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February 16, 2025

It’s no secret that you read a ton of facts here. We’re incredibly grateful, but the facts are starting to see it as a pretty one-sided relationship. As their representatives, they’ve asked us to ask you to please start giving them a little information from time to time. Maybe tell them a random tidbit about beavers or Japan or whatever else is on your mind.

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Ethiopia

Ethiopia banned the export of teff in 2006, fearing food shortages. CRACKED.COM The staple crop of Ethiopia is a superfood, like quinoa. The export was banned when quinoa prices skyrock- eted in Bolivia, thanks to trends in western countries that increased demand. — CNN

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Sahara

Sahara CLIVE CUSSLER SAHARA CRACKED.COM Author Clive Cussler was given near complete creative control. But when he didn't get his way one time, he publicly trashed the movie so badly that the film tanked and the producers sued him. — Source: 20 Movie Adaptations That Disgusted The Original Author

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The Hobbit

CRACKED.COM Inspiration struck Tolkien while grading papers THE HOBBIT As a professor, Tolkien had the very boring task of grading exam papers. One time, he saw that one student left a page blank. Tolkien wrote, In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit on that page, which would later become the opening line to The Hobbit. — Source: Tolkien Society

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Haiti

GRACKED IN HAITI, WHISTLING IS A SIGN OF DISRESPECT. In Haiti, whistling is considered rude for kids and younger people, as it is seen as a sign of arrogance and cockiness. — Source

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Movie Myths

YOU CAN'T BRUSH OFF A SHOULDER WOUND The shoulder contains a major artery and a large nerve bundle. There's lots of factors, but it's not likely you're just shrugging that one off. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Myths Perpetuated By Movies

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Toxic Sets

A myriad of diseases on the set of SORCERER William Friedkin's 1977 thriller was shot in Ecuador and the Dominican Republic for 10 hellish months. Не lost 50 pounds and contracted malaria, and at least 50 cast and crew were evacuated from the set with malaria, food poisoning, gangrene, or other injuries. CRACKED — Source

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Derek Fisher

Longest Time Not Really... Doing Anything NBA CRACKED.COM LA Lakers point guard Derek Fisher once spent 34 minutes without a single point, assist, or even a rebound.

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Rich Requests

Rich people requests HARR and the Philosopher's hamber POTTER of Secren th POTTER PRE-ORDERS BPI BICION IF п-воном A wealthy guest once asked Four Seasons head concierge Javier Loureiro to get the newest Harry Potter book for her two children. The book wasn't even published yet, but he somehow managed to get a copy for each kid. CRACKED — Source

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Nepal

NEPAL CRACKED COM With a combination of tough anti-poaching laws, and close engagement with communities living near tiger habitats, Nepal is the only one of 13 tiger range countries on track to meet a 2022 pledge to double its wild tiger population since 2010. — Source: mongabay

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Anthony Mackie

ANTHONY MACKIE ADORES BOBA FETT. Mackie says that he idolized Fett as a kid and that playing the character is his dream job. Не owns several Boba Fett helmets, including one that is signed by Jeremy Bulloch (the actor who portrayed him in the original Star Wars trilogy). Even his bike helmet is painted to look like Fett's helmet. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Hollywood Stars Who Happen To Be Huge Nerds

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Cemeteries

The U.S. owns a one-acre cemetery in Mexico City. Congress established the cemetery in 1850, to bury those killed in the Mexican-American war - - it was the first time a U.S. cemetery was established on non-U.S. soil. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Rabbit’s Feet

A rabbit's foot is an old-timey good luck charm. They were originally seen as witch feet. Superstitious weirdos thought that rabbits were witches in disguise. So to them, catching a rabbit and lopping off its foot was catching a witch and crippling it. The earliest references to the rabbit's foot legend detail ways to maximize the evil power of the foot before you chop it off and wear it. CRACKED.COM Bill Ellis, 2004 Lucifer Ascending: The Occult in Folklore and Popular Culture — Source

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Toy Recalls

CRACKED.COM THIS TRICYCLE WAS THE MOST OBVIOUS RECALL EVER. The Disney Princess Plastic Racing Trike brings a fantasy kingdom close to your children. So close, in fact, they risk getting it impaled in their little skulls. One sudden stop is all it takes. To no one's surprise, this murdercycle was recalled in 2011. — Source

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Pastamania

CRACKED No amount of muscle- shaped noodles could save Hulk Hogan's Pastamania. In 1995, Hogan opened one of what he advertised as a chain of food court pasta restaurants in Minnesota's Mall of America. Despite amazing menu options like Hulk-A-Roos, its flagship location didn't ANGEL even last a year. MANIA — Source

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Camille Claudel

Camille Claudel was overshadowed by Rodin and isolated by her family. Claudel apprenticed with renowned sculptor Auguste Rodin, and they had a long an

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Nagoya Air

Japan's Nagoya Air Catering Co. is selling in-flight meals as regular packaged meals. Since the airline business basically dropped off a cliff, the company had to find a new market, and it's now selling the meals online, in supermarkets, and in department stores. — Source: Japan Times

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The Hunger Games

AT THE END OF THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY- PART 2, KATNISS AND PEETA ENJOY THEIR LIFE TOGETHER WITH THEIR TWO KIDS. Living up to the COol aunt ster — Yahoo!

