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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Think They’re Being Inconspicuous, But It’s Very Obvious They’re About to Be Part of This Flash Mob

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Don’t be fooled by their appearance, just because these facts look healthy doesn’t mean they’re a chore to get through. You’re not muscling down cauliflower here. Heck, if you were originally hoping to blow through these to get on with more fun activities, you might find that these facts are way better than whatever else you had planned.

After all, stranger things have happened.

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Stephanie Meyer

CRACKED.COM In late 2008 and early 2009, 1in5 BOOKS SOLD was written by Stephenie Meyer. — Source: 25 Unsettling Stats That'll Shake Your Foundations

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Frozen Noodles

In 2020, 9 members of the same family died in China after eating noodles that were in the freezer for a year. CRACKED.COM The corn-based noodles, a local Chinese dish called Suantangzi, gave them Bongkrekic acid poisoning. Three children in the fami- ly didn't like the taste and refused to eat them, sav- ing their lives. — India

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Animals

65 ay in U Things or 50 ANIMALS Join the Species Already Extinct 5 - NOVEMBER 1926 - - the , sight... the the - before - - - 141 y investiga - GRACKED.COM the teaght will It's grobable ber be right - wild benef the by to Me - - M . masily - - - - ... - - - . - Loos - - the - - a - - - when .. - - Production - - . 4b to - - - - why - - - - - - - - - two - — Source: 15 Really Inaccurate Predictions About The Future

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Social Media

Being authentic on social media will make you happier CRACKED.COM People who display their authentic, not idealized, self online report greater levels of life satisfaction. — Scientific American

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Gene Therapy

We've gotten evidence that a revolutionary gene therapy works pretty well. The therapy was developed at UCLA, for kids with a rare immune system condition - and 90% of kids who got it 8-11 years ago are disease-free. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Merry Christmas

Saying Merry Christmas bno merny h Chris The phrase dates back at least to London, 1534, in a letter between Henry VIII's chief minister and a bisho — Source: Wonderopolis

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Danny Trejo

DANNY TREJO MADE SURE LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE WORKERS ARE WELL FED. @OFAIGIALDANNYTREIO/INSTAGRAM URCO Jd's REJD3S He personally helped deliver the hun

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Sharks

Sharks track their prey with their ability to smell in stereo. CRACKED.COM They can detect the tiny delays in the time it takes for a scent to reach one nostril compared to the other and use it to deter- mine the direction from where the scent is coming. — Source

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Puddle of Mudd

PUDDLE OF MUDD's REHEARSAL SPACE WAS TURNED INTO A LITERAL PUDDLE OF MUD. The band wound up naming itself after the flood that soaked the entire first floor of their rehearsal space, which was located next to the Missouri River. CRACKED.COM http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Puddle_of_Mudd.aspx — Source

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Heroin

Created with good intentions HEROIN In 1899, a German company made a new form of morphine that was easier to take as a cough medicine. They called it heroin and it quickly became popular, but by 1914, people were showing up at hospitals with addictions. CRACKED — dindumphoto/Shutterstock
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Oswald

Pete не was Oswald's villain first. Before Mickey Mouse took center stage, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was Disney's baby, and Pete was there to fight him. CRACKED.COM — Source: Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Wiki

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Driving

WEIRD WORLD A woman travelled 500 miles to take the easiest driving test in the country. The punchline is, though, that she failed. This was a Londoner who went to the Isle of Mull, near Scotland, to take a test that was said to be the easiest - and, sadly, it was all for naught. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Concussions

CRACKED.COM Sleeping after receiving a concussion will not necessarily result in a coma. ...It's actually recommended by doctors to heal. Slipping into a coma by sleeping only happens if you have a serious concussion that resulted in intracranial hemmorhaging (bleeding inside the skull). Which is undoubtedly why everyone is so paranoid about it. (You should still go to the doctor though.) — 40 Myths (That've Been Around Forever) We All Believe

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Airports

Airports use dot matrix printers. In an airport you won't just hear the PA system and the hubbub of people but also the whiiiir- whiiiiir of these ancient, clunky devices. Reasons given are cost, reliability, and compatibility with legacy computer systems. live lots CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Old Technologies Still In Use Well Past Their Expiration Date

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Pride and Prejudice

Colin Firth's wet shirt scene in Pride and Prejudice was going to be a nude scene. The screenwriter isn't sure why they changed it from full-frontal nudity-- it might have been down to the studio or the actor. CRACKED.COM — Source: Vulture

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Termites

Scientists at the University of Wurzburg in Germany calculated at what frequency termites will eat faster neoe Their findings? Termites generally chew

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Trevor Noah

Trevor Noah was the voice of Griot in Black Panther. If that talking A.I. sounded familiar, it's almost certainly because you've seen an episode of The Daily Show. Considering a griot is an African storyteller, Noah (who grew up in Apartheid-era South Africa) was an appropriate choice. And he was able to understand Xhosa without subtitles, too. CRACKED.COM

