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40 Inspirational Bits of Trivia to Declare Confidently in the Locker Room When You’re Down 34 Points at Half Time and the Cheerleaders Have Started Cheering for the Other Team

February 23, 2025

Come on, you guys! We haven’t lost every random fact in our heads yet. Sure, we can’t recall any right now, but there’s still time to turn things around. We’ve got this lifeline of a list in our back pocket, and if we all take a long, hard look at them, we’ll be able to recall and regurgitate random facts forever.

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The Netherlands.

The Netherlands sends poets to a funeral if the deceased has no one else. CRACKED.COM The country implemented the ritual of 'lonely funer- al poems,' where poets research the deceased and write a poem in their honor to recite at the fu- neral. — Emerson College

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Princess Diana

Princess Diana's revenge dress was sold for $65,000 Diana put the stunning dress she wore after Prince Charles admitted adultery up for auction, with the money going up towards cancer and AIDS-related charities. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Snapchat

Snapchat lost around $800 million in stock after running an ad on their platform for the mobile game Would You Rather? which mocked Rihanna's abuse. Would You Rather? Imposibie Chokes WOULD YOU RATHER! Slap Rihanna Punch Chris Brown Many users deleted the app following PLAY her response. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Olympics

Athletes in the olympics host huge parties in Olympic villages. The Olympic Village in London, 2012 Olympic villages, which are mini-towns built to house Olympic athletes and their entourages, are full of sex, drinking, and partying before and after big events. Many Olympians say the second Olympic motto is What happens in the village stays in the village. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Mona Lisa

Leonardo Da Vinci took 12 years to paint just the lips of the Mona Lisa. CRACKED COM Da Vinci first began the Mona Lisa painting in 1503. Не carried it wherever he went and worked on it constantly, and it took him over 12 years just to paint the smirk of Mona Lisa's mouth. — Source

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Wedding Rings

The wedding ring is worn on the fourth finger because people used to believe that the finger had a direct vein to the heart. Wedding rings are the old

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Sunburns

Sunburn is your skin bravely killing itself. The sun has altered your cells' DNA, SO they commit suicide to avoid becoming cancerous. NOW YOU KNOW CRA

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Marriage

Some places have very specific rules about taking your spouse's surname. For example, in Quebec, women aren't allowed to take their husband's surnames. And in Greece, any married person has to petition for a name change. CRACKED.COM — Source: Smithsonian Magazine

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A Butt

CRACKED BUTT IS TECHNICALLY A UNIT OF MEASURE FOR WINE THAT STARTED IN MEDIEVAL TIMES. A buttload of wine is about 475 liters or 126 gallons. — Source

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The Mandalorian

Jason Sudeikis, Adam Pally, and Drew Hale were in The Mandalorian. They played bike scout troopers in Episodes 7 and 8 of Season 1 (they never took off their masks, SO you'd be forgiven for not recognizing them). CRACKED.COM — Vulture

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Obstacle Courses

At the Wife Carrying World Championships in Finland, first prize is the wife's weight in beer. O GRAGKED.COM The championship draws thousands of visitors to the town of only about 4,000 inhabitants, where men complete an obstacle course with their wives slung over their shoulders. — Reuters

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STDs

CRACKEDCOR Over 80% of sexually active adults will catch an STD at some point. Most will never know, as many STDs show no symptoms.

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Taco Bell

ARE YOU suRE THAT TACO HAS ANY MEAT AT ALL? A lawsuit against Taco Bell alleged that the beef in their tacos was less than 35% actual meat. Taco Bell

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Kevin Jonas

Kevin Jonas builds custom homes DIGIT RONT 2011 T RONT 2011 ITAS IGITAS CRACKED.COM The oldest Jonas set popstardom aside to profit from suburban sprawl. Не started up Jonas Werner Fine Custom Homes, where he designs and builds massive, fancy houses: I like to get my hands dirty. I've been blessed in my life where I get to say 'You know what? I want to do this. — Fox News

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Coffee

In the 17th century, coffee was thought to make men impotent. At one point, in an attempt to restore their husbands' virility, a bunch of London women petitioned against coffee houses. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Eiffel Tower

As metal expands on heating, the Eiffel Tower is actually 15-17cm taller in the summer CRACKED.COM — Source

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Bees

Bees can't see red, and what we perceive as the color red is seen as black. However, they can see ultraviolet light. UV al- lows them to see vein-like patterns in a flower, like a map that allows them to locate the nectar source. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Earth Sky

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Hercules

IN THE ORIGINAL MYTH, HERCULES KILLS HIS FAMILY. HIS 12 LABORS WERE PENANCE. That detail didn't quite make it into Disney's Hercules, obviously. What kind of kids' movie could possibly begin with all the main character's children getting slaughtered? (Besides Finding Nemo, of course.) CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cyber Command

