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40 Frigid Bits of Trivia That, If Consumed Too Quickly, Will Surely Give You Brain Freeze

February 17, 2025

We hate being those squares that slow down your fact consumption, but we worry about that brain of yours. They’re like tasty, refreshing little popsicles for your brain, so of course you’re going to want to scarf them down. We just know from experience that biting off a little more than you can chew can really hurt!

You know what, though? Go for it. Sometimes you just have to learn these things the hard way.

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Cuddling

CRACKED COM Professional Cuddlers get paid to cuddle strangers and make them feel good in a totally platonic way. The cuddle sessions are considered therapeutic and sometimes involve activities like hand holding, synchronized breathing, and eye-gazing. — Source: 29 Weirdo Jobs Nobody Thought Existed

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Owls

owls had much of the same societal fate as witches. The ancient Greeks linked owls to the goddess Athena and saw them as symbols of wisdom, but during — Source: Rijksmuseum

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Gone With the Wind

Censor Joe Breen almost had the most famous line in GONE WITH THE WIND replaced with such alternatives as: Frankly, my dear, I don't give a whoop! Thankfully director David Selznick successfully contended that the dramatic use of the word 'damn' was at worst a common vulgarism, not a curse or oath that required censoring. CRACKED.COM — Source: 46 Next-Level Movie Facts To Know

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Pop-Tarts

This is not a fungal cancer cell. It's a Pop-Tart. This closeup is the work of photographer Caren Alpert, who wants people to see the messed-up chemic

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Nick Fury

The first on-screen Nick Fury wasn't Samuel L. Jackson, but David Hasselhoff. He played Fury in the 1998 TV movie Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., and he said he'd love to play him again (for what that's worth). CRACKED.COM — Source: SlashFilm

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Orange Juice

why drinking OJ after brushing your teeth is such a bad idea When you brush your teeth with toothpaste that contains sodium lauryl sulfate, it can make orange juice taste bitter and sour because it temporarily stops your tongue from being able to taste sweetness. CRACKED — Platoo Studio/Shutterstock
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St. Jude

St Jude's Hospital, which has treated thousands of children with cancer, is not religiously affiliated. ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL PARKY TOPUAS NATUREL LICE CRACKED COM As a starving actor, Danny Thomas had made a vow: If he found success, he would open a shrine dedicated to St. Jude Thaddeus, the patron saint of hopeless causes. — Source

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Gibraltar Point

CRACKEDe The Gibraltar Point Lighthouse is the site of Toronto's first unsolved murder. Centuries ago, the keeper of the lighthouse vanished with noth

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Submarines

The first submarine dates way back to the 1620s and was made by Cornelius van Drebbel. Called the Drebbel I, it was basically an enclosed GRACKED COM rowboat and was proprelled just like one. — Source: These 47 Facts Will Make You A Walking History Channel

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Charles Barkley

CHARLES BARKLEY IS SELLING OFF AWARDS TO FUND HIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT. He wants to build 10 to 20 affordable houses in his hometown of Leeds, A — Source: CBS Sports

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Japan

40 Frigid Bits of Trivia That, If Consumed Too Quickly, Will Surely Give You Brain Freeze — Source: Louise Stephen

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Giraffes

NATURE'S DATING TIPS CRACKED.COM DRINK THEIR PEE A male giraffe will whack the female until she pees, then taste her urine to see where she is on her cycle. If she's in heat, he'll follow her around for a few days until he can successfully mate with her. — Source

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Asbestos

40 Frigid Bits of Trivia That, If Consumed Too Quickly, Will Surely Give You Brain Freeze — Source: Snopes

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Disney

DISNEY'S SUING RON DESANTIS (BUT HE'S NOT WORRIED). Governor DeSantis said that the lawsuit Disney filed against him was politically motivated, and that it was time for the company to stop getting special treatment in Florida. But he is the guy who specifically targeted Disney as governor. CRACKED — Source

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Kate Moss and Jamie Mince

Kate Moss found her once-husband Jamie Hince through Google. Google Google Sour ch I'm Feeling Lucky She was googling men when she found a picture of Hince and thought he was handsome. She then asked a friend to set them up. CRACKED.COM

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Shrek

GRACKED CHRIS FARLEY IN SHREK At the time of Farley's death in 1997, he had recorded nearly all of his dialogue. Не gave this one last hilarious performance while suffering the deepest depression he'd ever faced - succumbing to an overdose of cocaine and morphine. — Yahoo / Slash Film

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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

The real Jazzy Jeff is an extremely talented man, but his performance as Will Smith's best friend is a masterpiece of affable dumbassery and extremely of-their-time accessories - circular sunglasses have never looked so good. CRACKED — Cinemablend

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The Mary Celeste

In 1872, a ship known as the Mary Celeste was discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic. When another ship happened upon her, all of the provisions and belongings of the crew were perfectly intact, but the crew were all missing. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Smithsonian Magazine

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Marathons

In 1960, Abebe Bikila ran the Men's Marathon barefoot and won. He became the first east African to win an Olympic medal- and broke the world record. CRACKED.COM — source: The Olympics

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Ivan the Terrible

CRACKED THE LIBRARY OF IVAN THE TERRIBLE They say Ivan the Terrible had an incredible library with around 800 books, including some really special Greek and Roman literature. It's been missing since Ivan the Terrible died in 1584. — RBTH / Catalog

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Polar Bears

Polar bears are nearly invisible to infrared cameras. The bear's fur is so good at keeping the bear warm, that almost no heat escapes that can be picked up by infrared sensors. Invisibility cloaks are being researched that copy how the bear's hairs work. GRACKED COM — Source: Science Facts That Sound Like Nonsense

