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40 Random Bits of Trivia That Look Just As Cool As Smoking 40 Cigarettes (And Without the Harmful Side Effects)

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40 Random Bits of Trivia That Look Just As Cool As Smoking 40 Cigarettes (And Without the Harmful Side Effects)

March 17, 2025

Don’t let their jean-jacket-clad bad boy image fool you, these facts are complete nerds come test time. It’s probably because their parents are so strict. At school, they put on that tough-guy act for their friends and teachers, but if they ever bring home a B, they’ll be grounded for life.

So don’t be intimidated. These “bad boys” are harmless.

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Lynne Cheney

Dick Cheney's wife Lynne published a lesbian romance novel. S0NET454-411204-52.500 SISTERS LYNNECHENEY TTHENON'EL ONA STRONOO AND EALITIFLL WYMLANY W B80E ALLTHE RULISOETHE ALERICRS FRONTIER Sisters was considered so controversial, Cheney persuaded the publisher not to re-issue it in the 2004 re-election year (it was written about 25 years earlier). CRACKED.COM — Source: CNN

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Mary Shelley

MARY SHELLEY wrote a book at 19 that has become a classic - Frankenstein. Written in the 19th century, it was science fiction exploring themes of scientific progress, human dignity, and justice. CRACKED

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The Beatles

The Beatles' Help! had an unusual dedication. THIS fILM IS RESPECTfULLY dEdICATED TO THE MEMORY of MR. ELIAS HOWE, WHO IN 1846. INVENTED THE SEWING MACHINE Were the filmmakers truly inspired, think it was funny, or (the most likely answer) were they high? CRACKED.COM — Source

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Metallica

JAMES HETFIELD WROTE NOTHING ELSE L MATTERS 5 7 7 WITHOUT THINKING. IL L L He's the guitarist for Metallica. Не was 8 mindlessly plucking his 5 guitar strings while he was 6 8 0 on the phone with his girlfriend, and a little tune came out. Не liked the way it sounded, and wrote an entire song around it. 5 5 5 SUN 3 U CRACKED.COM http://metallica.wikia.com/wiki/Nothing_Else_Matters_%28song%29 — Source

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The Internet

50 THE INTERNET 5 DECEMBER 1995 CompuServe Internet Services - - The - Lineer - : - - a - - = tomat - iw Mappy CRACKED.COM I predict the Internet will soon go spectacularly supernova and in 1996 catastrophically collapse. -Robert Metcalfe, the inventor of Ethernet. Не said he'd eat his words if he were wrong. And so he did, sticking a magazine page in a blender then eating the goop with a spoon. — Source

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Hindu

The Western idea of chakras doesn't look a lot like their Hindu origins. The body's energetic centers your yoga teacher will tell you about bear only a passing resemblance to any ancient Indian tradition. The chakras' association with colors, gemstones, emotional states, and so on are all Western spiritual fanfiction of the early 20th century. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Spice Girls

Spice Girls' Wannabe is the catchiest pop song A year-long study done in 2014 showed that people recognized the song in an average of 2.3 seconds, compared to 5 seconds for other hit songs. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Bible

Nowhere in the bible does it say there were three wise men. CRACKED.COM Still, most western Chris- tian denominations have traditionally assumed them to have been three in number, based on the statement that they brought three gifts. — Source

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Key & Peele

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Ya done messed up, A-A-Ron. SUBSTITUTE TEACHER ELETAL ENDOSKELI VRY LOPIAN -SONE/CA VEE CULAR TERUS CONTRACTILE ATTACHED T BLADDAR SONE INTER 43 ARY MATERIAL BODY COVER VETN SCALES a TI TUBE EXTER GILLS LUNGS KEY & PEELE CRACKED.COM SPINAL All it took was teacher mangles Caucasian names to light up the writers' room. It was like sharks in a frenzy after chum had been dumped in the water, says Key. Не improvised in-your-face bits with students, who had to suck my lips into my face to keep from laughing. — Source

