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40 Hoarse Bits of Trivia That Have Been Screaming Their Info From the Rooftop All Day

February 24, 2025

We were toying with an audio version of this list, but the facts got too excited and blew out their vocal chords. We’re not giving up though! We’ll make sure that we get the next list some voice lessons so they can learn how to properly project. If metal screamers can play night after night, then there’s no reason a list can’t belt out 40 facts.

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Spacewar

ASTEROIDS Spacewar is just like Asteroids, only better- + and it came first. Spacewar was a two-player game where you could shoot the other player, there was a black hole in the middle of the screen, and the star field was based on actual star fields. Asteroids: 1979. Spacewar: 1962. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Casino Royale

CRACKED THE ADAPTATION OF CASINO ROYALE CHANGED THE GAME FROM BACCARAT TO POKER. This worried director Martin Campbell, as the movie's centerpiece would be around a quiet poker table - but he managed to crack it. — MGM, Columbia Pictures
Polygon

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Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece wasn't all about reason. There wasn't even a unitary ancient Greece to begin with. Instead, it was all corruption, superstition, illiterate people, a bunch of city-states warring with each other, and the greatest minds being poisoned (just for criticizing democracy). CRACKED.COM — Source

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Nutella

Nutella was the solution to the utala cocoa shortage during t ervt nutella WWil. PERRERO ige Mixing cocoa with hazelnuts and milk created a chocolate

36

Gaming

CRACKED.COM THE DEVELOPER OF FLAPPY BIRD DELETED IT FROM THE APP STORE BECAUSE IT RUINED HIS SIMPLE LIFE. Dong Nguyen didn't like the attention, criticism, and the addiction the game caused. — Source

35

Lana Del Rey

Lana Del Rey CRACKED.COM Elizabeth Woolridge Grant went through several names Lizzy Grant, May Jailer, Sparkle Jump Rope Queen - before landing on this one, inspired by 1940's starlet Lana Turner.

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Blackbeard

The fearsome Blackbeard was only active for a grand total of two years. He's first mentioned as a pirate in 1716 (he was a privateer from 1701 to 1713), and they caught and killed him in 1718 8 - - and that was that. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

33

Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber's Instagram post New jet for Christmas, and she's beautiful. made many believe that he'd bought the plane. The truth is, he only rented it for a Christmas trip. CRACKED.COM

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Animation

The animation technique they used came from political propaganda films. Tadahito Mochinaga started developing the technique, called Animagic, in his p — Source: Smithsonian Magazine

31

TLC

CRACKED TLC TOOK THEIR LABEL EXEC HOSTAGE (AND GOT WHAT THEY WANTED). 1990s all-female band TLC at one point kept the president of their record label hostage until they could get a better deal in their contracts. It worked. Lef TL FANN - ITL THE BIGGEST SELLING FEMALE TRIO OF ALL TIME RETURNS! ALBUM INCLUDES SMASHES IM GOOD AT BEING BAD. SILLY NO. NO SCRUBS AND 'ONPRETTY - - — Blueee77/Shutterstock
BBC

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Jim Broadbent

Jim Broadbent (Professor Slughorn in Harry Potter) carves bizarre wooden statues. After carving them, he paints them, dresses them, and puts human hair (from wigs) on them. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Famous People With (Unknown) Super Weird Hobbies

29

Running

The record for the fastest run from LA to NYC is 25 hours and 39 minutes. That was the Cannonball run record set in 2020 (by a team who beat their own 2019 record of 27 hours, 25 minutes). Their average speed? 112 mph. CRACKED.COM — Source

28

Walking

You walk slower with a partner. CRACKED.COM Your partner is probably holding you back, walking-wise. If you're holding hands, you walk even slower.

27

Great Britain

During WWII, Britain caused three million deaths in India Despite being painted as a hero against genocide, Churchill's policies caused the Bengal famine of 1943. Не redirected food from starving Indian civilians to well-supplied British soldiers. CRACKED.COM — Source

26

Duels

DAVID BRODERICK IS THE ONLY SITTING SENATOR TO DIE IN A DUEL. In-party fighting led Broderick being challenged on his antislavery values. Не fired prematurely, and his opponent shot him the chest. Не died three days later. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Oscars

24

The X-Files

Scully wasn't allowed to walk next to Mulder on The X-Files. Producers on the original series insisted that Gillian Anderson stay a few feet behind Da

23

Werner Herzog

In 1979, a great chef cooked Werner Herzog's boots (with spices and seasoning). Herzog promised he'd eat his shoe if young filmmaker Errol Morris finished his first movie - Morris did so, and Herzog followed suit. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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22

Elvis

Elvis Presley was the ultimate '50s ladies' man. But Elvis was more into teens and pajama parties. Elvis sure loved the ladies, but he had one very specific type: They had to be young (like, school age). Не met his future wife Priscilla when she was 14 and he was 24. And when he wasn't dating them, Elvis liked to throw pajama parties with teenage girls where he would start pillow fights and teach them to style their hair and put on mascara. Elvis was pretty insecure, so he preferred younger girls because they didn't seem as threatening to him. — 21 Historical Figures Everybody Gets Wrong

21

Powering Iron Man’s Suit

Powering your Iron Man Suit ESTIMATED ENERGY FOR 90-SECOND FLIGHT: 2 Gigawatts POWER GENERATED BY THE LARGEST U.S. NUCLEAR POWER PLANT: 3.3 Gigawatts CRACKED.COM — Source

20

Billionaires

Russian billionaire Yuri Milner owns a 380-foot yacht that has another, 69-foot yacht stowed inside it. CRACKED.COM — 24 Facts About One Percenters And All Their Money

