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March 10, 2025

If you know the Tooth Fairy is coming and you don’t have any tooth offerings, these rock-hard, pearly bits of trivia are sure to fool her. You want that sweet, sweet cash, don’t you?

And the best part is, you won’t have to tie these to a slamming door to get them!

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Apocalypse Now

CRACKED.COM Laurence Fishburne lied about his age to secure his casting in this epic film. Не said he was 16 to get the part of a 17 year old. Now Не was only 14 years old. — Source

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Censorship

Game makers created a government body to oversee video game censorship. EARLY CHILDHOOD EVERYONE EVERYONE 10+ TEEN © ® T . E C E CONTENT RATED BY CONTENT RATED BY CONTENT RATED BY CONTENT RATED BY ESRB ESRB ESRB ESRB MATURE 17+ ADULTS ONLY 18+ RATING PENDING M a A RP CONTENT RATED BY CONTENT RATED BY CONTENT RATED BY ESRB ESRB ESRB CRACKED.COM Working with Congress in the 90s, they created the Entertainment Software Ratings Board, which makes the black and white letters on game cases most people ignore. — Source

38

Stephen Colbert

Steven Colbert is obsessed with J.R.R. Tolkien. Не even beat Peter Jackson's Tolkien expert, in a quiz. Jackson says Colbert is the biggest Tolkien geek he's ever met, and Colbert owns Aragorn's sword- which he got directly from Viggo Mortensen. CRACKED.COM — 6 Dorky Hobbies That Shatter Your Image Of Famous People

37

The Smell of Commerce

Stores use fragrances to influence you you buy more. GRACKED.COM In swimwear aisles, you might smell coconut. And by baby clothes, baby powder. — Source

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Scavenging in Sewers

Jobs that no longer exist Toshers The toshers made a living by scavenging in the sewers beneath London and risking their lives in the process. They were also a surprisingly successful profession, earning a decent living and even developing a unique folklore CRACKED — Wiki Commons
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35

Men in Black 3

CRACKED COM Men in Black 3 bombed in the U.S. and Canada, but more than made up for it overseas. The sci-fi comedy has foreign audiences (who still lo

34

Tinder

Itsa Match. No - - - - strong - born A survey of more than 47,000 people shows that 30% of Tinder users are married. An additional 12% are in a relationship, while 54% are actually single. CRACKED.COM — 25 Bizarre Statistics About Relationships And Sex

33

Global Warming

Dogs and cats in the US contribute fairly significantly to global warming. The diet fed to dogs and cats creates 25-30% of the total environmental impact (in terms of fossil fuel use, biocide use, and so on) from animal production. CRACKED.COM — Source

32

The FBI

The FBI created a fake story that an actress cheated on her husband because she supported the Civil Rights movement. CRACKED.COM The stress of this fake story involving Jean Seberg and a black man caused her to go into labor prematurely and resulted in the death of her baby. — Source

31

Sea Monkeys

Sea-monkeys are actually brine shrimp. THE - LIVE Institute the Sea-Monkeuse OCEAN-ZOO The World's Qualy Instant Puts! THE - JIME Instan EL Sea-Monkeus The People's OCEAN-ZOO The Morid's Only Instant Pital - entert to - The species (a cross-bred version of brine shrimp) doesn't exist in nature. They breath through their feet and grow a second eye in maturity. Gross. CRACKED.COM — Source

30

Scream

SCREAM STEVE'S GUTTING CRACKED.COM Wes Craven's Scream is already pretty gruesome, but to avoid an NC-17 rating, he was made to change some of the more graphic scenes. In the opening scene, when Casey's boyfriend is murdered, an extended cut shows his internal organs slowly spilling out. — Buzzfeed

29

Wolves

Wolves can also play fetch Scientists were surprised to discover that wolf puppies were interested in balls and were able to return them to a stranger with enneouragement. This went against previous understanding of dog evolution. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Facts That Prove How Good Dogs Are (As If You Needed Proof)

28

Lemurs

The fat-tailed dwarf lemur is our closest hibernating relative CRACKED.COM This year, the lemur went into hibernation for the first time in captivity and so far it appears to be a success. — Source

27

Bowling

WEIRD WORLD A Michigan man found a total of 158 bowling balls stashed away under his house. 9900 S O 01109C2944 Не saw one poking out from under his back stairs, so he took it out and kept digging. A bunch of bowling balls was holding up the stairs, it turned out. CRACKED.COM — Source: Weird World: 12 Odd Yet Oddly Under-The-Radar Stories

26

Tequila

Much like with champagne, the name tequila refers to the region where the spirit was made. ALTOS ALTOS P ALTOS ALTOS 8331/8 ELNIRS If an e-based dri

25

Panthers

PANTHERS ARE NOT A SPECIES. A black panther is just a black-furred leopard, jaguar, or puma. Basically, the word has no biological meaning. CRACKED — Xyo/Shutterstock
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24

Calvin & Hobbes

Bill Watterson turned down Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. Watterson is so dead-set against a movie or TV adaptation of Calvin and Hobbes, that he said no to Lucas and Spielberg in the '80s. Не has nothing against animation, and in fact he loves it - he just sees no benefit in giving that treatment to his strip. CRACKED.COM — Source

23

The Civil War

In 1862, a Union scout found a box of cigars at an abandoned campsite. Daniel Harvey Hill Robert E. Lec Because of that find, the South lost the Civil

