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March 12, 2025

Fact harvest is our favorite time of year. Each spring, after plucking every last fact, we sit and celebrate with one big fact feast. It’s like a springtime Thanksgiving of sorts.

And like Thanksgiving, our brains get pretty tired after stuffing itself with facts.

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Australian Terms

Going troppo is an Australian term for being driven mad by heat. A study in Darwin found those who do not work in air-conditioning had high- er levels of negativity, anx- iety, aggression, and alco- hol use, and lower levels of general health. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Fossils

The Ute Native Americans of Utah wore trilobite fossils as amulets to protect from bullets. CRACKED.COM The fossils, called lit- tle water bugs by the Utes, were worn on a string and said to pro- tect against bullets and diseases such as diphtheria. — Source

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Naples

The supervolcano near Naples could erupt for the first time since 1538. CRACKED COM Previous eruptions of Campi Flegrei have triggered volcanic winters globally, caus- ing widespread crop failures and resulting in famines. — Source

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Gianni Russo

The guy who played Carlo Rizzi in The Godfather actually killed a person. Gianni Russo owned a restaurant in Las Vegas for a while, and he shot a guy there in 1988 - the court ruled it justifiable homicide. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Robert Goddard

Robert Goddard was mocked after he created the first liquid-fueled rocket in 1919. CRACKED.COM Не was ridiculed for his be- lief that man could reach the moon, and The New York Times even mocked his un- derstanding of basic phys- ics. They later published a correction the day after the launch of Apollo 11. — Source

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East Asia

Over half the world's population lives within a 5000-mile-wide circle in East Asia. Sea of Japa UZBEKISTAN MONGOLIA ASMENISTAN Shenyang Almany Ashgabat MANCH NORTH NOREA GARAGUM Taskken Plyongyang NYROYZSTAN Drumps GOBI DESERT Beijing new SWAN Dallas Seoul Bantow *Dushanbe SOUTH Democracy *kashi UN KOREA TAKLA-MAKAN Tianjin Yellow Public DESERT Jinan Sea Dingdao FORUOI Kabul Talyaan REEU N MOUN LAINS APOHANISTAN Lait: thes birther - Zbengzhou X Kandahar klamabad NO - HIMALAWA S DINGLANG GADYUAM CHINA East Lahore* China Wehan ML Everest Hangeboul Sea PAKISTAN $850ml ISLANDS Chengdu / Okinawa New Delhi Changsha Ahasa Nancheng NETAL Champing Jaipur. of Tropic *YUKYU — Source

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Crows

WEIRD WORLD In California, they're trying to fight crows with actual laser beams. Crows have been plaguing Sunnyvale, CA, for a while, so the city plans to try and scare them off with green lasers. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Thomas Edison

CRACKED.COM Terrible ideas about the future of movies Thomas Edison thought talkies would fail. No, I don't think the talking motion picture will ever be successful in the United States. Americans prefer silent drama... The American people do not want it, and will not welcome it. - Thomas Edison, March 4, 1927 — Source

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Super Soakers

The Super Soaker was invented by a Nasa Engineer. In addition to the Super Soaker, Dr. Lonnie Johnson also invented the Nerf Gun and holds over 100 patents. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Borat

CRACKED BORAT was sued by... Well, everyone. The villagers of Glod, Romania sued for implying they were incestuous. The two frat bros in the van scene sued for defamation, and Jeffrey Lemmerond sued for using his image. Artist Esma Redžepova was the only winner. She claimed her song was used without permission, and was awarded €26,000 out of her €800,000 lawsuit. — 20th Century Studios
Decider

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Dubai

CRACKED DUBAI: 269 PEOPLE PER RESTAURANT. Dubai has an impressive 13,000 restaurants and cafes, and a population of around 3.5 million. That means there are roughly 269 people for every restaurant or cafe. — Nick Starichenko/Shutterstock
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Beer Wars

Anheuser-Busch disagrees. Miller HOME OF THE HIGH LIFE VALLEY MILLER CRACKED.COM Molson Coors is challenging a ruling from the National Advertising Division that said they can't use the phrase light beer shouldn't taste like water. It should taste like beer in their ads anymore. Anheuser-Busch had a problem with it. — TMJ4

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Domestic Violence

By taking a study out of context, an article in The Washington Post came to the questionable conclusion that women should get married to avoid domestic violence. FIGURE 7 Intimate partner violence against females, by household Although the rate of composition, 1993-2010 Rate per 1,000 females domestic violence is BC Maried adults without children indeed highest among Manried adults with children One female adult with children V. One female adult only single mothers, the Other household composition 4 article fails to account for other x factors, such as : 91 95 56 '97 989 92 100 DI IT 01 & - — Source: 23 Stats That Are Misleading B.S. (But Technically Correct)

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Game of Thrones

PILOTS THAT WERE WILDLY DIFFERENT GAME OF THRONES Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin wrote MASSIVE PROBLEM when he saw the unaired pilot. It has different actors and a George R.R. Martin cameo, among other differences to the final pilot. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Pilots That Were Wildly Different from the Rest of the Show

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Period Crunch

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Mao’s Poop

At Mao and Stalin's first meeting, the USSR stole Mao's poop. On Stalin's personal orders, the sewage pipes in the house where the two met were rerouted to special storage boxes. The thinking was that an analysis of the chemicals in his poop would reveal secrets about Mao's psychology. (Did it work? Nobody knows.) CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Historical Facts That Don't Get Mentioned

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Alexander and Stellan Skarsgård

