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Our trip to the mechanic today was a real roller coaster of emotions. We were down in the dumps when we got the bill for thousands of dollars in car repairs, but we shot up to the top of the world when he handed us this list of facts he found in there.

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Training Day

Training Day was shot on location in some of the most dangerous parts of L.A. At first, they weren't supposed to be shooting in some of them for safety reasons, but the residents then allowed them to come and shooto- -they wanted the work they could get thanks to the — Source: Kingroom

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Lawsuits

When the little guy beat The Man Carey, Molinarolo, and Dilbeck take on New Balance New Balance agreed to pay $2.3 million to settle false advertising claims from three women. People who bought the toning shoes get $100 back for each pair. The shoes didn't give them the tight butt they promised. new been alanc ENG CRACKED — Anatoly Vartanov/Shutterstock
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Las Vegas

CRACKED LAS VEGAS: WHERE DREAMS GO TO TIE (UNDERGROUND). There's a huge network of tunnels underneath Las Vegas, and it's estimated that hundreds of people live down there in makeshift homes. FKMN RAIS — Source

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The Oldest Love Poem

The oldest known love poem 2037-2029 BC It's an erotic love poem from an unknown female speaker directed to Shu-Sin, king of the Neo-Sumerian Empire. CRACKED.COM — Source: Atlas Obscura

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John Carpenter

John Carpenter Once a legendary horror filmmaker, Carpenter has since released 2 albums and gone on tour with his 80's synth-pop project.

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Singapore

WEIRD WORLD A Singaporean banned from driving pretended to be his brother, but that backfired. Not because he wasn't convincing, but because his brother was wanted by the police - so he got arrested. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Pizza Hut

The Priazzo was uncookably thick deep-dish pizza. CRACKED.COM Pizza Hut threw an Italian-sounding name on a casserole that was so thick, it took longer to cook than anyone was willing to wait for it. — Source

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Warren Zevon

WARREN ZEVON PREDICTED HIS OWN DEATH. His song The Factory ends with these lines: Kickin' asbestos in the factory Punchin' out Chryslers in the factory Breathin' that plastic in the factory. Zevon died from advanced malignant mesothelioma, which is usually caused by inhalation of asbestos. That wouldn't be so odd if Zevon wrote that song from his personal experience, but he didn't. Не never worked in any such risky environment himself and had no reason to believe he was at risk of mesothelioma. CRACKED.COM www.nytimes.com/2003/01/26/magazine/warren-zevon-s-last-waltz.htm/?pagewanted=all&src=pm — Source

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Westworld

Sir Anthony Hopkins had no idea what his character's motivation was in Westworld. The actor begged the creators to tell him what happens in the story — Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Isaac Asimov

ISAAC ASIMOV WAS so GOOD AT WRITING НЕ USUALLY HAD THREE TYPEWRITERS GOING JUST so НЕ COULD WORK ON SEVERAL BOOKS AT ONCE. НЕ WROTE OVER 500 BOOKS DURING HIS LIFETIME GRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Famous People With Superhero-Level Skills

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The Lorax

There's a Lorax parody called Truax (from the National Wood Flooring Association). In Truax, the title character is a tree logger (and a good guy) who's harassed by Guardbark, a kind of environmental activist (and definitely a bad guy). CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Interesting Facts To Impress Others With

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Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford CRACKED.COM When he's not busy crashing his small aircraft, he can usually be found saving hikers with them. He once spotted and rescued a Boy Scout who was lost in the woods, and plucked a lost hiker from atop an Idaho mountain. — Source: 11 Celebrities Who Were Secretly Total Badasses

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Napoleon

Napoléon Bonaparte would be just 1 inch shorter than a typical French man today. Не was 5'612 today's average Frenchman is 5' 71/2 CRACKED.COM — Source: 33 Little Facts About History

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Garth Brooks

Some country radio stations banned a Garth Brook's song in 1993. CRACKED.COM Brooks's 1993 song We Shall Be Free was boycotted be- cause it included the line When we're free to love anyone we choose. Scandal! — The GA Voice

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Sherlock Holmes

SHERLOCK'S PARENTS WERE PLAYED BY BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH'S ACTUAL PARENTS. Established UK actors Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham appeared on Sherlock as Mr. and Mrs. Holmes. Unfortunately in real life, Mark Gatiss is not part of the family. CRACKED.COM — RadioTimes

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Drunken Shrimp

In China, Drunken Shrimp isn't a euphemism. It's a dish that contains live shrimp that are bombed out of their minds. They've been hot-tubbing in sake or baiju, sometimes upwards of 100 proof, which goes right into your system when you eat them. GRACKED.COM http://shanghaiist.com/2013/03/23/off_the_beaten_palate_live_drunken.php — The 26 Most Terrifying Foods on Our Planet

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You Don’t Mess with the Zohan

ZOHAN really exists, and his name is NEZI ARBIB. Arbib and his brothers (all of them former Israeli soldiers) run a hair salon in Los Angeles. Adam Sandler spent some time with them preparing for the movie. CRACKED.COM — 9 Absurd Movie Premises That Actually Happened

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Insects

Indigenous tribes who paint their bodies protect themselves from insect-borne diseases. Striped body paint provides protection against blood-sucking insects. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Super Mario Bros.

