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40 Random Bits of Trivia We Fished Out of A Scenic, Fact-Filled Lagoon

February 14, 2025

The facts were biting today! It feels good to pull up to the dock with a much heavier boat than we left with. Watching the kids excitedly run down from the cottage to see what we caught is a sight we’ll never forget. It’s about to be one bountiful fact feast, so fire up the grill, and we’ll line these up on the lawn right now.

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Titanic

For many years after it came out, everyone in Afghanistan was obsessed with Titanic. Weddings and engagement parties often had giant, Titanic-themed c

39

Krispy Kreme

Krispy Kreme (accidentally) supports the Klan WOOKING TUESDAY 18th February, 12:00pm-5:00pm KKK WEDNESDAY CRACKED.COM In 2015, a Krispy Kreme location in the UK planned a week of fun family events, including a Wednesday dedicated to the unfortunately named Krispy Kreme Klub.

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Submarines

Submarine Escape Immersion Equipment acts as a one-man life raft. If a submarine is downed and there is no submarine rescue vehi- cle nearby, the crew put on special pressur- ized suits which float them to the top. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Survitec / Unsplash

37

Deal or No Deal?

Howie Mandel went from stand-up goofball to game show host. And he was a gremlin along the way. Specifically, Howie was the voice of Gizmo, the adorab

36

4,000-Year-Old Knife

In a historic move, Canadian authorities returned an Indigenous artifact. illustration The artifact is a 4,000-year-old knife found during a renovation, and its return acknowledges that Indigenous Peoples inhabited the land in question. CRACKED.COM — Source

35

Saving Private Ryan

CRACKED.COM SAVING PRIVATE RYAN Matt Damon is in the movie thanks to Robin Williams. Williams brought his Good Will Hunting costar along to visith Steven Spielberg, as he was shooting Amistad nearby. Two weeks later, Spielberg called Damon and offered him the role of Private Ryan. — Source

34

Genes

CRACKED FINDING OUT PEOPLE FROM THE AMAZON AND FROM AUSTRALIA ARE RELATED A 2015 genetic study showed that the Suruí and Karitiana people of the Amazon have a connection to indigenous Australians and New Guineans. So two different groups of people must have moved from Australia and New Guinea to the Americas. — Smithsonian Mag

33

Seinfeld

Elaine's dad was supposed to be a reoccurring character, but the actor scared the cast. Julia Louis-Dreyfus called Lawrence Tierney a total nutjob. — Source: DVD Extras

32

Linus Pauling

Famous chemist, two-time Nobel laureate Linus Pauling, had an optimistic idea that vitamin с cures terminal cancer. Pauling promoted vitamin с as a cure for cancer until his death. Не died from prostate cancer. GRACKED.COM — Source: 17 Geniuses Who Are Surprisingly Stupid (In One, Glaring Way)

31

Sidney Monster

Cookie Monster In a song in 2007 (and again in 2017), Cookie Monster revealed his real name was Sidney Monster. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Celebrities Who Changed Their Name (And Why)

30

Hitler

Adolf Hitler's medical documents showed that he had a big farting problem. CRACKED.COM Hitler had to consume 28 different drugs to keep the toots under control, but some of the anti-gas pills contained a base of strych- nine, a poison that caused further stomach and liver issues. — Source

29

Jacuzzis

CRACKED.COM THE JACUZZI WAS INVENTED AS THERAPY FOR A BABY. In the 1940s, Italian immigrant Candido Jacuzzi designed a pump that could turn any bathtub into a healing spa. His purpose was to help treat his 15-month-old son Kenny, who had been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and could only get relief with the help of hydrotherapy. — Everyday Objects That Started Out As Something Else Entirely

28

Obesity

Protective More Services than Workers 40% of have a weight problem. According to research, these are the jobs with the HIGHEST OBESITY RATES. JAILER CRACKED.COM — Source: 38 Eyebrow-Arching Facts (About Ordinary Jobs)

