40 Sincere Bits of Trivia That You Can Trust (For Real This Time)

Not a single myth in the bunch
40 Sincere Bits of Trivia That You Can Trust (For Real This Time)

Apologies for that last list, you guys. Our regular fact checker was away on vacation and the new guy let one pesky little myth past him. Its no excuse, though. All we can do now is promise that hell never work in this town again, and that every single fact will be highly scrutinized moving forward. 

Because as they say, one bad fact spoils the whole bunch.

Blockbuster

CRACKED BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO Deli BLOCKBUSTER John Antioco's arrogance in September 2000 cost Blockbuster its future when he refused to consider the possibility of buying Netflix for $50 million, which could have saved the company from its eventual bankruptcy in 2014.

Botswana

In Botswana, lions hunt elephants. This happens when most of their regular prey migrates between August and November, and a lot of elephants hang around (the elephants stick around because there's an artificial water supply in the area). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Spider-Man 3

Spider-Man 3, which has gained the reputation of being one of the worst comic book movies ever, was actually the highest- grossing film domestically i

Lithuanian Crowdfunding

Ukraine got a new armed drone thanks to crowdfunding from Lithuania. GRAGKED.COM $6.1 million was raised by Lithuanian citizens within mere days for the combat drone that will help stand against Russian troops. With a population of just 2.8 mil- lion, this is like everyone chipping in $3.

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Terrence Howard

Terrence Howard claimed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! that he earned a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from South Carolina State University. Uh, no. It was an

Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks

In 2011, asteroids named after Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks met near Earth. CRACKED.COM An asteroid named 8353 Megryan in 1989 and an asteroid named 12818 Tomhanks in 1996 both made their closest ар- proaches to Earth in September, 2011.

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Harry Potter

Henry Cavill could have played Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter. He auditioned, but Robert Pattinson beat him out. CRACKED.COM

Source: Yahoo

Jackie Coogan

CRACKED.CON When Jackie Coogan was 19, long before he became Uncle Fester, a close friend of his was murdered. Coogan was part of a mob that lynched t

Saints

The nun who came back from the dead CRACKED.COM Christina The Astonishing was sainted while she was still alive - a rare feat. She also managed to die while she was still alive. She suffered a seizure at 21, but popped out of her coffin when they were about to bury her. She spent the next 50 years doing weird sh like walking into fire and being voluntarily pummelled by mill wheels.

The Moon

An abandoned rocket crashed into the farside of the Moon Astronomers thought the discarded part of a rocket might have been from SpaceX, later saying it was Chinese (which China denies.) Either way, the rocket probably left a crater and did minimal damage. CRACKED.COM

Source: BBC

9/11

Jackie Chan almost filmed at the Twin Towers on 9/11. NOSEBLEED CRACKED CON The movie was ultimately cancelled because Chan didn't like the script. Bu

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