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35 Brain-Crashing Bits of Trivia That Didn’t Even Bring A Gift (Or a Tie for That Matter)

January 30, 2025

Your brain has forked over a lot of money to feed its fact guests and give them an open bar, so it’s understandably a little salty over the fact that these facts have snuck in to leech off of its generosity. Before it waltzes on over to kick them out, ask it to listen in on some of the fun tidbits they’re passing around.

It might find that they’re giving as much as they’re receiving.

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Hawaii

UNUSUAL INHERITANCES A HAWAIIAN ISLAND Elizabeth Sinclair was sold the Hawaiian island of Niihau by King Kamehameha V in 1864 for $10,000. It's still owned by her family today, the Robinsons. It's the only privately-owned Hawaiian island. CRACKED — Polihale/Wiki Commons
The Seattle Times

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Sleep

On workdays, 53% of Americans get fewer than seven hours of sleep. Those numbers are considerably lower in other Western countries - 39% in the UK, 36% in Germany, 30% in Canada, and 29% in Mexico. CRACKED.COM — Source

33

Child’s Play

11 people were needed to operate Chucky in Child's Play. And the puppeteers under the set had reversed monitors for some reason, so they'd make Chucky — Source: Mental Floss

32

Grenades

You can't pull a grenade's pin with your teeth. It's definitely badass, but also definitely not something you can do. Try it, and you're more likely to pull your teeth out than the pin. You have some perfectly good fingers-use those instead. CRACKED.COM

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Marlboro

Source: The Atlantic

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The Magic Wars

CRACKED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES OFTEN EMPLOY MAGICIANS TO HELP WIN WARS. One of the more famous examples is Harry Houdini. During World War One, Houdini taught soldiers how to escape from German cages and how to untie themselves from a rope. — Magicians Who Used Their Powers to Fight Wars / Nerd Fitness

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Nolan Ryan

C CRACKED NOLAN RYAN was 44 when he made history by throwing his SEVENTH NO-HITTER on May 1, 1991. He's still the record holder for most strikeouts in a career (5,714) and in a single season (383). — Source

28

While You Were Sleeping

WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING The original concept was gender-flipped. The original idea was for a man to pretend to be engaged with a woman in a coma. While the premise is creepy regardless of gender, it somehow feels creepier that way. CRACKED.COM — Source

27

Pop Star Beef

When P!nk and Christina Aguilera worked together on Lady Marmalade, the record label treated Aguilera like royalty and P!nk like trash. So P!nk started a beef, and it got so bad that Aguilera attacked her in a nightclub. About 15 years later, after they became moms, they hugged it out. CRACKED.COM — Source: 34 Celebs You Had No Idea Were In Bitter Feuds

26

Prisons

Ohio prison employees were fired after staging wrestling matches with inmates. CRACKED.COM The corrections officers stated the matches were friendly and consensual, and the inmates denied in- volvement - even after it was pointed out that the whole thing was on camera. — Lancaster Eagle Gazette

25

Justice League

Justice League was totally changed because Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice was hated. A vocal minority didn't like that movie, Bvs director Zack

24

Police Warrants

MYTH: Police can't enter your home without a warrant, right? FACT: They can, if they think you're up to something. On the cop shows, police are like vampires-they can't come in unless you invite them. But in the real world, they can invoke exigent circumstances, an emergency regulation that permits officers to enter a building without a warrant. They're allowed to do it as long as they think evidence is about to be destroyed, someone's in danger, or a suspect is fleeing. Please note the phrase if they think. CRACKED.COM https://definitions.uslegal.com/e/exigent-circumstances/ — Source

23

The Atlas Vampire

The Atlas Vampire just up and vanished. In 1932, Lilly Lindeström was found murdered in her apartment in the Atlas neighborhood of Stockholm, Sweden. A gravy ladle was found at the crime scene, which had apparently been used to drink her blood. Despite their efforts, police couldn't find any leads to the vampire. LV CRACKED.COM — Source

22

Exploding Flour

We gave exploding flour to the Chinese during World War II COOKING WHAT'S ? AUNT Wasn't JEMIMAS DE POURSE US مصر THE . DATE FINE region AUNT, SIN BOOK! - NO MINA على eno was 6 -1- BALL PIN . KEEP 50 or LAC HT DON'T FUSTY AUNT When a nitroamine EMIMAS We - high explosive is BYS FURN mixed with regular THATS NO LINE THE WAY KI THANKS LIDE 4d den AMT سنا JUST MORE ONE Gue - A The baking flour, you get SMART ON THE HOPS THEM EN AUHT BRO and . 4 a culinary staple that WHEEEE — Source: 16 Ridiculous Gadgets Used By IRL James Bonds

21

Star Wars

Producer Gary Kurtz coached the actors in Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back. CRACKED.COM wttp://www.ign.com/articles/2002/11/11/an-interview-with-gary-kurtz — Source: 23 Amazing People Who Were Screwed Out of History Books