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Coca-Cola

A Soviet general got Coca-Cola into the USSR. Coke's imperialistic reputation bugged General Georgy Zhukov, who had taken a liking to the brown sugary beverage during World War ll. So through his foreign contacts, he got crates of colorless Coke sent to him, which he could happily chug without anyone — More: 6 Eyebrow-Raising Old Sodas That Sound Like Liquid Nightmares

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New York City

Since 1992, women have been legally allowed to walk around New York topless. This was kickstarted by a 1986 protest involving nine women who took off their tops and waited to be arrested. CRACKED.COM — NPR

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Harley Quinn

BIRDS OF PREY, 2020 НА UNN Every charm on Harley Quinn's necklace has a meaning. She has a Bruce tag for her pet hyena, several feminist symbols, and a bottle cap to add to a child-like DIY aesthetic, to name a few. CRACKED.COM — Source

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5G

Conspiracy theorists mistook a guitar pedal for a 5G chip. A TREBLE BA5S DA3 22 220 1223 5G FREQ 10n 2KA4TK In December 2020, an electronic diagram started circulating online in Italy, with conspiracy theorists claiming it was for a 5G chip added to COVID-19 vaccines. It wasn't, though- an — More: 5 Dumb Garbage Conspiracy Theories Spreading Right Now

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Love Puzzles

Homemade Love Puzzles Diarest vot Love devive hickwid here your heartshirs I This flower Araminated Save, Arban Loyal hearts carnation to the confid bu Display# the viows are nove Commons to all The True love will joise Welle 40 bweet both to smell one No with So give beauts praises Fores do think where hearts hassing agree what has been When Sweetness That gold. There malice be all which clisson is can Mar Hripe war All must applaud great M R CRACKED.COM A form of 18th century Valentine, the intricately folded love letter would reveal new sentiments as the reader unfolded — Source: Women's History

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Heath Ledger

HEATH BE LEDGER THE JOKER CRACKED.COM Some influences for Heath Ledger's Joker were A Clockwork Orange, Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious, and ventriloquist dummies. Не also said, I locked myself away in a hotel room in London for a month, and landed more in the realm of a psychopath — Source: joe.co.uk
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Little Caesars

A man got stuck trying to break into a Little Caesars through an exhaust pipe. CRACKED.COM It took firefighters an hour to remove the man from the vent, which ар- peared to extend from a large pizza oven, after which he was taken to a hospital. — WSBTV

12

Invisible Braces

INVISIBLE BRACES Polycrystalline alumina was originally made for heat-seeking missile technology, but NASA helped to apply it to smile technology. — Source: Mental Floss

11

Transformers

Transformers could have been Muffy the volkswagen. When Hasbro approached Marvel about creating a story for their new toyline, one of Marvel's pitches was about Muffy (short for Muffler), a transforming VW who hanged out with three kids and their dog. Luckily, Hasbro went with the (slightly) less silly proposal about alien robots. CRACKED.COM — Source

10

Daniel Day-Lewis

CRACKED DANIEL DAY-LEWIS Daniel Day-Lewis said he literally saw his father's ghost when he was performing in Hamlet at the National Theatre in 1989 - though he later denied it in an interview with Time Magazine, and explained he meant it metaphorically. — The Guardian / ABC

9

Parker Pen

Parker Pen was trying hard to avoid embarrassing their Mexican clients when they ended up embarrassing themselves. e PARKER EST. 1888 HAND They wrongly converted their slogan, It won't leak in your pocket and embarrass you, into Spanish as, It won't leak in your pocket and make you pregnant. CRACKED.COM — Source

8

Holy Hair

CRACKED A TEMPLE IN INDIA COLLECTS OVER A TON OF HAIR A DAY FROM PEOPLE WHO CUT IT OFF AS AN OFFERING. The temple then sells the hair, making it one of the richest temples in the world. — Historic Donations That Sound Insane But Are Actually Pretty Useful / SCMP

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Cowboys

CRACKED.COM MYTH: Cowboys are uniquely American The original cowboys were Mexican cattlemen, known as vaqueros, who predate America cowboys. They taught future American cowboys how to do everything that's now considered classic cowboy, and eventually one in three cowboys were Mexican vaqueros. — Source

6

Minecraft

CRACKED.COM MINECRAFT PLAYERS ARE HELPING PRESERVE A DYING LANGUAGE. Elfdalian is a rare language with about 3,000 speakers in Sweden. To help keep it alive, a group of Swedish and American enthusiasts are recreating the town where it is spoken in Minecraft, complete with quests to immerse players in the language. — Source

5

19th Century Music

George W. Johnson recorded 25,000 master tracks in the late 1800s. CRACKED.COM Since every recording was a master back then, he would record the same song over and over with several recording devices pointed at him, sometimes fifty or more times a day. — Ragtime Ephemeralist

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Mount Everest

MOUNT EVEREST IS LITTERED WITH DEAD BODIES. Once a desolate place, Mount Everest is climbed every year by hundreds of people wishing to look down on t — More: 6 Ways Selfie-Addicted Tourists Are Destroying The World

3

Mr. Rogers

I'm feeding the fish. Mr. Rogers made it a habit to say out loud when he was giving his finned friends food because he received a letter from a youn

2

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

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Sonic the Hedgehog

The protein that gives cats extra toes is named Sonic Hedgehog. CRACKED.COM Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) is a signaling protein normally made by cells on just the pinky side of the develop- ing foot. As the toes form, their number and identity depend on their exposure to SHH protein. — Learn Genetics

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