40 Grizzled Bits of Trivia That Have Seen Things You Could Only See in Your Nightmares

You’re gonna regret striking up a conversation with these at the bar
40 Grizzled Bits of Trivia That Have Seen Things You Could Only See in Your Nightmares

Have you ever sidled up to a stranger, struck up an innocent conversation and immediately regretted it? Your eyes widen as they somehow jump from the weather to some horrifying details about their past, as if they’ve been wanting to unload them on someone for years. 

Well, you just became that someone. This list has been dying to get these tidbits off of its chest, so just smile and nod along until you think of a way out of this mess, okay?

Jennifer Fitzgerald

After a bad breakup, Jennifer Fitzgerald's ex-boyfriend bought a car in her name without her knowledge, then parked it at Chicago O'Hare Airport. MENTE CIELO 9 It was there for two years, getting over 600 tickets and racking up over $100,000 in fines. GRAGKED.COM

Dracula

Bram Stocker's Dracula Dracula's castle is modeled after 1903's The Black Idol, by František Kupka - a Czech painter with a keen interest for the occult. CRACKED.COM

300

CRACKED SPARTANS AS ANCIENT SUPER-SOLDIERS. It's a common misconception that Spartans were the best warriors in ancient Greece. In fact, there's no proof that they were particularly good at fighting in the Archaic period. Their fame mainly comes from their victory at the Battle of Thermopylae.

Mariner Valley

Mariner Valley on Mars is many times larger than the Grand Canyon. CRACKED.COM Although Mars is about half the size of Earth, the huge rift called Valles Marineris (or Mariner Valley) is more than eight times the length of the Grand Canyon, and four times as deep.

NASA 

Deadpool 2

The original ending of Deadpool 2 had Deadpool kill baby Hitler. They scrapped the idea early on, though, thinking it'd be too much to show Deadpool killing a baby even if that baby was, well, Adolf Hitler. CRACKED.COM

Source: CBR

Jon Stewart

Jocks playing dorks JON STEWART worked his way up from the junior varsity team to a starting spot on the varsity team at William & Mary, impressing his coach with his perseverance and earning an annual award named after him. CRACKED

Comedy Central

ESPN

AIDS

A GENETIC DEFECT MADE STEPHEN CROHN IMMUNE TO AIDS. Crohn had a mutation in his white blood cells that kept most strains of HIV from penetrating and a

Stoner Ave.

The city of Bemidji, Minnesota has a little theft problem regarding the street signs for Stoner Avenue and in the span of 10 years, the city spent $20

Saoirse Ronan

Saoirse Ronan, who had never played the piano, mastered a ludicrously difficult Beethoven piano sonata for Byzantium. She pulled it off in 12 weeks, w

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