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45 Materialistic Bits of Trivia That Desperately Need Your Brain for Their Collection

For these facts, getting into your brain would be a huge win!

45 Materialistic Bits of Trivia That Desperately Need Your Brain for Their Collection

January 20, 2025

That trophy of a brain of yours would look magnificent on this list’s mantle.

Oh, you thought your brain was the only one doing some collecting around here? Sure, it’s gathering up as many facts as it can get, but this just turned into a snake versus mongoose type situation.

The hunter has now become the hunted.

45

Weird Al

Weird Al wrote his The Phantom Menace parody before he saw the movie. Uamkome CRACKED.COM LucasFilm denied Al's request to see Star Wars: Episode I early, so he relied on internet spoilers for plot details. — Source: Ubisoft

44

Tiger Skin

Tigers have skin striped just like their fur. CRAGKED.COM A tiger's stripes are like fingerprints, no two have the same pattern. The stripes serve to help conceal the tiger when it's hunting prey, which are color blind to the tiger's distinctive orange coat. — Down To Earth

43

Bavarian Beer Riots

A tax on beer decreed by King Ludwig I of Bavaria in 1844 led to the beer riots. CRACKED.COM Crowds of urban workers beat up police while the Ва- varian army showed reluc- tance to get involved. Civil order was restored only af- ter the King decreed a ten percent reduction in the price of beer. — Good Beer Hunting

42

NASA

After Apollo 18 came out, a former NASA engineer had to clarify things. APOLLO 18 The movie shows real footage of a secret NASA landing, and John Schuessler had to explain there was no Apollo 18 because funding dried up. CRACKED.COM — Source

41

The Bank Job

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 t - he was a finance and accounting student at the London School of Economics. CRACKED.COM — 12 Stealthy Celebrities Cameos In Films

40

Rich People

Rich people requests A GLOBAL YACHT MEASURING CONTEST An Australian billionaire ordered his yacht to be driven from Sydney to NYC, and have lunch for 50 people ready. None of the food was eaten, he was just having a rich dude party in a building overlooking the harbor, and just wanted to say, That's my boat. CRACKED — Source

39

The Shining

easter eggstra meanings and references Danny says THE SHiNiNG redrum 42 times. RECRUM The number 42 is scattered throughout the movie, from Danny's shirt to the Summer of '42 on the TV screen. It's believed that this is a reference to the Holocaust and the Final Solution that was rolled out in 1942. GRACKED.COM — Source: 15 References And Hidden Meanings In 'The Shining'

38

The Office

GRACKED.COM MIZUNEL SCOTT tother - Quality Certificate Of Authenticity This certifies that MICHAEL Scott is the proud owner of a Quality Seyko timepiece CERTIFICATE NUMBER 00842MBA the office In his office, Michael Scott has a framed certificate of authenticity for his watch. Note that it's for a Quality Seyko, not for a Seiko watch. Не was tricked into buying a knock-off and lets the world know. — Source

37

Sloths

Rope bridges in Costa Rica are helping sloths survive deforestation. The special sloth bridges, which are basically a single string of rope between trees, help sloths get from tree to tree in urban areas and avoid having to come down to the ground, where they are vulnerable to predators and vehicles. CRACKED.COM — CBC

36

Orange Is the New Black

THE CIGARETTE-SMUGGLING ROACHES IN ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK WERE REAL TRAINED COCKROACHES. - Prop master Rachael Weinzimer said she CRACKED.COM couldn't just attach a cigarette to a cockroach and send it on its way, SO insect handlers had to teach the bugs to navigate a prototype maze they designed. — Source: 46 Next-Level Movie Facts To Know

35

Jimmy Fallon

CRACKED JIMMY FALLON apologized for doing blackface on SNL. In 2020, he said, In 2000, while on SNL, I made a terrible decision to do an impersonation of Chris Rock while in blackface. There is no excuse for this. I am very sorry for making this unquestionably offensive decision and thank all of you for holding me accountable. — lev radin/Shutterstock
Deadline

34

The Dark Knight Rises

The actors in The Dark Knight Rises had to endure sweltering heat for outdoor shots. They shot some outdoor scenes in Pittsburgh when it was a hundred degrees or SO, and the actors wore heavy coats and pretended it was winter. CRACKED.COM — Source: Collider

33

Lucky People

Dutch cyclist Maarten de Jonge narrowly avoided two separate airplane disasters. malaysia CRACKED.COM Не was scheduled to fly on Malaysia Air flights MH17 (which was shot down over Ukraine) and MH370 (which disappeared). Both times, he changed his plans and booked a different flight. — Telegraph / Wikipedia

