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February 05, 2025

As you already know, brains are wildly complex. Especially when they’re filled to the brim with random facts. You never know when a good one will pop up to the forefront of your thoughts. You’ll know why though: Because it’s too good to stay in the back. It’s a front-of-the class fact. Unlike those unruly clowns back there.

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Dog Food

CRACKED PET FOOD REVOLUTION: NO MORE WHITE POOPS. In the 1970s and '80s, white dog poop was a common sight due to an overabundance of calcium in pet food. Today, pet food brands have changed their formulas to include more fiber and less calcium, resulting in healthier, more-naturally looking waste. — Source

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Russell Crowe

When Russell Crowe divorced, he auctioned off props he'd accumulated over the years. This included a breastplate from Gladiator (which went for $117,000) and, less wall-friendly, a leather jockstrap from Cinderella Man ($6,500), purchased by John Oliver. CRACKED — Source / GQ

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The Lottery

A Mega Millions host called out the wrong numbers, and players cashed out. FRI FEB23 5for 49op 47or 46or 18244 IX ERI FEE23 07 17 this 1 27 1 43op 34or 19op 44 21cm 11ce 20or 44or 56op 13op 45 36 50 55om 50on 55om 40or 37OP 2974 53or 40 CASH VALUE 35OP 29ce 883 88888 DISN CASH VALUE KIT ERZ FEB23 07 - 80 NEW Yours NEW 18975 724-010271105-123329 015035 YERR UNIVERSITY MEGA UNITED YORK MEGA YORK MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT MILLIONS MILLIONS NON 1177 MILLION RESULTS HYLOTTERY ORG 16244 724 1-000526044-124229 19244 724-006461020-129229 FFT FEB23 07 FET FEG23 00 — CNN

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Adam Jones

Adam Jones 1 SEASON CRACKED.COM Jones missed a whole season because of one really bad night at a strip club in 2007: he allegedly attacked a dancer and threatened a security guard.

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Vince Vaughn

VINCE VAUGHN LOVES GUNS Unlike most Hollywood actors, Vince Vaughn is a huge proponent of guns. Не said that he supports people having guns in public, that guns should be allowed in schools, and that public shootings only happen in gun-free zones. Banning guns is like banning forks in an attempt to stop making people fat, the comedian said. GRACKED.COM — Source

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Panic Rooms

13 Surprising Facts About Movies And, Like, Life In General - As an anti-piracy measure, ships have panic rooms for the crew. — Source: Marine Insight

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Smoking

Smoking's probably fine. NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE CRACKED.COM W.C. Heuper, director of the institute's Environmental Cancer Section, was pretty darn sure that, if smoking played a part in lung cancer, it seems to be a minor one. — Source

32

The Grinch

Jim Carrey met with an expert who trained CIA operatives to deal with torture on The Grinch. The makeup process was so grueling that after the first 8 hour application process, Carrey nearly quit the mov- ie. The advice he was given was to punch himself in the leg, eat everything in sight, and smoke. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Immigration

For most of American history, the majority of the country's immigrants have been German. Between 1870 and 2000, 7 million of the immigrants to the United States were from Germany. Mexico was in second place with 6 million. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Mars

Martian sunsets are blue, thanks to dust. CRACKED.COM Curiosity team scientist Mark Lemmon explained, The colors come from the fact that the very fine dust is the right size so that blue light penetrates the atmosphere slightly more efficiently. — Source

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Nepal Earthquakes

Rescue workers responding to the 2015 Nepal earthquake weren't sure where to start. ta 7.8 Nepal Butwal Narayangaidih Kathmande Dfulikhe4 Birgunj izab

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Martin Luther King

Dn. Martin Luther King Jr. Was an incredible leader. But he plagiarized his doctoral thesis. Not only was his dissertation plagiarized, but many of hi

27

Aerosmith

DUDE LOOKS LIKE A LADY IS ABOUT VINCE NEIL, FROM MÖTLEY CRÜE. According to Steven Tyler, the boys from Aerosmith spotted Neil from the back, in a bar, and assumed he was a woman. When he turned around, they realized their mistake and started riffing with the phrase, dude looks like a lady. CRACKED.COM http://wwwchuffingtonpost.com/sue-kerr/aerosmith-dude-looks-like-a-lady_b_3848538.html — Source

26

Toy Story 4

COMEDY NERD Forky from Toy Story 4 nearly got the wonderful name Fork Face. Director Josh Cooley showed pictures of the characters to his son, and asked him what he thought Forky's name was-the response was Fork Face. Cooley thought, That's hilarious. We cannot use it. CRACKED.COM — Source

25

Sailing Stones

CRACKED COM SAILING STONES are a mysterious natural phenomenon found only on dry lakebeds in California and Nevada. Rocks appear to move by themselves

24

Daddy Day Care

CRACKED DADDY DAY CARE MADE $164.4 MILLION. A slew of solid Eddie Murphy movies are amongst the top-grossing comedies of all time, and a slew are amongst the worst comedies and biggest flops of all time. Daddy Day Care is right in the middle. An unfortunate money maker with even worse sequels. — IMDB