CRACKED.COM WALL JUMPING STARTED AS A GLITCH. In the original Super Mario Bros, if Mario ran against a wall in midair, he would briefly register as being inside the object, which made the game believe he was on solid ground, allowing him to jump again. Developers liked this feature so much that they left it intact for ten years, until it became an actual in-game ability — Source: 29 Video Game Features With Just Bonkers Backstories

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Bobby Flay

Someone pranked Bobby Flay while he was getting his star on the Walk of Fame. BOBBY FLAY Della 3OBBY FLAY During the ceremony, a plane with a banner that said cheater flew overhead. His wife, who he was divorcing at the time, absolutely denied being behind that. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Gold Toothpicks

Why spend pocket change on NORMAL toothpicks like a PEASANT when you can spend $18,000 on luxury, solid gold toothpicks? GRACKED.COM — Source

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Bond

Canadian spy Sir William Stephenson inspired James Bond. Bond creator lan Fleming met Stephenson at Camp X, an Ontario espionage school -- they became friends, and eventually even bought real estate in Jamaica together. CRACKED.COM — GlobalNews

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Glenn Close

Glenn Close was raised in a cult. Close's parents joined the Moral Re-Armament, a right-wing religious cult, when she was seven and she was in it up until she was 22. The actress says the experience had a profound impact on her life, and that for years after she wouldn't trust any of her instincts because all her beliefs had been dictated to her. CRACKED.COM

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John Quincy Adams

Extreme Celebrity Pets JOHN QUINCY ADAMS' ALLIGATOR НЕ REPORTEDLY KEPT IT IN A WHITE HOUSE BATHTUB. After receiving it as a gift from the Marquis de Lafayette, it's been said that Adams often directed visitors to the gator bathroom as a prank, until it got so large that he just let it roam around the big house. CRACKED — George Peter Alexander Healy/Wiki Commons, Independent birds/Shutterstock
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The NBA

The average NBA player meets one diagnostic criterion for Marfan syndrome. INC GOO 23 LIC odor CMS BROOKLYN CLEVE ..... 0 That's a disorder that, among other things, gives you extremely long limbs, is diagnosed partly on the basis of your wingspan-to-height ratio - and the average NBA player would satisfy that requirement. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Unions

Illegal filmmaking Extras died in 1928's Noah's Ark. For the flood, cameraman Hal Mohr quit when director Michael Curtiz rolled his eyes at his safety concerns. Three extras died, another lost a limb, and a dozen suffered serious injuries, but Curtiz somehow escaped any legal repercussions. CRACKED — Warner Bros. Pictures
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Minions

THE MINIONS STARTED OFF AS TINY HUMANS. Despicable Me The original concept presented them as short human factory workers who assisted a much taller Gru. As the project went on, they first morphed into robots, before finally becoming the weird creature we know today. For the final design, the filmmakers decided to mix the innocence of robots and the relatability of humans. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Iconic Characters That Almost Looked Radically Different

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Burger King

Dinner Baskets turned fast food workers into waiters. BURO KING CRACKED.COM In 1992, Burger King introduced an option to make their overworked staff deliver your meal right to your face and all but baby-bird it to ya. — Source

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Coachella

Coachella is owned by a right- wing billionaire. Like many of our hippest institutions, the Coachella Festival is owned by a rich old codger. In this case, it's 81-year- old oil mogul Philip Anschutz, who has thrown money at decidedly un-hippie causes like climate change denial and immigration panic, and has helped anti-LGBT politicians get elected. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Odd Future

Odd Future got banned entirely from playing concerts in New Zealand. It was for several reasons, including incidents at past performances in which they have incited violence. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Orlando Bloom

CRACKED.COM Orlando Bloom used to work at a shooting range as a clay trapper, loading and launching clay discs for shooters. — Source: 28 Celebrities That Held Surprising Jobs

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Octopuses

The most humane way to anesthetize octopuses is by dunking them in ethanol. CRACKED.COM Because of their complex brains, cephalopods became the first invertebrates to be protected by laboratory ani- mal laws. Researchers have to get ethical approval for their studies, and must use anesthesia for procedures. — Source

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Harry Macklowe

Property mogul Harry Macklowe had to split his $2 billion fortune with his wife after theirdivorce. He got back at her by putting giant pictures of hi

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Brazilian RoboCop Goggles

CRACKED.COM CULTURA DE PAZ BRAZILIAN POLICE USE FUTURISTIC 'RO3OCOP- STYLE' GLASSES FITTED WITH FACIAL RECOGNITION EQUIPMENT TO IDENTIFY AND ROOT OUT TROUBLEMAKERS. 2 — Source: 17 Badass Gadgets You Didn't Realize You Needed

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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

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Cuttlefish

Male cuttlefish can be really sneaky when they want to steal someone else's female. They will get between the couple and disguise half their body as a male to attract the female and the other half as a female to make the unsuspecting husband think that it's a girls' night out. GRACKED.COM — 29 Animals That Are (Secretly) Evil Geniuses

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Serial Killers

CRACKED.COM MYTH: Serial killers are geniuses. REALITY It's mostly just the ones they make shows about. The latest studies put the average intelligence of serial killers barely above what's considered below average. One study puts it more clearly, saying that there is almost zero correlation between intelligence and psychopathy. — Source

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Dinosaurs

Amphicoelias Fragillimus, possibly the largest dinosaur that ever existed, giving a modern elephant a piggy back ride. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Tanks

British tanks have special areas for making tea, named the Vessel Boiling Electric. IIB - - IIBA 64KG87 70 CRACKED COM If we're in an enclosed metal contraption, being shot at and banged around the rough terrain of a bat- tlefield, we definitely want as much boiling water near us as possible. — Source

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Iced Tea

CRACKED.COM Iced tea was invented to cater to Americans' masculinity. Tea is not considered manly in the US, English social critic William Hogarth wrote as early as 1757. Lipton started marketing iced tea in the 19th century to be able to sell their stuff to Americans without making them feel emasculated. — Source

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