40 Tyrannical Bits of Trivia That Are Gaining An Unsettling Amount of Followers

40 Tyrannical Bits of Trivia That Are Gaining An Unsettling Amount of Followers

40 Random Bits of Historical Trivia We Yanked to the Present Day in A Game of Timeline Tug of War

40 Random Bits of Historical Trivia We Yanked to the Present Day in A Game of Timeline Tug of War

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

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

40 Random Bits of Trivia We Took the Liberty of Ordering for the Whole Table

40 Random Bits of Trivia We Took the Liberty of Ordering for the Whole Table

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We’re Baby-Birding Into Your Brain

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We’re Baby-Birding Into Your Brain

40 Random Bits of Trivia That Are Sneaking in Through Your Brain’s Doggie Door

Don’t be afraid. Your brain is going to like these intruders

40 Random Bits of Trivia That Are Sneaking in Through Your Brain’s Doggie Door

March 20, 2025

Your brain is about to perform a magic trick by instantly turning these intruders into welcome guests. They’re the type of overenthusiastic facts that find a way in without you even reading them. So your brain might be a little defensive at first, but it’ll soon see that they come bearing gifts.

Take it from us, it’s the kind of invasion of privacy that you can really get behind.

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Steve Jobs

CRACKED.COM STEVE JOBS DIDN'T ALLOW THE IPAD IN HIS HOME. The founder of Apple thought they were too addictive for his children. — Source

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Amphipods

A deep-sea amphipod makes aluminum armor to protect itself. CRACKED.COM The small, shrimp-like ani- mal adapted to form a lay- er of aluminum hydroxide gel to cover its exoskele- ton, acting as a kind of pressure-resistant armor. It is also able to digest saw- dust. — Source

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David Bowie

David Bowie had a four-foot-deep, fur-covered bed nicknamed the pit in his living room. CRACKED COM The bed was used for, you guessed it, orgies. Angie and David used to have the most amazing orgies at Oakley St. Everybody fucked everybody in the pit, says Wendy Leigh in her Bowie biography. — Source

37

Tom Holland

Tom Holland learned on social media that he was Spider-Man. After a grueling seven months of auditioning, Holland finally learned that he landed the part - not through a call from his agent, but while scrolling on Marvel's Instagram account, just like any random person. Only later did the studio reach out to him. our ENGLISH Instagram 2 Continue CRACKED.COM — Source

36

Mr. Rogers

I'm feeding the fish. Mr. Rogers made it a habit to say out loud when he was giving his finned friends food because he received a letter from a young blind fan who would cry if she thought he forgot. CRACKED.COM — Source

35

Virgin Atlantic

Virgin Atlantic salt and pepper shakers have pinched from Virgin Atlantic written on the bottom. virgi Virgin Passengers kept stealing the shakers, so instead of getting rid of them, Virgin branded them and made them conversation pieces. CRACKED.COM — Fast Company

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Beer

MEDIEVAL CUISINE Beer and ale provided necessary calories Ales and beer (which were lower in alcohol content) were a daily source of energy for laborers. Slate calls it the medieval equivalent of drinking Gatorade. CRACKED.COM — Source: Slate

33

Jaws

JAWS I CRACKED.COM His obsessive drive to kill the shark without any outside help suggests that Quint is a pretty strange guy. A deleted scene in which he creeps out a young clarinet player confirms it. Delightfully weird. — YouTube

32

Pulp Fiction

Surprising Ways Beloved Movies Accomplished Their Effects - When Uma Thurman is foaming at the mouth in Pulp Fiction after snorting coke, — Source: Vanity Fair

31

Bagels

2000 people a yeare are treated for BRIsorP bagelrelated-injuries. CRaN People going to the emergency room from hurting themselves while cutting a bag

30

Crypto

Almost all of the assets seized by the IRS in 2021 were cryptocurrencies. ethereum F B ripple CRACKED.COM The $3.5 billion in crypto accounts for 93% of all as- sets seized in 2021. Digital money has quickly become the dominant form of pay- ment in criminal cases in which the agency seizes funds. — Source

29

Poetry

CRACKED David Duchovny was an aspiring poet at Yale. With a В.А in English from Princeton and a master's from Yale, he planned to be a poet and novelist before abandoning his Ph.D studies after booking a beer commercial. — Source

28

The First TV Commercial

The first TV commercial cost $9 Academy Award oz 21 JEWELS 10 , 8 11121 7 VLEY 65 3 4 $5750 In 1941, Bulova watch company aired the first TV ad between baseball games. The commercial was 10-seconds long. CRACKED.COM — Source

27

Bill Murray

Unreleased movies Bill Murray NOTHING LASTS FOREVER Murray starred in this 1984 sci-fi comedy directed by SNL alum Tom Schiller, which was never released. It had clips from other movies in it, kind of like an early version of YouTube. CRACKED — MGM
Slate

26

Germany

GRACKED BLACK CATS DON'T HAVE TO BE BAD LUCK! Germany has a different take on luck with black cats. It's only bad luck if they cross your path right to left. Left to right is good luck, so there's a silver lining not given in the U.S. — Mother Nature / Paramount Plus

25

The Golden Girls

The Golden Girls There was a sequel series called The Golden Palace. Once the show ended in 1992, the sequel series began. It only lasted a single season, and while it didn't have Bea Arthur, it did have Cheech Marin and Don Cheadle. CRACKED.COM — Source: Mental Floss/YouTube

24

Props

The human guts in Night of the Living Dead were chocolate syrup, ham, and organs. Animal organs, that is. And those things might not sound so bad but actors had to gobble up all of that mixed together in one disgusting mes. CRACKED.COM — Source: 5 Famous Movies That Used Horrifying Substances for Effects