CELEBRITY PARENTS AND KIDS HANGIN' ON SET THE SKARSGÅRDS Alexander and Stellan Skarsgird have only worked in one film together - Lars von Triers' Melancholia. Alexander said it was rad, and his father is one of my best friends. CRACKED.COM — Source: MTV

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Pet Psychic

WEIRD WORLD A pet psychic who claims to be able to communicate with animals loses control of her dog on a morning talk show. Beth Lee-Crowther was a guest on ITV's This Morning to talk about her purported ability to communicate telepathically with animals when her dog ran to the set's kitchen to grab food meant for a cooking segment. CRACKED.COM — UPI

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Giraffes

Giraffe tongues can be 20 inches long. B CRACKED.COM They are dark bluish black color is probably to prevent sunburn as they use the long tongue to reach leaves in the treetops. 27% — San Diego Zoo

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Danny DeVito’s Penguin Comic

Danny DeVito wrote a pandemic-related comic (starring the Penguin). DeVito didn't just play the character - in 2021, he wrote a comic for DC where the Penguin (along with Catwoman, who is his lover here) commits the villainous act of, uh, stealing vaccines and inoculating the entire world against the pandemic. — More: Danny DeVito Wrote A Bonkers Penguin Comic

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Coffee Talk

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM IN THE '90S, THEY WANTED TO MAKE A MOVIE BASED ON SNL'S COFFEE TALKS SKETCHES. Studios wanted something that'd be as successful as Mike Myers' Wayne's World, so they hit up SNL sketches for material - and, for some reason, sketches like Coneheads got picked over Myers' Coffee Talk. — Source

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The Jay Peterman of Paraguay

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM Who was Gary Sanchez? GARY SANCHEZ PRODUCTIONS McKay and Will Ferrell named their production company after a fake name that Ferrell had stored in his Blackberry. The imaginary Sanchez was a Paraguayan entrepreneur and financier. — Cheatsheet

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Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 had to use fake Walkmans. The first GotG movie turned the vintage players into hot items, raising their price into the thousands. This became a problem when a few were needed for the sequel. So instead of using the genuine things, the prop team built non-functioning replicas. SONY aLAMAN CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Random Facts To Share With The World At Large

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30 Rock

Jenna and Pete were almost a couple. The storyline didn't make it past a table read. People didn't like how Pete would be cheating on his wife. BEHIND-THE-SCENES CRACKED.COM — Entertainment

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Henry Ford

Henry Ford tried to end WWI by sailing to Europe on a Peace Ship. He sailed with a group of pacifists and reporters, planning to convince European soldiers to go on strike When they landed, they were greeted by eight college students in total. The half-million-dollar expedition ended in failure and ridicule. Ford told the pacifists he couldn't go on to Stockholm because he was sick, and then he sailed home on an ocean liner. CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Bizarre, Unexpected Facts About Historical Figures

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Simpsons Easter Eggs

40 Random Bits of Trivia We’ve Been Growing in Our Hydroponic Garden All Winter — Source: 30 Ace Instances Of Movie And TV Foreshadowing

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Zayn Malik

ZAYN MALIK said he was going to lay low LIE! CRACKED.COM Zayn left One Direction in 2015. Why? Allegedly to take a step back from the limelight. One week later, he released his first solo single, having successfully avoided the public eye for a good 6 or 7 days. — Popcrush

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Starvation

A Thanos-like approach to population was seriously proposed in the '70s. Overpopulation was one of the great fears of past decades. Famine was thought to be inevitable, so some authors proposed triage- essentially, letting entire nations starve to feed the rest. Luckily, new agricultural techniques were developed that curbed food shortage before that happened. — More: 5 Futuristic Predictions That Now Sound Hilarious

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Hellboy

On the Hellboy shoot, a train broke one of Ron Perlman's ribs. He had to jump onto a train, and mistimed the jump on one take, breaking a rib. He'd ha — Source: 6 Actors Who Survived Stuff That'd Kill Superman

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The X-Files

GILLIAN ANDERSON LIED ABOUT HOW OLD SHE WAS. THE X-FILES Anderson told the casting directors she was 27 during her first audition. She was actually 24 — Independent

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Scream 3

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Audi

40 Random Bits of Trivia We’ve Been Growing in Our Hydroponic Garden All Winter — Source: Audi

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Jim Carrey

40 Random Bits of Trivia We’ve Been Growing in Our Hydroponic Garden All Winter — Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Lost

JACK SHEPHARD was going to die in Lost's pilot episode. J.J. Abrams originally planned on killing Jack in order to shock the audience, and Michael fre

6

The Godfather

The actors in The Godfalher had their bodies rigged with tiny explosives. James Caan, who played Sonny Corleone, was covered in 147 explosive squibs,

5

The 1960s

BARELY ANYONE SMOKED POT IN THE 1960s. Ah, the '60s. Flower power, peace and love, everyone was high... Except that by 1969, only 4o/ of Americans had

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Brie Larson

Brie Larson enjoys mushroom foraging. She says, It's like a scavenger hunt.

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CPR

Dr. Grant's CPR in Jurassic Park couldn't do anything. Tim's cheeks are puffed out, so air isn't leaving his mouth. Since he's not tilting back Tim's

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10,000 Maniacs

10,000 MANIACS GOT THEIR NAME FROM SCHLOCKMEISTER HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS'S 1964 GORE-FEST 0OD MANIACS, THANKS TO LEAD SINGER AND MOVIE BUFF NATALIE ME

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Cleaning Up Nuclear Waste

Before the nuclear processing plant in Dounreay, Scotland could be dismantled, the radioactive plutonium residue inside the workings needed to be remo

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