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Rosemary’s Baby

BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 1968 ROSEMARY'S BABY Shortly after release, composer Krzysztof Komeda went into a coma after falling off a cliff, and soon died. Producer William Castle got hate mail, developed kidney stones, and hallucinated about the film at the hospital, eventually screaming, Rosemary, for God's sake, drop the knife! And finally, there's the infamous fate of Roman Polanski's wife, Sharon Tate. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Lefties

CRACKED LEFT-HANDEDNESS IN SPORTS Lefties have a statistical advantage in sports that involve direct one-on-one interaction, like baseball, tennis, and boxing. This is because they are a bit of a surprise, since most opponents aren't used to facing someone who is left-handed. — Source

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Polaroid

Polaroid had to issue a statement in response to OutKast. OneStep Plus POLAROID LAND CAMERA CRACKED.COM After OutKast sang Shake it like a Polaroid picture, Polaroid released this statement: Shaking or waving can actually damage the image — Source

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The Royals

CRACKED IN ENGLAND, ROYAL BOYS CANNOT WEAR PANTS. It is considered middle class for them to wear pants before the age of 8. — Source

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The Mexican Mafia

CRACKED IN THE EARLY 1990S, THE MEXICAN MAFIA STOPPED DRIVE-BY SHOOTINGS. As hundreds of innocent people were getting killed or wounded, the Los Angeles Mexican Mafia put out a statement that anyone arrested and incarcerated for a drive-by would be murdered in prison. Killings dropped significantly. — Source

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The Simpsons

A classic Simpsons Olympics episode is based on something that really happened. MILKS In Lisa's First Word, Krusty Burger offers free burgers if the US team wins, and that comes back to bite him. This really happened to McD's in 1984. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe's hygiene and bedroom habits were pretty gross. CRACKED.COM Monroe rarely bathed, slept in the nude and ate a lot in bed, and shoved what was left on her plate under the sheets before going to sleep. — Source

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The Wizard of Oz

The pyrotechnics malfunctioned. THE WIZARD OF OZ CRACKED.COM You can see the red smoke appear before the Wicked Witch actually leaves. When they tried a re-take, everything went wrong and the actress got 2nd degree burns on her face. — Source

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Snail Slime

Most of 2018's biggest skincare products used snail slime. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Emails

CRACKED Inbox (5376354) Important cant Mail EMAIL IS THE BANE OF OFFICE WORKERS EVERYWHERE. 81% say email is their primary source of internal communication, and 67% feel overwhelmed by their inbox. But the real kicker? 82% of people surveyed said they miss important emails because there's just too much in their inbox. — Source

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Scams

CRACKED ROBERT HENDY-FREEGARD This 34-year old car salesman tricked seven people into thinking he was a secret agent for MI5. Не made them run away from supposed terrorists, stole from them, and made them beg and borrow money to pay for his fancy lifestyle. — The Guardian

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Osmosis Jones

The chicken wing festival in Buffalo started because of the movie Osmosis Jones. The National Chicken Wing Festival in Buffalo, New York that Bill Murray's character mentions wasn't a thing at the time, but this idea caused organizers to actually create the festival - which has been active for 16 years. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Buffalo Wing

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The Wedding Crashers

Roles Almost Played by Nicolas Cage The Wedding Crashers Will Ferrell's brief cameo is memorable-but it might have been even more memorable with Nic Cage instead. CRACKED.COM — Source: /Film

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Stardew Valley

CRACKED COM STARDEW VALLEY began as a C# exercise. Computer science graduate Eric ConcernedApe Barone wanted to improve his coding skill after his job applications got turned down. So he decided to create a Harvest Moon clone as a coding exercise, and ended up creating a hit indie game. — Source: 30 Geeky Facts About Famous Video Games

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Mercury

On average, the closest planet to both Earth and Pluto is Mercury. CRACKED COM When averaged over time, Earth's nearest neighbor is in fact Mercury. Mercury is also the nearest planet to every other planet in the solar system. — Physics Today

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Shaun of the Dead

The Winchester pub from SHAUN OF THE DEAD is now the most zombie-proof apartment building in London. CRACKED.COM — Source: How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

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Home Alone

Detective Pikachu has a nod to Home Alone that's super easy to miss. The movie-in-a-movie from Home Alone, Angels With Filthy Souls, plays on a TV in the background - they never expected they'd be able to license it, but they did. CRACKED.COM — Source: Newsweek

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Batman

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Die Hard

Die Hard began as a sequel to a Sinatra movie. In 1968, Frank Sinatra starred in the movie adaptation of Roderick Thorp's The Detective. When the sequ — Source: Business Insider

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Shazam

Shazam (previously known as Captain Marvel) actually made his first on-screen appearance in 1941. Adventures of Captain Marvel was a 12-part black and

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Art

This untitled watercolor by Wassily Kandinsky has been called the first Abstract painting. Kandinsky realized that simply using colors and shapes coul

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Squirrels

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. has nut-sorting squirrels. Those are real, live, trained squirrels. It took months to train the squirrels to sort n

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Small Talk

Engaging in small talk seems like the best way to connect. But... You'll probably sound like an idiot. Researchers had men spend a few minutes in the

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