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Magic mirror on the wall, who is the dorkiest one of all?

40 Random Bits of Trivia to Wear Like a Badge of Honor Around Your Dork Friends

March 27, 2025

In a world of complete dorks, the one with the most random knowledge about the most random things will rule them all. You’ll have to stay in this world of dorks to hold your title, of course. It’ll all mean nothing in a ton of other worlds like sports, finance or nightlife.

Stay in your dork world where it’s safe. No one wants you screaming about Spain waging war with Peru over bat poop in their ear while they’re dancing in the club!

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Opium

A Triad boss named Du Yuesheng was granted the rank of general in the Nationalist Chinese army. CRACKED.COM Не became head of the Opium Suppres- sion Bureau, which he used to seize opium to be sold by his own criminal organization. — Source

39

Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell CRACKED COM Ferrell once demanded: a three-wheeled electric scooter, a Janet-Jackson-style headset mic, a rainbow on wheels, a six foot — Source: Cracked

38

Henry Ford

CRACKED FORD Ford Motor Company was one of 500 firms linked to Auschwitz; it's not clear how much they were involved. Some of the companies used slave labor, others just asked about using Auschwitz inmates. — Source

37

Ronald McDonald

If you ask Ronald McDonald where burgers come from, he says they're grown. According to a former Ronald McDonald, the story for kids was that hamburgers grow in a patch and then they just get plucked. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

36

Queen Elizabeth

A man who worked for Queen Elizabeth in the 1600s went into self-imposed exile after he farted in front of her. Cuz DaughRo ofRouces ler in GomeShi and died 2/H & of Junest CRACKED.COM Edward de Vere left England for 7 years. When he return,ed, the Queen greeted him by saying My Lord, I had forgotten the Fart. — Source

35

Halloween

Costumes had a greater significance than today. The Celts wore costumes, usually in the form of animals or beasts, to trick and fool any spirits that might want to bring them harm. CRACKED.COM — Source

34

Frank Sinatra

CRACKED.COM Frank Sinatra Не fell in love with singing when he was a teenager. Obsessed with Bing Crosby, he would carry his own PA system around and collect sheet music. Не never learned how to read them, but if bands wanted them, they'd have to accept him as well. By the mid-thirties, he was part of the Hoboken Four. PHANK 6 — Sources: Biographics/YouTube, Wikipedia

33

The Exorcist

A background actor in The Exorcist was a real-life serial killer. Paul Bateson, a real-life X-ray technician, confessed to killing, dismembering, and

32

Elliot Page

Elliot Page regrets working with Woody Allen CRACKED.CO In 2012, Page felt like he had to make To Rome With Love for the sake of his career. By 2017, it was his biggest regret: I am ashamed I did this. Ultimately, it is my choice what films I decide to do and I made the wrong choice. I made an awful mistake. — Source: Vox

31

Joe Biden

CRACKED Biden was born closer to Lincoln's inauguration than his own. Lincoln's second inauguration was on March 4, 1865, only 77 years before Biden's November 20, 1942, birthday. Biden was 78 on his inauguration.

30

Spain

There was a war over bat poop in 1864. CRACKED COM Spain started a war with Peru and Chile in 1864 by taking over an Island for its strategic source of guano, which at that time was an important ingredient for gunpowder. — Lycos

29

Aliens

Aliens (1986) AI Matthews, who played Sergeant Apone, helped train the Colony Marines on set. Matthews was a real Vietnam vet with 13 combat awards, making him in charge of training the British and American actors who formed the Marines. The main thing I had to teach those guys was never point a weapon at somebody, and never walk around with your finger on the trigger. We use blanks, but they can do some damage. CRACKED COM — Source: 20 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Filming 'Aliens'

28

Cereal

Count Chocula's forgotten cousin was FRUIT BRUTE PULP FICTION CRACKED Count Chocula and FrankenBerry are the popular monster cereals, but in Tarantinoverse, it's all about the Fruit Brute. The fruit-flavored cereal with marshmallow bits made cameos in Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs. — Source: 13 Royale Easter Eggs With Cheese Hidden in Tarantino Films

27

Nike Swoosh Designer

The Nike Swoosh designer got 35 bucks nike GRACKED.COM Graphic designer Carolyn Davidson came up with the now-iconic Swoosh in 1971. She was paid a paltry $35 by the CEO at the time, who also made it clear he didn't even really like the design. (Thankfully, a decade later, a new CEO gifted her Nike stock worth hundreds of thousands of dollars).

26

Aaron Sorkin

Sketch comedy almost took down AARON SORKIN STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP CRACKED.COM Tina Fey figured it out- make your SNL parody intentionally terrible and you'll never have to write funny sketches. But Sorkin gave it a go, generating comedy bits (and dialogue) that were clueless and condescending, self-aggrandizing and hopelessly smug. — Nathan Rabin’s Happy Place

25

Whales

A sperm whale's clicks are powerful enough to easily blow out a diver's eardrums or vibrate a diver to death. CRACKED.COM The only way to get near them is by freed- iving, because they tend to flee the noises generated by scuba equipment as well as subs and robots. — Source

24

The CIA

The first director of the CIA warned Congress about UFOs. Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter stat- ed in a letter that high-rank- ing Air Force officers are so- berly concerned about UFOs. But through official secrecy and ridicule, many citizens are led to believe the un- known flying objects are nonsense. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

23

Harry Potter

British intelligence worked on preventing Harry Potter Potter leaks. Harry and Blood Prince Before Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince came out, GCHQ (the British NSA) found an early copy of the text online. They checked if it was fake by reading out a page to the editor (it was). CRACKED.COM — Source

