Two years later, the characters and settings were yoinked for Happy Days.

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Coffee

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Harvey Weinsten

EVERYONE KNEW ABOUT HARVEY WEINSTEN. ENTOURAGE GRACKED The ill-tempered Harvey Weingard is a clear take on Weinsten, and his explosive verbal assaults are laughed off like oh that Harvey. Weinstein's sexual deviancy was said to be an open book, but of course the show shied away from all that. — Screenrant / Vox

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Miss Puerto Rico

Within three months of being crowned Miss Puerto Rico 2015, Destiny Velez had an anti-Muslim rant on Twitter. Mini Apperica 2011 MISS 7 What Muslims have done is provided oil & terrorize this country & many others!!!!!! The Miss Puerto Rico Organization released her apology statement alongside the announcement of her indefinite suspension, and all her social media accounts were shut down. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Pamela Anderson

celebrities scouted in wild ways Pamela Anderson was spotted by Ame the Jumbotron. Anderson became famous while attending a Canadian Football League game wearing a t-shirt that showed off her moves, and ended up on the Jumbotron. CRACKED.COM — More: 7 Celebrity Careers That Launched by Accident

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Earth vs Space

Space attacked Earth in 1859- and it might again. In 1859, the largest solar storm ever recorded hit earth causing light storms and failed telegraph communications. If the same storm were to occur again it would cause grid and WiFi failures to the tune of 2 trillion dollars. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Terrifying Space Facts That Makes Us Love Earth

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Dustin Diamond

After his leaked DUSTLNL sex tape stunt didn't DIAMOND BE THE BEIND work, Dustin Diamond wrote a tell-all book from his time on Saved By The Bell... t

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Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl was a super sexy spy for the Brits. CRACKED.COM The 'Charlie and the Choc- olate Factory' author gath- ered intelligence for the British Security Coordina- tion during World War II, using his charm to seduce congresswomen, actresses, and oil heiresses'. — Source

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Old-Timey Robbers

Old-Timey Robbers Blinded Their Victim With Molasses. CRACKED Books about New York crime refer to a 19th-century Molasses Gang, consisting of three members. The first member would ask a grocer for change and take a look at the contents of his wallet. The next two members would come in and ask the grocer to settle a bet by filling their hats with molasses to see who had the bigger head. They would then shove the syrup-filled hat onto his head, rendering him unable to see as they relieved him of his cash.

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OKCupid

TwO Danish researchers grabbed data from 70;o00 OKCupid users for a study. Jazz Cap'n like They 2 Doreen, 96% matcl Lisa, 30 28 match 88% Kamilla, mat

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