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Weed

The first thing bought and sold on the internet was a x bag of marijuana. Dolopoint 2200 In the early '70s, students at Stanford used ARPANET to arrange a sale to students at MIT. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Red Lobster

A Red Lobster president lost her job after creating an endless crab promotion. Red Lobster Edna Morris tried to boost profits with a $22.99 din- ner promotion, but instead lost millions by bungling her calculations on how many times patrons would refill their plates with pric- ey crab. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Female Evolution

FEMALE 50 15 EVOLUTION DECEMBER 1950 1950 , 2000 o 6 GRACKED.com The woman of the year 2000 will be will be more than six feet tall, wear a size 11 shoe, have shoulders like a wrestler and muscles like a truck driver. -Associated Press. True for some women. AP also predicted, She may even be president. — Source

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Roald Dahl

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory CHARLiE ANOTHE CHOCOLTE FACTORY BY Roald Dahl Element by Joseph Concerning - four - and Che N with M TO and to plate CRACKED COM Roald Dahl wrote the original script, but was so miffed about the rewrites that he wrote in his will that the sequel, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, couldn't be adapted for film. — Source

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Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan was an early pioneer of the music video. In 1965, 16 years before MTV, Dylan filmed a video for his song Subterranean Homesick Blues, where he held cue cards with lyrics. Several bands have used the cue card approach since, most notably INXS with 1987's Mediate. GET BORN CRACKED — Source

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John Goodman

CRACKED John Goodman on SNL. Although he calls his SNL audition in 1980 the worst thing he's ever done in front of people, he luckily got to be heavily involved since. He's hosted 13 times, and proved himself as a hilarious live performer with great impressions and memorable sketches. — Youtube / Variety

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The Bald Eagle

Bald eagles mate for life and use the same nest each year. Like any married couple, they love home improvement, continually adding on to the nest. The largest on record was 20 ft deep, 9.5 ft across, and weighed nearly 3 tons. (It is unknown whether mating pairs who split up each get half.) CRACKED.COM http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/eagle/NestAbout1.html — Source: 28 Animals With Superhero Level Abilities

24

The Goonies

EASTER EGGS IN '80S MOVIES The Goonies DO GREMLINS EXIST IN THE GOONIES UNIVERSE? The cop dismisses Chunk's call with, Just like that last prank about all those little creatures that multiply when you throw water on them? Both movies were written by Chris Columbus. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Easter Eggs Hidden In Our Favorite '80s Movies

23

Mike Judge

CRACKED.COM SOUTH PARK BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT featured MIKE JUDGE as the unmuffled voice of Kenny McCormick. — Source: 37 Celebs Who Secretly Voiced Animated Characters

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Malware

A Windows XP computer infected with six types of malware was auctioned for $1.3 million. Stand - the Computer National - - Shared documents - - I Administrator WORTH ... - I - Restrictions - Marage - Decamando . - Expires - Petines - ask Ins the - Photo I - Computer Media Have Teconger - houpen Acomo and the - - Product and Tom - and Settings - - - The laptop is part of an artwork titled The Persistence of Chaos, and was a joint project between artist Guo o Dong and cyber-security company Deep Instinct. CRACKED.COM — BBC

21

Scarlett Johansson

CRACKED.COM scarlett Johansson she hates the nickname scarJo. I associate that name with, like, pop stars. It sounds tacky. It's lazy and flippant. — Source: Glamour

20

George Clooney

Facts about the Batmen Batman & Robin George clooney Clooney bet Nicole Kidman and Michelle Pfeiffer $10,000 each he wouldn't marry or have children by 40... and then turned it into a double-or-nothing bet for 50. Then he broke it by marrying at 53. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Straits Times