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22

Willie Nelson

In 2014, at 81 years old, singer-songwriter Willie Nelson received his 5th-degree black belt in the martial art of Gong Kwon Yu Sul. GRACKED.COM The musi- cian has also studied Тае- kwondo. — Source

21

Stone Temple Pilots

20

McDonald’s

In the '60s, McDonald's was going to abandon their famous arches but... McDonald's Restaurant McDonald's McDonald's DER WITH STER a design consultant told them to keep them as Freudian symbol of a pair of nourishing breasts. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

19

Point Nemo

CRACKED POINT NEMO IS THE PERFECT PLACE TO SEND A SPACECRAFT TO ITS WATERY GRAVE. That place, in the South Pacific, is the farthest spot from land. It's been the final resting spot for many spacecraft. Over 263 pieces of space debris have been sunk there since '71, and NASA plans to crash the ISS there in 2031. — CNN / Ars Technica

18

Animals

The female Lesser mouse-deer can conceive 85-155 minutes after giving birth. This means that if the mouse-deer (which is nei- ther mouse, nor deer) gives birth at the begin- ning of Avengers: End Game, she'd be with child again before Thanos is de- feated. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — MentalFloss / Wikipedia

17

Saccharin

The artificial sweetener saccharin was discovered accidentally by a researcher not washing his hands. qual equal sweetener same O calorie Sweet'N Low* U rition Facts ul sweetener as - WATER Omo calorie sweeten charin - / I I I I . nat 2 acts - i I I N.3aams Low* I . saccharin O calorie sweetener equal calorie sweetener same sweetener's Sweet'N Low* saccharin e arin equal equa saccharin IN Low a - DE a CA saccharin equal 0 calorie harin equal - as the MTH zweetener* أو Sweet'N Low tans Saudix Lown - BLUES Twent Nutrition SPAR Facts I - — Sauver

16

The Harvard Art Museum

A man named Narayan Khandekar protects the world's rarest colors at the Harvard Art Museum in Cambridge. CRACKED.COM Some of these colors are poisonous, and some are very beautiful. One of the colors is a yellow pigment originating from dried COW urine where they were only fed mango leaves. — Great Big Story

15

Rocky and Bullwinkle

The creators of Rocky and Bullwinkle were turned away from the White House at gunpoint. Score : 269 CAUTION BIOHASARD F *mV++(Pr-Pe) CRACKED.COM They started a campaign to get Moosylvania recognition as a state, and arrived at the White House and demanded to see President Kennedy. They would later learn that they arrived during the Cuban Missile Crisis. — MentalFloss

14

Japan

In feudal Japan, lords built homes with squeaky floors as a measure against ninjas. CRACKED.COM 'Nightingale floors' make a chirping sound when walked upon, were used in the hallways of some temples and palaces assuring that none could sneak through the corridors undetected. — The Vintage News

13

Peter Pan

CRACKED.COM Peter Pan HOOK and Mr. Darling are usually played by the same actor. Hook has always been a double role since the play's early stagings. — Source: Disney Wiki

12

Dating

Half of adults say dating has gotten harder Over the past 10 years, nearly half of U.S. adults say dating is harder. Women are more likely to say they have had negative experiences, with 65% having been harrassed on dates. CRACKED.COM — PEW

11

Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis MARRIED HIS UNDERAGE COUSIN CRACKED.COM The 22-year-old heartthrob kept his underage cousin-wife a secret for a while, until a journalist made it public mid-tour. His defense? It's cool guys, she's 15. (She was 13). — Source: 14 Famous People Who Tanked Their Careers Or Tarnished Legacies (In Strange Ways)

10

Sharks

Sharks are older than trees. The first plants we'd call trees appeared about 350 million years ago. By then, sharks had been swimming in the world's oceans for several tens million years. (Still, these early sharks were very different from what we know today.) — More: 5 Horrors Of Evolution School Never Mentioned

9

Barack Obama

BARAL OBAMA BASKETBALL CRACKED.COM Hoops at Obama's White House featured more talent than your usual Y pick-up game. Who played in his 50th birthday game? LeBron, Chris Paul, Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah, Alonzo Mourning and Magic Johnson. Oh, and some of Barry's friends from high school. — Sports Illustrated

8

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Charlie has a tattoo for continuity of a one-off joke. In Season 2, Charlie writes Bad New on his forearm, and it has remained on there in every episode since then. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED COM

7

Reading

Want to remember the information you read? Then read it out loud. Called the production effect, you will find it easier to commit something to memory when you both speak it and hear yourself speaking it out loud. We simply learn and remember better if it happens actively. CRACKED.COM — Science Daily

6

The Shining

Danny’s finger-wiggling Danny Lloyd did the finger thing unprompted when auditioning for the part — Source: Far Out Magazine

5

Dr. Seuss

At first, Dr. Seuss was dead set against the idea of a Grinch TV special. When his old friend Chuck Jones drove up to pitch him on the idea, Dr. Seuss — Source: Saturday Evening Post

4

Harry Potter

40 Random Bits of Trivia to Wear Like a Badge of Honor Around Your Dork Friends — Source: 7 Movies That Put Insane Detail into Stuff You Never Noticed

3

The Civil War

The U.S. government was paying a Civil War pension until 2020. The recipient's father was an 84-year-old Union soldier when she was born. NOW YOU KNOW — Source: Washington Post

2

Hugh Jackman

Before he was the greatest showman, Hugh Jackman was a children's birthday party clown. His last gig was for an 8-year old celebrant who thought he wa

1

Prison Breaks

CRACKED COM Kevin Jerome Pullum escaped prison using Eddie Murphy's picture He had an elaborate escape plan, but for that, he needed a picture for his

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