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40 Ornamental Bits of Trivia to Dangle From Your Bare, Bland Brain

March 08, 2025

Don’t get us wrong, you have a really nice brain. It knows what it’s doing out there in the world, and it’s chock-full of some amazing facts. But design-wise, it needs a serious makeover. It’s like a big, sturdy house where a landlord painted every room that yellow-ish white New York apartment color.

No need to worry, though. These bright, beautiful facts have a blank canvas to work with, and they’ll spruce it up in a jiffy.

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Frisbees

SECRET ORIGINS FRISBEES THE FIRST MASS-PRODUCED DISKS THAT PEOPLE WOULD THROW TO EACH OTHER WERE CAKE TINS, DURING THE 1800s. IN THE 1930s, A COUPLE IN LOS ANGELES STARTED A BUSINESS SELLING FLYIN' CAKE PANS, WHICH EVOLVED INTO THE MODERN PLASTIC FRISBEE DESIGN. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Portugal

IN PORTUGAL, IT'S ILLEGAL FOR RESTAURANTS NOT TO OFFER VEGAN MEALS. In 2017, it became the first country where all food services (including schools, hospitals, and prisons) are required by law to provide vegan options in their menus. This started as a petition signed by more than 15,000 people in 2016. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus held a Hannah Montana party, complete with pics of her face. For Hannah Montana's 15th anniversary, guests got cardboard cutouts of Miley Cyrus' face (as Hannah) they could take pictures with. CRACKED.COM — Source: Yahoo

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Sushi

40 Ornamental Bits of Trivia to Dangle From Your Bare, Bland Brain — Source: CNN

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Girl Scouts

A Girl Scout personally sold cookies to the president. Virginia-born Elizabeth Brinton sold over 100,000 boxes through the ’80s. And no wonder -- she was such an assertive salesperson, she managed to be allowed into the Oval Office and sold cookies to Ronald Reagan. — Source: Priceonomics, Reagan Library on YouTube

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Kidneys

Transplanted kidney When you get a kidney transplant, they just leave the old one in there. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Kinda Gross Facts About The Human Body That'll Make You Feel A Little Uncomfortable

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Dolphin Milk

Dolphin milk is unsafe for human consumption for high concentrations of a chemical. The EPA announced in 1979 a plan to phase out nearly all uses of PCBs. PCBs still pollute ecosystems and can be found in the fat tissue of whales and dolphins. CRACKED.COM — NRDC

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The Exorcism of Emily Rose

BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2005 THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE During filming, the radios of actresses Jennifer Carpenter and Laura Linney would turn on by themselves, right in the middle of Pearl Jam's Alive. Cool song, but also, they would start shouting right where the lyrics scream I'm still alive. Eventually, all the radios were unplugged to avoid, erm, messages. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cats

CRACKED.COM Cat pets outnumber dogs 3 to 1 Sorry, dog people, but cat people have numbers on their sides. Really, we need better P.R. on behalf of cats because dog people are barking much louder. — Source

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DiGiorno

DiGiorno jumped on a domestic abuse hashtag DIGIORNO DiGiorno Pizza @DiGiornoPizza #WhyIStayed You had pizza. 9/8/14, 11:11 PM GRAGKED.COM The social media person or DiGiorno clearly didn't do their research before tweeting out a joke on a trending hashtag. The hashtag was in defense of domestic abuse victims. — Source: 13 Brands That Addressed Sensitive Issues In Cringeworthy Ways

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Dolph Ziggler

GRACKED WWE WRESTLER DOLPH ZIGGLER CONFUSED CANADA In Toronto, performing for the 2nd time ever, Dolph Ziggler bombed because his entire set was about Chipotle restaurants - which hadn't yet reached Canada. — WWE / Sports Keeda

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Hollywood

JOANNE WOODWARD got the first Hollywood Walk of Fame star. JOANNE WOODWARD The Academy Award-winning actress for The Three Faces of Eve (1957) was the first to receive this dedication in 1960. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Monopoly

YOU CAN BUY... A $14,000 monopoly board. When you need a break from buying and selling actual real estate, you can wind down in style with this calfskin- bound board game, with gold and silver inlays nearly as unaffordable to most people as a real house. — Source: Zontik Games

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Slash

THE RIFF FROM SWEET CHILD O' MINE IS A GUITAR EXERCISE. When Axl Rose heard Slash's string-skipping exercise, he insisted it be spun into a song, using a poem he'd written to his girlfriend as the lyrics. When it came time to record it, their producer asked for a dramatic breakdown for the middle. Rose's Where do we go now? was literal-he didn't know where to go with the lyrics. CRACKED.COM http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=628 — 29 Bizarre True Stories Behind the Most Popular Music Ever

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Iceland

Cod of War CRACKED.COM In 1958, Iceland began expanding their oceanic borders in order to gain a monopoly on cod fishing. First it was 4 miles offshore, then 12, then ultimately 200 miles. Britain wasn't having any of that, and led their gigantic navy to violently bully Iceland into relaxing their borders. — Source: BritishSeaFishing

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Harley-Davidson

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Harry Potter

20 Characters You Never Realized Are Based On Real People - John Nettleship described himself as “a short-tempered chemistry teacher with long hair .. — Read More: 5 Villains That Were Thinly-Veiled Versions of Real People

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Pay Toilets

Paid restrooms don't exist in the U.S. because of 4 high school students in the 70s TOILEITE E1 E ii They created an organization called CEPTIA that — Source: Pacific Standard

