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40 Random Bits of Trivia That Hit Your Eye, Like a Big Pizza Pie, That’s Amore

February 21, 2025

We don’t know if you’ve ever experienced love at first sight, but it’s quite the eye-widening, jaw-dropping, heart-fluttering experience. We’ve sadly never experienced it with another person, but we’re certain that fact love at first sight is pretty similar. Either way, these lovable facts had us frozen in our tracks.

Ooh, that rhymed. Maybe we’ll write that in a card to them.

Anyway, where were we? Oh yeah. Get ready, because you’re not going to know what hit you!

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Fantasy Football

FANTASY FOOTBALL CRACKED.COM Drug lords Pablo Escobar and El Mexicano hand-picked a dream team of pro soccer players and flew them to Escobar's private field. Today, fans of every sport play in virtual fantasy leagues, and many believe this was the very first Fantasy game ever played. — Source: 15 Embarrassingly Kooky Details From The World Of Organized Crime

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Brain Surgery

BRAIN SURGERY HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD. Archeologists have found holes intentionally carved by instruments into skulls. Some have ed

38

Money

Lots of modern money is not vegan. 24 countries' currency uses a polymer derived from tallow (beef fat). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

37

Caterpillars

THE LONOMIA CATERPILLAR HAS VENOMOUS SPINES. Contact with the caterpillar can lead to internal bleeding - and so can lack of contact. The lonomia can

36

The 3,000-Year-Old Moa

This damn bird claw CRACKED.COM Cavers were exploring Mt. Owen in New Zealand. They stumbled on the startlingly fleshy remains of a 3,000-year-old Moa, a flightless bird twice the height of a human being. — Source

35

Rocky III

Mr. T was only supposed to have a small role in 'Rocky III.' CRACKED.COM After being featured on NBC's 'America's Toughest Bouncer,' Sylvester Stal- lone intended to use Mr. T in a minor role, but that was quickly expanded to make him the primary an- tagonist. — Source

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Measles

THE MEASLES VIRUS DELETES THE IMMUNE SYSTEM'S WHOLE MEMORY. SYMPTOMS MEASLES VIRUS Haemagglutinin Large Protein Fever Fusion Phosphoprotein RNA Lipid Bilayer Nucleocapsid Matrix Red. Blotchy Rash First Appears on the Forehead Red Inflamed Eyes COMPLICATIONS GRACKED Patients are more susceptible to other infections they previously had immunity against for the next three years, according to a study conducted in 2015 by a team of Princeton researchers. — Princeton / Medic Over Hospitals

33

Racing

Two legendary race car drivers fueled their exploits with drug money. / P 2 2 NUMERO MANDAZINE RESERVE Don *All Whittington Kas EXPORTED philippe 22 41 - salvet lt Turbolader Shell INC NUMERO RESEA The Whittington brothers bought a historical racetrack, and used it to land planes that smuggled drugs in the middle of the night from Latin America. CRACKED.COM — Source

32

Legend of Zelda

A Zelda game is haunted. It was a legend for a long time that there was a ghost in a swamp-like level in Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. It was eventually discovered that this ghost was an enemy accidentally placed where it shouldn't be - not knowing what to do with it, the game made it invisible. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Sperm Motors

40 Random Bits of Trivia That Hit Your Eye, Like a Big Pizza Pie, That’s Amore — Source: Sci Fi-Grade Experiments That (Somehow) Happened

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Roseanne

BEHINO-THE-SCENES SFACTS ROSANNE BARR DISPLAYED A LIST OF HER ENEMIES ON THE DOOR TO HER DRESSING ROOM ON ROSANNE. CRACKED.COM Not trying to hide her aggravation to- wards the crew, Barr prominently dis- played a memo addressing THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE FIRED IF THEY'RE NOT NICE TO ME. This included, EVERYBODY... ALL PRODUCERS, ALL WRITERS, ALL SUBJECT TO CHANGE. — Source: 13 Comedies With Not-So-Funny Behind The Scenes Stories

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Rougned Odor

Rougned Odor Texas Rangers TEXAS CRACKED.COM When your contract is already just shy of $50 million, you have to get creative with added incentives. The Rangers threw in a bonus of two horses to sweeten the deal. — Source: 15 Suspiciously Specific Clauses In Pro Athletes' Contracts

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Sam Kinison

SAM KINISON went from preacher to screamer CRACKED.co FADE IN: A young preacher breaks away from his Pentacostal family to become a shooting star in Hollywood. Josh Gad was once attached to a proposed biopic about the comic who was working on sobriety when he was killed by a drunk driver. — Cinemablend

27

Bridesmaids

BRIDESMAIDS RSE'S ATION Kristin Wiig and Paul Rudd! Lonely Annie goes on a blind date with Rudd's hoarder helper (I don't smell trash and feces. I sm — YouTube

26

Archaeology

A skeleton found in a Cheddar, U.K. cave has a relative living half a mile away. The person teaches history & is nearly 300 generations removed. NOW Y — Source: The Independent

25

Erectile Dysfunction

Erectile dysfunction is just a problem for older men. Well, not actually. A study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine reported that 26% of men being newly treated for ED are under the age of 40. GRACKED.COM — 27 Sex Myths Too Many People Still Believe

24

Aidy Bryant

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM SNL COMEDIAN AIDY BRYANT HAD A CAMEO IN THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2. She's dressed up as the Statue of Liberty, having her photo taken with tourists. — Source

23

Bangladesh

CRACKED THERE ARE 6 SEASONS IN BANGLADESH. They include: Grishmo (summer), Borsha (rainy), Shorot (fall), Hemanta (cool), Sheet (winter), and Boshanto (spring). — MentalFloss / How Stuff Works