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22

Cleopatra

Cleopatra had sand brought in from Egypt to Turkey for her vacation. CRACKED CON Unsatisfied with the beaches on Sedir Island in Turkey, Mark Antony had the white sands she pre- ferred brought over. Sedir is now known as Cleopat- ra's Island for this reason. — Source

21

Texas Pete

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20

Management

According to a nationwide study by Career Builder, 58% of managers involved in the study said that they did not receive any management training prior to becoming managers. CRACKED.COM — Source: 38 Eyebrow-Arching Facts (About Ordinary Jobs)

19

Madam C.J. Walker

America's first self-made Black woman millionaire made her fortune selling B beauty products. CRACKED.COM Born to sharecroppers in 1867, Madam C.J. Walker was inspired to create her hair products after an experience with hair loss, which led to the creation of the Walker system of hair care for Black women. — SSource: History

18

Cats

Communicate with your cat by slow blinking Narrowing the eyes helps to form a bond between human and cat. Cats are more likely to let you pet them after you perform this action. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Cat Facts To Make Your Brain Purr

17

John Rhys-Davies

CRACKED Sliders John Rhys-Davies regrets trashing writers. Не quit, saying, I will actually say the words as written when you can actually write intelligent sentences! 20 years later he said, I think it was the single biggest missed opportunity of my life. I regret it deeply. — Digital Spy

16

The TSA

Weird Stuff Confiscated by the TSA A knife inside an enchilada The TSA confiscated a long knife from a passenger at the Albuquerque Sunport Airport. The knife was found tucked inside a foil- wrapped enchilada. CRACKED — TSA
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15

The First Male Same-Sex Kiss on TV

The First Male Same-Sex Kiss Melrose Place ditched the first gay kiss in 1994 due to advertiser pushback. It finally happened on Dawson's Creek in 199

14

Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls BULLS 20 CRACKED COM Most pros are contractually barred from playing pickup games, but the best of best have enough leverage to include a love of the game clause. MJ put his to good use, putting in iconic extracurricular performances at a couple UNC alumni games (and also the Olympics). — Source: 15 Suspiciously Specific Clauses In Pro Athletes' Contracts

13

Dee Bradley Baker

DEE BRADLEY BAKER IS THE KING OF ANIMALS AND MONSTERS. MERA When someone needs weird sounds, Baker is the man they call. But he does plenty of human voices too. He's not just a one trick talking pony. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Faces Behind Your Favorite Animated Characters

12

Batgirl

The directors of the canceled Batgirl movie tried to pirate it before HBO locked them out. KUD ETA CRACKED GOM WERP Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah tried to log into the server and record their work on their mobile phones before their access was quick- ly revoked. — News 5h

11

The Amazon

In the Amazon, there's a single uncontacted member of a lost tribe, living alone. Nobody knows what language is spoken by the Last of his tribe (he has no name), or even what tribe he's from. There are no plans to contact him. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Survival International

10

The Madonna

CRACKED Ghirlandaio's 15th-century The Madonna with Saint Giovannino contains a baffling detail that looks a lot like a flying saucer, with a dogwalker pointing at it. It's probably not incontrovertible proof of aliens, but, you know, maybe it is. — Source

9

Brie Larson

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8

James Corden

You used to be cool JAMES CORDEN's lovability is all an act. Known for his cutesy teddy bear-like demeanor, he was once so rude to staff at a New York restaurant that he was banned. Dozens of stories of his rude, terrible behavior (on and off set) began surfacing, forever tarnishing his reputation. CRACKED — Source

7

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood hated his iconic cigarillos in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Director Sergio Leone wanted a ton of takes, which sometimes made Clint so sick he'd say, You'd better get it this time, because I'm going to throw up. CRACKED.COM — Source: Mental Floss

6

Shirts

Most shirts found in clothing stores are coated with a thin layer of formaldehyde - a preservative that is used on corpses. It is used to prevent wrinkles on clothes. CRACKED COM — Source

5

Taxes

Filing your taxes is complicated because of industry lobbying. Companies like Intuit (of TurboTax) and H&R Block are just too invested in you needing their services. That's why they keep pouring millions into preventing your taxes from getting easier to file. Then they pump out ads telling you how the only want to help you. + U.S. - Corporation INM IT'S IN CRACKED COM - 1040 U.S. Individuo - Status - Since - - — Source

4

Sonic

SONIC SONICE DRIVE IN SEIVICE DHRRD OUND Happy Eating -M-M-M-M TEXAS SONIC OKLAHOMA 1963 ARKANSAS CRACKED CONT The first advertisements for Sonic Drive-In feature a well dressed man, who has the body of an earthworm, plug-walking with a steaming sack of hamburgers. They promise 'service with the Speed of — Source: Gray Flannel Suit

3

The Reef

The Great Barrier Reef nearly died at least once before -125,000 00 years ago. The Reef almost drowned then, during a warm period that raised sea levels. Once sea levels stabilized, the Reef began growing again. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: CS Monitor

2

Theories on the Universe

The Holographic Universe The 3-D universe might be encoded on its 2-D boundary like a hologram. A holographic theory might sound like science fiction, but research in 2017 from the University of Southampton, UK, showed that it is consistent with observed patterns in space. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Garbage Pail Kids

In the mid 80s, Cabbage Patch Kids RGLAIONIDS GARA dolls were at the height o-f popularity. PAILKIDS 20b GARBAGE LOSING FAI PHAT PHIL TOPS NL TENTSA 2

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