19

Jack-o-Lantern Origins

In the US, the pumpkin jack-o'-lantern evolved from a prank. Kids in the US carved crude and evil faces into their pumpkins (used for their abundance) and scared people by making their lanterns look like disembodied heads. CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Historical Halloween Facts To Hex Your Brain

18

Kodak

CRACKED.COM Kodak learned about secret nuclear tests by accident. In July 1945, Kodak started noticing that a sensitive film they made was fogged (covered with dark spots). As this was caused by radioactive contamination, they eventually figured out that the likely cause was that holy s#!t someone was setting off nuclear bombs. — Source

17

Gangnam Style

WEIRD WORLD It's now technically illegal to play Gangnam Style in gyms in Seoul, South Korea. E E Y In group exercises, anyway - it's to make sure people don't breathe too heavily. Any music with a bpm over 120 (like Gangnam Style, with its bpm of 132) isn't allowed. CRACKED.COM — Source: Yonhap News Agency

16

Jack Kirby

Jack Kirby came up with The Hulk after seeing a woman lift a car. Her baby got caught underneath it, and in her desperation, Kirby says she lifted the rear of the car to save her baby. Не realized that we can all do something like that in desperation or rage, which led him to The Hulk. CRACKED.COM — TCJ

15

The Olsen Twins

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen CRACKED COM The most famous pizza-eating twins in the world officially tapped out of the biz in 2004. They came tantalizingly close to joining the cast of Fuller House in 2015, but ultimately decided it'd been too long since they'd been on camera. — Source: Sydney Morning Herald

14

Tom Brady

GRACKED DRINKING INSANE AMOUNTS OF WATER IS GOOD, ACTUALLY SERICA BROOKS TOM BRADY acide CHAMPIONS 20 C M C NE He's suggested that drinking more water than you feel like you need can help with performance and health, even though drinking too much can be dangerous and even deadly. — Fivethirtyeight / People

13

Joseph Stalin

YOUNG JOSEPH STALIN LOOKED LIKE THE KIND OF GUY WHO'D HAVE A VERY METICULOUS RANKING OF LOCAL CRAFT BEERS... OLD MAN JOSPEH STALIN LOOKED LIKE A GRUMPY GRANDPA WHO DABBLED IN ATROCITIES. (AND PROBABLY DRANK NATTY ICE) CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrity Photos That Are Completely Unrecognizable

12

Movie Mistakes

INDANA ATONES and the KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL The mandatory Indiana Jones traveL BELIZE map includes Belize in 1957. Belize was called British Ho

11

Tanks

CRACKED.COM BRITISH TANKS HAVE LONG INCLUDED TEA- MAKING FACILITIES. ORT S ST 17 @ 59 С Before 1945, Brits had to stop and climb out of their tanks for their tea breaks. Since that time, they've been able to remain safely and cozily (or cosily) secluded, thanks to a built-in boiling vessel. — Source

10

Government Spending

The US flew nearly $12 billion in shrink-wrapped $100 bills into Iraq. KAZA Then they tossed it around without checking to see who was receiving it or how it was being spent. A congressional committee found that a staggering amount of the cash, which was was earmarked for Iraqi ministries and US contractors, was lost to corruption and waste. CRACKED.COM http://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/feb/08/usa iraq1 — Source

9

Cooking

Do not immediately cut cooked meat. Let it rest for a while. This gives the juices time to redistribute and make it tender and juicy. Rule of thumb: F

8

D-Day

The Germans' loss at Normandy may have been because of a birthday party. Field Marshall Erwin Rommel US was in charge of defending Europe from Allied invasion, in 1944. Rommel took the weekend of June 6 off to celebrate his wife's birthday. It was that day that the Allies landed at Normandy, leading to the largest German defeat of World War II. You might know it better as D-Day. http://www.historynet.com/ield-marshall-erwin- CRACKED.COM rommels-defense-of-normandy-during-world-war-ii.htm — Source

7

Gigi Hadid

In 2017, Gigi Hadid was pulled from a Victoria's Secret fashion show in China due to a video of her making slant-eyes while holding a Buddha cookie. T GRACKED.COM — Source

6

The Catholic Church

The Catholic Church is actually pretty cool with evolution and the Big Bang. Bras OVIA DILIGO TE O PETRE DIXIST NC VNA FIDES MYNDO REFVIG It also says that Young Earth Creationism and Intelligent Design are essentially just pretending to be science, and it rejects them outright. CRACKED.COM — Source

5

Getting Struck By Lightning

CRACKED GETTING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING It's really unlikely that you'll get hit by lightning in any given year - almost a one-in-a-million chance. Most people who do get struck by lightning make it out alive, with around 90% of them surviving. — Source

4

USB

The inventor of the USB says his team blew it. by not making the plug work both ways. Ajay Bhatt said that would need more wires and circuits, so it would have been more expensive - they thought about it, but it would have cost too much. Still, 20 years after inventing it, he says that was a mistake and the USB plug was good, but not good enough. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

3

The Black Death

The Black Death was responsible for the beginning of the end of European Feudalism. CRACKED.COM As there were fewer work- ers, their lords were forced to pay higher wages. With higher wages, there were fewer restrictions on trav- el. Eventually, this would lead to a trade class/mid- dle class. — Source

2

The Shortest Person on Earth

THIS IS 25-YEAR-OLD JYOTI KISANJI AMGE, FROM INDIA, THE WORLD'S SHORTEST LIVING WOMAN AT JUST PRETTY 2 FEET mg 0.7 INCHES 15 (62.8 cm) TALL. CRACKED.COM — Source

1

Witches

It's possible that we got the stock image of the witch from medieval beer makers. Women beer makers wore pointy hats to stand out, made beer in cauldrons, and used broomstick-like signposts. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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