40 Random Bits of Trivia That Are Technically Prequels to Other, More Interesting Bits of Trivia

Each fact is an important piece of the knowledge puzzle
40 Random Bits of Trivia That Are Technically Prequels to Other, More Interesting Bits of Trivia

Yes, these facts are small, but each of them are important pieces of their topics. If we were able to fit every piece of information about hyenas on one of these images, we would! But since we can’t, we can just tell you that they outperformed primates in cooperative problem-solving tests.

Cool, right? 

Now it’s up to you if you want to skip work to delve deeper into the world of hyenas. We did yesterday, and it was awesome!

The Father of Pop Rocks

Pop Rocks, Tang, and Cool Whip were all invented by one person. R S CRACKED.COM Dr. William А. Mitchell was badly burned in a lab explo- sion as a young chemist working at the Agricultural Experiment Station, and went to work at General Foods after recovering at the start of World War II.

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Your Right to Remain Silent

CRACKED.COM MYTH: If you get arrested, you can just remain silent and the cops must stop questioning you. REALITY: You have the right to remain silent, but you need to state it out loud. Rulings by the Supreme Court have stated that you must vocally assert this right. You can also state that you will remain silent until you have a lawyer present.

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Dodgeball

The Cast Went To Dodgeball Boot Camp CRACKED.COM In preparation for the film, the entire cast ran indoor dodgeball drills at a boot camp. Stiller said the practice consisted of the cast gathering at a gym a few times a week playing dodge- ball. The game was physically exhaust- ing for many of the cast, Stiller added, It's a game for the young. It's one thing when you're eight, but when you're 38, it gets really exhausting. Af- ter three or four minutes, you're fried.

SI

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

The pilot of It's Always Sunny only cost $100 That money went towards the cost of pizza for crew as well as camcorder tapes. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED.COM

LA Times

The United Nations

United Nations forces are often called blue helmets because of their light blue headwear, same as the UN flag. The bright blue also serves to quickly and obviously identify them as UN forces even to faraway snipers. CRACKED.COM

Source: UN

Salami

Salami are completely uncooked, but still totally safe to eat as they are. The curing process, which involves the sausage maturing in its skin, makes them safe and gives them their characteristic intense flavor. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Source: BBC

Schitt’s Creek

Alexis' signature broken wrist pose was based on the Kardashians. Actress Annie Murphy noticed the Kardashians (and other obvious influences, like Paris Hilton) would hold their purses with their elbows down, forearms out, and palms up. Alexis is in permanent purse-pose, tweaked slightly sO her plams are facing down.

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40 Random Bits of Trivia That Are Technically Prequels to Other, More Interesting Bits of Trivia
Source: Today

LFO

P C CL BE I jelt SUMMER GIRLS If you're a millennial, you probably remember LFO's radio earworm as the Abercrombie and Fitch song. Officially titled

Egypt

THE PYRAMIDS WEREN'T BUILT BY SLAVES. Despite what you've seen in movies, the Egyptian pyramids were the work of paid laborers working on ree-month sh

Lois Jenson

Lois Jenson filed (and won) America's first-ever class-action sexual harassment lawsuit: Jenson V. Eveleth Mines. Jenson's -year legal battle was fuel

Battlestar Galactica

In a 1978 Battlestar Galactica episode, many fighter pilots get ill, SO new pilots all women- are recruited. Later, just out of training, they defeat

Ghostbusters

Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd were great, iIn Ghostbusters. But they originally had double-roles in the movie. In a deleted scene between action sequenc

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