12 Random Bits of Pop Culture Trivia to Delight the Disconsolate

12 Random Bits of Pop Culture Trivia to Delight the Disconsolate

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21 Parts of Adulthood People Weren’t Told About

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29 Video Game Facts That Look Better on an Old CRT TV

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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia More Irritating Than That Monkey From ‘Friends’

39 Infatuated Bits of Trivia That Have Trouble Hiding Their Feelings for Your Gorgeous Brain

These facts are playing easy to get

39 Infatuated Bits of Trivia That Have Trouble Hiding Their Feelings for Your Gorgeous Brain

January 10, 2025

Okay, if you can’t tell that these facts are into you, then you don’t need more random facts right now. You need a serious lesson in nonverbal communication. These not-so-subtle trivia tidbits have been lingering around your mental periphery, desperately trying to catch your eye for weeks now. Since you’re clearly not taking the hint, there’s nothing left for them to do but confess their undying love for your “gorgeous” brain.

Their word, not ours. It’s a pretty cute brain, we guess. We honestly don’t know what they see in it.

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Apollo 10

THERE WAS A MYSTERIOUS FLOATING TURD ON APOLLO 10 CONFIDENTIAL I didn't do it. It ain't one of mine. I don't think it's one of mine. Mine was a little more sticky than that. that away. NASA released transcripts of the spaceflight that include a conversation of the astronauts denying that a floating poo was theirs. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Attila the Hun

Attila the Hun's army cured meat by placing it under the saddle. As they rode, their horses' salty sweat would gather around the pieces of meat, making them last longer. The CRACKED COM meat was also tenderized due to being pressed between the saddle and the horse. — 29 Backstories To The Food We Love

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Radioactivity

In 2019 a small Russian village discovered two radioactive barges hanging out on their beach. thi ДЛ зав.N2 The barges may have been involved in a nuclear accident involving the Russian military a day earlier. The radiation levels from the barges peaked at 38 times higher than normal, with the levels inside them suspected to be even higher. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Foreshadowing

WAKE MF WHEN IT'S QUITING TIME Sam Rockwell's shirt in Moon telegraphs the twist. Toward the end, we find out that he's one in a long line of clones that get replaced every three years. His shirt says Wake me up when it's quitting time, and that's what every clone does: it wakes up whenever the previous one is forced to quit. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Foreshadowed Huge Plot Points In Iconic Movies

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Beyoncé

CRACKED COUNTDOWN Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker claimed Beyoncé copied her moves for some parts of the Countdown video from 2011. I'm not mad, but this is plagiarism, said De Keersmaeker. — Pitchfork / The Hill

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Mole-Rats

NAKED MOLE-RATS KIDNAP OTHER MOLE-RAT'S BABIES AND USE THEM AS SLAVES. Naked mole-rats invade neighbooring colonies to take un-weaned pups to use in their colony's workforce. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Animals That Terrify Us (For Valid Reasons)

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Gary Busey

Gary Busey once complained on a movie set because Heaven didn't look real. Fou Children He died and came back, apparently, and said he'd seen Heaven - and the movie's portrayal of it was totally inaccurate, he said. CRACKED.COM — Source: Uproxx

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The Exorcism of Emily Rose

BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2005 THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE During filming, the radios of actresses Jennifer Carpenter and Laura Linney would turn on by themselves, right in the middle of Pearl Jam's Alive. Cool song, but also, they would start shouting right where the lyrics scream I'm still alive. Eventually, all the radios were unplugged to avoid, erm, messages. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Sharks and Orcas

Great White sharks will avoid an area for a year if they spot a Killer Whale. CRACKED COM The sharks are so terrified of their only natural preda- tor that they'll vacate their preferred hunting ground and will not return for up to a year if they encounter one, even if it's just pass- ing by. — Source: 15 Ice-Cold Facts To Beat The Summer Heat

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Batman: Arkham Asylum

A developer on Batman: Arkham Asylum spent two years on nothing but the titular character's cape. YOU ARE UNDER CLOSE SURVITILANCE - They had to create 700 different animations and sound effects for the cape. CRACKED.COM — Spoiler: 29 Video Game Features With Just Bonkers Backstories

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Shotguns

Dramatically cocking a shotgun is a waste of ammo. The cocking is intended to eject spent shells or bullets. If you do it just to show that you mean business, you're throwing away a perfectly good round. CRACKED.COM — More: 5 Ridiculous Gun Myths Everyone Believes (Thanks to Movies)

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Salman Khan

CRACKEDCON IM BENG Bollywood celebrity Salman Khan found was guilty of killing and one injuring four others in a hit-and-run case in 2002. He was sent

27

Air Traffic Control

Air traffic controllers get a break every 2 hours. When controllers re- main on position for more than 2 hours without a break, per- formance can deterio- rate rapidly, even at low traffic levels. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Antarctica

XX Antarctica has 9 timezones. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED COM

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Expensive Mistakes

Navy pilots damaged helicopters taking a Facebook photo LAKE ТАНОЕ CRACKED.COM Two pilots caused half a million dollars in damage trying to take a cool photo in 2010. — Source: 13 Bad Ideas That Should Have Been Stopped Earlier

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‘Chinese’ Checkers

39 Infatuated Bits of Trivia That Have Trouble Hiding Their Feelings for Your Gorgeous Brain

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Wizardry

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Liars

Douglas Stringfellow was a wheelchair vet who served on the U.S. House of Representatives. Except he totally wasn't paralyzed. He had served in the military, but his heroics- and his paralysis - were lies. The Mormon Church, which had supported him until he was exposed, forced him to make a public confession. CRACKED.COM http:/hoaxesorg/archive/permalink/douglasrstringfellow/ — Source: The 27 Weirdest Lies That Everyone Believed