27

NHL

GRACKED ТОМ HODGES PULLED A MASK OUT OF HIS BRIEFCASE. NHL Tom Hodges is a life insurance salesman who played 1 minute of minor hockey 5 years prior to goaltending almost an entire period in the NHL. Both Anaheim Ducks goalies were injured, and The Dallas Stars actually needed this win. Не only allowed 1 goal. — Sporting News / Sports Net

26

Good Guy Millionaire

A carpenter from lowa worked for 67 years and saved $3 million. All of it was used to send 33 strangers to college. ED Dale Schroeder grew up poor and never got the chance to go to college. Не didn't have a wife or kids, so before he died in 2005, he went to his lawyer and told him how he wanted his savings to be used. The kids he helped, called Dale's kids, are now professionals. CRACKED.COM — Source: Feel-Good Stories To Buoy All Our Souls

25

The Candy Man

Sammy Davis Jr thought his iconic song The Candy Man would bomb. His exact words: This record is going straight into the toilet. Not just around the rim, but into the bowl, and it may just pull my whole career down with it. It hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. CRACKED.COM — Source 13 Interesting Facts To Up-Level Our Knowledge Of The World

24

Frank Zappa

The song Valley Girl perfectly captured' '80s slang. That slang was rnade up on the spot as an insult. The spoken parts of the song were improvised

23

Diluting Spices

Merchants in the Middle Ages were put to death for diluting spices. Authorities threw 14th century merchants, suspected of bulking up their saffron with fillers, in a special hole beneath the jail called the Loch. If they did not confess soon, torture or death awaited them. CRACKED.COM — Source: Diluting Spices Was Once A Crime Punishable By Death

22

Gas Lamps

CRACKED.COM Gas lamps might have contributed to Victorian ghosts. DE adidas With gas lighting being a new thing and regulations being not a thing at all, Victorian people weren't unlikely to inhale gas (not to mention the fires and explosions). Hallucinations caused by carbon monoxide poisoning might help explain the uptick in ghostly activity in the mid-1800s. — Source

21

Romania

Ever seen a magical mermaid shower? You can, in Romania. Izvorul Bigar isn't a particularly tall waterfall (it's a mere 26 feet high), doesn't have ca

20

Victoria Woodhull

Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for U.S. President in 1872. She was arrested a few days before the election. It was 48 years before women's suffrage. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

19

Fake Chinese Currency

China once accidentally faked out all its ATMs. PO44 100 1o Winll AA00000001 AA0000000 '', JJ Their high-roller gold 100-yuan bill contained actual

18

LeVar Burton

LeVar Burtons's proper frst name is Levardis, but he changed it to LeVar because he wanted to be an actor, and thought LeVar... rhymes with 'star

17

Eyes

Only one person has been known to be able to control the size of their pupil. CRACKED.COM Не could constrict and dilate his own pupils, without the need for outside stimuli like light levels, even im- proving his visual acui- ty. — Source

16

David Bowie

ASHES TO ASHES by David Bowie is the music video's first art piece. Bowie co-directed his 1980 video, which cost £250,000 to make (a massive price tag at the time). It was a prime example of how music videos can be interpreted as art, and allowed artists to do more than just film themselves playing their instruments. CRACKED — Source

15

3M

3M sold the world's most boring mineral in bulk ELLULOSE TAPE Seals Instantly Without Water ellophane Ros 'xsoa toches one TRANSESINhe FOLLOWING 3 Inch Core MINNESOTA MINING & MIG Co SAINT CRACKED COM PAUE MINNESOTA The Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company started out selling corundum more like BOREundum -- to manufacturers, which

14

Jamaica

CRACKED.COM Everybody knows that Jamaica is a stoner country, right? Nope! Jamaica strictly banned all forms of marijuana use until 2015. Even now, they allow only 2 ounces per person. In comparison, Colorado legalized marijuana sooner than Jamaica! — Source

13

Game of Thrones

Jack Gleeson says Joffrey's funeral was one of his NYL favorite days on the GOT set. I was on a cliff with stones in my eyes and I just got to sleep all day. So that was fun. CRACKED.COM — Source