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Anna Gunn

ANNA GUNN's role as Skyler White on BREAKING BAD has caused her to experience a journey of hatred and vitriol from viewers, who have transferred their negative feelings directly to her. CRACKED — Sony Pictures Television
The New York Times

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George Washington

CRACKED.COM George Washington was a huge whisky producer (for a short time). After retiring from politics in 1797, Washington set up a whisky distillery in his land. During its first year, the distillery sold nearly 11,000 gallons of booze, and was one of the biggest in the U.S. But Washington soon died, and his nephew couldn't successfully continue the operation. — Source

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Parks and Recreation

They created April Ludgate after a casting director met Aubrey Plaza. The director called Parks & Rec writer Michael Schur and told him I just met the weirdest girl I've ever met in my life. You have to meet her and put her on your show. So Schur met with her, and wrote her into the show. CRACKED.COM — AVClub

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Hannibal Lecter

The first choice for Hannibal Lecter was Sean Connery. He refused a role in Silence of the Lambs very quickly because he found it disgusting and said he'd never play something like that. NOW YOU KNOW — Source: Deadline

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Hot Tubs

BEWARE OF HOT TUBS Tubs have been linked to Legionnaires disease outbreaks all over the world. It's well known that they can spread water droplets into the air, which can carry the bacteria that cause the disease. CRACKED — kurhan/Shutterstock
CNN

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Guy Gabaldon

CRACKED GUY GABALDON Gabaldon, a Marine Private First Class, single-handedly talked over 1,000 Japanese soldiers into surrendering during the World War II fight for Saipan. Time and again, he'd go behind enemy lines and just get enemies to surrender. — Source

16

Disney

Walt Disney himself helped to design a Mickey Mouse gas mask Though few remain, you can find several on display in various museums in the United States. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Eucalyptus

A Fresh Serving Of Movie-related And Miscellaneous Facts - Eucalyptus leaves sometimes contain gold. — Source: National Geographic

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Bitcoin

In 2018, Russian nuclear scientists were arrested for Bitcoin mining on the job. (illustration) Apparently, they tried to use one of the most powerful supercomputers in Russia, at a top-secret nuclear warhead facility, to mine ВТС. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

13

Stan Lee

CRACKED After STAN LEE's wife passed, his business manager keya Morgan muscled in to controlhis affairs. Morgan was charged with elder abuse, extorting $5 million, and false imprisonment by isolating Lee from his family to keep him working. — Source

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Slapstick Comedy

The term Slapstick Comedy comes from the two pieces of wood that made a slapping sound. CRACKED.COM Commedia Dell'arte in 16th-century Italy used a slapstick consisting of two thin slats of wood, which made a slap when striking another actor, with little force needed to make a loud and comical sound. — Britannica

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Bad Teacher

WEIRD WORLD A British schoolteacher took some students to a strip club on a school trip to Costa, Rica. He was SO drunk, he didn't even remember what happened, he claimed -- but because of that, plus a bunch more irresponsible and/or harmful actions on the trip, he got banned from teaching for three years. CRACKED.COM — Source: BBC

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Sabrina the Teenage Witch

Sabrina The Teenage Witch CRACKED.COM Sabrina hails from the Archie universe. She had her own animated series in the 70's, but her first appearance was as the new kid at Riverdale in 1968's The Archie Show.

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Koalas

Koalas spend the majority of the day sleeping because of 0 their diet. They sleep for 18 to 22 hours, because their food, eucalyptus leaves, is so toxic that their digestive tracts have to work really hard at digesting it. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: National Geographic

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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

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Parrots

Parrots will eat clay to help when food is scarce. CRACKED.COM This is most common during the breeding season when parrots need extra minerals to feed their young. Clay helps eliminate toxins from the body, allowing parrots to eat toxic foods without be- coming ill. — Source

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Brussels Sprouts

CRACKED THE BRUSSELS SPROUTS REVOLUTION! Once despised, Brussels sprouts have experienced a stunning resurgence in popularity, due to a Dutch scientist's discovery of their less-bitter varieties and the increased culinary demand for them. — Source

5

A Hard Day’s Night

A 13-year-old Phil Collins showed up as an extra in A Hard Day's Night. He was one of the fans in the final scene but, unlike most of the fans, he's just sitting there -- listening to music, not getting worked up into a frenzy. CRACKED.COM — Source: CheatSheet

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Royal Underwear

CRACKED.COM There's a collector's market for royal underwear. Queen undies are a hotter commodity than the underwear of living celebrities. Pairs of Queen Victoria's bloomers have sold for over $15,000, and Queen Elizabeth I's (dirty) panties fetched $18,000 on eBay in 2012. — Source

3

Honey

CRACKED HONEY NEVER SPOILS. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are still edible after thousands of years. — Subbotina Anna/Shutterstock
Smithsonian Magazine

2

Giancarlo Esposito

The Mandalorian Giancarlo Esposito kept breaking the Darksaber. Darksabers are fragile, it turns out. Esposito couldn't stop breaking the props on the set of The Mandalorian. — Source: Variety

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DOOM

CRACKED.COM THE NEW DOOM WAS ALMOST A CALL OF DUTY CLONE. Before the DOOM reboot brought new life to the FPS genre in 2016, the developers spent years working on DOOM 4, which was essentially Call of Duty with demons. Luckily, the company saw the light on time and pulled a 180, bringing the game back to its roots. HR — Source: 16 Random Facts For Hungry Brains

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