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40 Deafening Bits of Trivia That’ll Scream Their Info to You Like A Death Metal Frontman

March 11, 2025

We didn’t originally intend to pick the loudest, most intense facts out there, but once we noticed that the first few were of that ilk, we just went with it. Why not, right? A ton of our other compilations have themes like stats, myths and movies, so why can’t this be the loudest list imaginable?

The facts are random, but the common thread here is that they all aim to burst through your brain’s door and keep its upstairs neighbors up all night. Your hair is about to file several noise complaints.

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Bananas

Scientists have discovered that bananas are slightly radioactive. They determined that, to prevent a harmful radiation dose, should CRac you never eat

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Space Invaders

Space Invaders had its own term for repetitive strain injuries in the '80s. Snacks WIN . UP TO Space Invaders Wrist was coined by one writer to the New England Medical Journal in 1981. By the following year, BBC was reporting that each family doctor typically now saw one new case of Space Invaders Wrist every month. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cheddar, U.K.

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 YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Game Shows

The first African American presidential secretary was announced on a game show. $ MR. DALY Instead of letting the world know about his appointment through a boring press conference, Lyndon Johnson wanted to use What's My Line?, a hit game show where people guessed what job guests had. The secretary, Geraldine Whittington, said OK, and history was made. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Rhubard

Forcing is a method of growing rhubarb in the dark. It grows SO quickly you can hear it. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Know More

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Pizza

For centuries, pizza was sweet food. Ingredients like jam, currants, and milk were common in traditional pizza recipes. Savory pizza recipes, with ing

34

Vin Diesel

Vin Diesel He began life as MARK SINCLAIR, but transformed into Vin Diesel when, as a young nightclub bouncer, friends noticed he was so jacked out of

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Tim Allen

Tim Allen was a drug dealer. SHERIFF'S DEPT. MICH In 1978 he was arrested in Kalamazoo International Airport in Michigan with a pound of cocaine in his suitcase and spent 2 years in prison. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was a price-gouging businessman. When he wasn't revolutionizing English literature, the Bard liked to keep himself busy by buying huge stocks of grain, which he'd then sell at inflated prices. Не was eventually prosecuted for tax evasion and hoarding food during a time of shortage. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Friends

Joey and Chandler's wood canoe sold for $10,500 Proceeds of the 2019 Friends auction went to the Trevor Project. CRACKED.COM — Prop Store Auction

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Stalin

Joseph's Stalin's physician was not available as he lay dying. Because he was being tortured by the KGB for suggesting the Soviet leader required more rest. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Sharks

MYTH Sharks can smell blood from miles away. TRUTH Sharks can smell blood from a quarter of a mile away. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Matrix Reloaded

THE MATRIX RELOADED They built a 1.5-mile freeway replica on an old naval base for the big chase. It cost $2.5 million, and it needed to be surrounded — Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Asteroids

2017 AG13) Earth In 2017, an asteroid large enough to do major damage passed closer to the Earth than the moon, and was only noticed 2 days before it got here. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 19 Spooky-As-Hell Now-You-Know Facts

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Ben Stein

Ben Stein improvised the boring economics lecture in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. fisc lrcysf mor Cy pol fects Stein, a real-life economist, was brought

25

The Meaning of Life

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS KIDS DIDN'T ACTUALLY HEAR ANY BAD WORDS. THE MEANING OF LIFE CRACKED.COM While filming the Every Sperm Is Sacred sketch, Terry Jones actually sang a little rubber thing on the end of his sock' in front of the children. The song with all the naughty words was dubbed in — The Guardian

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Clone Trooper Phase II

CRACKED PHASE II CLONE TROOPER HELMET This helmet marks the Galactic Republic's transition into the Galactic Empire by blending elements of the Phase 1 Clone Trooper Helmet and the Imperial Stormtrooper helmet. In universe, Phase II armor was more comfortable and offered better protection than its predecessor. — CBR

23

Avocados

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22

Rodents

Rat poison works because rats can't vomit. CRACKED COM In fact, no rodent can. Squirrels, mice, rats, gophers, beavers and all other rodents are incapable of throwing up. — FPD

21

Friendships

MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIPS The most consistent predictors of happiness are social relationships. Focusing on social goals over individual goals leads to more life satisfaction. CRACKED.COM — Source

20

Beekeepers

NYC beekeepers noticed their bees made red honey, leading to a huge sting operation. An investigation discovered the city's largest marijuana farm underneath a Brooklyn cherry factory. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Facts About Marijuana To Blaze Upon

19

Sia

Sia covered the Thanksgiving shopping for oodles of folks in a Walmart in Palm Springs, CA. Telling people her name was Cici and that she had won the

18

Jon Cryer

Jon Cryer was Lex Luthor in Supergirl kind of so he could set things right. At 14, he played another Luthor in the extremely panned Superman IV, and all the bad reviews hurt him-so Supergirl was his chance to do it right. CRACKED.COM — Source

