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40 Random Kernels of Trivia We Found Charred and Unpopped at the Bottom of the Bag

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40 Random Kernels of Trivia We Found Charred and Unpopped at the Bottom of the Bag

March 23, 2025

Look, we know these aren’t the most appetizing facts, but if you’re not gonna eat them, maybe just feed them to the birds or squirrels or something down at the pond. They still contain little morsels of knowledge sustenance in them, so someone can definitely get something out of them!

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Ancient Egypt

Egyptian medicine was. surprisingly specialized, and they even had proctologists. The Egyptian term for those literally translates to shepherd of the anus. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Lost River

Illegal filmmaking Ryan Cosling was arrested for trespassing on Lost River. As a director, Gosling was location scouting in Detroit by trespassing in abandoned buildings without permits. Not recognizing him, police arrested him thinking he was stealing copper piping. CRACKED — Source

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NASA

CRACKED.COM DreamWorks hired nearly a dozen former NASA employees DreamWorks has a team of 120 people members with master's and doctoral degrees to create technology within the animation industry. — Source: Sydney Morning Herald

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Gamers

Many American public libraries carry video games as an attempt to entice teenagers into a library. CRACKED.COM The result is more teenagers coming to the library and books are being checked out at a rate that exceeds what it was before the gamers arrived. — Source

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It’s A Wonderful Life

It's A Wonderful Life isn't just a classic - it's actually also a studio-killing flop. The movie bombed when it was released and bankrupted its studio. It only started to be considered a classic decades later. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ghostbusters

From 4 Famous Movie Logos That Were Almost Hilariously Terrible.

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The USSR

Russian prisoners tattooed images of Lenin and Stalin as protective amulets. While the USSR existed, some prisoners believed guards weren't allowed to shoot Lenin's and Stalin's faces, so they got those tattooed on their chests. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Rolex

CRACKED COM EVER TASTED A 'ROLEX'? In Uganda a Rolex is a delicious on-the-go food made by wrapping an egg omelette, vegetables and other fillings in a chapati (fried Indian flatbread). — Source

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Moscow

Moscow's metro dogs actually use the subway system to travel through the city. Some of them just live in the subway, but some use it to take short trips through city, and some take long trips and work the subway crowds for treats. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Findus

FOOD CONTROVERSIES HORSE meAT in LASAGNA In 2013, it was discovered that Findus beef lasagna contained 100% horse meat, which eventually caused the UK's Food Standards Agency to make companies check their beef products for horse meat. CRACKED — Bernd Juergens/Shutterstock,
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The British Air Force

The British Air Force sank an ocean liner by mistake one day before the end of WWII. CRACKED.COM Just a day before the German government surrendered in 1945, the British Royal Air Force mistakenly believed the SS Cap Arcona, carrying 7,000 women, children and Holocaust survivors, was a warship and sank it. — The Conversation

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Candyman

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Those are real bees in the mouth of Tony Todd in Candyman. GRACKED.COM In the climax of the movie, Todd had to have real bees come out of his mouth, with only a dental dam blocking them from crawling down his throat. Todd had a deal with the production that he would be paid $1,000 for every bee sting (of which there were 23) over the course of filming.

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Amusement Parks

A GIRL WAS SCALPED ON AN AMUSEMENT PARK RIDE IN NEBRASKA. Ct Her hair got caught in the machinery, and it was pulled out along with the skin.

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Steamboat Bill

Historical Firsts in The World of Stunts The first quantum 1920s leap in danger Buster Keaton's hilarious and life-threatening stunts raised the bar. In 1928's Steamboat Bill, Jr. a two- ton house falls as he stands precisely in its open window, and in 1924's Sherlock, Jr. a gush of water breaks his neck! Let's not forget 1926's The General. CRACKED

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Flying Cars

FLYING CARS Honderson SOLA 3218 fe CRACKED.COM Henry Ford had a plan for cheap, easy-to-use, personal planes everyone can own. A plane in every driveway! Then his prototype (avoidably) crashed during a test flight, and Ford scrapped the whole idea. S — Source

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The Trojan Horse

CRACKED THE TROJAN HORSE WAS NOT ACTUALLY MENTIONED BY HOMER IN THE ILIAD. The story of the Trojan Horse was likely added later by other writers. — Source

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SNL

CRACKED MIKE MYERS WAS HIRED FOR SNL SIGHT UNSEEN Lorne Michaels hired Mike Myers for Saturday Night Live without ever seeing him before. A producer had seen Myers do his famous Wayne Campbell character in a sketch at The Second City in Chicago and recommended him. WAYBE — Source

