20 of the Greatest Lengths to Which People Went for Sex

20 of the Greatest Lengths to Which People Went for Sex

12 Trivia Facts That Touch Upon Pop Culture, Science, And A Burrito

12 Trivia Facts That Touch Upon Pop Culture, Science, And A Burrito

40 Bits Of Pop Culture Trivia To Scratch That Nostalgia Itch

40 Bits Of Pop Culture Trivia To Scratch That Nostalgia Itch

‘Abbott Elementary’s William Stanford Davis Says the ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ Half of the Series’ Crossover Is ‘Pretty Crazy’

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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia Honked to Us by a Particularly Savvy Goose

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia Honked to Us by a Particularly Savvy Goose

40 Loose-Lipped Bits of Trivia That Each One of Their Topics Told to Keep Secret

If anyone asks, you didn’t get these from us

40 Loose-Lipped Bits of Trivia That Each One of Their Topics Told to Keep Secret

March 25, 2025

The topic of Finland told these random facts not to tell anyone that the Finnish title for The Shawshank Redemption spoils the entire ending, but they just couldn’t keep that a secret. It’s too good to keep to themselves.

We won’t fault them for it. We were told to keep all of these a secret, but telling one person isn’t gonna hurt now is it? So please keep these between us. If anyone knew we made these public, we’d be fired for sure!

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Flowers

Hydrangea flowers are a naturally occurring pH indicator and can change color depending on soil. GRACKED COM In acid soils, chemical re- actions occur in the soil that turns the flowers blue. In alkaline soils, these reactions cannot occur causing the flowers to remain pink. — Source

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Uganda

WEIRD WORLD In Uganda, women got banned from sitting on front seats in trucks. BELL TOYOTA EM DE 0024 The reasoning is pretty extraordinary - apparently, the purpose of the regulation is to cut down on the risk of accidents, since their short skirts might distract drivers. CRACKED.COM — Source

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War

The first phase of the Hundred Years' War was ended by a hail storm. CRACKED.COM Called Black Monday, a hail storm killed an estimated 1,000 English soldiers in Chartres, France in 1360. King Edward of England con- sidered it a sign from God and soon after he signed the Treaty of Bretigny. — Source

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Vacations

William the Conqueror introduced the concept of a vacation. William introduced a custom to the United Kingdom where people would leave their homes and move to a summer home to aid the grape harvest. The custom was called a vacation be- cause people vacated their homes. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Quetzalcoatlus

THE QUETZALCOATLUS WAS AS TALL AS A GIRAFFE Quetzalcoatlus northropi Quetzalcoatlus sp. The Quetzalcoatlus is the largest known flying animal. It was a pterosaur with a wingspan of around 33 feet. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Genetic Traits

MYTH: ROLLING YOUR TONGUE IS A Genetic TRAIT. FACT: TONGUE ROLLING IS SOMETHING YOU LEARN. Elementary school science teachers like to use tongue rolling as an example when they're teaching about genetics. But it actually isn't an inherited trait. It's learned. It turns out that kids who can't roll their tongues aren't unable to- they just haven't figured out how, yet. And once they know about the trick, they figure it out pretty quickly. CRACKED.COM http://udel.edu/-modonald/mythtongueroll.html — Source

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SNL

SINÉAD O'CONNOR TORE UP A PICTURE OF THE POPE ON SNL. CRACKED In 1992, the act got her a lifetime ban and effectively destroyed her mainstream career. In 2001, the Pope himself apologized for the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests, and with social media, political statements like this are made every day. — LA Times

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King Cao Cao

CRACKED GROUNDS FOR EXECUTION Suggesting surgery to a king In the third century, the Chinese doctor Hua Tuo was killed by King Cao Cao of Wei after the king got mad and thought that his enemies had paid Hua Tuo to murder him. Hua Tuo had simply suggested surgery to cure the king's dizziness. — beibaoke/Shutterstock
Britannica

