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40 Random Bits of Trivia We Brought to the Potluck, Much to the Chagrin of the Other Attendees

February 11, 2025

When we got invited to the potluck, we brought what we thought would be a massive hit. Little did we know that our fellow potluckers (that’s not a word) were hoping for actual food. There were plenty of veggies and proteins, but we noticed a lack of carbs. So we plopped down this big bowl of facts where a potato or macaroni salad should have been. Next time they should be a little more clear!

You guys take a big heaping scoop of these while we dip to the store for a plastic container of mayo-soaked noodles.

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Earth’s Orbit

Earth's orbit Earth's orbit is oval-shaped, so during the Northern Hemisphere's winter it's actually closer to the Sun, not farther away - which makes the Sun look 3.4% bigger. It's about 3 million miles closer, to be specific. CRACKED — Source

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Harry Houdini

Before he died, the magician and his wife created a secret way to communicate to test whether seances were real. After his death, his wife held unsuccessful seances for a decade. — Source: 21 Historical Figures Everybody Gets Wrong

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Infinity

X Not all infinities are the same size. Georg Cantor demonstrated that there are more real numbers than natural numbers, even though there's an infini

37

The Czech Republic

Czech Republic CRACKED COM The Czech Republic subsidizes 60-80% of wages, up to 39.000 CZK ~$1800) a month. I wish my government would cut me that kin — Source

36

KFC Fashion

CRACKED KFC'S FASHION LINE. During British Fashion Week, designer Katie Eary and her team of 100 designers completed KFC's challenge to create a number of original garments in 1 hour. It was aimed at promoting their new KFC Ricebox. — Source

35

Fraud

CRACKED MARK PEDLEY CREATED A FAKE COUNTRY. The Dominion of Melchizedek pretty much only existed to perpetuate massive bank fraud. Even the former president of Portugal's brother was taken in by a loan scam based in the country, which was located in several different areas over the years. — Source

34

Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock loved Smokey And The Bandit. It was the last movie he saw before he died. According to his daughter Patricia, the father of modern suspense films would screen movies on the lot in his office every Wednesday. She says Hitch's favorite-and the last one he screened- was the Burt Reynolds screwball caper comedy. CRACKED.COM — 6 Celebrities Who Are Fanboys Of The Last Thing You Expect

33

Sweden

WEIRD WORLD A Swedish politician decided to totally switch fields and become a garbage woman. Renova Cateborgst Ann-Sofie Hermansson, formerly the mayor of Gothenburg, Sweden's largest city, started the job as a way to pay the rent after losing her re-election bid. CRACKED.COM — Source: Squeekly

32

Eye Facts

THE CORNEA BE IS A LONER GRAGKED.COM The cornea is the only part of the body with no blood supply. It gets its oxygen directly from the air. — Source: wtamu

31

30 Rock

Jon Hamm auditioned for the role of Jack Donaghy 3B Не had to settle for playing Liz Lemon's pretty boyfriend. BEHIND-THE-SCENES CRACKED.COM — Source

30

Huge Insects

Huge examples of normally small things Chan's megastick The biggest bug ever seen was a stick insect called Chan's megastick, found in Borneo. It was over 22 inches long and is now on display at the Natural History Museum in London. CRACKED — Source

29

Anna Aayala

The lady who claimed to find a finger in her Wendy's chili was sentenced to 9 years in prison Anna Aayala was released after four years on good behavior. She apologized to the food chain for the attempted scam. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

28

Star Trek

The late Uhura actress, Nichelle Nichols, will have her ashes launched into space. CRACKED.COM Celestis, Inc. said they'll use a United Launch Alli- ance rocket to launch more than 150 capsules contain- ing DNA samples and greetings, as well as cre- mated remains, on an end- less journey into space. — Fox Weather

27

Spider-Man

James Cameron nearly directed a Spider-Man movie before Sam Raimi did. His idea involved Electro (AKA Carlton Strand) being the main villain, and it was surprisingly dark by 1990s superhero movie standards. CRACKED.COM — Source

26

The Inuit

The Inuit resolve disputes through singing contests. Each of the two people involved in the dispute composes a song ridiculing the other and performs it, and an audience picks the winner. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

25

Mulletfest

Australia hosts a festival for the mullet haircut, with contests and prizes. CRACKED.COM Laura Johnson started Mulletfest in 2018 after the aluminum smelting plant in Kurri Kurri shut down to bring in business and make people 27% happy. — Maitland Mercury

24

Get Out

BEHIND-THE-SCENESP FACTS JORDAN PEELE PURPOSELY HIRED LIBERAL ICONS AS THE PARENTS. GET OUT Peele says he specifically wanted Bradley Whitford and Catherine Keener for the film because they were considered the liberal elite god and goddess. CRACKED.COM — Film School Rejects

23

Punk’d

CRACKEDo COM Zach Braff, also known as J.D. from Scrubs, beat up a kid in 2005. Several teens sprayed fake paint on his Porsche as a prank for Punk'd.

