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40 Able-Bodied Bits of Trivia That’d Love to Help Your Brain Move This Weekend

March 12, 2025

We don’t know if your brain told you yet, but it wants out of your skull and these facts are here to help. Apparently, you haven’t been reading enough random facts lately and it’s tired of waiting around. It wants so much more than you can offer, so it’s on to greener pastures.

Someone out there with a thirst for knowledge is going to make it very happy. Not that you care. You barely use it anyway.

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The Holocaust

A fake diplomat saved thousands of Jews during World War II. Italian Giorgio Perlasca was very much for fascism until it turned, you know, fascistic. So after seeking refuge in neutral Spain, he pretended to be a diplomat and started working to give Hungarian Jews certificates of protection. Over 5,000 people were saved this way. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Mad Cow Disease

1 in 2,000 people in the UK carries the mad cow disease. Relatively few people who catch the infectious agent develop symptoms and it's unknown if they can trans- mit it to others. They should still refrain from biting other people, how- ever. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Tikka Masala

The popular Indian style dish Chicken Tikka Masala was invented in Glasgow, Scotland. CRACKED.COM The dish comes from Ali Ahmed Aslam, proprietor of the Shish Mahal, said to have prepared a sauce us- ing spices soaked in a tin of condensed tomato soup after a customer said his meal was too dry. — Source

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England’s Forgotten Queen

England's Forgotten Queen was only the Queen of England for 9 days in 1553. CRACKED.COM Lady Jane Grey only as- cended to the throne be- cause Edward VI wanted to keep a Protestant as the sovereign of England. She was then deposed and exe- cuted the following year. — Source

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Hippos

Hippos can poop so much that they eliminate all the fish in their water supply. The sheer amount of river horse dookie creates a lay- er of ammonia, methane, hydrogen sulfide, and oth- er chemicals. The bacteria that digests the poop also consumes all the oxygen, choking out the fish. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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LEGO

The first DE LEGO toy fondensator 3 Le for LEGO didn't get into the brick game until the 1940's, more than a decade after producing this wooden duck. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Native Americans

CRACKED.COM Native-Americans figured out the Enlightenment before it was cool. Native-American peoples practiced democratic arrangements whose sophistication was hotly praised by Enlightenment thinkers - meaning French and American innovations are more like the inferior, whitewashed remakes. — Source

33

Shaq

Shaq only made one three-pointer in his entire career. An important lesson in playing to your strengths. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Alaska

CRACKED.COM MYTH: State with the most serial killers? Must be Florida, or California. REALITY: It's Alaska. Proportional to its population, Alaska wins this one with around 15.65 serial killings per one million inhabitants. It's followed by Nevada, then Florida. Criminologists speculate that it might be due to the cover of darkness during those long Alaskan winter nights. The isolation of the state's remote locations might also play a part. — Source

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Aquariums

Aquariums usually can't buy animals, so they barter for them. Putting a price tag on animals leads to poaching, so aquariums mostly barter with other aquariums to get the specimens they want (sometimes in very elaborate deals that take weeks or months of planning). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

30

Aztec Gods

ITZPAPALOTL GRACKED.COM Looking for a skeletal goddess and former star demon? This Aztec goddess flies on obsidian wings tipped with claws of flint, and legend has it, she appears as a beautiful woman of the Mexican court before exploding into a terrifying demon creature. — Source

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Trump Steaks

Donald Trump's Exclusive Introduction worst TRUMP business idea STEAKS THE WORLD'S GREATEST STEAK ever (maybe). Trump Steaks were (for some reason) sold at the Sharper Image. Sharper Image CEO Jerry Levin called it a horrible business idea, saying, We literally sold almost no steaks. If we sold $50,000 worth of steaks in total, I'd be surprised. CRACKED — Evan El-Amin/Shutterstock,
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Rolling Stone

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Cellulose

There's wood in your food (kind of). Cellulose is a common additive found in many everyday foods, like vegan, organic and gluten-free items. Basically, it's extra fiber. CRACKED — Antonina Vlasova/Shutterstock,
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27

John Candy

CRACKED JOHN CANDY PASSED ON A CUT OF HOME ALONE'S PROFITS. John Candy was so generous he passed on a cut of profits for his cameo, doing it as a favor to John Hughes, even though he could have used the money. — Film Stories / SlashFilm

26

Manatees

Manatees GRACKED.COM When the docile sea cow isn't busy chewing on sea cud, they are filling the waterways with their bubbling plant-farts; all that vegetation in their diet fills them with methane, which they release to control buoyancy. — Source: 34 Real Creatures More Terrifying Than Any Work Of Fiction

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Motor Oil Syrup

MMMM... PENNZOIL. PENNZOIL Motor oil is used instead of syrup to photograph pancakes, as it doesn't Korea - - des and responsive absorb as fast and looks better. ENNZ CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Marketing Lies Somehow Still Seen

24

France

Areas in Northeast France are deemed too physically and environmentally damaged by conflict for human habitation. CRACKED.COM The 460 square miles area contains so much human and animal remains and millions of items of unexploded clas- sic and chemical ordnance from WWI that it's been le- gally defined as Impossible to clean. — Messy nessy Chic

23

Beetlejuice

EASTER EGGS IN '80S MOVIES Beetlejuice JACK SKELLINGTON IS HERE. Tim Burton came up with Jack way back in 1982, so it's no big surprise that he appears at the top of Beetlejuice's carnival hat. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Easter Eggs Hidden In Our Favorite '80s Movies