The U.S. CYBER COMMAND STATES Cyber Command UNITED emblem contains a hidden code. 2 When cracked, the و 32 character string e ~ translates into the unit's (lengthy) mission statement: USCYBERCOM plans, coordinates, integrates, synchronizes and conducts activities to... ensure US/Allied freedom of action in cyberspace and deny the same to our adversaries. GRAGKED.COM — Source

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Miley Cyrus

One Miley Cyrus fan jumped her out of nowhere, grabbed her, and kissed her. When she and her husband were moving through a crowd, one person suddenly grabbed her hair and shoulder and kissed her on the cheek. He got pushed off. CRACKED.COM — Source: People.com

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Fish and Chips

If it wasn't for fish & chips, the Nazis might have won WWII. Fish and potatoes were one of the few foods that didn't get rationed, and the British government carefully guarded the supply to make sure morale stayed up. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Friday the 13th

Jason Voorhees got his look thanks to a film crew member's fandom. While filming Friday the 13th Part lll, the crew needed to do a lighting test, whic

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J.J. Abrams

J.J. ABRAMS is sorry about all those lens flares. In an interview in 2013, Abrams acknowledged and apologized for his overuse of lens flares in his mo — The Verge

17

Khatoon Khider

Khatoon Khider was an Iraqi Yazidi singer, which earned her local fame and success. But after ISIS appeared in her region, she formed an ll-female uni

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Saturday Night Fever

John Travolta's Saturday Night Fever suit sold for $145,500 Critic Gene Siskel originally bought the suit in a 1979 charity auction before it went to auction again for over $100k in 1995. CRACKED.COM — Source: UPI

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Monopoly

Members of the Royal Family aren't allowed to play Monopoly. eDSCAE ou saz COLLECT E2M AS YO PASS Apparently, the game can get too vicious and cause

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Milk

CRACKED Milk is good for your bones. It's a myth that drinking milk can stop you from getting bone fractures or osteoporosis. In fact, if you drink a lot of dairy products when you're a teenager, you might be more likely to get bone fractures when you're older. — Source

13

The USSR

Russian prisoners tattooed images of Lenin and Stalin as protective amulets. While the USSR existed, some prisoners believed guards weren't allowed to shoot Lenin's and Stalin's faces, so they got those tattooed on their chests. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Financial Abuse

Some banks train their tellers to look for signs of elder financial abuse. CRAC Seniors are vulnerable targets for scammers and some banks have taken

11

Four Corners

Four Corners Monument both is and isn't in the right place. Utah 8 Colorado 7 8 1868 1901 1 New Arizona 8 I 7 Mexico 5 They missed the mark by about 1

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Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro was obsessed with ice cream, and once ate 18 scoops in one sitting. Не even opened his own ice cream parlor. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Michigan Kangaroo

WEIRD WORLD A Michigan woman found a loose kangaroo in her driveway. The lost animal was seen hopping up and down Sara Greer's driveway, eating something. The kangaroo was the pet of a man named Douglas who had a license to keep exotic pets. As long as you have a license or permit, I guess you can CRACKED.COM have a kangaroo, Sara said. — Fox Detroit

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Austin Powers

The real name of the cat who played Mr. Bigglesworth in Austin Powers? Ted Nudegent NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Telegraph

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Lotto Winners Gone Bust

CRACKED IDE Tyres GOING FROM £10 MILLION TO DELIVERING COAL A 19-year-old garbage collector from the UK won about £10 million on the lottery in 2002. But he spent it all on a wild lifestyle and, 10 years later, was completely broke. Не then started working seven days a week delivering coal and firewood. — AU News

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Pokemon GO

CRACKED.COM PoKéMoN GO players spent about $2.2 million a day on in-app purchases R in 2018. P $ $ $ — Source

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Bones

You lose bones over the course of your life. You'll likely die with 96 less bones than you started with. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Kinda Gross Facts About The Human Body That'll Make You Feel A Little Uncomfortable

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Stranger Things

As many as 20 networks rejected the Duffer Brothers' Stranger Things series. CRACKED.COM One executive said they need to make it a kids show or have an adult character (Jim Hopper) be the main protagonist instead. — Source

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American Psycho

CRACKED.COM christian Bale's American Psycho was based on Tom cruise. Bale called up director Mary Harron, saying that he saw Tom Cruise on David Letterman and thought that energy would be perfect for Patrick Bateman, citing Cruise's very intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes. — Source

2

Swiss Cheese

Swiss cheese without the holes is referred to as blind. The holes in Swiss cheese are called eyes and come from carbon dioxide bubbles released by the bacteria inside. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — The Nibble

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Batman

EASTER EGGS IN '80S MOVIES HAVE you SKEN THIS inyH Batman (1989) A SKETCH ARTIST IS BATMAN'S CO-CREATOR. As Knox walks through the bullpen of the newspaper, he's handed a sketch by Bob Kane. No word on whether it was actually drawn by Kane, or if he just took credit for it like he used to do. CRACKED.COM — Source

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