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January 09, 2025

Good facts get chewed up and spit out by calloused, careless brains every day. It’s an utter travesty, and we can’t take it anymore. Your brain doesn’t look like the typical “bad boy brain,” but we’ve been around long enough to know that even the cute, unassuming brains like yours are capable of shattering a fact’s heart.

So, like those overprotective friends hovering around a would-be suitor in da club, we’re standing here telling your brain that it better treat these facts like the kings and queens they are — or else!

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Helen Holmes

18 Amazing People Too Many Of Us Haven't Heard Of - Holmes starred in 46 silent action films called The Hazards of Helen. She did her own stunts, incl — Source: Columbia University

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Nazis

The U.S. government used hundreds of Nazis as spies. After World War 11, America didn't just employ German scientists - it came out in 2014 that at least 000 actual Nazis served as spies for the U.S. during the Cold War. For their (largely worthless) services, the government would often shield them from prosecution for their Nazi crimes. — More: 5 Cold War Stories That Reveal It Was A Total Clown Show

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Counter Strike

Counter Strike started out as a free Half-Life multiplayer mod that was created by two college students. A year later, the mod got so popular it was immediately acquired by Valve, the company that created Half-Life. A 195 ВБ 201 404 CRACKED.COM — Source

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Menu Animation

Menu Animation GRACKED.COM Companies like McDonald's even use animation specifi- cally to direct your eyes away from the cheaper items, which is how you end up or- dering a $12 burger when you walked in singing a song about nuggies. — Source

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Vaccines

WEIRD WORLD A Miami Beach couple faked their kids' vaccination cards for a Hawaii trip. And they only got found out because their kids were too young to get vaccinated, so the cards immediately looked suspicious. CRACKED.COM — Source

32

Tower Bridge

CRACKED LONDON TOWER BRIDGE Dead Man's Hole was a small area in Tower Bridge that was used to keep the bodies of people who had died in the River Thames. It was also used to show the bodies of executed people, so that their families and friends could identify them. — tilialucida/Shutterstock
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Mice

Mice don't like cheese. Mice prefer sweets and foods with more calories. They will eat cheese only as a last resort. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

30

Colgate

COLGATE FROZEN MEALS Would you want to eat lasagna that makes you suspect it tastes like toothpaste? Yup, we didn't think you would. That might be why Colgate-branded meals never became a thing, even though they tried. Colgate Beef Colgate® Lasagna Lasagna Beef CRACKED.COM — Source

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Hilary Swank

METHOD MADNESS HILARY SWANK's near death experience MILLION DOLLAR BABY ORNADOS She months, and gained days 19 pounds of pure trained six week for three a muscle. A huge blister on her foot developed a Staph infection that doctors said was mere hours from reaching her heart. CRACKED — Warner Bros. Pictures
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White Zombie

GRACKED.COM WHITE ZOMBY White Zombie's Astro Creep 2000 contains a hidden song, at the end of the album, titled Where The Sidewalk Ends, The Bug Parade Begins. — Source

27

SNL

CRACKED.COM Bill Hader's most memorable moment on Saturday Night Live was playing in a punk band with Dave Grohl. In a sketch about aging rock stars, Hader played bass while the Foo Fighters lead singer played drums. The comedian said he remained on a high for about two months after that night. — Source

26

Island Nudity

CRACKED.COM scarlett Johansson she wanted to get naked on The Island. Johansson didn't want to film her sex scene in a horrible bra, and insisted on getting naked instead. Somehow, someone found the will to tell her to keep her clothes on.

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Burger King

CRACKED BURGER KING'S DEADLY POKEBALLS. BIG KiDS DIC M Charltard To promote 1999's Pokemon: The First Movie, every kids' meal came with a Pokemon figurine in its own Pokeball. The detachable pieces formed airtight seals around children's noses and mouths, and actually killed two small children. — Source

24

Tomatoes

A tomato has about 7,000 more genes than a human being. CRACKED.COM — Source

23

Butter

Butter used to be associated with witches in Ireland back in the day. BUTTER 1 FIRST QUALITY 1 NET WT. 4OZ. (113g) BUTTER Butter was used in Celtic pagan rituals, 1/4 CUP-> 1/3 CUP->/ 1/2 CUP START MEASURE HERE and also, a witch could steal a neighbor's لم ESPOON MEASURE: 1 8 6 3 4 5 butter luck using magic. ABELED FOR RETAIL SALE CRACKED.COM NOW YOU KNOW — Source

22

Galileo

GALILEO WAS A PRACTICING ASTROLOGER We think of Galileo as a brilliant scientific mind, but in his time, he was also a well-regarded astrol- oger famous for his horoscopes and predictions. CRACKED COM — Source

21

Hidden Gems

CRACKED Hans Holbein's The Ambassadors contains one of the art world's better-known but also super-rad Easter eggs - a mysterious diagonal blur on the floor is actually a giant skull that only becomes clear if you stand way off to the right. — Source

20

Benedict Cumberbatch

CRACKED.COM Benedict cumberbatch не was told to change his name (but not for the reason you think). His parents encouraged him to use a different last name for his career - not because Cumberbatch isn't Hollywood-friendly, but because of his slave- owning ancestors in 18th-century Barbados. — Source: The Guardian

19

Taxis

TAXICABS CRACKED.COM People hated cabs, and for good reason: they were unregulated and would charge whatever they felt like. Harry N. Allen created the first taxi fleet out of sheer spite - outraged at having been charged $5 for a 3/4-mile ride, he bought and managed 65 of his own vehicles. — Source: 15 Modern Conveniences That Were Met With A Bizarre Amount Of Resistance