22

Harry Truman

Truman lived off his old army pension after his presidency. His only monthly income was the equivalent of $982 today. Because of this, Congress later passed the Former Presi- dents Act to give U.S. President's pensions. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

21

SNL

DAVE ATTELL PUT IN A FEW DAYS OF HARD WORK 1993 CRACKED.COM I WOULD SAY I WAS ON FOR A YEAR AND I WROTE FOR MAYBE TWO WEEKS, ATTELL TOLD HOWARD STERN. I WAS ALWAYS LEAVING EARLY. WHEN YOU'RE A COMIC AND YOU HAVE TO GIVE YOUR GOOD JOKES — Howard Stern via Soundcloud

20

Belgium and the Netherlands

In January 2018, Belgium and the Netherlands swapped land to change their national borders. Grote Polder via Zoeterwoude-Rijndijk ANWO Belgium's foreign minister noted that the agreement shows that borders can also be ex- changed peacefully. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Independent / Wikipedia

19

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Real-life couple Mary Elizabeth Ellis (The Waitress) and Charlie Day met because he won an arm-wrestling match. They were at a bar. Day and his friend both thought she was cute and arm-wrestled to see who see who got to talk to Ellis. Day won. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED COM — Source: Ellis' AMA

18

Sewers

Alligators weren't the first mythical sewer dwellers. Urban legends about sewer gators have their roots in Victorian London. Underground workers known as toshers had tales of wild pigs and supernatural rats. Similar myths go back even to ancient Rome. CRACKED.COM — Source

17

Parks and Recreation

COMEDY NERD The 46th President of the United States was a guest star on Parks and Recreation. It was in 2012, and he played himself (as vice president), meeting Leslie Knope. An article about the cameo described Biden as politics' go-to source of comedy. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Cool Celebrity Sitcom Cameos We Totally Forgot About

16

The Princess Bride

Wallace Shawn needed one longer leg to play an accurate Vizzini. THE PRINCESS BRIDE CRACKED.COM In William Goldman's The Princess Bride, Vizzini (played by Wallace Shawn in the film) is actually a hunchback with legs of a different length. — Lit Charts / Fandom

15

Paresthesia

That annoying feeling you get when your foot falls asleep is called paresthesia. CRACKED COM

14

Willem Dafoe

They got a double for Willem Dafoe's penis in Antichrist, because it was too big. Director Lars von Trier said Dafoe's junk was so big that people got confused when they saw it, so they got another guy to stand in for Dafoe. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Interesting Facts To Impress Others With

13

Double Jeopardy

YOU DON'T GET TO KILL SOMEONE IF YOU WERE WRONGFULLY CONVICTED FOR THEIR DEATH. No, the double jeopardy clause doesn't apply. You (not) killing someone yesterday and you killing them tomorrow are separate events, and you can totally be tried for both. (Also, the state and federal governments can both — Source: Criminal Law Consulting For Writers & Filmmakers

12

T. Rexes

There were likely billions of T-rexes GRACKED.COM For over 2.5 million years, 0,000 adult T-rexes roamed the Earth at a given time, with an estimated 2.5 billion existing over time. — ScienceDaily

11

Paddington 2

Movie Scenes With Hidden Homages To Other Movies - The Paddington 2 scene where Paddington wears a striped prison outfit — Source: Film School Rejects

10

Jamie Lee Curtis

Scream Queens Jamie Lee Curtis was in no movies before Halloween. The classic slasher movie was Curtis' first feature film role - she had only had a handful of TV gigs before that. She would go on to make five horror movies in the next three years, including The Fog, Prom Night, and Halloween II. CRACKED.COM — Source: Wikipedia

9

Third Eye Blind

Semi-Charmed Life THIRD EYE BLIND CRACKED.COM A tune meant to get people dancing hits you over the head with the warning that doing crystal meth will lift you up until you break, it won't stop. — Source

8

Toy Story

R. Lee Ermey voiced all the Green Army Men in Toy Story 1 and 2... ...but you probably know him best from Full Metal Jacket. Typecast, much? NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — 18 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Toy Story Movies

7

Orcas

A pod of orcas hunted cooperatively with early Australian whalers under a law of the tongue. The orcas would corral and locate baleen whales in re- turn for the tongues and lips of captured whales. The arrangement ended when one of the orcas was accidentally killed. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — SMH

6

The Wire

The Wire's Omar was partly based on a hitman that creator David Simon knew. David Simon Donnie Andrews After Baltimore drug world hitman Donnie Andrews was arrested for murder, Simon -- then a Baltimore Sun reporter - - sent him copies of the Sun in prison. Once Simon made the wire, he hired Andrews as a consultant and used him as one of the inspirations for Omar. CRACKED.COM — The Hollywood Reporter

5

Raphael & Durer

Raphael & Dürer The two 16th-century artists never met in person but were pen pals. German artist Dürer sent the Italian artist (yes, of Ninja Turtle fame) a self-portrait, and Raphael sent several of his own. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Famous Friendship Pairs Who Created Art Together

4

The Mona Lisa

Leonardo Da Vinci took 12 years to paint just the lips of the Mona Lisa. CRACKED COM Da Vinci first began the Mona Lisa painting in 1503. Не carried it wherever he went and worked on it constantly, and it took him over 12 years just to paint the smirk of Mona Lisa's mouth. — Source

3

General Motors

General Motors purposely kept the 1979 Chevy Malibu gas tank dangerously close to the rear of the vehicle. CRACKED.COM Instead of paying an extra $8.59 per vehicle to move the gas tank, GM estimated that they would only have to pay $2.40 per vehicle to pay off personal-injury lawsuits. — NY Times

2

Vampire: The Masquerade

Anyone can now make and profit from their own Vampire: The Masquerade game. Anglum AO This is part of Unbound, a publishing program that spawned out of the Vampire Jam, a Vampire: The Masquerade-themed game development event for fans. CRACKED.COM — Anyone Can Now Make Their Own 'Vampire: The Masquerade' Game (And Make Money From It)

1

Bang Bang Chicken

Bang Bang Chicken was named for the method of tenderizing the meat. CRACKED.COM The dish isn't called bang bang to conjure up images of spicy explosions of heat, but because the chicken is traditionally smacked with a stick of a hammer to get it tender. — The Chinese Kitchen

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