40 Random Bits of Trivia We Filtered Out From Liquified Encyclopedias

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40 Random Bits of Trivia We Filtered Out From Liquified Encyclopedias

Not that encyclopedias arent great sources of knowledge, its just that theyre most likely a little old and dusty. Some of the facts remain true, but when we snagged one from that book wall in our parents house, we noticed that more recent knowledge has dated or even fully debunked some older facts. 

Not these, though! These facts are as true today as they were back then. Now you dont have to sift through a mountain half-truths like we did. Youre welcome! 

Wealth

A recent study by Italian economists shows that the wealthiest Florence families from 1427 remain the wealthiest even today, six centuries later. This

Trainwreck

Trainwreck: a term difficult to translate around the world. FROM THE GUY WHO BROUGHT YOU BRIDESMAIDS TRAINWRECK WE ALL KNOW ONE. Titles include: A GIR

Grand Theft Auto

A PLAYER FIXED GRAND THEFT AUTO'S LOADING TIMES. GTA Online used to take forever to load, until a player who goes by tOst found a way to cut down loading times by up to 70%. Rockstar officially included tOst's fix in March 2021, thanked him, and paid him $10,000 for doing their job for them.

Source: Polygon

Cracker Jills

WEIRD WORLD Frito Lay introduced 'Cracker Jills' to honor women in sports. Cracker Jack is committing $200,000 to the Women's Sports Foundation and is also asking fans to donate. Those who donate at least $5 will get a bag of Cracker Jills. CRACKED.COM

Fox 8 

Tomatoes

SCIENTISTS ARE STILLTRYING TO EXPLAIN WHY TOMATOES HAVE MORE GENES COMPARED TO HUMANS Theories include for survivability & merely junk genes' but nobo

Hiccups

HICCUPS LASTED THREE YEARS 2010 Chris Sands starred in a documentary about the hiccups, and they diagnosed him with ... a brain tumor He was lucky; without the hiccups, the tumor might have grown undetected and killed him.

Source: BBC

Seinfeld

remember and WHOLE Cristy B Seinfeld as being the quintessential show about nothing, but it often had long-running - storylines. 11 CONKAMON & SOLAR ABE THIS Season Four, for instance, was about the show's Jerry Seinfeld getting his own sitcom, and Season S Seven was about George Costanza's engagement to Susan Ross. LAB S I C 03250 BCCOM WEED CRACKED.COM

Safety Last

Hollywood tragedies that brought change Noah's Ark Drowning (well, allegedly) On the set of the 1928 movie Noah's Ark, three people reportedly passed away while filming a scene about the Great Flood. This caused safety rules to be put in place in Hollywood - a new idea at the time. CRACKED

Warner Bros. Pictures

Grunge

The Burrito Incident

CRACKED.COM PITCH PERFECT ADAM DEVINE HIT A CAMERAMAN WITH THE BURRITO. He said to aim for him, DeVine said, thinking I wouldn't hit him, and I pegged him right in the face. That's why that scene is slightly out of focus. I think now that I have a reputation for an amazing toss, I should do a baseball movie.

Vulture
Image Credit: Universal Pictures

Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick is insanely huge in Japan, with their songs reaching the number one spoT on Japanese charts multiple times. In fact, it was thanks to Japa

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