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40 Random Bits of Trivia We Found in Ariel’s Weird Little Undersea Garbage Museum

December 30, 2024

Until our most recent rewatch of The Little Mermaid, we didn’t realize how much we have in common with Ariel. We both have a love of hunting down and hoarding random little treasures, and we have top-notch singing voices. The only difference is that we’re more than happy to hang out amongst our little treasures forever.

We really don’t see the need to give up our voices or ditch our family for some random Prince — no matter how hot he is.

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Centipedes

No species of centipede has exactly 100 legs. GRAGKED.COM Despite the name, centi- pedes can have a vary- ing number of legs, ranging from 30 to 382. Centipedes always have an odd number of pairs of legs. — Source

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Atoms

All the atoms that make up the human race can fit in a sugar cube. 4 CRACKED.COM ... If you reduce each atom to its components, as each atom is mostly empty space. However, we still don't recommend this, as it is against the law. — Department of Energy

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World Records

CRACKED BRITNEY GALLIVAN Gallivan is famous for being able to fold a single sheet of paper in half 12 times as a high school junior. Before this, 8 was considered the maximum, and she set the Guinness World Record in 2002. She rigorously worked out the math behind it, too. — Live Science / Science Focus

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Coca-Cola

There is more sugar in a can of Coke than cotton candy. THE g a id I S f / GRACKED.COM A typical serving of Cola cotton candy, which is basically all sugar, contains 30 grams of sugar, where a can of Coke has 39 grams. — Telangana Today

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Katy Perry

Katy Perry changed her name from Katy Hudson to avoid being confused with actress Kate Hudson. ? ? But Kate Hudson's father had changed his name from

35

Criminals As Teachers

Wondering what's a popular profession criminals want to have after coming out of prison? TEACHING. In the UK, over 16,000 criminals including pedophiles, murderers, and drug dealers tried to apply as a teacher, and data shows that the number is steadily rising. It is unclear how many of them are already working in schools. CRACKED.COM — Source: 38 Eyebrow-Arching Facts (About Ordinary Jobs)

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Mimes

HELP WANTED SHAMING MIME A former mayor of Bogotá, Colombia hired exactly 420 mimes to help manage the city's chaotic and dangerous roads by mocking people who flouted traffic rules. It worked unreasonably well. CRACKED — Viktoriia Hnatiuk/Shutterstock
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Princess Zelda

Princess Zelda was named after a wealthy Alabamian. CRACKED.COM Miyamoto named her after Zelda Fitzgerald -- novelist, daughter of a state Supreme Court Justice, and wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald. — Source

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Switzerland

No one knows why there is a statue of a guy eating babies in Switzerland. Kindlifresser, or Child Eater, stands in the middle of Bern, Switzerland, with a baby half stuffed into his mouth. It's one of the oldest fountains in the city, but no one knows why it's there. One theory is that it represents a fable that parents would use to get their kids to behave. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Strange Sounds

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Love

FALLING IN LOVE TRIGGERS THE SAME EUPHORIA IN THE BRAIN AS COCAINE. It can occur in a fifth of a second. I guess all those songs comparing love to drugs are correct. CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Scientific Facts About Love & Dating To Ruin The Romance

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Diversity

Diversity Helps Everyone One study showed that middle school students of all races feel safer, less alone, and less bullied in schools where there are students from various racial and ethnic backgrounds. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Fast Facts About Child Development (To Explain Why We're The Way We Are)

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The Mexican Mafia

CRACKED IN THE EARLY 1990S, THE MEXICAN MAFIA STOPPED DRIVE-BY SHOOTINGS. As hundreds of innocent people were getting killed or wounded, the Los Angeles Mexican Mafia put out a statement that anyone arrested and incarcerated for a drive-by would be murdered in prison. Killings dropped significantly. — Source

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Jimmy Stewart

CRACKED.COM Jimmy Stewart suffered wartime PTSD while shooting It's A Wonderful Life. Stewart was going through much mental turmoil after his service as a pilot during World War II, to the point that he considered quitting acting. Accepting the now-Christmas classic relaunched his career. — Source

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Die Hard

Frank Sinatra was offered the lead role of Die Hard The producers were contractually obligated to offer the role to the 70-year-old Sinatra because he starred in The Detective. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Med Students

First borns and only children are more likely to go to medical school. too GOU a One study found that 53% of medical students fell into these categories. CRACKED.COM — Source: US National Library of Medicine

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The S&P 500

Three companies own almost all of the S&P 500. S&P 500 3,669.01 +6.56 2-DA 3681 3672 3663 3654 7 660 Taken together, the financial firms Vanguard, BlackRock and State Street are the largest single shareholder for almost 90% of the companies that make up the S&P 500. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — The Conversation

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Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt hurt his Achilles tendon while playing Achilles. While filming Troy, Pitt injured his left tendon. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock loved Smokey And The Bandit. It was the last movie he saw before he died. According to his daughter Patricia, the father of modern suspense films would screen movies on the lot in his office every Wednesday. She says Hitch's favorite-and the last one he screened- was the Burt Reynolds screwball caper comedy. CRACKED.COM — 6 Celebrities Who Are Fanboys Of The Last Thing You Expect