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Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd's name comes from two American blues musicians. Syd Barrett had records by Pink Anderson & Floyd Council in his collection. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Now You Know: 12 Mega-Facts For Your Edification

22

Ants

A Malaysian soldier ant will flex its abs until it explodes. Specifically, they intentionally burst a poison-filled gland. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED COM

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District 9

The District 9 voices were made from the sound of pumpkins being rubbed together combined with clicking and the actors' voices. CRACKED.COM — Source

20

Candy Canes

Candy Canes WANTED AOY ANALL A HE THENKS WrO LICKME CAN Candy canes existed since at least the 17th century. They are thought to have been brought to — Source: Smithsonian Magazine

19

Disney

Huey, Dewey, and Louie are pretty much abandoned by their mother Della Duck. The reason? Their dad is admitted to the hospital after getting injured i

18

Chromosomes

TEN DAYS APART, EDMUND WILSON AND NETTIE STEVENS SUBMITTED PAPERS THAT FORMED THE MODERN VIEW OF CHROMOSOMAL SEX DETERMINATION. Even though Wilson bea

17

Joker

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Guardians of the Galaxy

Amanda Seyfried thought Guardians of the Galaxy would bomb. A G Seyfried passed on the role of Gamora because she didn't want to be attached to the fi — IndieWire

15

Super Mario Bros.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door M CRACKED.COM The character Vivian was actually a male in the original Japanese version. But, because he smooches Mario, the North American version had to be a lady. — Source

14

Megan Fox

MEGAN FOX is not a Megan Fox clone GRACKED.COM During the height of her Transformers fame, rumors speculated that Fox was being duplicated into several clones that the studios would trade back and forth. For better or worse, Megan Fox technology has not yet reached that level of sophistication. — Source: 14 Outrageous Celebrity Urban Legends That Aren’t Even Remotely True

13

NASA

NASA's 1960s Apollo missions had to use the metric system to save on computing power. Using imperial units would entail extra calculations, which would have been too much for the processors and memory storage of the time. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: UK Metric Association

12

Dinosaurs

Gigantic dinosaurs look super heavy, but they were actually surprisingly light. 3-FINGERED HAND Some of them, anyway, including the largest ones - and it's all because they had really light bones, plus air sacs throughout their body. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

11

The Muppets

THE SONG MAHNA MAHNA The ditty was one of COMES FROM A many cobbled together for the 1968 PORNOGRAPHIC Italian documentary Sweden: Heaven FILM. and Hell. The track, created to accompany images of scantily clad Swedish women, ended up becoming a minor hit in the States. Jim Henson thought it would be great for one of his skits, giving it puppet immortality. GRACKED.COM — Source

10

Mosquitoes

CRACKED USELESS MOSQUITO The exact Latin term for this genus of mosquitoes is anopheles - f from the Greek words an meaning not and ophelos meaning benefit. It seems the guy who named them, back in the 1800s, wanted to call them useless. — NCBI / Britannica

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Film Firsts

Historical Firsts in Practical Effects Bear projection: 1930s A staple in filmmaking Literally filming someone in front of a projector, it was first tried by Norman 0. Dawn in 1913, but standardized with a special screen for 1933's King Kong. Fox won a Technical Achievement Oscar for its use in the 1934 film Liliom. CRACKED — Source

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Allergies

15 Horrifying Ways Sex Can Go Wrong - No, we’re not talking about being allergic to your partner’s semen. We’re talking about being allergic to your o — Source: National Library of Medicine

7

Lil Wayne

LIL WAYNE'S DIAMOND TEETH COST HIM $150,000. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH JIMMY KIMMEL, НЕ SAID НЕ BRUSHES THEM DAILY WITH COLGATE. CRACKED.COM — Source

6

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Danny DeVito nearly drowned on the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia set. They had to weigh him down in an underwater scene, which meant he had a hard time getting back up (and unsurprisingly, he panicked). CRACKED.COM — Source

5

Intimacy

CRACKED.COM Big media companies such as HBO and Netflix now work with intimacy coordinators, whose job is to help choreograph sex scenes, with a focus on the safety of the actors. — Source: 29 Weirdo Jobs Nobody Thought Existed

4

The Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty's torch got closed because of a 1916 terrorist act. NEW YORK The aftermath of the explosion In that year, German spies caused a massive explosion nearby, which damaged the torch so badly it's been closed to the public ever since. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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Goodfellas

A lot of the dialogue was improvised. GoodFellas Behind the Scenes Scorsese gives actors a lot of freedom to ad-lib, so the dialogue sounds as natural as possible. In the scene where Tommy DeVito kills Spider, the only line actually in the script is Spider's f-you to Tommy. CRACKED.COM

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Dumb and Dumber

DUMB AND DUMBER Don't worry, we'll catch our break, too. Producers wanted Harry and Lloyd to get on the bus with the bikini babes at the end, but Ji

1

Insects

The Giraffe Weevil CRACKEDCOR The giraffe weevil can crane its neck. It lives in Madagascar, and that long neck helps the male fight off rivals and build nests. — Source: San Francisco Zoo

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