19

The Office

John Krasinski owns the secret santa teapot from The office. According to Krasinski, the show's prop master shipped him several of Jim's props after the show wrapped up - including the teapot that was a landmark in Jim and Pam's relationship. — More: 'That 70's Show' Car And 3 Other Classic TV Props Owned By Stars

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Conservation

A Canadian conservation officer was fired for refusing to kill bear cubs. In 2015, he was sent to kill a black bears that had entered a mobile home - - he killed a female black bear, but not her cubs, since they weren't seen eating food. Не got fired for not following orders, and fought that decision for years. Не only won in 2020. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — The Guardian

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Loki

Originally, Loki had a much longer deleted scene with Frog Thor in Episode 1. The scene showed Frog Thor beating the crap out of Loki, and it was really good, but had to get cut for pacing reasons. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Greenpeace

Greenpeace destroyed a 2000 year old Peruvian geoglyph. TIME FOR CHANGE! THE FUTURE IS RENEWABLE GREENPEACE Ironically, it was their footprints that did the most damage. CRACKED.COM — Source: The New York Times

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Cowboys

At least on some trails in Texas, about 25% of all cowboys you'd see were Black. Turns out, Black cowboys were a lot more plentiful in the Old West than Western shows and movies would lead you to conclude. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

14

Souling

Children used to visit houses souling, and ask for food, money, and booze. In 1000 A.D. November 2nd became known as All Souls' Day, where the poor would go to the homes of the wealthy and promise to pray for the homeowners' dead relatives in exchange for pastries. CRACKED.COM — Source: History

13

Walking

People walk slower and more varied in new environments CRACKED.COM Researchers have discovered what New Yorkers have always known: tourists walk too slow. — Source: ScienceDaily

12

Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo's sister Katia Aveiro is a musician who's put out six albums. Until 2013, her stage name had been Ronalda, and at one point she announced that she wanted to represent Portugal in the EuroVision Song Contest. CRACKED.COM — Source: GQ

11

Michael Jackson

He wanted a 50-foot moonwalking robot CRACKED.COM Remember the giant robotic spider from Wild Wild West? Jackson wanted to build ONE of those in the Nevada desert, except instead of a spider, it was a perpetually dancing Michael Jackson. — Source: The Guardian

10

The Holy Grail

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS ROCK MUSIC HELPED FINANCE THE MOVIE THE HOLY GRAIL The movie managed to get made thanks to the financial backing of rock bands like Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, and several record labels. Pink Floyd bandmates used the proceeds from their hit album Dark Side of the Moon

9

Star Wars

Alderaan got blown up in Star Wars because Alderaan scenes were too expensive. George Lucas' initial idea was for Alderaan to be the site of the prison Leia would get rescued from, but he didn't have as much money as he wanted, so he just put all those scenes on — Source: 7 Iconic Scenes (We Only Got Because The Movie Was Broke)

8

New Girl

Max Greenfield had a Saturday Night ive-themed bar mitzvah The New Girl star even had a Blues Brothers cake. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED COM

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The Boraro

40 Random Bits of Trivia That Look Just As Cool As Smoking 40 Cigarettes (And Without the Harmful Side Effects) — Source: ABC

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Nicolas Cage

40 Random Bits of Trivia That Look Just As Cool As Smoking 40 Cigarettes (And Without the Harmful Side Effects) — Source: CBS News

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Algeria

In Algeria, 70% of lawyers and 60% of judges are women, as are 60% of university students. CRACKEDOON

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Mayim Bialik

Mayim Bialik breastfed her son past the age of 3 years old. She thinks that children should have a say when it comes to deciding when to wean. CRACKED

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Justin Theroux

Justin Theroux made some extra money selling snow cones at a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Japan. ARNUM RINGCS BAILEY 3RS The actor tra

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Moana

Disney resorted to changing the film title Moana to Oceania in ltaly... CLANIA DisNEY ...in order to avoid connotations of Moana Pozzi, Italy's most p

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Witcher 3

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