12

Antarctica

THE LARGEST DESERT ON EARTH ISN'T WHAT YOU THINK. ANTARCTICA CONTAINS 90% OF EARTH'S FRESH WATER, BUT KEEPS IT INACCESSIBLY FROZEN. WITH LESS THAN 2 I

11

World War II POWs

Axis POWs during WWII were placed in a mansion bugged with listening devices. CRACKED.COM The British let Axis prison- ers live in luxury in Trent Park, while listening to their conversations. The program produced a lot of intel for the Allies, such as the location of a V2 rocket facility. — Source

10

Truth Serums

THERE'S NO TRUTH IN TRUTH SERUMS Any individual that can hold out in normal interrogation can hold out in a drugged- state, according to the CIA. If you trust them to tell us. CRACKED.COM — Source

9

J.R.R. Tolkien

CRACKED.COM Tolkien was born in Africa NAMIBIA Auob Mafikeng Pretoria Netspruit Maputo GAUTENG MPUMALANGA Mbabane Johannesburg SWAZILAN® Molog put Klerksdorp Kimberley FREE Epola KWAZULU-NATAL STATE Bloemfontein - Maseru NORTHERN LESOTHO Pietermaritzburg CAPE Calegon SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN Olifants Legend SOUTH Great ke National Ca EASTERN AFRICA CAPE Regional Ca Gamka Disputed are INDIAN Bisho Major roads OCEAN River WESTERN Cape CAPE Water bodies Town Region bour International Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, where his dad worked at a bank. Не lived there until he was three. His father is buried in South Africa, dying of rheumatic fever a year after — Source: The Guardian

8

Rick Rockwell

Rick Rockwell WHO WANTS TO MARRY A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE? CRACKED.COM A more accurate title would have been Who Wants To Marry An Out-Of-Work Comedian With A Toilet In His Backyard? Winner Darva Conger found out she'd just married a dud while they were on their honeymoon. She went on record saying they never consumated. — Source

7

Lake Mead

CRACKED Since 1937, Lake Mead has been slowly drying up, revealing human skeletal remains in and around the area. Recently, the water level dropped to its lowest point since the reservoir was created in 1936, exposing even more remains. — Marca

6

Senator Patrick Leahy

CRACKED PATRICK LEAHY STOOD UP TO THE JOKER. THE DARK KNIGHT The man who tells the Joker, We're not intimidated by thugs is Patrick Leahy, the senior Senator from Vermont. As a hardcore Batman fan, he's had cameos in 5 Batman films, and even provided the voice for a character in Batman: The Animated Series. — Youtube / NBC

5

Curb Your Enthusiasm

CRACKED THE SCRIPTS FOR CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM ARE JUST SEVEN PAGES LONG. Each page represents a scene, with an outline but not much dialogue - most of the show is improvised. — Source

4

Medieval Times

People walked differently in medieval times. CRACKED.COM They stepped with the ball of the foot first to check the ground for debris, perhaps because well-soled shoes were hard to come by. — Source: BoingBoing

3

Mountain Dew

REFRESHING SERVING OF SODA TRIVIA... CRACKED.COM MOUNTAIN DEW WAS A NICKNAME FOR MOONSHINE. The soda was originally created as a drink mixer. — Source

2

Laughter

Want to strengthen your willpower? laugh more. Laughter has about a gazillion benefits, and one of them is boosting our willpower to follow through on tasks. Studies show that humor replenishes us greatly, and laughing makes it easier to persist and finish a task. So if you're struggling to get — Springer

1

Everyday Heroes

CRACKED EX-MARINE FINDS MISSING 2-YEAR-OLD ALIVE AND BAREFOOT IN THE WOODS. An ex-Marine and former supervisor for Hernando County parks found a 2-year-old boy alive and barefoot in the woods after he had been missing for almost a day near D.S. Parrott Middle School in Brooksville, Florida. — Source

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