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40 Random Bits of Trivia We Wouldn’t Trade for the World

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40 Random Bits of Trivia We Wouldn’t Trade for the World

January 24, 2025

Don’t waste your time. We’re not giving you these facts. The batch of randomness that we just gathered makes up quite possibly the greatest collection this world has ever seen. The way it seamlessly transitions from a fact about McDonald’s to a fact about the Pope? Chef’s kiss.

We’ve already said too much.

You know what? A list this good needs to be seen! It’d be like da Vinci burning the Mona Lisa before showing anyone. Behold the greatness below, you fortunate soul!

40

Spicy Food

Human beings are the only animal on the planet that enjoys spicy food, and no one really knows why.

39

Tom Hardy

Tom Hardy just decided to jump into that lobster tank in Venom. The crew put a huge lobster tank in the restaurant, and when Hardy saw it, he said he — Source: CinemaBlend

38

The Ballad of the Green Berets

AN AMERICAN PATROTIC SONG TOPPED THE CHARTS AT THE HEIGHT OF THE BRITISH INVASION. Do you think the '60s were all about The Beatles? Nope! The Ballad of the Green Berets, by Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler, was the #1 song on the Billboard chart for 1966. CRACKED.COM — Source

37

South Park

EASTER EGGSTRA South Park Damien Thorn is a homage to The Omen. He shares the name of the character in the 1976 horror movie. His theme song is a parody of the movie's theme song, Ave Satani, and his mother is called real a dog. In the film, the Antichrist's mother is a jackal. CRACKED.COM — Source

36

Slavery

White slaves helped end slavery. The American North wasn't much less racist than the South, and many weren't sold on the whole emancipation thing. To win them over, abolitionists started highlighting white slaves on popular magazines (who were enslaved because they had some black ancestor). Suddenly, owning people seemed inhumane. CRACKED.COM — Source

35

Fetuses

GRACKED COM If a woman's heart tissue is damaged during pregnancy, her fetus will send stem cells to repair it. — Source: 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

34

Taste Buds

why airline food tastes SO bad Research done in Germany showed that when we're at high altitudes, our taste buds don't work as well. It's like our taste is about 30% weaker. CRACKED — StudioSmart/Shutterstock
Fine Dining Lovers

33

Brokeback Mountain

A herd of sheep BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN CRACKED.COM Director Ang Lee said the groundbreaking sex scenes were nothing compared to the shepherding scenes: No more sheeps. Never again sheeps. — BBC

32

Three’s Company

Suzanne Somers was fired from Three's Company for asking for equal pay. Her co-star John Ritter, was getting $150,000 an episode, so she asked to get that (and not the $30,000 she'd been getting). Instead, they fired her, saying that Ritter is the star. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

31

iPhones

CRACKED iPhones call 911 when you're on a roller coaster. Hello, 9-1-1? Yeah, I'm having too good of a time! Dispatch centers close to Kings Island amusement park received 6 emergency calls from iPhone 14 users with car crash detection enabled. Six Flags SixFlags Flags — Source

30

Kevin Hart

Kevin Hart's dad was a drug addict who went in and out of jail all the time. IY leve Hart's older brother Robert later described their childhood this way: We come from a fucked-up situation. We come from the worst living conditions. CRACKED.COM — Source: Variety.com

29

Good Will Hunting

40 Random Bits of Trivia We Wouldn’t Trade for the World

28

Star Wars

Harrison Ford came to Star Wars as a carpenter. He'd already appeared in George Lucas' American Graffiti, but he returned to carpentry and only reunited with Lucas because he was installing a door for Francis Ford Coppola. Lucas hired him as an audition partner for aspiring Princess Leias. CRACKED.COM — Source

27

School of Rock

BEHINO-THE-SCENES FACTS Jack Black made a personal plea to LED ZEPPELIN GRACKED.COM Не videotaped an appeal, filmed in front of a huge crowd, asking Robert Plant and the boys for permission to use Immigrant Song in the film. It may seem corny but it worked, says Black about nailing the audish. The moral of the story is: Don't be too proud to beg. — Source

26

Film Firsts

The first cell phone. 1987 CRACKED.COM It's roughly the size and shape of a decent vacuum, but that's in fact Murtaugh barking into film's first cell phone in Lethal Weapon. — Source

25

Ancient Rome

The first Roman fire brigade was created to be a very lucrative, paid service. CRACKED.COM The firefighters did nothing while a price was negotiat- ed. Failing to reach a deal, the structure was allowed to burn to the ground after which an offer was made to purchase it for a fraction of its value. — Source

24

Reservoir Dogs

INDIE MOVIES OF THE '90s RESERVOIR DOGS TONY SCOTT WANTED TO DIRECT. Tarantino, however, told him he was already securing funding to direct the movie himself. Like a total class act, Scott had no problem settling for a different Tarantino script, True Romance. CRACKED.COM — Source

23

John Wayne

John Wayne started in the prop department. But whenever they needed extras for movies back then, they just grabbed whoever was standing around. Because Wayne had the build of a football player, he got early roles like football player in background and football player on sideline. CRACKED.COM — Source

22

Samurai with Guns

CRACKED COM Samurai used guns and were proud of it. When firearms were introduced to Japan, many samurai and their men started using guns to replace bows as their main weapons. Using guns among samurai was not always considered a dishonorable act; in fact, guns later evolved to become a status symbol among samurai. — Source: 18 Historical Moments That Get Pictured Wrong

