40 Audacious Bits of Trivia That We Can’t Believe Had the Nerve to Say What They Just Said Right Now

A cow’s burps affect climate change way more than their farts? Really, facts? Really?!?!
40 Audacious Bits of Trivia That We Can’t Believe Had the Nerve to Say What They Just Said Right Now

You know, we were actually having a really pleasant evening until this cocky list strolled in here and start spouting off at the mouth. Like, just because it knows a lot more random facts than us, doesn’t mean it’s better than us. 

We know that the first copyrighted motion picture was of a man’s sneeze in 1894. Oh, it knew that too? Hmm. Well, it’ll never know what cake tastes like. Ha!

Humans: 1, Facts: 0.

Captain Picard

In another universe, Edward James Olmos is Captain Picard. They offered him the role, but he said no. Science fiction wasn't really where I wanted to be, not since Blade Runner.

Source: LATimes

Michael Bolton

Michael Bolton deeply resented Office Space ...at first. hFROH 0 Castar CRACKED COM In 2003, Bolton said in an interview I was doing fine. Then they made this movie, and I can't go anywhere! He later grew to embrace his status as a no-talent ass-clown, and actually remade select scenes from

Source: YouTube

Nicole Kidman

celebrity Hobbies Nicole kidman jumps out of planes. Kidman has her own skydiving license, and recommends that every woman does it. CRACKED.COM

Lake Tahoe

Cracked News A 14-year-old has become the youngest person to swim the length of Lake Tahoe. Another 14-year-old was spotted on the shore with his t-shirt still on, saying he might swim it later. CRACKED.COM

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AFLAC

Gilbert Gottfried relentlessly roasted Japan. AFLAC CRACKED.COM Gottfried just would not stop tweeting insensitive jokes about the 2011 tsunami that killed over 15,000 people. Aflac does a ton of business in Japan, so they swiftly fired him.

The Little Mermaid

Ariel from the Little Mermaid is the only Disney princess to have had a child of her own. Melody is the protagonist of The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea. She is the daughter of Ariel and Prince Eric, who dreams of living life under the sea. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

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Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs

GRACKED.COM national MCLS Nathan's Famous used fake doctors to sell hot dogs. When Nahum Handwerker opened his first hot dog stand in 1916, he used a few publicity tricks - including planting fake customers dressed in white coats. People assumed these were doctors from a nearby hospital - and if these cheap hot dogs were good enough for doctors, then they couldn't be all that bad.

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SNL

COMEDY of NERD CRACKED.COM Chevy Chase Chase, along with Dana Carvey and Gilda Radner, won for Outstanding Individual Performance in A Variety Or Music Program, his coming in 1976. It was the removal of this category, forcing SNL into competition with sitcoms, that resulted in a drought as far as acting wins for cast.

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

Quentin Tarantino

CRACKEDCON WHILE BEING GRILLED OVER THE VIOLENT CONTENT OF HIS FIIMS IN AN INTERVIEW, QUENTIN TARANTNO WAS ASKED WHY THE NEED FOR SO MUCH GRUESOME, G

Cathedrals

Many cathedrals have a cruciform plan; that is, if CRACKED.COM you see them from above (as God would), they look like a cross. Washington National Chartres Cathedral, Cathedral, USA France Peterborough Amiens Cathedral, Cathedral, UK France

All in the Family

ALL IN THE FAMILY GRACKED.COM The groundbreaking comedy aired for 9 seasons before ending on April 8, 1979 with the usually gruff Archie expressing his love for Edith. For 5 seasons they averaged 20-21 million viewers, but that finale raked in 40.2 million.

Shrek

Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah became big because of Shrek. The song went mostly underappreciated for years, even as other artists kept covering it, until a version of it was used in a movie about an ogre, a princess, and a donkey. Then it started popping up everywhere. CRACKED.COM

Iron Man

I am Iron Man. Robert Downey Jr. improvised the film's ending line. Years later, an editor would come up with the idea to have it come back in Endgame. CRACKED.COM

Batman

In the 1960s Batman series, Batman and Robin buckled their seatbelts before taking off in the Batmobile. This occurred after a complaint by the National Safety Council & the Dynamic Duo set a good example thereafter. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

The Wright Brothers

CRACKED THE WRIGHT BROTHERS NEVER FLEW TOGETHER. Except for that one time, otherwise, they promised their father they would always fly separately.

Cows

When we talk about climate change, people love to make jokes about farting cows. But cow farts aren't a thing. 0092 Cows do emit methane, but 95% of it comes from burping. They belch because they're ruminants, and burping is part of their digestive process. CRACKED GOM

Source Code

TIME LOOP MOVIES SOURCE CODE PRODUCERS COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE HELL THE MOVIE WAS ABOUT. Being an established screenwriter, Ben Ripley thought he could sell the idea without a script. Не was wrong. just looked at me like | was nuts, he said. Ultimately, I had to put it on the page to make my case. CRACKED.COM

McDonald’s

The first McDonald's drive-thru opened next to a military base in Arizona. 15 McDonald's SERVICE SYSTEM HAMBURGERS McDonald's 25 have Sold OVER 1 MILLION Soldiers at the base couldn't show up in public in a work or duty uniform, so a drive-thru was set up to allow them to buy at McDonald's anyway. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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