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21

Germs

TOILET SEATS ARE CLEANER THAN CAFETERIA TRAYS. NSF International's study found that drinking water fountain spigots had the highest amount of bacteria on the tested surfaces, while a cafeteria tray had over ten times as many germs as a toilet seat. CRACKED — XiXinXing/Shutterstock
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Judi Dench

Judi Dench is a bad-ass who faced sexism before she even landed her first role in a film. A director once told her she'd never make it in the industry because of her wrong face. Judi went on to get eight Oscar nominations, proving that director dead wrong. CRACKED.COM — Huffington Post

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Ryan Seacrest

They bullied Ryan Seacrest about his weight when he was just a kid. I was teased for it, and I will always see that little boy when I look in the mirror. I cannot get past it, I've talked to our experts about it, but for some reason, I just cannot see that guy, he explained. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Hot L Baltimore

Hot L Baltimore 1975 CRACKED.COM George and Gordon were the first gay couple to be shown on TV. The show ran with a disclaimer about 'mature themes.' — Source

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Predator

Predator (1987) The Predator's blood is a mixture of K-Y Jelly and glow stick fluid. The same effect is still used in the sequels. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Hot Tub Time Machine

CRACKED.COM THE HOT TUB FROM HOT TUB TIME MACHINE Co-writer Josh Heald was in a producer's office who suggested a remake of Hot Dog ... The Movie. Heald misheard the suggestion as hot tub, which is why John Cusack doesn't travel back in time with the help of a giant weiner. — Source

15

Trillion-Dollar Coin

CRACKED MINTING A $1 TRILLION COIN OF AMERICA UNITED STATES $1T In 1997, the U.S. government passed a law that gave the Treasury Secretary the ability to make a platinum coin worth a trillion dollars to cover government costs. This plan has even been talked about by the President and his team. — Washington Post / In These Times

14

Andrew Cuomo

CRACKED ORK THE EXCELSIOR ANDREW CUOMO'S INTERNATIONAL EMMY FOUNDERS AWARD. In 2020, he earned the Award for effective communication and leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic, but after the state attorney general found he had sexually harassed at least 11 women, the Academy rescinded the award. — Source

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Zoë Roth

CRACKED Zoë Roth Zoë Roth went viral after her dad's pic of her looking kind of satanic in front of a burning house blew up, and years later she sold the original photo as an NFT for half a million bucks. — NPR

12

Japan

In Japan, there are actual companies that can help you set up a new life. Yeah, kinda similar to the one in Breaking Bad, apparently - it's a thing, and there's even a word for people who want to escape: jouhatsu. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cheating

North Korea was caught cheating at the International Mathematical Olympiad. North Korea was disquali- fied for cheating at the 32nd IMO in 1991 and again at the 51st IMO in 2010. It is the only coun- try to have been accused of cheating. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Infinity

(OX Not all infinities are the same size. Georg Cantor demonstrated that there are more real numbers than natural numbers, even though there's an infinite amount of each CRACKED.COM — 22 True Facts (That Seem Like Nonsense)

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Coffin Window

THE COFFIN WINDOW Timothy Clark Smith, buried in Vermont in 1893, had this window installed in his grave so loved ones could scan his face for signs of life. CRACKED.COM — Source

8

Zootopia

In Zootopia, Kristen Bell voices Priscilla, the female sloth at the DMV. The crew Wanted her for the role once they saw the viral Ellen clip about her

7

The Blues Brothers

CRACKED THE BLUES BROTHERS HAD A PRODUCTION BUDGET FOR COCAINE. It was included to help the cast and crew stay awake during night shoots. — Universal Pictures
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The Golden Arches

39 Infatuated Bits of Trivia That Have Trouble Hiding Their Feelings for Your Gorgeous Brain — Source: BBC

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Ancient Jokes

Philogelos, written in the 4th century СЕ, is the world's oldest collection of jokes. A witty student sold his books when he was short of money. Не then wrote to his father: Congratulate me, father, I am already making money from my studies. -From Philogelos CRACKED COM — Source: Ancient Jokes You'll Laugh, Not Eyeroll At

4

One Life to Live

No one loves the Llanview ladies like SNOOP DOGG ONE LIFE TO LIVE CRACKED.COM Snoop has made multiple appearances on the soap. I've been a fan of One Life to Live since I was a baby because my momma always had it on. It's cool to come back and hang with the people in Llanview and rock out with them. — The Boombox

3

Comet Halley

People feared Comet Halley would kill everyone. When the comet visited us in 1910, many feared that its gases would poison the Earth's atmosphere. People donned gas masks and swallowed anti-comet pills, and hucksters sold protective umbrellas. There was much rejoicing when no one was hurt. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Salem Witch Trials

THE WITCHES OF SALEM WEREN'T BURNED. While burning alleged witches was common in Europe, those found guilty of witchcraft during the Salem trials were hanged. Which, OK, wasn't much better. CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Facts That Get In Accepted History's Face

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Number of Cars in the U.S.

There are almost as many cars in the U.S. as there are people. The average for all 50 states is 910 cars per 1,000 citizens. The numbers for the European Union countries are much lower-587 cars per 1,000 citizens. CRACKED.COM

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