42 Clingy Bits of Trivia That Will Never Let Your Brain Out of Their Sight

These are on your brain like white on rice
42 Clingy Bits of Trivia That Will Never Let Your Brain Out of Their Sight

You know those little burs that get stuck to your sock as you frolic through a meadow? We do, but only from a random fact we saw about them. We pale, sun-fearing shut-ins predominately dwell in our windowless broom closet of an office, but we know about them well enough to compare their sock-clinging selves to these facts right here.

As your brain frolics through the fact field that is our site, these clingy little buggers are sure to hitch a ride.

Babies

Wondering why we have seasonal affective disorder? Scientists think it led to healthier babies. Some researchers think seasonal bipolarity helped preh

Breaking Bad

Mike Ehrmantraut was a ast-minute fix(er). Bob Odenkirk wasn't available to shoot a scene as Saul Goodman, so Jonathan Banks was cast as a
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Mick Jagger

In The Bank Job, Mick Jagger has a cameo as a bank employee. It shows him as he might look if the Rolling Stones didn't pan out he was a finance and a

Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson is a black belt, several times over CRACKED.COM Willie's been collecting black belts like Michael Shannon collects nose coins. His most recent was in the art of GongKwon Yusul, at the age of 81.

Feminine Colors

PINK HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN A GIRL COLOR. In fact, it was used more for boys in the early 1900s. CRACKED.COM

Borders

WEIRD WORLD A farmer in Belgium moved his country's border. The border between Belgium and France is marked with stones in that area, and one of those stones was in the way of the farmer's tractor, so he just moved it about 7.5 feet. I was happy, my town was bigger, said the mayor of the Belgian village of Erquelinnes. But the mayor of Bousignies-sur-Roc didn't agree. CRACKED.COM

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Box-Office Rivalries

Classic movies crushed at the box office Escape From New York was melted by Raiders of the Lost Ark. John Carpenter's 1981 film was released to 600 theaters and wasn't as successful as Raiders of the Lost Ark and other films of that year. Despite this, the movie developed a cult following over time. CRACKED

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Clerks

Clerks $28K CRACKED.COM Considering it made Kevin Smith a household name (and also $3.2 million at the box office), it's unfathomable that the budget was measured in K's.

The Office

THE KISS BETWEEN MICHAEL AND OSCAR WAS JUST SUPPOSED TO BE A HUG. According to Oscar Nunez, the original script for the Season 3 premiere of The Offic

The Washington Monument

Completed in 1884, the Washington Monument remains the world's tallest obelisk today. Though part of that may be due to a massive decline in people's interest in building large obelisks. CRACKED.COM

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