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Bull-Leaping

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22

Batman Forever

Hollywood feuds VAL KILMER & TOMMY LEE JONES VS JOEL SCHUMACHER Schumacher said, I'm tired of defending overpaid, overprivileged actors. I pray I don't work with them again. Не called Jones an asshole and Kilmer psychotic, and said, The two weeks where Kilmer didn't speak to me was bliss. CRACKED — Source

21

Pepsi

While expanding into China, Pepsi unknowingly made a creepy promise to consumers in the form of biblical miracles. TRADE MARK PEPSI The company's popular tag line, Come alive with the Pepsi Generation was interpreted as Pepsi will bring your ancestors back from the dead. CRACKED.COM — Source

20

Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan won't carry this franchise. CHICAGO BULLS GM LLS CRACKED.COM General Manager Rod Thorn was almost apologetic that there was no one taller he could have drafted: What can you do? Jordan isn't going to turn this franchise around. — Source

19

Animation

Animation dates way back to the stone age, using only charcoal, flickering flames, and neuroscience. 21,000 years ago, prehistoric artists would draw rows of images that, when illuminated by flickering firelight, would CRACKED.COM appear to be in motion. This illusion has to do with the way the human brain fills in gaps between the flashes of light. — Source

18

Ninjas

Ninjas used cicadas to help them sneak up on enemies without being detected. They had a box with a cicada, and they'd use the cicada's sound to drown out their footsteps and any other loud noises they'd end up making. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

17

Heidi Montag

Heidi Montag spent $10 million prepping for the apocalypse. CRACKED.COM Montag and husband Spencer Pratt were so sure that the world was ending via asteroid in 2012, that they started spending (and tipping!) lavishly. When the world didn't end, they had to move in with Pratt's parents. — Source

16

Lost Fortune

CRACKED MERCHANT ROYAL An English ship called the Merchant Royal was carrying a lot of gold and silver when it sank off the coast of Cornwall in 1641. It's never been found, and people think it could be worth anywhere from £250 million to £1 billion. — History

15

Roy C. Sullivan

CRACKED STRUCK BY LIGHTNING SEVEN TIMES One Roy C. Sullivan, from the U.S., has been hit by lightning seven times in his life - which is the most of anyone in the world, according to the Guinness World Records. — GWR

14

Bill Lee

TENNESSEE IS PROTECTING GUN SELLERS (AND NOT STUDENTS). In May 2023, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed a bill giving extra protection to gun and ammo dealers, makers, and sellers from being sued after a tragic school shooting. Welcome to the right side of history, Gov. Lee ... not. CRACKED — Tennessee State Government,
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13

Almost Jon Snow

GAME OF THRONES IWAN RHEON WAS ALMOST JON SNOW. Rheon was the runner-up, but ended up playing Ramsay Bolton instead. Не loved playing the sadistic villain, and thinks they made the right choice. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Facts About 'Game of Thrones' to Prep for 'House of the Dragon' (or Not, Whatever You Prefer)

12

Vampire Bats

CRACKED COM WINGED SHADOWS BLOT OUT THE STARS. VAMPIRES! VAMPIRES WILL DRINK YOUR BLOOD! Vampire bats rarely ever bite humans, and even WELL... when they do, they barely cause any harm. — Source: Real Facts That Make Common Fears Less Scary

11

Mark Zuckerberg

WEIRD WORLD Mark Zuckerberg says that Meta employees lovingly refer to him as The Eye of Sauron. The Bar-B-Que brat himself seems to think being compared to a lidless eye of flame that serves as the last vestige of the abhorred Dark Lord's terrestrial will is a compliment. CRACKED.COM — Consequence

10

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare left the bulk of his estate to his eldest daughter but left his second best bed to his wife. Sounds weird, but this was common practice for the time, with children receiving the best of the furniture. — Source: 14 Fascinating Final Wishes And Wills Of Famous People

9

The Good Place

EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES Bad Janet The costume was inspired by Olivia Newton-John's clothing at the end of Grease. The Good Place CRACKED.COM — Source

8

Grand Theft Auto V

If you turn on the radio in GTAV, there's a good chance you'll hear some voices that sound familiar. Kenny Loggins hosts J. B. Smoove hosts Los Santos Rock Radio. Chakra Attack. Cara Delevingne hosts Danny McBride hosts CRACKED.COM Non-Stop-Pop FM. Beyond Insemination. — Source: 37 Celebs Who Secretly Voiced Animated Characters

7

The Matrix Reloaded

Philosopher Cornel West is on the council of Zion in The MatrixReloaded. Lana Wachowski liked his books so much, she wrote a character based on him and asked him to cameo. CRACKED COM — Source: NYTimes

6

Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins has composed film scores. Sir Anthony has appeared in several metric tons of movies - and even scored a couple, having toyed with composition and classical music from an early age. — Source: The National

5

Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj CRACKEDcO Nicki Minaj, real name Onika Tanya Maraj, was born into a family of 15 in Trinidad and lived in a three-room house. Al five, she — Source: Washington Post

4

Home Alone

Odd, Fascinating Trivia About Home Alone - The title of the movie-within-a-movie, Angels Filthy Souls, is a classic movie reference. — Source: Vanity Fair

3

Nutella

Nutella uses 25% of the world's hazelnuts. utelld And they own one of the largest hazelnut producers in the world, SO there's nothing you can do about — Source: Gizmodo

2

Pilots

A study by the European Cockpit Association found that around half of pilots in the UK (43%), Denmark (50%), Norway (53%) , and Sweden (54%) admitted

1

Apple

In 1986, Apple released a line of clothing, accessories and knick-knacks called The Apple Collection. Apple PI grtclinightch It even had Apple-branded

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