22

Google Maps

An error of Costa Rica's border on Google Maps led to an invasion of Costa Rica by the army of Nicaragua. GRACKED COM Google responded, saying that their Maps shouldn't be used as a reference to decide military actions between countries. — Newsweek

21

Protest Wars

Kevin smith Не got in a protest war with the westboro Baptist church. Smith's Red State mocking the WBC led to a full-on protest war between the church and the filmmakers - with a sign reading DICK TASTES YUMMY being met with a disgusted head shake from the Phelpses. CRACKED.COM — Source: Vulture

20

Swedish Blood Donors

Blood donors in Sweden receive a thank you text when their blood is used. CRACKED GOM This system was created to boost the rates of blood donations, so that donors get feedback on their effort. — Source: Independent

19

Die Hard

DIE HARD CRACKED.COM In 1988, Die Hard earned more than $140 million worldwide. This success led to a many 90s clones where an outnumbered hero is trapped in a single setting. Many (like Air Force One and Under Seige) were highly successful, but 1991's Toy Soldiers and 1992's Passenger 57 were critical and financial flops. — Source: ranker

18

Quaker Oats

There was a secret experiment that involved feeding kids radioactive oatmeal. To make things worse, it was done without them or their parents knowing - MIT and Quaker Oats were involved in it, and had to pay a $1.85 million settlement. CRACKED.COM — Source

17

Avocados

Almost all avocados in the U.S. can be traced back to a single tree. The Hass avocado is descended from a seedling planted in 1926 by postman Rudolf Hass. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 17 Tasty Now-You-Know Food Facts

16

Tracing Calls

MYTH: It takes time to trace a call, so keep that kidnapper talking! FACT: Calls are automatically, instantly traced. Thanks to enhanced 9-1-1, land line calls are instantly paired to an address. That's so emergency responders will immediately know where an urgent call is coming from, in case the caller is unable to speak. And cell phones aren't any more secure, because today the FBI can track down and remotely turn on any cell phone, and even use it as a microphone to spy on people. CRACKED.COM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_9-1-1 — 23 Widely-Circulated 'Facts' About The Law That Are Myths

15

Social Interactions

Low social interaction is as dangerous to your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day Social connections (including friends and family) improve our odds of survival by 50%. CRACKED.COM — ScienceDaily

14

Star Wars

Sarah Michelle Gellar is Seventh Sister STAR WARS REBELS Sarah Michelle Gellar might not be slaying vampires as Buffy anymore, but she still sates her wanton bloodlust as the Seventh sister Inquisitor on Star Wars Rebels. Bonus: Her husband, Freddie Prinze Jr., plays a Jedi named Kanan Jarrus on the show. CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 Faded Celebrities With Secret Lives In Cartoons

13

Aliens

Aliens (1986) James Cameron didn't care for his English crew's tea trolley tradition. Twice daily, an old lady would bring the crew their union-mandated tea on set. Cameron saw it as losing time, and would simply grab a camera and go film something on his own, much to the annoyance of the crew. CRACKED.COM — IGN, /film

12

Koalas

Koalas have fingerprints that are nearly indistinguishable from ours. CRACKED COM In a case of convergent evolution, both humans and koalas ended up with fingerprints that exhibit the same kind of whorls and loops for better grip. Chimps and gorillas have fingerprints, but most monkeys and other arboreal animals don't. It's possible the prints help koalas with their picky eating habits, allowing them a finer sense of touch. — Source: Gizmodo

11

Pope Stephen VI

A Dead Pope was put on trial. For political reasons, Pope Stephen VI really had it out for his predecessor's predecessor, Pope Formosus, and accused him of all kinds of pope- ish crimes. In 897, Stephen had Formosus' rotting corpse carried to the courtroom, where he angrily interrogated him in front of the bewildered clergy. — More: An Ancient Pope Put His Predecessor's Dead Body on Trial (Literally)

10

Leonard Cohen

It took Leonard Cohen five years to write Hallelujah. He wrote dozens of verses and then spent years figuring out the final version of the song. NOW YOU KNOW — Source: New Yorker

9

Tobacco Enemas

TOBACCO SMOKE Jas ENEMAS K WHO 18th century Europeans USED IT: WHAT IT Gut pain, headaches, TREATED: drowning Jic zcrglicderte Machinc die ganz machin

8

Tyrese Gibson

Tyrese Gibson got his 8-year-old daughter an island for Christmas. dc 0l dick clark DrOuCTIONS AMER bc MLJ AWA The actor from The Fast Saga revealed b

7

Marilyn Monroe

The Monroe Six' were a group of teenagers that followed Marilyn Monroe paparazzi- style throughout New York City in the mid- 1950s. Instead Of shyin

6

Destiny Velez

Within three months of being crowned Miss Puerto Rico 2015, Destiny Velez had an Muslim rant on Twitter. N What Muslims have done is provided oil & t

5

Animals

CRACKEDCOR Animals can sometimes exhibit psychiatric symptoms. Although thanks to our genes, only humans are known to suffer from animals schizophleav

4

Corks

CRACKEDOON According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, flying champagne corks are responsible for hundreds of potentially blinding eye injurie

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Photography

This photograph is one of the very few authentic images of the Omaha Beach invasion, and it was only possible because Robert Capa, the photographer, d

2

The Ravenmaster

The RAVENMASTER is an actual job title at the Tower of London. The Ravenmaster protects the Tower CRACKED COM ravens from harm, which are kept because

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Babies

1 out of every 2,000-3, 000 babies is born with a tooth.

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