20

Kirby

Kirby's relatively unimaginative round body was supposed to be a temporary placeholder. Nintendo KIRBY'S DREAM LAND Nintendo - - ABOUT KA GAME BOY But, like a kid who found a stray puppy, designer Masahiro Sakurai fell in love with it after naming it. His original name - and a great name for a puppy - was Popopo. CRACKED.COM — Source

19

Movie Sets

CRACKED Starvation on the set of RAPA NUI In 1994, Kevin Reynolds' passion project was filmed on Easter Island, in the Pacific. We had one flight a week from the mainland, and there were times we ran out of food to feed people, and things like that, it was...if was very bad. — Source

18

Google

Google provides the US government a higher resolution version of Google Maps. CRACKED.COM GeoEye-1 is the satellite that provides Google with imag- ery for Google Maps. At the time of its launch, GeoEye-1 was the world's highest reso- lution commercial Earth-im- aging satellite. — CNET

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17

Retail

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16

The Beach Is Back

CRACKED IN 2008, A BEACH WAS STOLEN IN JAMAICA. About 500 truckloads of sand remain missing today. — leoks/Shutterstock
NPR

15

Cleopatra

The name 'Cleopatra' was popular for female royalty in Egypt. CRACKED.COM There are seven princesses with the name that sat on the throne. The last among them, Cleopatra VII, is the most famous, thanks to her romantic dalliances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. — History Extra

14

Congo

The Democratic Republic of Congo had an imaginary minister for some time. To better his chances to be named trade minister, Honorius Kisimba Ngoy proposed himself for the position, along with a hilariously unqualified dude he made up to make himself look better. As it turned out, the prime minister disliked Kisimba so much that he picked the fake guy. — Source

13

Pulp Fiction

Originally, Vincent Vega wasn't supposed to blow Marvin's brains out right away. In the script, Vega would first shoot him in the throat, then he and Jules would frantically try and figure out what to do (while poor Marvin gurgled in the background). Their solution would be blowing Marvin's brains — Source: Vanity Fair

12

Air Fresheners

CRACKED.COM Little Trees ® Margarita The idea for Little Trees air fresheners was born after the company's founder Julius Samann listened to a milkman complain about the stench of spoiled milk. — Source

11

Whipping Tom

Whipping Tom was London's serial spanker. 200 years before Jack the Ripper, London's Fleet Street was stalked by Whipping Tom not a serial killer, but — More: 5 Outlandish Criminals Who Sound Like The Stuff Of Legend

10

Scissors

Scissors used to be SO much cooler. GRACKED.COM In ancient Rome, a scissor referred to both a long metal sleeve with a half-moon slicing edge at the end, and the gladiator who wielded it. — Source

9

Superman

Richard Donner tricked Gene Hackman into shaving his mustache for Superman. Hackman refused to wear a skull cap to play Lex Luthor - and to shave his '70s 'stache. Donner said, you take yours off, I'll take mine off, and Hackman grudgingly accepted. Only after the deed was done did Donner reveal his own facial hair was fake. Hackman wasn't pleased. CRACKED.COM — Source

8

Dolphins

A U.S. Navy base off Seattle is partially protected by trained dolphins. GRACKED.COM Trained by the U.S. Navy, these dolphins use their sonar to detect potential invaders, and the devices attached to them allow the Navy to basically see what the dolphins themselves see. — Source

7

Peter Pan

Wendy wasn't a name before Peter Pan. One of J M Barrie's childhood friends affectionately called him Friendy, which came out as Wendy. When Barri

6

Take-out

The Chinese take-out box is American Enjoy Enjoy The paper container was invented by Frederick Weeks Wilcox in Chicago, originally created to hold raw oysters. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — New York Times

5

Teddy Bears

In France, they use teddy bears to introduce medicine to young children. They bring kindergarten kids to hospitals and show a patient's journey through the system by having a teddy play the role of a patient. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Sorbonne

4

Misquotes

CRACKED like Hell a FAKE woman scorned. fury - WILLIAM SHAKESPARE This was actually written by William Congreve in the 1697 play The Mourning Bride. Не originally wrote, Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned. Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned. — Wiki Commons
No Sweat Shakespeare

3

North West

North West was literally named by fake celebrity news. When the media falsely reported that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West would name their daughter North West, positive reactions from celebrities like Pharrell Williams and Anna Wintour encouraged the couple to go along with it. CRACKED G COM — Source

2

Frauds

In 2014, Haruko Obokata wrote an amazing paper. Stem cells could be made quickly and cheaply. A few months later, after 100 attempts in seven labs wor — Source: Nature

1

HBO

HBO's first original programming was polka. Back when it was a regional TV provider that only broadcast movies nine hours a day, HBO first flexed their production muscles by broadcasting the Pennsylvania Polka Festival in 1973. It was a really long way to robot cowboys and dragon boobs. — More: 5 Huge Companies That Once Were Failing Miserably

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