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Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks comforted a bullied boy named Corona. CORONA CORONA STANDAWD The actual typewriter Corona got B Eight-year-old Corona DeVries wrote to Tom H — Source: The Guardian

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Mice

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SNL

CRACKED COM Pee-wee's Playhouse was a way to make SNL sorry. WWEE oy When Paul Reubens got rejected by Saturday Night Live, he spent the whole ride ba

20

Rick Ross

Rick Ross raps about non-stop hustling. He even took his name from a drug kingpin. He was actually a prison guard before rapping. After the story brok — Source: MTV

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Disney

Thanks to Disney, wireless power transfer is closer than ever. uo0 Researchers at Disney found a way to wirelessly charge up to 320 devices in a room.

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Bob’s Burgers

H. John Benjamin doesn't read.. CRACKEDCO He can read, he's just too lazy (by his own admission): I am sO poor at planning that don't even read the scripts. He says he thrives in animation because he's supremely lazy and makes many mistakes.

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Fallout Shelters

Switzerland has enough nuclear fallout shelters to accommodate its entire population. It's a law that every in- habitant the ... have a protect- ed place that can be reached quickly from his place of residence. Most buildings constructed since the 1960s incorpo- rate a fallout shelter. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Swiss Info

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Giant Kelp

GIANT KELP ISN'T A PLANT. It's actually a really big brown algae that belong to the Protista kingdom. It's the biggest protist in the world, and can grow to be over 100 feet tall. CRACKED — Ethan Daniels/Shutterstock
Oceana

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Lovebug

THE JONAS BROTHERS' LOVEBUG WAS MILEY CYRUS. Cyrus and Nick Jonas met while taping an episode of Hannah Montana, and dated in their early teens. In spite of a breakup, the two are on good terms. CRACKED.COM — Source: Capital UK

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Orcas

CRACKED WHALES: OCEANIC TRENDSETTERS. In 1987, a female killer whale in the Puget Sound was seen with a dead salmon on her nose. This unusual behavior quickly spread to the other whales in the area, and within six weeks all three pods were doing it. — Source

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Whales

Caribbean sperm whales have their own dialect and are sort of discriminatory. CRACKED.COM The whales have a distinct culture and are known to in- teract only with other whales with their own unique dialects and 'ac- cents' which are variations of clicks unique to that area. — National Geographic

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Gymnasium

The words gymnasium and gymnastics come from the Greek for nude. CRACKED.COM The Ancient Greeks commonly exercised naked, and athletes in the ancient Olympic Games would partici- pate in the nude. — National Geographic

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Waste Shipments

WEIRD WORLD One recycling company sent things like dog poop and used diapers to China. Slip ULTRA AP Slip ULTRA Mtt After it was discovered that they'd illegally shipped 1,300 tons of household waste, they got a hefty fine. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Alien

CRACKED.COM John Hurt was a late addition to the crew of the Nostromo. British thespian Jon Finch played Kane for a short time while shooting Alien. Then he got suddenly ill (due to his diabetes, not to any chestburster), and Hurt was brought onboard to birth the creature. — Source: 12 Last Second Casting Changes (For The Better)

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Will Ferrell

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM WILL FERRELL HAD A RANDOM CAMEO ON THE CBS DRAMA THE GUARDIAN. My manager Jim, who was also a producer on it at the time, and we basically forced CBS to write a guest role for me which looks like I'm going to be a series regular, he said. — Source

8

The Ark

The Ark of the Covenant is said to reside in a chapel in Ethiopia. CRACKED COM The chapel of the Ark of the Covenant has been ru- mored for centuries to be the final resting place of the Ark, and no one, not even the Ethiopian presi- dent, is allowed to see it. — Source

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Chris Pratt

Chris Pratt used to be a stripper. Besides bachelorette parties, he even performed at his friend's grandma's birthday party Che only stripped to his boxers). CRACKED.COM — Source: Prince Could Ball! 7 Unexpected Pre-Fame Lives (RIP Prince)

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Chamber of Skulls

CRACKED INRI AN UNDERGROUND CHAMBER FULL OF HUMAN SKULLS Thousands of human skulls were discovered under an old church in Leuk, Switzerland. It's believed they were hidden during the Reformation to protect them from those who wanted to destroy anything that people venerated or worshiped. — Swiss Info / Atlas Obscura

5

Heather Graham

Disastrous Comedy 2006 Emily's Reasons Why Not The ABC sitcom starring Heather Graham was canceled after one episode. Programming chief Steve McPherson said, It's not going to get better. Apparently ABC committed to the show without even seeing its pilot. CRACKED — Sony Pictures Television
Vulture

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Truck Drivers

Truck driving is the profession that produces the most obese people in the United States. 34-year-old trucker Adam Senn, who stands 6'5 and weighs 450 lbs, says I don't think trucking attracts bigger people, more that the life- style leads to weight gain. Truck stops aren't exactly health food havens. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan was born after 12 months in the womb, at 12 pounds, and his bones are unusually thick. TO CRACKED.COM A British individual offered Jackie's parents to pay for the needed c-section, on the condition that he would also then get the baby. The family declined and accepted donations from family and friends. — KBS WORLD TV

2

Condoms Away!

The Caccolube destroyed tanks and was made of condoms. During World War II, the OSS created an anti-vehicle weapon out of condoms filled with abrasive powder. Hot engine oil would melt the condom, and then the compound would flood the engine, fusing the machinery. So someone would drop these into a crankcase, and 30 CONDOM ABRASIVE miles later, dead tank. POWDER CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Ridiculous Gadgets Used By IRL James Bonds

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Twins

There's a little-known third type of twin. STRP NEW Chris Mirror-image twins are just what they sound like, and they're biologically distinct from identical twins. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Now You Know: 18 Facts About Twins That'll Make You Double-Take

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