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Dolphins

Dolphins can tell the difference between predators and (nearly identical) playmates. Bigg's killer whales snack on dolphins, while southern resident killer whales avoid red meat (including dolphins). They're so similar that they're considered the same species, but dolphins only play with the safe kind. Science isn't sure how they do it, but it might be down to the whales' calls. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Oldest Animal

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Mattel

CRACKED In 1992, Mattel attempted to cherry-pick elements of Wonder Woman, Barbie and My Little Pony to come up with Wonder Woman and the Star Riders, a unicorn-heavy, Barbie-scale, girls only like horses and dresses line that was canceled before production. — Source / DC Universe Infinite

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Cranes

One crane at the Smithsonian National Zoo has a human mate (kind of). They mate for life, and the crane Walnut has chosen zookeeper Chris Crowe - in 2004. She hasn't changed her mind since, apparently. CRACKED.COM — Source: People.com

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Mick Foley

Source: 37 Celebs Who Secretly Voiced Animated Characters

17

Galaxy Quest

The writers of Galaxy Quest just gave Dr. Lazarus a silly catchphrase, planning to replace it later. They didn't, as the words By Grabthar's Hammer

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A Charlie Brown Christmas

The idea to have Linus recite from the Gospel of Luke sounded like a disaster. When Schulz suggested it, Mendelson and director Bill Melendez thought it'd go over like a lead balloon, and take their careers with it. But it turned out great. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Bits Of Weird Trivia About A Charlie Brown Christmas

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From Dusk Till Dawn

FROM DUSK TILL DAWN QUENTIN TARANTINO GOT $1,500 FOR WRITING THE SCRIPT. Well, it was his first paid writing gig, after all. CRACKED.COM — Mental Floss

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James Corden

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 — Tinseltown/Shutterstock
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The Javelin

An Olympic javelin thrower learned proper technique from Youtube. CRACKED.COM Kenyan javelin thrower Ju- lius Yego, who won the Olympic silver medal in Rio Olympics 2016, learned how to throw javelin prop- erly by watching YouTube videos when he couldn't find a trainer. — CNN

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Home Renovation

Open floor plans were supposed to make women's lives better. The woman, old-timey architects reasoned, couldn't be stuck in the kitchen if the kitchen was also the living and dining room. (The idea that it'd be mom in the kitchen wasn't questioned). Instead, it made the rest of the family inescapable, forcing women to multitask even harder. — More: An Oddly Gendered Reason Why Homes Are Ugly Now

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Noses

OBSCUREJOBS NOSE Perfumers, or noses, are experts in creating unique smells. They have to have a great sense of smell and be able to recognize and mix different ingredients to make a scent that will evoke a feeling in the person who wears it. CRACKED — RomarioIen/Shutterstock
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Cheers

CRACKED.COM Cheers Ted Danson went to bartending school. Danson took bartending classes in order to become a mixologist, thinking it would help the show. By his own admission, he's the world's worst bartender. — Source

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Mad Max: Fury Road

MYTH Mad Max: Fury Road didn't have a script at first. REALITY It very much did. А rumor surfaced that the co-writers along with director George Miller approached the film without a script. Miller said of course there was a script, and wondered if the rumor started because of an image that showed the Mad Max room lined with around 3,500 storyboards. One of the writers suggests that Miller himself started the rumor. GRACKED COM — Source: 15 Pieces Of 'Movie Trivia' Everyone Gets Wrong

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Iron Maiden

The frontman for Iron Maiden loves to fly airplanes. ORCE one His name is Bruce Dickinson, and he pilots the band's tour jet. He also used to have a s — Source: 5 Celebrities Who Love Their Hobbies More Than Their Careers

7

NYU Medical School

NYU'S medical school is 100% free. NYULangone Health Main Campus Main Lobby Enirance 580 -550 First Avenue Tisch Hospiral of Medicine NYuSchool Sctiwa — Source: CNBC

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Horrible Predictions

Smoking's probably fine. NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE CRACKED.COM W.C. Heuper, director of the institute's Environmental Cancer Section, was pretty darn sure that, if smoking played a part in lung cancer, it seems to be a minor one. — Source

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Jellyfish

In 1999, the Philippines blamed 50 tons of jellyfish for a massive blackout. Apparently, according to the authorities, the giant quantities of jellyfish got sucked into a power plant's seawater intake, so the entire plant failed. CRACKED.COM — Source

4

Warp Speed

Whether it's warp speed or hyper speed, one thing sci-fi movies agree on is that when spaceships travel really fast, stars blur into streaks of light.

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Pyramid Myths

MYTH FACT Egypt has the Sudan has the most most pyramids pyramids in the world, in the world. with a total of 255- 117 more than Egypt. x CRACKED — Pete Linforth/Pixabay
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Space

We found a planet that rains glass over 5 times the speed of sound. GRAGKED.COM The deep blue color of HD 189773B, a gas giant exoplanet 64.5 light-years away, was observed in 2005. Scientists theorize the color comes from shards of glass that are whipping around the planet's surface at 4,349 mph. — Source

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Why Do Cats Knead?

Scientists have yet to research why cats knead Although it sounds like the most adorable study, there's not much research done about making biscuits. Some theories include that it's a way for them to spread their scent or it's a holdover from how a kitten stimulates their mother's milk glands. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Cat Facts (To Help Us Understand Our Feline Friends)

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