40 Random Bits of Trivia We Won in a High-Stakes Game of Jacks Down at the Elementary School Playground

We won these fair and square (no matter what that sobbing kid tells you)
40 Random Bits of Trivia We Won in a High-Stakes Game of Jacks Down at the Elementary School Playground

Growing up, playground games like marbles and Pogs didnt really do it for us, since those didnt give us the same risky thrill as a game of Jacks-for-Facts. We just felt so indifferent about winning or losing round balls of glass or bright-colored paper discs.  

When facts were on the line, we loved winning as much as we hated losing. What a rush! And as youve seen from countless fact compilations on this site, when it comes to facts, nothing can stop us from bringing home the goods.

The Color Pink

PINK HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN A GIRL COLOR. In fact, it was used more for boys in the early 1900s. CRACKED.COM

Terrible Predictions

TV won't last 6 months. 20TH CENTURY FOX CRACKED.COM Studio exec Darryl Zanuck predicted that people will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night. Staring at that box is the only thing that gets us through the day!

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Spontaneous Singing

CRACKED.COM In November 2013 a woman admitted to a Romanian hospital for diabetes awoke one day and began to sing. And she continuously sang the same

Gerald R. Ford

All poop generated aboard US Navy's newest aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford will be vaporized by plasma. CRACKED.COM The Plasma Arc Waste Destruction System (PAWDS) being used will treat all combusti- ble solid waste gener- ated on board the ship.

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Diamonds

Deep beneath a Siberian impact crater, there are trillions of carats of diamonds. The Popigai crater, about 100 kilometers wide, lies above enough diamonds to supply all the world's diamond needs for the next three millennia. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Source: WIRED

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