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January 10, 2025

We honestly don’t even know why you’re here right now. Don’t get us wrong, we’re happy that you are. It’s imperative for the site’s survival, and we just like having you around. It’s just that your brain is so overloaded with facts already, so we’re wondering how it’s even possible to dump more in there.

At the end of the day, it’s your brain. We love the enthusiasm, but we’re a little worried since this list doesn’t come with a neck brace to help hold your head up.

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Archer

The country album made for fictional character Cheryl on 'Archer' reached #68 on iTunes. CRACKED.COM Bored with the show, the creator wrote a Country music career for Cheryl in season 5 and went so far as to re- cord a full country al- bum named Cherlene. — Source

40

The Pyramids

THE PYRAMIDS CAME BEFORE THE WHEELBARROW The wheel was invented initially for pottery and didn't make its debut as a thing-mover until somewhere between the sixth and fourth centuries ВС. CRACKED.COM — Source: Smithsonian

39

Bees

HONEY BEES USE ANIMAL POOP TO DEFEND AGAINST WASPS Bees have been seen foraging for animal poop and then using it as a defensive tool to protect their colonies against giant hornets. CRACKED.COM — Source: EurekAlert!

38

Forensic Science

FRANCES GLESSNER LEE IS KNOWN AS THE MOTHER OF FORENSIC SCIENCE. Without her many of the world's worst criminals would go free ( and shows like CSI wo

37

Pranks

The Anti-American Idol was a terrible prank on contestants. CRACKED.COM In the WB's Superstar USA, the worst singers were ad- vanced to the next round, but they weren't told they were bad. At the end, the winner was let in on the joke that the whole thing was a prank. — Source

36

Cremation

Less than half of Americans cremate their dead. In highly populated countries like India and Japan, the cremation rate is almost 100%. This leaves more land open. CRACKED.COM — Source

35

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

34

Spaceballs

33

Erwin Schrödinger

ERWIN SCHRÖDINGER WAS AN UBER CREEP. Schrödinger (of maybe-alive- maybe-dead-cat fame) had several lovers while married, including one who lived in his house. But he crosses over to dude WTF territory with his petting and cuddling of, and later sex with, a teenage girl he was tutoring, making her pregnant. One biographer describes him as having a Lolita complex. GRACKED.COM — Source

32

Carrot Stew

CRACKED A DOCTOR NAMED ERNST MORO SAVED THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN'S LIVES BY INVENTING CARROT STEW, A CURE FOR OTHERWISE FATAL DIARRHEA. Experiments in 2009 showed that the carrot soup could cure diarrhea caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. — Online Library / Liz Winters Wellness

31

Vending Machines

A A VENDING MACHINES WERE DESIGNED IN 8I H X THE 1ST CENTURY. Hero of Alexandria created a machine that dispensed holy water after a coin was inserted

30

Malachi Love

Malachi Love opened his own medical practice New Birth New Life Medical Ce Dr. Malachi A. ole-Robinson Owner, Phy ND. PhD. HHP-C. AMP-C 1700 N Congres

29

Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson got engaged shortly after his wife passed away. Just 10 months after the death of his wife Ellen, the 28th president became engaged to

28

Cameos

GEORGE LUCAS MAKES A BRIEF CAMEO IN REVENGE OF THE SITH. lCRACKEDGOR The director made his first Star Wars cameo in the last Star Wars movie he directed. Lucas blue himself' to portray Baron Papanoida - a blue-skinned politician attending the opera. — Screen Rant

27

Genes

There are 45 genes which the human species has likely 'stolen' from worms and bacteria. ATTACCGACGA TACGAGTTCTT TGTTGCEGCTGATACO AAAGA GCGCTCCG GTATGTTGGACCGAGT CRACKED.COM They have not simply been passed on from our primitive ancestors. In- stead, they have jumped directly into the human genome in the last couple of million years. — Source

26

Critics

In 1949, French director Willy Rozier challenged a critic to a duel over comments he had made. CRACKED.COM Rozier won the duel (fought with rapiers, to first blood) in front of jour- nalists and photographers. The film was a hit - and footage of the duel is in- cluded on the film's DVD. — Source

25

Dune

DUNE Hans Zimmer turned down Tenet for this. Zimmer is a long-time collaborator of Christopher Nolan, but he is also a huge Dune fan. So he chose to work on Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Frank Herbert's novel rather than Nolan's movie. CRACKED.COM — Source

24

Coffee

In the 17th century, coffee was thought to make men impotent. At one point, in an attempt to restore their husbands' virility, a bunch of London women petitioned against coffee houses. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

23

Larry David

Curb Your Enthusiasm saved a man from going to jail for life. Juan Catalan was arrested for a girl's murder, but he claimed to have been at Dodger Stadium watching the game, which just so happened to be when Curb Your Enthusiasm was shooting there. Since Larry David brushed right against Catalan in footage time- coded that night, that proved his innocence. CRACKED — HBO
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22

Dikembe Mutombo

Mutombo came from The Congo with a scholarship to become a doctor. It was coach John Thompson who recruited him to play basketball. He ended up becomi

