40 Random Bits of Trivia to Recite Like a Rosary As Your Plane Prepares to Land

Let the wheels hit the tarmac like these facts hit the brain
40 Random Bits of Trivia to Recite Like a Rosary As Your Plane Prepares to Land

Today, weve got a comforting batch of facts. Each one of them can hold your brain in a time of need and most likely even brew it some herbal tea. Now just imagine what 40 of them can do! 

Your brain is about to feel like an incredibly wealthy dude with 40 staff members in his mansion, ready to hop to at a moments notice. No eye rolls or nothin’, no matter how childish the request.

Star Wars

Many Star Wars props are repainted WWIl airplane parts. Rolls-Royce Derwent jet engine cutaway IG-88's head and the cantina drink containers are jet e

Tiananmen Square

This is an uncropped photo of the Tiananmen Square Tank Man. T Seeing the whole picture, you can appreciate the sheer magnitude of what this ballsy

Pocahontas

POCAHONTAS POCAHONTAS CRACKED.COM The real story of Pocahontas would not be Disney material. Although the movie portrays her as an adult, John Smith was almost 30 when he met Pocahontas, who was only 10.

Source: Ranker

Dan Harmon

Dan Harmon moved to California because Oliver Stone had optioned his friend Rob Schrab's comic, Scud: The Disposable Assassin. The friends were so con

Drawstrings

CRACKEDOON From 1985 to 1995, 17 children were killed by the drawstrings on their clothing The drawstrings got accidentally caught on moving objects w

LEGO

LEGO is an abbreviation of the Danish phrase leg godt. GRACKED.COM The phrase means play well.The company was originally called Billund Maskinsnedkeri.

Source: LEGO

Free Willy

The whale who played Willy in Free Willy was released back into the wild in 2002. Keiko the whale died from pneumonia a year after his release. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Source: NBC

Chastity Belt Myth

6th century chastity HISTORY THE belts were a nightmare. When a man left his wife or daughter alone for an extended period, he'd gird her in padloc

Trident Studios

The studio recordings HEy for JUDE and BOHEMIAN RttApsoDy Were done on the same piano. It was the 100-year-old Bechstein Grand Piano at Trident Studio

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

CRACKED.COM Close Encounters of the Third Kind A musical clue gives away the big moment. During the initial UFO chase, someone is heard whistling, She'll be Coming 'Round the Mountain. When the mothership finally arrives, it does, indeed, come 'round a mountain.

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