22

Malaria

There is an upside to malaria. Scientists have discovered that people who were infected with the malaria virus were less likely to succumb to Ebola and other deadly diseases. CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Diseases That Are Way Weirder Than You Realize

21

Humpback Whales

HUMPBACK WHALES ARE NO LONGER ENDANGERED. In 1966, there were only about 5,000 humpback whales left. Today there 100,000 or so worldwide. Other endang

20

Kiiking

When you were a kid, did you ever dream of swinging completely around the top bar on the playground? Estonia took that impulsive thought and turned it into into a legitimate sport called kiiking. CRACKED.COM — Source: Atlas Obscura

19

Star Wars

STAR WARS Locations around the Tunisian city of Tataouine served as sets for the planet Tattooine in most Star Wars movies. Later, the region became a — Source: The Guardian

18

Silent Night

THERE ARE 26,000 RECORDED COVERS OF SILENT NIGHT. CRACKED.COM Making it the most recorded holiday song in history- White Christmas is a distant second at 20,000. — Source

17

Presidents

CRACKED THERE HAVE BEEN NO U.S. PRESIDENTS WHO WERE ONLY CHILDREN. And more have been second born than any other birth order placement. — Source

16

The Iron Giant

Vin Diesel is known for his speed, his fury, and his shiny head. Speaking of which, he was the voice of the Iron Giant. The 1999 sci-fi comedy/drama a

15

Geoffrey Owens

what's the deal with TRADER JOE'S? Elvin from the Cosby Show got JOB -SHAMED CRACKED Geoffrey Owens got shamed on social media after someone posted a picture of the actor working at Trader Joe's between gigs. Owens turned organic lemons into 320 NW lemonade with Shift Happens, his show featuring essential workers. — LA Times

14

Sweat Glands

Growing up in a warm climate will make your sweat glands more active. CRACKED COM Sweat glands mature during the first 2 years of life, so growing up in warm cli- mates leads to more active sweat glands than people who grew up in a cli- mate-controlled environ- ment or in cold climates. — Source

13

Fast Food Freezer

A fast food freezer was used to hold dead bodies during a Miami crime wave. BURGER BURGER KING KING TM Karl Johans gate - - 1:12 FLAVA FLAVA BURGER KING Murder rates in Miami were so high during the 1970s and 1980s that the Dade County Medical Examiner's Office had to rent a refrig- erated trailer from Burger King to handle the over- flow of corpses. — Source

12

Fungus

There's a fungus that lives inside cicadas and feeds them vital nutrients. The fungus cordyceps synthesizes nutrients, including essential vitamins, that the cicada can't get from its diet - without it, the cicada would die. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — The Atlantic

11

Wallace & Gromit

Wallace & Gromic Nick Park originally intended for Gromit to be a cat, but thought it was easier to make a dog with clay. As he put it, you can roll it into larger sausages. CRACKED CON — 26 Origins Of Characters' Signature Traits

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Margot Robbie

MARGOT ROBBIE WANTS TO BE IN A WES ANDERSON FILM. ZZ ZZ CRACKEDc COM When asked what her dream role would be, Robbie revealed she would really love to play a villain in one of Anderson's films. A fairly hard dream to achieve considering the director usually sticks to the — YouTube

9

Southwest Airlines

Two CEOs arm wrestled over copyright infringement. GRACKED.COM Instead of going to court over a copyright infringement dispute, the CEOs of Southwest Airlines and Stevens Aviation challenged each other to an arm wrestling duel. No lawyers were ever involved, and the men honored the outcome of the match. — NPR

8

Tipping

The color gold influences customers to leave larger tips. FLLAIRS 75 20 Dulinp Se CRDUNT 6. Py Outet DUcK TACB.376 Bro uCh: atal eru ugu N Thank A ser

7

Chicken Wings

Before 1965, chicken wings were discarded for being undesirable. Before buffalo wings, they were considered the worst parts of the chicken. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

6

Katsuhiro Otomo

The author of the Akira manga thought the movie would be an awful flop. The first half was good, he thought, but quality went down in the second half as the money ran out, and he was sure the movie would fail terribly. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Writers Who Hate Movie Adaptations Of Their Work

5

Criminal Minds

In season 12, Aaron Hotchner leaves the Behavioral Analysis Unit to go on a special assignment, which turns out to be a cover for his relocation in Wi

4

Iron Maiden

The frontman for Iron Maiden loves to fly airplanes. ORCE ONE His name is Bruce Dickinson, and he pilots the band's tour jet. Не also used to have a second job as a commercial pilot for Astraeus Airlines, and currently acts as a chairman for Cardiff Aviation. He's licensed to everything from huge passenger jets to Fokker triplanes. CRACKED.COM — 5 Celebrities Who Love Their Hobbies More Than Their Careers

3

Geckos

In the wild, the SATANIC LEAF TAILED GECKO can be found only on the island of Madagascar. Well, that's where you have to look, anyway. Once there, goo

2

The Challenger

The team searching for the Challenger's wreckage found cocaine worth millions. Experts spent nine weeks scanning 420 square miles of ocean with sonar. They found ordinary trash, a refrigerator, half of a torpedo, eight shipwrecks, and more. Oh, and a duffel bag with 25 kilos of cocaine (that came from who knows where), worth about $13 million. CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Historical Facts That Don't Get Mentioned

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Bhutan

Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan, is the only capital in the world without traffic lights. DRUNAGE GOEM SAT-SUN-2 Shous DRUK GE GOEM CONN DUZU TIME 5. P.M. Some years ago, they did install traffic lights but the people hated them so much that the govern- ment had to remove them and put a traffic police- man instead. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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