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Don’t let their bright colors and pictures fool you. Some of these are utter nightmares

40 Random Bits of Trivia That Seem Cool in Public but Behind the Scenes They’re Very Difficult To Work With

March 14, 2025

We all put on a bit of a face in public. It’s why we release a huge sigh of relief the second we get home and melt into the couch. We’re finally able to be our gross, curmudgeonly selves.

Some people can take that public face a little too far, though — so far that it can be downright deceptive. These facts border on that kind of duplicity. They lure you in with pictures, but at least when it’s all over, you’ll have learned things.

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Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong wore a Star of David. Не did so as a tribute to the Jewish family who were a second home & loaned him the money to buy his first instrument. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 Boss Movie & General 'Now You Know' Facts

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Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg got $1.5 million dollars when an actor was replaced on his movie. His contract for All the Money in the World had a clause that gave him approval over who his co-star was, so when they quickly replaced Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer, he said he wouldn't approve it unless they paid him more money - and they did. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — USA Today

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Brain Therapy

A new brain therapy is having revolutionary success against depression. It's developed at Stanford and involves stimulating a brain with a magnetic field, and it can deliver great results in just a few days of treatment. CRACKED.COM

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Remember the Titans

Based-one truestory REMEMBER THE TITANS Released in 2000, this Disney movie was allegedly based on a true story about a high school football team. It showed how the team overcame racial tensions, although quite a few of the facts were changed or left out. use CRACKED — Source

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Die Hard

CRACKED.COM Die Hard became a classic because of a cardboard box. A fridge box fell off a truck in front of screenwriter Jeb Stuart's car - and before he found out it was empty, he thought he was going to die and that he should have patched things up with his wife while he had the chance. Then he decided the movie should be about a guy trying to do exactly that. — Source

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Blondie

Blondie was a common catcall to Debbie Harry. You can thank uncreative, creepy truckers for this band name. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Dub the Dew

Public votes that backfired big time DUB THE DEW Mountai Dew they De DE Z This very short-lived 2012 promotion had Mountain Dew fans name its new drink. Suggestions like the contest winner, Hitler did nothing wrong had Mountain Dew apologize to consumers, claiming that they lost to the Internet. CRACKED — Source

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Euphoria

Behind-the-scenes Drama Euphoria Barbie Ferreira had a fight with sam Levinson. Anonymous reports and rampant internet speculation have blamed Kat's reduced role on fight between the actress and the show's creator. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cloverfield

The Cloverfield sequels weren't meant to be sequels. 10 Cloverfield Lane was written as The Cellar, and The Cloverfield Paradox was The God Particle. Both scripts were refactored to be part of the Cloverfield universe. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Knives Out

Ransom's costumes in Knives Out are a deliberate, subtle clue to his character. His sweaters have holes and rips because he doesn't care of them .. a sign of his disrespect to his family, his fortune, and his clothes. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Charlie Chaplin

In 1978, Charlie Chaplin's body was stolen and held for ransom. His widow refused to pay ransom demands of £400,000 ($2 million USD with inflation) because Charlie would have thought it ridiculous. His body was found 11 weeks later. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Mike Rowe

Mike Rowe was an opera singer with the Baltimore Opera. The Dirty Jobs host learned the simplest aria he could find, auditioned, and got a job. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Michael Jackson

Bad was originally going to be a collaboration between Michael Jackson and Prince. Producer Quincy Jones says it was his idea to put the two rivals together, and turn that antagonistic energy into pop gold. Apparently it was a hard pass, for Prince. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Government Spending

When healthcare.gov launched and immediately crashed, the government paid $4 million to fix it. Affordable Care Act That money went to the same contractor who screwed it up. Despite the fact that the flaws were generated by the contractor, the CMS withheld only $267,420 of the $4 million. http://www bloomberg com/news/articles/2015-09-22/-s-paid- GRACKED.COM healthcare-gov-contractor-4-million-to-fix-its-own-mess — Source

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The Bristol Bus Boycott

In 1963, the Bristol Bus Boycott was held to protest racist hiring practices. INO COLOUR BAR EVERY MAN BOYCOTT TRE FREHT BUSES NO COLOUR DOA At the time, the bus company in Bristol refused to hire Black drivers - but after an extended boycott, on 28 August 1963, they changed their policy. CRACKED.COM — Source

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German Soldiers

CRACKED.COM Soldiers in an elite German unit are growing left breasts. au In their drill, they're hitting that side of their chests with rifles over and over, and that seems to be making breast tissue grow. Scientists just aren't sure how. — Source

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Annabelle Comes Home

BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2019 ANNABELLE COMES HOME The set for the third Annabelle installment was so spooky, a priest had to intervene. A piano bench would move by itself, door knocks would be randomly heard, and performers saw shadowy figures on the set. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Tourette Syndrome

A Tourrette's medication can cause impulsive partying. CRACKED.COM The prescription drugs Abilify and Aristada contain aripiprazole, a compound used to treat Tourrette's syndrome, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Aripiprazole can have side effects that drive the user to party too hard: excessive gambling, eating and sex, among other extremely rad hobbies. — Source

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Video Games

One woman is the voice of tons of your favorite video game heroes. TWiTE Ashly Burch got her start all the way back in 2008 with a show she and her brother made called Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'? Since then, she's lent her voice to huge games like Life is Strange, Valorant, and Horizon Zero Dawn. CRACKED.COM — Source

