40 Random Bits of Duty-Free Trivia That Will Be Waiting for You Wrapped in a Weird Bag Upon Arrival

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40 Random Bits of Duty-Free Trivia That Will Be Waiting for You Wrapped in a Weird Bag Upon Arrival

This collection of random facts might seem like they have absolutely nothing to do with each other, but their recent experience has bonded them for life. A rigorous gauntlet of fact checking will do that. After you read them, they’ll go back to whatever corner of the universe they came from, but they’ll keep in touch. 

Be sure to come back in 10 years for the reunion.

Tryptophan

MYTH8 TURKEY MAkeS YoU SLEEPY. FAGT8 IT'S THE BIG MEAL THAT DOES IT. Science-y types will claim that turkey makes you sleepy because it contains trypt

The NBA

In 2013 NBA Hall of Famer Adrian Dantley took up a job as a school crossing PUFFALO guard. While he admits the pay helps cover his insurance bill, he

Intersex

As much as 1.7% of the population is intersex One definition for intersex is people who have innate sex characteristics that don't fit medical and social norms for female or male bodies. CRACKED.COM

Pulp Fiction

The mystery contents of the briefcase in Pulp Fiction were detailed in the script. CRACKED.CO According to Roger Avary, who has a writing credit on Pulp Fiction, Marcellus Wallace's briefcase contained diamonds in the original script. That just seemed too boring and predictable, said Avary, So it was decided that the contents of the briefcase were never to be seen. This way each audience member would fill in the blank with their own ultimate contents.

Source: Time

MythBusters

Mythbusters Fact - MYTHBUSTERS FIRED A CANNONBALL THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD They were supervised at a bomb range when the cannonball unexpectedly f

Source: NPR

Tanks

Military tanks get their name from a lie told by the British military long ago. Tanks were developed in secret, and workers who made them were told they were mechanized water tanks for soldiers in deserts. The name stuck. CRACKED.COM

Source: PRI

Mister Ed

Mister Ed was played by a horse named Bamboo Harvester YOU AND YOUR There's a gravestone for Mister Ed in Oklahoma that's actually for the body double of Mister Ed, Pumpkin. Bamboo Harvester's ashes were spread in an unknown location. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Source: KGOU

Lillian Gish

The first film actress: CRACKED CON Known to act sO hard she'd collapse, Lillian Gish was the first actress hired specifically for film. She method-acted sO hard, she gave herself permanent nerve damage and almost starved to death on film.

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