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It’s a good thing you weren’t sleeping on these facts. You’d be kicking yourself years from now when you saw them tearing up the random fact game. Get them on your fantasy teams now and watch them annihilate the competition. You chose the right squad, because the truth always wins.

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Apollo 13

The weightlessness in Apollo 13 is real. The sets were in a special plane that NASA uses to simulate zero-G on Earth (by going up and then down very, very fast). It took about 600 arcs (time when the plane goes up and then down), which was probably excruciating -- the plane was nicknamed the Vomit Comet for a reason. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Kissing

NOT UNIVERSAL ROMANTIC KISSING Only about half of the cultures around the world show affection through romantic kissing. This is especially true in societies that have more social classes and access to dental hygiene. CRACKED — 4 PM production/Shutterstock
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Twinkies

MYTH: TWINKIES WILL LAST FOREVER, GUYS! NEVER DATE: IPIRATION FACT8 THEY ACTUALLY LAST ABOUT A MOnTH. The urban legend goes that Twinkies aren't made

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Cow Butts

RESEARCHERS HAVE PAINTED EYES ON COW BUTTS In a four year study in Botswana, researchers discovered that fake eyes on cattle's bums prevented attacks from predators. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Oreo

Oreo is the word everyone uses for sandwich cookie. But they stole their idea from Hydrox. Yep, Hydrox - viewed these days as a cheap Oreo knockoff -

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Nascar

The first African American to win a Nascar race was snubbed in 1963. VERCU U - CRACKED.COM Though being two laps ahead of the other cars, Wendell Scott was ignored because the winner was to kiss a white beauty queen. Не was awarded the tro- phy in 2010, 20 years after his death. — The Guardian

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Dinosaurs

THE QUETZALCOATLUS WAS AS TALL AS A GIRAFFE Quetzalcoatlus northropi Quetzalcoatlus sp. The Quetzalcoatlus is the largest known flying animal. It was a pterosaur with a wingspan of around 33 feet. CRACKED.COM — Wired

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Brothel Tester

Kaufmich, a German social media network for escorts, hired a BROTHEL TESTER They assess the cleanliness and quality of service at various brothels - which includes sleeping with the women and rating their performances. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cotton Candy

William Morrison со- created a machine to make 'Fairy Floss' OR AS we know IT TODAY, COTTON CANDY. ALSO, MORRISON WAS A DenTIST, BECAUSE, IRONY. GRACKED.COM — Source: 30 Facts About Candy

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Clueless

PAUL RUDD PREMATURELY SHAVED HIS HEAD. CLUELESS After auditioning for the movie, Rudd was so convinced that he wouldn't get the part that he moved on with his life and buzed his hair. It turned out that he nailed the audition, but almost ended up losing the part because they — Entertainment Weekly

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Lucky Number 3

The baseball Hall of Famer Larry Walker was fixated on the number 3. CRACKED.COM Не wore number 33, was married on November 3 at 3:33 and his phone number had as many threes as the phone company would al- low. In 1993, he signed a $3 million contract. — Source

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Homages

DOCTOR SLEEP Director Mike Flanagan paid homage to Stephen King's other big film adaptation, The Green Mile, by modeling the long corridors in the hospice to the death-row section. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Talking Fast

Ifyoucallinthenextftiveminutes yougetaspecialbonus... Talking fast gives an appearance of competence. The stereotype of the fast-talkings salesman e

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Wristwatches

You can thank WWI for introducing the fashion of wearing a watch on your wrist. X XI 2 IV D XII de B VIII FOSSIL Ф 6 ٠٥٠ VII - Vt F V III 1 Before that, men usually wore watches in their pockets - but soldiers had to wear them on their wrists, so they could coordinate instantly. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Game of Thrones

The inside of Oberyn Martell's prop head in Game of Thrones was really gross. They made little strips of silicone to look like brain matter, then drenched them with fake blood made of water, food coloring, syrup and sugar. CRACKED.COM — Source: Vanity Fair

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Easter Eggs

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM THE MEDICAL DIRECTORY BOARD IN THE GOOD PLACE S3 IS FULL OF JOKES. GROUND FLOOR THIRD FLOOR Administration Offices BH 101-106 Undergrad Facably Offic DEL M General Labs BH 107-130 Dr. ferfer Merk P.D. You B4 325 Dr. Ginger Catapub - IN BH III -120 Classrooms Dr. Sinone Games PLAU BH 121 -130 Lecture Halls Noursecience List M.R.L Rooms FOURTH FLOOR SECOND FLOOR Domanographic Lab BH 202 General Lits E BH 202 DI LES Biology Lab Lecture Halt BC BH 205-226 Dr. Gigger Lettia Schmuf PAZ Biochemistry Lab BH 227 DI Fran von Plannzam Pt. L. Lecture Halls BH — Source

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Libraries

A Moroccan library has been operating since 859 A.D. The Al-Qarawiyyin Li- brary in Fez, Morocco is the world's oldest library, and in 2016 it finally opened its doors to any- one wishing to explore its ancient texts. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Adam West

ACTOR: Adam West in Batman THE IDEA: I should be in the movies, as Batman's dad! West has suggested that he should be in the movies since 1989, when h — Source: 6 Hilariously Bad Ideas Actors Had For Iconic Roles

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The Wolf of Wall Street

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS MARGOT ROBBIE GOT THE ROLE BY SLAPPING DICAPRIO. THE WOLF OF WALL STREET Robbie says that with 30 seconds left on her audition, she realized she had to do something that would impress the casting directors and secure her the role. Instead of kissing DiCaprio as she was supposed to, Robbie slapped the sh*t out of him. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The Wolf of Wall Street