17

The Revolutionary War

The first piece of legislation passed by the 1 st U.S. Congress was a 50¢ tariff. The Tariff of 1789 levied a 50¢ ($16 today) per ton duty on goods imported by foreign ships. President Washington signed the act and the money was used to pay off the Revolutionary War debt. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — US History

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Pigeons

Pigeons can be better multitaskers than humans. Scientists think it's because of their brains' neuronal density. They have six times more nerve cells per cubic millimeter of brain than humans, which seems to make it easier for them to switch from one task to another. CRACKED.COM — Phys.org

15

French Law

French law forbids official surveys accounting for racial or ethnic origin. CRACKED CON Nobody knows the exact number of people of African de- scent living in France because it officially declares itself 'color blind.' — Source

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Dial-Up Internet

40 Deafening Bits of Trivia That’ll Scream Their Info to You Like A Death Metal Frontman — Source: Inc.com

13

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST THE ACTORS LIVED IN THE PSYCHIATRIC WARD DURING SHOOTING. All of the actors who played patients actually stayed in the sleep quarters at the Oregon State Hospital, to get a sense of what it was like to be hospitalized. CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Now-You-Know Movie Facts To Thwart Our Enemies

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The Idol

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The FBI

CRACKED.COM THE FBI KEPT FILES ON... THE INSANE CLOWN POSSE MGM GRAND on FOX GM GRAND enrol ENTERTAINMENT awards Billboard Billbo or FOX MGM GR MUSIC MGM GRAND CITY DI ESTERTAINMENT. de SIGN OX The FBI tried to classify ICP as a gang, but the ACLU helped them shoot it down. Their FBI file is surprisingly catty, including Insane Clown Posse can't get its music on the radio but claims to have 1 million devoted fans who ... sometimes paint their faces to look like wicked clowns. — Source

10

Catwoman

catwoman is a Falcone. Selina Kyle's parentage has been a riddle for a while, but The Batman fully confirms she's Don Falcone's daughter. Man, both leads are trust fund babies? No wonder the Riddler's so endearing. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Facts About 'The Batman' To Carry You Through The Batweek

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Darren Aronofsky

Superhero movies we almost got Darren Aronofsky's Year One The Black Swan director almost made Year One, a gritty take on Batman, featuring an Alfred who is a mechanic and a homemade Batsuit and Batmobile, looking like something out of The Warriors. CRACKED.COM — More: 5 Superhero Movies You Won't Believe Almost Got Made

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Fanta

We have nazi Germany to blame for Fanta. my) CBEror anta 65 eruy SHOKATA oa CRACKEDC CON Since they'd kinda sorta made mortal enemies with any country that could get them that good Coca Cola syrup, one poor sap was tasked with making soda out of... whatever Germany had lying

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Alternative Milk

CRACKED RUSSIANS USED FROGS TO PRESERVE MILK. Before modern refrigerators, Russian people would place a frog in their milk to keep it from spoiling. Though not recommended today, scientists say this may have worked because the frog's skin was antibacterial. — Mirror-Images/Shutterstock,
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Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter's grandfather made Schindler look like a chump. Eduardo Propper de Callejón worked at the Spanish Embassy in Paris in 1940 as the Nazis were approaching. Не issued thousands of visas to Jewish refugees without permission so they could escape, earning him special recognition by Yad Vashem, Israel's official Holocaust museum. Meanwhile, his granddaughter was recognized as Planet of the Apes' all-time sexiest chimp. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Easter Eggs

CRACKED Hans Holbein's The Ambassadors contains one of the art world's better-known but also super-rad Easter eggs - a mysterious diagonal blur on the floor is actually a giant skull that only becomes clear if you stand way off to the right. — Source

4

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The costumes of 1990's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles almost kept it from getting made. W - THE IMPROVISATION: The producers couldn't get actors to wear the sweaty, heavy Turtle suits. So they hired much cheaper Hong Kong stuntmen. THE RESULT: A hugely successful TMNT film that's a minor cult classic today. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Iron Maiden-Inspired Arachnid

Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of Iron Maiden, rules: He's a singer, fencer and pilot all at once. He's also a spider's namesake, and as it happens, the spider was in a very cool-sounding genus. Hence Extraordinarius brucedickinsoni. CRACKED — Source / Deadline

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Grey’s Anatomy

CRACKED.COM and Grey's Anatomy Writers were told not to use the word vagina. Shonda Rhimes claims that network censors tried to get her writing staff to stop using the actual medical term so much. She popularized the term vajayjay instead. — Source: Mental Floss/YouTube

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Ketchup Chips

CRACKEDCO In Canada, you can get ketchup chips everywhere. Lay's mDe's al.ine cli iot LOADS OF KETCHUP Ketchup PLEINES DE IKETCHUP 200 g RAOUR VSHERSM

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