32

Fish

Fishermen accidentally kill millions of fish a year. The fish's swim bladder suddenly balloons (because water pressure drops really quickly as they're pulled to the surface) and pushes out their organs-. this is called barotrauma, or the bends. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: NPR

31

Nike

Nike's Just Do It CRACKED.COM The star of Nike's first Just do it ad was... a shirtless 80 year-old jogger? They had Michael Jordan, but going with 80 year-old Walt Stack's trudge along the Golden Gate Bridge proved that anyone can reach new heights if they just did it in the right pair of shoes. — Source: BusinessInsider

30

Burned Witches

CRACKED SCOTLAND EDINBURGH CASTLE Edinburgh Castle was the place where more than 300 witches were burned in the 16th Century. One of them was a Dame Euphane MacCalzean, who was accused of using magic to make a boat sink in Leith and trying to wreck King James VI's ship. — Greig Gallagher/Shutterstock
The Bruntsfield Edinburgh

29

Helicopters

45 Materialistic Bits of Trivia That Desperately Need Your Brain for Their Collection — Source: Time

28

Tectonic Plates

Tectonic plates have two gears. continental crust ust lit sd Mant They move at about the same rate your fingernails grow - and that's high gear. NOW Y

27

Civil War Widows

THE LAST CIVIL WAR WIDOW DIED IN 2008 Maudie Hopkins wasn't alive during the Civil War, but her (much older) husband fought for the Confederacy. She n

26

8 Mile

The rap battle scenes in the Shelter in 8 Mile weren't actually shot there. The movie was shot in Detroit, but they didn't use the real Shelter -- for exterior shots, for example, they dressed up a place a few blocks away. CRACKED.COM — Source

25

24

CRACKED.COM Jack Bauer kills a total of 309 PEOPLE of 24. over the whole run Put in a different way, that is one kill every 40 minutes. — Source

24

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Danny DeVito's casting saved the show from being canceled after the first season The network demanded star power. Luckily, DeVito's kids were fans of the show So he joined on. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED COM — Source: Hollywood Reporter

23

Fresh Produce Versus Canned or Frozen Produce

MYTH: FRESH PRODUCE IS HEALTHIER THAN CANNED OR FROZEN. FACT: PRESERVED FOODS HAVE moRe NUTRIENTS. Unless you're harvesting your fruit and vegetables from your own garden, that fresh produce has likely traveled over a distance before landing on your table. During that time, it has lost vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. Freezing and canning stops that loss, because it locks the nutrients in. CRACKED.COM http://abcnews.go.com/Health/reasons-buy-frozen-fruits-veggies/story?id=20683879#1 — Source

22

The Last Jedi

LUKE SKYWALKER SPORTED A MAN BUN AT ONE POINT. The Last Jedi Luke's original design was supposed to invoke Col. Kurtz from Apocalypse Now. We're not sure why the famously bald character prompted the designers to give Luke a man bun, but thankfully the idea got nixed. May the Force — Screen Rant

21

Xenobots

SCIENTISTS MADE TINY BIOLOGICAL ROBOTS, AKA XENOBOTS. Xenobots are living clumps of several thousand tadpole cells, designed in a Minecraft- program f — Source: The New York Times

20

Jon Cryer

Jocks playing dorks JON CRYER is an actor who also competes in triathlons, which he attributes to his trainer Rich Guzman and his own competitive nature. CRACKED — CBS
Triathlete

19

Taco Bell

Taco Bell is named after its founder, Glen Bell. TACO BELL Не was a California entrepreneur who first owned a mini golf course and a hot dog stand. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

18

Maple Syrup

WEIRD WORLD Canada is experiencing a truly dire shortage of maple syrup, it turns out. FOLEST CROWN MAPLE SYRUP HIGHTASTE .... GRASE AMBER COLD E ٠٥٦/١٠٠ The government is stepping and is, uh, tapping into the country's strategic reserves (yes, literally) of maple syrup. CRACKED.COM — Source

17

Pollution

The UK dumped about 1.17 million tons of weapons in a deep sea trench. The sea above Beaufort Dyke They kept dumping both conventional and chemical weapons from the '20s to the '70s into Beaufort Dyke, which has caused underwater explosions over the years. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

16

Flat Earthers

Ancient Flat Earth Beliefs CRACKED.COM We like to think that people have only known the earth was round since Columbus didn't fall off. But the Greeks not only knew it, they even calculated its circumference. Which means flat-earthers could travel to 500 BC and still be considered dumb. — Source