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Ted Cruz

TED CRUZ WRONG WRONG WRONG At the hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, Cruz asked her about some books for Black kids, like Antiracist Baby. Не was pretty ANTIRACIST wrong about what was in them, and claimed they were BABY teaching kids to be racist. IBRAH X. BENDI ILUSTRATIONS to ASHLEY LURASHEVSKY CRACKED — Source

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David Bowie

Myths with real-life consequences Ghosts (that check up on you from the afterlife) According to someoone close to him, David Bowie said his dad's ghost called him every day for a week after he died. It was always at the same time, so he was sure it was his dad WX from beyond. CRACKED — Source

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Ghostbusters

40 Random Kernels of Trivia We Found Charred and Unpopped at the Bottom of the Bag — Source

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Neverland

Cribs of the rich and famous Michael Jackson's Neverland A ZOO. A train. An amusement park. Only for $200 million. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Aerosol

A 16-year-old died in 1998 from using too much aerosol deodorant. Old Spice FRESH BODY SPRAY Jonathan Capewell died from a heart attack brought on by the buildup of butane and propane in the blood. Не had 0.37 mg of butane and propane per liter in his blood, whereas only 0.1 mg can be fatal. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — BBC / Pixabay

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Mandatory Vasectomies

An Oklahoma state rep. suggested boys should get mandatory vasectomies in light of abortion ban. GRACKED.COM Mickey Dollens said that the vasectomy would only be re- versible when they reach the point of financial and emotion- al stability, and If you think that is crazy then I think that maybe you understand how 50 percent of Oklahomans feel. — PennLive

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Can’t Hardly Wait

'90s Teen Rom-Coms The movie was hardly PG-13 at first. The original version included overt references to drugs and intoxication (including a drunk girl about to pass out and a stoner girl) that didn't make the cut, given that the movie aimed at being PG-13. We're still holding out for the R-rated stoner girl spin-off. B Can't Hardly Wait CRACKED.COM — Source: Mamamia

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Animation

ANIMATION DATES BACK TO THE PALEOLITHIC AGE. 21,000 years ago, artists drew rows of cave images that, when lit by flickering firelight, gave the illusion of motion. CRACKED.COM — Source: 'Recent' Things That're Actually Older Than Dirt

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The Office

Deleted scenes that would've changed everything The office The end was almost different. One scene in an episode would've had Pam's painting be destroyed, despite the ending of the show featuring Pam's watercolor drawing of the office. Pam's Jenn Fisher fought against it until they changed the scene. — Source: Mashable

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Duck Dodgers

Dave Mustaine Duck Dodgers Dave Mustaine and his Megadeath cohorts took a trip to the 24th and 1/2 century in a rock and roll themed episode, but they weren't the first famous musicians on the show. The iconic singer Tom Jones provides vocals for the bombastic theme song. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Eggnog

Eggnog was invented in medieval Britain. Because the ingredients were expensive, the nobility used eggnog in toasts to show off their wealth. CRACKED COM — 29 Backstories To The Food We Love

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Orangutans

Orangutans ORANGUTAN Means PeRson OF THe FOREST. They hang out in trees way more than down on the ground and, like birds, they make nests in the trees where they sleep at night. CRACKED.COM — Source: WWF

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Rogue One

The guy who created Photoshop also wrote the plot for Rogue One. His name is John Knoll, and he's the chief creative officer of Industrial Light & Magic (so he also supervised the VFX for Rogue One). CRACKED.COM — Source: WIRED

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Tom Holland

Tom Holland botched his Star Wars audition because he couldn't stop laughing at the droid. Holland was up for the part of Finn, but it all came to an end when he had to act opposite a woman playing a droid. So I was doing all of this, like, 'We — Insider

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Guardians of the Galaxy

A Fresh Boatload Of Movie And General Trivia - After filming Guardians of the Galaxy 2, they had to melt down the Kyin set — Source: Film School Rejects

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The Beatles

15 Really Inaccurate Predictions About The Future - “We don’t like the sound. Guitar groups are on their way out.”
—Dick Rowe, head of artists and rep — Source: The Beatles

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Dispatchers

40 Random Kernels of Trivia We Found Charred and Unpopped at the Bottom of the Bag — Source: Mental Floss

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Iceland

While they shop or sip coffee, Reykjavik parents leave babies in carriages in freezing weather. It's considered a good way for babies to get fresh air

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Black Holes

INTERSTELLAR THE TEAM OF ASTRONAUTS LAND ON A PLANET NEAR A BLACK HOLE. IN REALITY, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED BY THE GAMMA RADIATION EMITTED FROM TH

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Friendship

Former pOW Eric Lomax set out to kill the man who had tortured him. But when they met, the two became good friends. LomaX was a British Army officer w

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Cigarettes

This looks like a sci-fi landscape. It's a cigarette. The blue crystals on cigarette paper are an additive that helps keep the cigarette lit, because

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Moles

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