40 Random Bits of Trivia We Received As Party Favors at Our Cheap Cousin’s Wedding

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40 Random Bits of Trivia We Received As Party Favors at Our Cheap Cousin’s Wedding

Whatever event we get dragged to, you know we’re leaving with some facts. Sure, we may be a little pissy that we were ripped off the couch and plunked into some “presentable” clothing, but once we see that the place has facts, we quicly change our tune. 

We guess leaving the house once in a while has its perks.

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.

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Set Design

Set designers of the movie Dr.Strangelove managed to reconstruct an interior of a B-52 Stratofortress bomber without the assistance of the US Air Fo

The USSR

Russian prisoners tattooed images of Lenin and Stalin as protective amulets. While the USSR existed, some prisoners believed guards weren't allowed to shoot Lenin's and Stalin's faces, so they got those tattooed on their chests. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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Phobias

HIPPOPOTOMONSTR OSESQUIPPEDALIO- PHOBIA New Compact Oxford ENGLISH Dictionary CRACKED COM Hippopotomonstrosesquippedalio- phobia is a fear of long words. This phobia may develop from the embarrassment of mispronouncing long words while reading in front of the class. Ironically (or just to be mean), it's the longest word in the dictionary.

The Velvet Underground

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND TOOK ITS NAME FROM THE TITLE OF AN S&M BOOK FOUND ON THE SIDEWALK. AB THE VELVET - UNDERGROUND Han . - incredible book Kwil short and anice - But + decumentary on the Medial compation - ... - to May thinking and BY MICHAEL LEIGH - LOUIS BERG MO The Velvet Underground, by OF Michael Leigh, was found by one of the band members. It was all about the secret bondage-y sexual scene in the early 1960s. CRACKED.COM http://www.classicbands.com/names.html

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Cabbage Patch Kids

CABBAGE PATCH KDS weRe THE MusT-HAVE TOY OF THE 1980s. AND IF THEY weREn'T BOUGHT, THEY'D BecomE SLAVES. According to a 1984 Christmas special, storyb

Britain

BRITAIN OWES MUCH OF ITS PRESENT INFRASTRUCTURE' TO THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON. Houses from that moment on built were from stone, water access was made

Lottery Winners

70 PERCENT OF ALL LOTTERY WINNERS LOSE EVERYTHING IN THE FOLLOWING SEVEN YEARS aG OA BREAKING OVERNIGHT ATLANTA JACKPOT WINNER DIES AFTER GOLD PLATING

The Princess Bride

Danny DeVito was first choice for Vizzini CRACKED.COM Wallace Shawn tried to do scenes as DeVito would have but found it impossible as he is inimitable.

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Star Wars

CRACKED HAN HOUDINI SOLO THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK When Han is being lowered into the carbonite chamber, his hands are tied in front of him. When we see him frozen in the block of carbonite, his hands are freed, reaching out at shoulder height.

The U.S. Air Force

The US tried to make a UFO to confuse and fight the Soviets. GRACKED.COM The U.S. Air Force, working with a Canadian aeronau- tics company, tried to build a supersonic flying saucer-like aircraft to si- multaneously wage psy- chological and physical war on the Soviet Union.

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