40 Radioactive Bits of Trivia That You Should Only Read While Wearing One of Those Heavy X-Ray Aprons

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40 Radioactive Bits of Trivia That You Should Only Read While Wearing One of Those Heavy X-Ray Aprons

You’ll probably be fine, but the squares in the corner offices are making us warn you about the dangers of reading radioactive facts. So here it goes: The following facts are so chock-full of nearly impossible to contain materials that they’re radiating information. If you choose to step any further into this list, we’re not responsible for any injuries or unfortunate side effects you may experience. 

There, we said it. Sorry for being so lame.

Listerine

LISTERINE WAS LSTER A SURGICAL ANTISEPTIC. DEEPER CLEAN THAN BRUSHING ALONE LISTERINE FRESHBURST ANTISEPTIC Kills Germs that Cause Bad Breath, Plaque

One Billion Dollars

CRACKED.COM THIS IS WHAT ONE BILLION DILLARY DOLLARS WOULD LOOK LIKE One Billion Dollars Stack height One Million Dollars 19 feet 5 .8 meters ФО STACKED ON A A I TENNIS COURT, COMPARED TO A STACK OF ONE MILLION.

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The Civil War

Before Arlington became a national cemetery, it was the home of Robert E. Lee. When Lee defected to the Confederate Army, he and his wife abandoned Arlington House, the mansion they called home. Meigs Lee Hardcore unionist Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, a former colleague of Lee's, decided that the ultimate vengeance on Lee for leading the Confederate Army was to fill his property with dead bodies. GRACKED COM http:/swww smithsonianmag

Olof Palme

The Swedish Assassin In 1986, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was shot after leaving a movie with his wife. As of press time, the shooter hasn't bee

Meaningless Buzzwords

Meaningless Buzzwords CRACKED.COM The only legal requirement for calling a food fresh is that it's never been frozen; it doesn't mean it won't have the texture of a limp diaper. Like- wise, you are almost never eat- ing Kobe beef, and the term cage free is an impressive exercise in semantics.

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The Abandoned Austrian Man

An Austrian man was taken into custody and forgotten about for nearly three weeks. CRACKED COM Andreas Mihavecz was left in his cell for 18 days by policemen. Не lost 53 pounds and holds the re- cord of surviving the lon- gest without any food or liquids.

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Rock, Papers, Scissors

CRACKED.COM Rock, papers, scissors was a sex game at one point. In the 1600s, an early form of the hand game was (somehow) used as foreplay in Japanese brothels. According to scholarly research, it seems that it especially fulfilled this role in homosexual relations.

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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

A deleted scene from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer explains why Cornelius licks his ax. After Rudolph guides Santa to the Island of Misfit Toys, Cornelius picks up his ax after throwing it in the air, then licks it and says Peppermint! What I've been searching for all my life! I've struck it rich. So he was just licking his ax to see if he'd finally found peppermint. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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Tom Green

Lonely Swedish (The Bum Bum Song) was aired on The Tom Green Show, during which the comedian asked fans to request it on TRL. They did, and it becam

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