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Jeans

CRACKED THE WORD JEANS COMES FROM GENOA, ITALY. The term is believed to come from the French name for the Italian city, where a similar type of fabric was first produced. The fabric was originally used for sails and later for work clothes, including the pants that would eventually become known as jeans. — Jacek Chabraszewski/Shutterstock
Hawthorn

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Hollyweird

CRACKED THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN HAS BEEN ABBREVIATED. Until 1949, it said HOLLYWOODLAND. HOLLYWOO D LAND — Discover LA

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Ukraine

CRACKED LOVE CONQUERS ALL, EVEN WAR. A Ukrainian couple that got married the same day Russia started a full-scale attack on their country celebrated their first wedding anniversary. Despite the war still going on, the couple has stayed strong and grown even closer together. — CNN

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Flubber

Robin Williams had a lot in common with Flubber. FLUBBER Joking that he too was bouncing off the walls, Williams said he especially enjoyed being bounced high in the air repeatedly for the basketball scene. CRACKED.COM — YouTube / Filmdaze

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Stranger Things

The original title was Montauk. SIGNET.451-E9964. $3.95 # MONTAUK RESTR An epic tale of sci fi horror CRACKED.COM — Source: The 20 Strangest Things From The 'Stranger Things' Show Bible

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Black Swan

Inconspicuous CGI Black Swan Darren Aronofsky used tons of CGI trickery to take us down this terrifying descent into madness, but one of the uncanniest must be Natalie Portman's weirdly elongated hands. That's not a hand double, but a CGI alteration of Portman's own hands. CRACKED.COM — Source: WhatCulture/YouTube
Image Credit: Fox Searchlight Pictures

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The Great Pyramids

The people that built the Great Pyramids of Giza got a daily ration of beer. GRACKED.COM During the building of the Great Pyramids, each worker got a daily ration of 4-5 liters of beer, which served as both nutrition and refreshment that was crucial to the pyramids' construction. — Smithsonian

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Combustion

The Spontaneous Human Combustion cases of the 18th to 20th centuries were just drunk people near candles. A two-year forensic investi- gation in 1984 looked into the alleged incidents and found the burned bodies were near fire sources like fireplaces, and a correlation was found between them and the victim's intoxication. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Goodreads

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Neil Patrick Harris and Freddie Prinze Jr.

Celebrities who were high school buddies Neil Patrick Harris and Freddie Prinze Jr. When Curtis arrived as a freshman at Beverly Hills High School, Princess/General Leia was starting her junior year. ACADEMY OF TELEVISIO ARTS & SCIEN CRACKED.COM — Source: BuzzFeed

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Weezer

Rivers Cuomo went to the Metallica subreddit to ask for setlist advice. CRACKED COM The Weezer frontman said he was inspired to make changes to his setlist after talking with Metallica band members during a recent festival. When asked what the Metallica subreddit is looking for, the resounding an- swer was more deep cuts. — Reddit

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Willy Wonka

CRACKED.COM Dwayne The Rock Johnson Tim Burton wanted him to play willy Wonka. Early in his career, Burton approached him about becoming Willy Wonka, but that was before Johnson made it big as a movie star. The role went to Johnny Depp, because of course it did. — Source: The Rock/Instagram

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Calvin Klein’s Obsession for Men

Big cats go absolutely bonkers for a Calvin Klein cologne. CRACKED.COM Tigers, jaguars and leopards all love the smell of Calvin Klein's cologne Obsession For Men. In response to the cologne, the cats would start drooling, their eyes would half-close, almost like they were going into a trance. — The Cut

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

Schwarzenegger's favorite Schwarzenegger role is not the Terminator. Or even, say, Conan the Barbarian, or anything like that. I think Kindergarten Cop is my favorite, Arnie said in an interview. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Michelangelo