21

Moose Party

CRACKED TYCHO BRAHE Tycho Brahe, the oddball astronomer, had a pet moose that he would take for rides in his carriage. Unfortunately, the moose drank too much beer at a party and died. — Mental Floss / Science at Your Doorstep

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A Jiffy

In computing, the jiffy is the duration of one tick of the system timer interrupt. V nome Sep 2015 lib -> usr/li Sep 2015 lib64 -> usr/ Jul 10:01 lost+found Aug 22:45 mnt Sep 2015 opt Sep 15:52 private Sep 08:15 proc CRACKED.COM Aug 10 Typically, this time is 0.01 seconds, though in some earlier systems the jiffy was defined as 1/60 of a second. — StrataDOC / Pexels

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15,000 Years of Doggos

We domesticated dogs before plants Dogs were domesticated at least 15,000 years ago, with the first attempt to domesticate plants and other animals at around 9500 ВСЕ. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Facts That Prove How Good Dogs Are (As If You Needed Proof)

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Deadpool

Similar to the Deadpool 2 movies, Deadpool in the comics has a sidekick. CRACKED.COM Bob, an agent of Hydra, joined Hydra for a steady job and dental plan. Не has no superpowers or combat training and Deadpool brings him on dangerous missions for his own amusement. — Cinemablend

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Squirrels

Squirrels are omnivores Squirrels don't just eat nuts ... they will also eat meat, especially if necessary. In one instance, a pack of Russian black squirrels reportedly attacked and ate a stray dog. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source: BBC

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Russell Crowe

Hugh Jackman says he owes his career to Russell Crowe. Crowe passed on the role of Wolverine, and then recommended his friend Hugh for the job, which eventually made him a household name. CRACKED.COM — Source: 46 Next-Level Movie Facts To Know

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Beverly Hills

Way, way more people in Beverly Hills than you might think are Iranian. Apparently, 22% of the Beverly Hills population is actually of Iranian descent. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Mount Rushmore

There's a creepy secret chamber inside Mt. Rushmore. Its sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, wanted Mt. Rushmore to have a Hall of Records, where historic American documents would be stored. When he died in 1941, it was unfinished. In 1998, the government put a sealed titanium vault with copies of important documents in there. So he kinda got his wish. CRACKED.COM — 17 Unknown Secrets In Well-Known Landmarks

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Doctor Who

In 2013, nine lost Doctor Who episodes turned up in Nigeria. ИННОМТ.М ЕГЕСТ The BBC destroyed its own Doctor Who tapes back in the '60s and '70s, but those episodes have occasionally turned up in foreign markets, which had been sent their own copies. The Nigerian find was x apparently the largest in 30 years. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Now-You-Know Bits of Trivia About Movies, History, Celebrity Weirdness, And More

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Wolves

MYTH Wolves howl at the moon. TRUTH Wolves howl to communicate, day or night. CRACKED.COM — National Geographic

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Elevators

CRACKED.COM Many people who used elevators in the 1800s were so anxious that they reported feeling extreme dizziness and nausea. — The 16 Dumbest Ways People Freaked Over New Tech

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Star Wars

Luke's face sure took a beating, in Empire. Some of those scars were real. Just before the end of the filming of Star Wars: A New Hope, Mark Hamill was in a car crash that crushed his nose and left cheekbone. It took seven hours of surgery to put his face back together, and a stunt double was used to film the scenes that were shot after his accident. GRACKED COM http://www. stars handshake de/gossip htm — 27 Mind-Blowing TRUE Star Wars Behind The Scenes Stories

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall

MARSHALL SARAH The director watched BLUE CRUSH a gazillion times to get the FORUL surfing scenes right. I Nick Stoller said that he pulled SCENES apart every surfing scene in the U 2002 movie to learn how it's done and edited together. BEHIND CRACKED.COM — Moviemaker

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Jane Lynch

Jane Lynch Lynch graduated Thornridge High School in Dolton, IL in 1978. Along with her spots on the tennis and basketball team, Lynch was a star of her debate team. GRACKED.COM — source: classmates.com

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White Castle

White Castle is the oldest fast-food burger chain, originating in 1921 White astle WhiteCastle.com The company's assembly line style food preparation helped to lead the the entire fast food industry. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Consumerist

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The Founding Fathers

The Founding Fathers thought that independence was a mistake. The aristocratic Founding Fathers saw regular Americans as vile ignoramuses, and had zero faith in the people's ability to govern themselves. Independence, however, was left as the only option when attempts to patch things up with King George III fell through. — More: 5 Awkward Footnotes Hidden In History's Biggest Moments

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Cicadas

There's a fungus that lives inside cicadas and feeds them vital nutrients. The fungus cordyceps synthesizes nutrients, including essential vitamins, that the cicada can't get from its diet - - without it, the cicada would die. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: The Atlantic

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SNL

BRIAN OYLE-MURRAY WAS THE SECOND MURRAY TO ANCHOR 1981 BROTHER BILL, OF COURSE, SAT IN THE ANCHOR'S CHAIR A FEW YEARS EARLIER. BRIAN DOES HAVE THE DISTINCTION OF BEING ONE OF THE ONLY HOSTS OF 'SNL NEWSBREAK', A SHORTLIVED NAME CHANGE BEFORE IT REVERTED TO WEEKEND UPDATE. — Entertainment Weekly

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Beanie Babies

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The Thing

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Flavor Flav

Flavor Flav, the clock-loving court jester from Public Enemy, is a musical prodigy. As a kid, he taught himself how to play everything from the piano — Source: 6 Dumb Celebrities Who Are Way Smarter Than You Think

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