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Ray Charles

What'd I Say was improvised. LIVE. Ray Charles said he and his band had run out of material with another 20 minutes still left to play. Не told his group, Whatever I do, just follow me. Не told his singers, Whatever I say, just repeat it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Drew Carey

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM DREW CAREY NOW: 'The Price is Right' and 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' host, formerly the star of 'The Drew Carey Show' and a stand up comedian. THEN: Marine. It may be hard to imagine the bespeckled, zaftig game show host as a square cut member of the US Marine Corps, but that's where he received his trademark glasses and flat-top haircut. — Source: Military.com

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day

The visual effects for the 1988 film Willow were later used in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. CRACKED.COM Industrial Light & Magic creat- ed visuals for Willow which led to a breakthrough in digi- tal morphing technology. The techniques developed for se- quences where characters morph into different animals were later used in T2. — Source

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Johnny Rotten

UN-PUNK PUNK MOMENTS JOHN JOHNNY ROTTEN LYDON APPEARS IN A BUTTER COMMERCIAL After refusing to accept a Rock & Roll HoF induction in 2006 (defiantly saying, We're not your monkeys), Lydon was reportedly paid $8 million to appear in a Country Life butter ad in 2008. CRACKED — Bart Sherkow/Shutterstock,
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Avengers: Endgame

The Avengers: Endgame plot grew out of a throwaway comment. The Russo brothers couldn't figure out what to do with Thanos, as he was super powerful and could beat the Avengers easily. One day, producer Trinh Tran said Kind of really wish we could just kill him, which gave the Russos a totally new idea. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Plane Crashes

CRACKED.COM THE ENGINES STOP. THE GROUND GETS CLOSER. WE'RE GOING DOWN! GOODBYE WORLD! CHANCES ARE GOOD Believe it or YOU'LL SURVIVE. not, 90% of people involved in plane crashes make it out alive. — Source: Real Facts That Make Common Fears Less Scary

15

Cardi B

Cardi B threw a birthday bash for Offset that included his name in lights. There was also a photo of Offset with jewelry and cash all around him. Oh, and this was during the pandemic-- amazingly, it was their fourth maskless party. CRACKED.COM — Source: Vanity Fair

14

George Lucas

For 25 years, George Lucas tried to build a production studio on his Marin County property. His neighbors continually blocked the project, whining that it would ruin their everything. So Lucas sold the property for use as a low-iNCOME HOUSING pRojEct. CRACKED.COM http://www.

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John Murray

A 19th-century preacher built a mecha-Jesus. John Murray Spear was ahead of his time in his ideas about slavery and gender equality - and also about technology, as he tried to build a mechanical Messiah (as commanded to him by the spirits of the Founding Fathers). But Spear's New Motor failed to even start, let alone save humanity. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The USSR

In the 1970's, the USSR built a system to work as a fail-safe in the event of a nuclear strike. GRACKED.COM It would then automatically launch multiple ICBM missiles to predetermined targets without the need for input from a human. It is still running. — Source

11

Death Row

A death row prisoner tried to get too fat for the electric chair. In 1952, Donald Snyder was sentenced to death for killing a 9-year- old girl. Resolved to grow too big to be executed, he put on 150 pounds in less than one year. It didn't work- when the time came, he fit the chair just fine. CRACKED.COM — Source

10

Urine

19 THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH PEE GRACKED. COM PROTECT SOLDIERS During WWI, Allied troops were supplied with face- masks of cotton pads that had been soaked in urine. Piss Protection Your deadly gasses are no match for my pee pad! It was hoped that ammonia in the pad would neutralize deadly chlorine gas attacks. — Source

9

The Children’s Television Act

The Children's Television Act required kids'TV to serve the educational and informational needs of children. CRACKED.COM This is why many 90s cartoons had a shoehorned educational message for kids added to the story. — Source

8

George Clooney

Sport Celebrities A talented high school baseball player, George Clooney tried out for the Cincinnati Reds. Не didn't make it past the first round, but he's doing alright. CRACKED.COM — MLB.com

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Chitons

CRACKED.COM chitons have teeth made of metal. Chitons, that are found in the Gulf of Mexico, are the Wolverine of mollusks. Their teeth are made of a metal called magnetite. No other living organism can make any material that tough. — Source

6

Men in Black

The original ending for Men in Black was a philosophical debate between Will Smith and the Edgar bug. Director Barry Sonnenfeld was (understandably) nervous about that not being exciting enough, so a new, action-packed ending was written at the last minute. CRACKED.COM — Source

5

Full House

An episode of Full House featured Aunt Becky in admissions scandal Uncle Jesse lies on his kids' preschool application, but in the TV show, Aunt Becky 'fesses up. CRACKED.COM — Source

4

Scooby-Doo

CRACKED FRED TAKES LIBERTIES WITH DAPHNE'S BODY. SCOOBY-DOO DISP C In the 2002 live action movie, they swap bodies, and Fred gets overly excited when he realizes he can look at Daphne's naked body anytime he wants. Не then feels up his new body parts, and Daphne (in Fred's body) yells, Get your hands off me! — Youtube / Buzzfeed

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Ketchup

Ketchup was a fermented fish- based medicine. GRACKED.COM The original ke-tsiap was a Chinese delicacy, made of fermented fish, and thought to have medicinal properties. The British tried to replicate it, then American Henry J. Heinz tried to replicate the replication, giving us the twice-bastardized tomato paste we guzzle today. — 15 Food Origins That'll Make You Say "Huh. Wish I Hadn't Read That."

2

The Golden Girls

A 25-year old Quentin Tarantino appeared as an Elvis Presley impersonator in one episode of THE GOLDEN GIRLS GRAGKED.COM — Source

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Lost

JACK SHEPHARD was going to die in Lost's pilot episode. J.J. Abrams originally planned on killing Jack in order to shock the audience, and Michael fre

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