21

Batman

13 Surprising Facts About Movies And, Like, Life In General - Tim Burton got near death threats' for the Batman scene with Vicki in the Batcave. — Source: Film School Rejects

20

Malcolm in the Middle

The house in Malcolm in the Middle was being rented to the production for $3-4,000 per day. The house (used for exterior shots-- interiors were shot by a soundstage) was owned by a doctor, who earned around $100,000 for letting his house be used for exterior shots. — Source: Entertainment Weekly

19

Rinsing Turkeys

No, you really shouldn't rinse your turkey at all before you start preparing it. That actually makes you more vulnerable to microbes, since it can spread them around the sink and yourself - it's worse than not cleaning it. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Mental Floss

18

Three Mile Island

One light on a control panel was badly designed. Which caused the meltdown at Three Mile Island. The signal light was programmed to indicate that the

17

The Alphabet

50 THE ALPHABET 5 DECEMBER 1900 no D CRACKED COM There will be no C, x or Q in our every-day alphabet. They will be abandoned because unnecessary. -John Watkins, from the Saturday Evening Post. Yes, we'd develop informal spelling but wouldn't drop any letters entirely, bc that idea sux, dafuq would be the point in doing that? — Source

16

Taco Bell

Taco Bell BELL 1962 TACO BELL CRACKED.COM Glen Bell tried to copy the success of McDonald's with Bell's Hamburgers. In 1951, he added tacos to the menu after learning about them from a Mexican resturaunt across the street. Tacos were the biggest success, and Bell went on to create Taco Bell. — Source

15

Hinduism

HINDU DHARMA BE CRACKED.COM Hindus were evolutionists long before Darwin, but the main objection to Darwinian evolution is that it sees consciousness as a product of matter instead of the soul. Life exists conceptually within God, and evolves in conjunction with the desires of the soul. For example, when the desire to see arises in the soul, the eye manifests. — Source: beliefnet

14

Clownfish

CLOWNFISH WILL EAT THE EGGS OF ANY DEFORMED OFFSPRING. A truthful Finding Nemo would be extremely dark. CRACKED.COM — Source: 21 Horrific Facts About Adorable Animals

13

Fossils

The first ichthyosaur fossil was discovered by a 12 year old. CRACKED.COM Mary Anning would go on to discover many more fossils and revolutionize the science of paleontolo- gy. However, due to being a woman in the early 1800s, she rarely received full credit for her discover- — Library of Congress

12

Cigarettes

11

Livestock

Drugged livestock is causing rabid dogs. One day, vultures started dying in India and Pakistan. The culprit was found to be diclofenac, an anti-inflamatory drug given to livestock that was lethal to vultures that ate the carcasses. With vultures gone, feral dogs took their place as scavengers-and with more dogs, rabies skyrocketed. CRACKED.COM — Source

10

Che Guevara

Ernesto Che Guevara was also nicknamed El Chancho (The Pig)... Because he seldom bathed. CRACKED.COM — Source

9

Complaining

BAD HABITS that are good for you COMPLAINING helps us bond and process emotions. As long as you don't dwell on your feelings, it's actually worse to keep them inside, so open that emotional pressure valve and make like Queen Elsa. CRACKED — fizkes/Shutterstock
The New York Times

8

Oysters

At one point, the amount of bay oysters in the Chesapeake bay could filter the entire bay in three days. However, thanks to them being overfished for horny gourmands, it would now take over a year. CRACKED.COM — Source

7

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage was paid $20 million for a movie that was never filmed. EASY BUCK$ In 1998, Tim Burton cast Cage in Superman Lives. Cage was paid before production began, and when the film was scrapped, he got to keep it all. The rest of the budget went to the Will Smith movie Wild Wild West. CRACKED — Warner Bros. Pictures
WhatCulture.com

6

Walmart

A woman named Alice Pike tried to use a fake million dollar bill at Wal-Mart. WAL MART GUARANTEED PRAIT ER CRACKED.COM Pike claimed she thought the bill was real. When told that the United States Treasury does not make $1 million bills, she said, You can't keep up with the U.S. Treasury. — Source

5

Key & Peele

KEY& PEELE THE TWO HAD A COMEDY MEET CUTE AT SECOND CITY IN CHICAGO. Back in 2003, Jordan Peele first saw Keegan-Michael Key's Coach Hines character on stage. Later that night, Key then saw Peele play a female Eurovision presenter. It was love at first laugh. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertain This! (via archive.org)

4

Spanish Words

Spanish PENA AJENA when you're embarrassed on someone else's behalf CRACKED.COM — HuffPost

3

Lou Pearlman

40 Random Bits of Trivia We Wouldn’t Trade for the World

2

McDonald’s

Menu Animation GRACKED.COM Companies like McDonald's even use animation specifi- cally to direct your eyes away from the cheaper items, which is how you end up or- dering a $12 burger when you walked in singing a song about nuggies. — Source

1

The Pope

The Pope said that what he really needed for his knee pain was a shot of tequila. GRACKED.COM Pope Franics quipped to Mexican seminarians from his popemobile in his na- tive Spanish that what he really needed was the stiff drink. The seminarians laughed and promised to bring him a bottle. — AP News

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