40 Hallowed Bits of Trivia That Fact-Seekers Pilgrimage From Far and Wide to Bear Witness To

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40 Hallowed Bits of Trivia That Fact-Seekers Pilgrimage From Far and Wide to Bear Witness To

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Government Spending

In 2010, the GSA spent $800,000 on a conference in Vegas. conositara P | I I P no 850198IN2 D OM НО ВЕ ... OTI CCOS OOT NATION eep ried Twinkie The General Services Administration is the eRm agency that is in charge of eliminating government waste. Expenses included a $75,000 team building exercise, various $5,600 in-room parties, $31,000 networking receptions and assorted mysterious catering bills, such as a $7,000 sushi bill. CRACKED.COM http://www.gsaig ov/?LinkServID=90537F5B-FBF8-E39E-A4F0D09005742C28&showMeta=0

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Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II worked as a mechanic during World War II 608R Then-Princess Elizabeth served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1945. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED COM

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Back to the Future

Marty McFly's Hooverboard went for $500,000 The prop from Back to the Future // was signed by Michael J. Fox and significantly outsold the estimated $80,000 to $100,000. CRACKED.COM

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Shrimp

IS YOUR SHRIMP NICELY COOKED? THE SECRET'S IN THE TAIL! Push the tail back against its curvature and it should immediately return to its natural posit

Supermarkets in France

It's illegal for supermarkets in France to waste food. B x CRACKED.COM France does not allow grocery stores to throw away unused food. Instead, all food that they think they can no longer sell must be given to the poor and donated to charities.

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The Wolf of Wall Street

Leonardo DiCaprio's security detail inspired the sell me this pen! scene in THE WOLF OF WALL STREET. John Bernthal explained: When Leo was walking to the set that day, his security was a New York City detective and he said he had a job interview with the real Jordan Belfort. And Leo said, 'Really? What was the interview?' And he said, 'He handed me a pen and said sell that pen.' So, Leo, he didn't tell anybody. Не just threw that into that scene. And everything was reactive off of that. CRACKED.COM

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Guns N’ Roses

AxI Rose and Slash didn't remain friends post-GNR. They've been sniping at each other for 20 years. Rose calls Slash a cancer that was wisely removed

NASA

AVENGERS MARVEL'S CRACKED.COM When not used to experiment on the Tesseract, NASA'S Space Power Facility, near Sandusky, Ohio, is the world's largest v

Gwen Stefani

Gwen Stefani made an estimated $90 million per year from one clothing brand. The brand is L.A.M.B., and she's also started others, like the Japanese-inspired Harajuku Lovers and the ready-to-wear brand Design With Purpose. CRACKED.COM

Space Size Comparisons

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