Michelangelo is one of the most celebrated artists of all time. His work as a sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer of the High Renaissance made him a beloved, respected influence on the development of Western art. THE He slept in his CRAZY: clothes and boots. He has sometimes gone SO long without taking (his boots) off that then the skin came away, like a snake's, with the boots. -Michelangelo's assistant CRACKED.COM vebmd.cam/mental-health/news/20040526/did-michelangelo-have-autiam — Source: 24 Famous (And Insane) Historical Figures

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Inuit Words

Iktsuarpok (ick-Isu-AHR-pock), verb. To be SO excited about a visitor coming that you keep checking to see whether they've arrived. Language of origin: Inuit CRACKED.co ttp://mentalfloss.com/article/28315/15-wonderful-words-no-english-equivalent — 31 Phrases English Needs To Steal From Other Languages

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The Olympics

CANCELLED GRACKED OLYMPIC EVENTS Tug of War was too controversial for the Olympics. In 1908 the U.S. team accused the Liverpool Police team of wearing extra-heavy boots. The Liverpudlians offered a shoe- less rematch, but America declined. — Top End Sports

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Cicadas

You can get male cicadas to follow you by fooling them into thinking you're a female cicada. If you snap your fingers so that it sounds like a female's wing flip, male cicadas will be drawn to you and will follow you just about anywhere. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Cincinnati.com

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Weird Al

Paul McCartney nixed Weird AI Yankovic's idea for a parody of one of his songs. Weird AI wanted to parody the Wings song Live and Let Die called Chicken Pot Pie, but McCartney, as a vegetarian, wouldn't condone eating meat. CRACKED.COM — Source: MentalFloss

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Cher Ami

Cher Ami was a carrier pigeon who delivered a message after being shot through the chest During World War I, the U.S. carrier pigeon delivered messages in France. Her final, deadly heroic journey saved 194 soldiers who had been isolated from other American forces. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Smithsonian

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Futurama

THE DUPLA-SHRINKER NAMEDROPS A MATHEMATICAL PARADOX. Benderama The Banach-Tarski paradox states that you can break up a ball into several pieces, and then rearrange the pieces into two identical copies of the original ball (in theory). — Sources: Gizmodo, The Infosphere

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Kill Bill

The Japanese girl band made it into Kill Bill because of a random encounter Tarantino had. He heard the 5.6.7.8's in a second-hand shop in Tokyo and asked to buy their album, but they told him no, because that was the owner's album. He insisted, because he was on his — Source: USA Today

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Anastasia

Anastasia A woman is peddling Count Yusupov's pijamas during a song number. Count Felix Yusupov was Rasputin's murderer. — Source: Slate, Movie scene (YouTube)

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Space

40 Loose-Lipped Bits of Trivia That Each One of Their Topics Told to Keep Secret — Source: Science ABC

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Costumes

Iconic Movies You Didn’t Know Reused Their Props And Sets - The Starship Troopers armor has been reused everywhere. — Source: 4 Movie Props You Never Noticed Popped Up Everywhere

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The KKK

Escaping the KKK A 2017 A&E docuseries about - you guessed it escaping the KKK. It was cancelled when it came out that production of the show helped -

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Billy West

BILLY WEST TALKS TO HIMSELF A LOT. Not only did West voice Ren & Stimpy, he was also a good chunk of Futurama, the red M&M, and even Bugs Bunny.

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Mary Poppins

The lovely streetscape in Mary Poppins was actually just an indoor set. ISTH CRACKED.COM

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Finland

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Blackmail

John Travolta was blackmailed by the paramedic who treated his son on the night his son died. Tarino Lightbourne, the paramedic, threatened to release

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Michael Bay

Michael Bay is obsessed with West Side Story. It's the movie that motivated him to go into filmmaking. He begrudgingly took a class on musical theater

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Rwanda

During the Rwandan genocide, Alice Mukarurinda lost her daughter and her right hand. She and her attacker went on to run a charity together. Emmanuel

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Dallol

Dallol might be where human life began It's located in Ethiopia's Danakil Desert. It's a blistering hellscape of volcanoes and earthquakes. It's offic

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