21

Metallica

Metallica were excited to make an album with Lou Reed. They blamed fans when it sucked. Lulu debuted to pitiful sales, selling only 13.000 copies in i

20

Space

The first meal eaten in outer space was a beef and liver paste in a tube. At the time of the first space explorations, no one knew if humans could swallow in zero gravity; therefore, Yuri Gagarin ate soft foods. CRACKED.COM — 29 Backstories To The Food We Love

19

Liz Miele

COMEDY NERD Liz Miele got a kind of surprise mentoring from George Carlin himself. As a young comedian, she wrote to 40 established ones-only two contacted her, and one was Carlin, who even gave her a call. CRACKED.COM — Source

18

The Shortest War

The Shortest War NOT THE 100-YEAR WAR GRACKED.COM In 1896, a British warship fired on Sultan Khalid's palace in Zanzibar. By 9:40am, he lowered his flag. And so ended the Anglo-Zanzibar War, which lasted 38 minutes. — Source

17

NASA

CRACKED.COM In 2016. NASA discovered an asteroid that has been orbiting our planet. Their calculations indicate that it has been orbiting the Earth fo

16

Flight of the Conchords

CRACKED.COM Taika Waititi Не was the manager of Flight of the Conchords. Waititi played the duo's manager before Rhys Darby took over. — Source: World of Taika

15

Cole Sprouse

Cole Sprouse's Archaeology Degree CRACKED.COM The Sprouse twins wanted to get away from acting, and Cole did so badly he wanted to go underground. Не worked in the archaeology field for a bit before his time in Riverdale. — Source: The List

14

Libraries

WEIRD WORLD In Boise, Idaho, a book was returned 110 long years after it got checked out. We all went, 'Hmm that's weird. There is no record of this in our catalog. It says November 8 of 1911, so obviously, it was pretty overdue, said library assistant Anne Marie Martin. CRACKED.COM — Source

13

Timothy’s World Coffee

In 2011, Timothy's World Coffee ran a campaign asking people to Like their Facebook page and receive four boxes of their single-serve coffee (which contains 24 packs in each box). WORLD Timothy's COFFEE Their stock of said boxes was depleted in just three days, and it took them more than two weeks to amend the terms that it would be on a first-come, first-served basis. CRACKED.COM — Source

12

John Cleese

John Cleese considers having a lemur named after him a greater honor than being knighted. They named a lemur species Avahi cleesei after him because of his work for lemur conservation, and he says he'd rather have that than a knighthood or peerage (he turned down a knighthood in 1996). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Irish Examiner

11

Minx

CRACKED PAUL FEIG'S WOKE SHOW MINX GETS A SECOND CHANCE WITH STARZ. The creator of Bridesmaids and Freaks and Geeks is a big supporter of the woke movement and has put that into action with his show Minx. After it was dropped by HBO, Starz picked it up. — Lionsgate Television,
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10

South Park

South Park's Kenny was based on a Kenny from Trey Parker's childhood, who also wore an orange coat and always mumbled. Не went missing all the time, and other kids would be like, What happened to Kenny? Is he dead? CRACKED.COM

9

Wasps

THE MEGALARA GARUDA IS THE KING OF WASPS. Scientists call it that because it's over 2 inches long, venomous, and has jaws that can wrap around its own head. http://news nationalgeographic com/news/2012/03/120327- CRACKED.COM new-species-wasps-king-bugs-indonesia-animals-science/ — Source: 25 Animals IRL That Will Haunt Your Dreams

8

Finnish Lapland

This frozen tundra is protected by giant snow snakes! Actually, those are frozen trees in Finnish Lapland. Lapland is known for ferocious, driving sno

7

Charity

ANSEL ELGORT HARNESSED HIS FANS' THIRST, FOR CHARITY. He posted a nude on Instagram (you couldn't see more than a hint of pubes, though, thanks to str

6

Harry Caray

15 Epic Feats of Partying by Famous People - According to his 1972 events diary, the iconic Chicago sportscaster went on a 288-day bender of consecuti — Source: CBS Sports

5

Rainer Hoess

CRACKED RAINER HOESS Rudolf Hoess was a Nazi commander of the Auschwitz concentration camp. His son Hans loved this and forced his kids to admire their grandfather. At 16, Hans' son Rainer rebelled, ran away from home, and now speaks at schools against extremism. — Telegraph

4

Ethiopia

THE ETHIOPIAN CALENDAR IS SEVEN YEARS BEHIND THE REST OF THE WORLD. It wAs developed by Orthodox and Coptic churches, based on their own calculations

3

Frogs

The Golden Rocket Frog (Anomaloglossus beebei) has only ever been spotted in a single mountainous area of a Guyana rainforest. It lives inside bromeliads, where it eats mostly gnats and mosquitoes. CRACKED.COM — 27 Things Which Only Exist In One Place

2

OK Computer

OK Computer got its name from a random Hitchhiker's Guide line. RADIOHEAD Lost Child Lost Chile, x The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy contains the line OK, computer, I want full manual control now, and Thom Yorke just used the first two words. The whole album is really f*****g geeky. I was kind of a geek when I was a kid, unashamedly so, NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Movies, Science, And History Now-You-Know Fascinating Facts

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