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Peter Pan

When Peter Pan first made its debut (it was a play before it was a book), Peter and the Lost Boys could fly on their own. When children kept injuring

17

The Office

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM Pam's Double Moms The Office In Season 1 Pam's mom is played by actress Shannon Cochran for a single scene. At Jim and Pam's wedding it appears Pam's mom has gone through extensive facial reconstruction surgery along with height removal surgery, as the new actress playing her is Linda Purl. — Source: The Office

16

Toy Story

Early drafts of movies Toy Story LASER LIGHTYEAR SPALD notes Disney wanted Woody to be edgy. Disney chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg said that the wooden cowboy had to have an edge to him - and the resulting storyboard reel tanked hard. Disney wanted to shut everything down, but Pixar instead made the movie they wanted to make. CRACKED.COM — Source

15

Mel Brooks

CRACKED.COM WHEAD A sci-fi movie about roller skating nearly ruined Mel Brooks. 1986's Solarbabies is (inexplicably) about a roller-skating lacrosse championship in the post-apocalyptic future, somehow involving an alien-and it almost bankrupted Mel Brooks, who bankrolled it with his own money. Luckily, he managed to pawn off the damn thing to MGM. — Source

14

David Hasselhoff

CRACKED DAVID HASSELHOFF WAS LIKE A GOD IN GERMANY. David Hasselhoff's 1989 song Looking for Freedom was really big in Germany - it was more popular than Jesus, reportedly. — Source

13

The Coinage Act

The Coinage Act of 1792 that established the US Mint made coin defacement, counterfeiting, and embezzlement by Mint employees punishable by death. — 23 Staggering (True) Facts About Money

12

Friends

The cast of Friends was purposefully played against the concept of Generation-X. Co-creator Marta Kauffman argues that by appearing to be of no decade, 'Friends' could appeal to broader demographics - and get renewed for ten seasons. CRACKED.COM — 6 Things ‘Friends’ Didn’t Understand About The 90’s

11

Nicolas Cage

15 WTF Things Actors Did For Their Art - For his 1984 film Birdy, Nicolas Cage pulled out a few of his teeth and wore bandages on his face for five we — Sources: The Telegraph, Film School Rejects

10

UFOs

CRACKED RUSSELL CROWE'S UFO FOOTAGE. In Sydney, Australia's Royal Botanical Gardens, Crowe captured a series of pictures that he claims is a UFO moving quickly across the sky. His very X-Files-esque tweet became worldwide news. — Source

9

Bad Predictions

There's simply no demand for YouTube. YOUTUBE COFOUNDER CRACKED COM Cofounder and СТО Steve Chen once said there's just not that many videos I want to watch. Strange that a man with zero foresight could accidentally invent a perpetual motion propaganda machine! — Source: 15 Impossibly Silly Predictions (Made By Serious People)

8

James Horner

James Horner kept reusing his film scores.
Why write new music for each new movie, when you can just introduce little changes to music you already wro — Source: James Horner’s Self-Plagiarisms (YouTube), James Horner’s Danger Theme (YouTube)

7

Flanders

WEIRD WORLD In Springfield, Oregon, they put up what's known as Ned Flanders Crossing. It's a pedestrian and bicycle bridge that features a pretty big sign with Ned Flanders cheerfully saying Hi-diddly-ho Neighborinos! CRACKED.COM — Source: KGW.com

6

The MCU

They asked Don Cheadle for a 12-year acting commitment at his kid's birthday party. The person from Marvel who'd called him about starring in the MCU gave him an hour to decide, and when Cheadle said he was celebrating his kid's birthday, they told him he can have two hours. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Intriguing, Now-You-Know Things About Movies (And More)

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Video Games

Assassin's Creed: Unity was used to help Notre Dame and people mourning it. CRACKED.COM Ubisoft gave away copies of the game to let people walk around in their recreation of it (and donated money to rebuilding efforts). — Source: Engadget

4

Too Fat to Be Guilty

2 3 4 5 9 7 9 8 20 - 10 127 120 11 129 130 12 131 132 13 133 14 134 5 135 18 136 17 137 il 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 24 145 25 146 26 too fat to be guilty. 147 The defendant is 27 A jury in New Jersey found Edward Ates guilty of killing his former son-in-law Paul Duncsak in 2006, despite the defense's claim that Ates was too overweight to have committed the crime. CRACKED — Source

3

Florida

A couple from Florida got revenge on Bank of America after their home was mistakenly foreclosed: Bankof America Bank of America The courts sided with the couple, making BoA cover their legal fees and giving them permission to seize bank assets right out of the lobby of one branch. CRACKED.COM — Source

2

Bones

Whether it's a giraffe or a mouse, pretty much all mammals have the same number of neck bones. CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 True Facts (That Seem Like Nonsense)

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Numbers

NUMBER FACTS CRACKED.COM A RATIONAL NUMBER CAN BE WRITTEN DOWN AS A RATIO, LIKE 3/7. AN IRRATIONAL NUMBER CAN'T BE EXPRESSED THAT WAY - LIKE THE SQUARE ROOT OF TWO, OR PI. LEGEND HAS IT THAT ANCIENT MATHEMATICIAN PYTHAGORAS HAD THE MAN WHO REVEALED THE EXISTENCE OF IRRATIONAL NUMBERS DROWNED. — Source

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