15

Seinfeld

Lori Loughlin SEINFELD CRACKED.COM Two years after Full House ended, she was on the Serenity now! episode of Seinfeld, playing Jerry's girlfriend. She later became the posterwoman for corruption and privilege in the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal. — Source: 15 (Once-Cute) Cameos From Awful People

14

Debbie Downer

A Saturday Night Live performance ended up shaping an Inside Out character. They took inspiration from Debbie Downer from SNL for Sadness (and also Wednesday Addams). And their first idea for her? A teardrop. CRACKED.COM — The Hollywood Reporter

13

Ronald McDonald

If you ask Ronald McDonald where burgers come from, he says they're grown. According to a former Ronald McDonald, the story for kids was that hamburgers grow in a patch and then they just get plucked. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

12

‘Preventive’ Radiation

WORST HISTORICAL CHILDCARE IRRADIATING BABIES In the early 20th century, people thought enlarged thymus glands were the cause of babies dying in their sleep, so thousands of children were given radiation treatments to prevent that. This practice caused thousands of deaths from thyroid cancer. CRACKED — photoDiod/Shutterstock
National Center for Biotechnology Information

11

David Bowie

David Bowie's Fame CRACKED COM Bowie's hit song Fame was written over a riff that guitarist Carlos Alomar originally developed for a cover. Bowie, John Lennon, and Alomar wrote the entire song in one session in 1975 complete with lyrics intended as a scoff in the face of the music business which Bowie and Lennon benefitted exponentially from: Fame (fame) puts you there where things are hollow. G MAXI-SINGO TRRY 5 — Source

10

Blue Eyes

CRACKED.COM Blue-eyed people are likelier to become alcoholics. Genetics is a mess. If you have genes for blue eyes, it's likely that you also have genes for a higher alcohol tolerance, which can lead to drinking too much. The effect is small, but study after study keeps showing the same thing. — Source

9

Tibet

Buddhist monks in Tibet are not allowed to be reincarnated without permission from the Chinese government. CRACKED.COM The law, which is under the State Religious Affairs Order No.4, was created to insult the Dalai Lama and hinder his influence on the public. — Source

8

Oneida

Oneida flatware was created by a sex cult. The Oneida Community started as an agrarian utopia in the 1800s, before switching to metallurgic industrialism and creating the fancy silverware still sold today. Their success was their downfall, as the government started to look closely into their free-loving, commie ways. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Random Facts to Make Your Life More Factual and/or Random

7

The Hangover

KEN JEONG, THE HANGOVER Jeong jokes that his wife predicted The Hangover would be a feel-good hit because even the most insecure males viewers would consider themselves well-endowed compared with her husband. CRACKED.COM — Guardian

6

Token Suckers

Token suckers would steal subway tokens in an amazingly filthy way. We don't know how desperate you need to be to press your lips against New York subway turnstiles and suck the tokens out - but we're guessing very. The practice was so common, the Transit Authority would spray mace (or sprinkle chili powder) on token slots. CRACKED.COM — Source

5

Dwight Eisenhower

Everyone liked Ike Eisenhower. Especially Kay Summersby, the English fashion model who served as his driver during World War II. SHE SAYS THEY WERE IN LOVE. After Eisenhower's death, Summersby published her memoirs. In her book, she says she and lke tried to have a baby, but lamented that he couldn't seal the deal because of his chronic erectile dysfunction. CRACKED COM Kay Summersby Morgan 1977 Past Forgetting My Love Affair with Dwight D Eisenhower — Source: The First Gay President: 18 Sexual Secrets Of US Presidents

4

Deforestation

Massive deforestation results in humans being exposed to more infectious diseases. The diseases are mostly spread by animals migrating for survival. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

3

Ted Lasso

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS ZACH BRAFF DIRECTED AN EPISODE. TED LASSO Braff happened to be in London while the show was being filmed sO executive producer Bill Lawrence (with whom he worked with on Scrubs) invited him to direct an episode. Braff directed Biscuits, the show's second episode. — ET

2

Hallie Eisenberg

The Pepsi Girl Hallie Eisenberg was America's Adorable Sweetheart in the 90s, but she still went to American University and studied international studies. Nowadays, she's probably best known as Jesse Eisenberg's little sister. CRACKED.COM — Source: Popcrush

1

Peanuts

Christmas Time Is Here wasn't supposed to have any lyrics. Mendelson got the idea to put some lyrics in two weeks before the special aired, and call — Source: Rolling Stone

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