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40 Random Bits of Trivia Scientists Dredged Up From the Core of an Ancient Iceberg

You better enjoy these. We lost a few good men on this expedition

40 Random Bits of Trivia Scientists Dredged Up From the Core of an Ancient Iceberg

April 05, 2025

Whenever we can get some help with finding facts, we’re more than grateful. Especially when it’s a group of scientists who’ll go to great lengths to track down some extra good ones. They just got back from the far reaches of the planet, and boy did they scrounge up a bountiful batch of random tidbits.

We helped in our own way. Typing them up was quite the rigorous task too, ya know?

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London

In 17th-century London, you'd have to pay one of several fire brigades to save your building. A fire mark You'd insure it against fire, and the company would place its fire mark on the building. That way, when it caught fire, the company's firemen would know they were supposed to put out the fire (otherwise, they'd just leave). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Coca-Cola

The creator of Coca-Cola sold his stake in the company to satisfy his morphine addiction. GRAGKED.COM John Pemberton pre- dicted Coca-Cola would be a national drink, but he died penniless and the recipe remains a closely guarded trade secret even today. — Source

38

The Rihanna Curse

Terrible weather hit the UK, New Zealand, and Romania when Umbrella topped their charts This became known as the Rihanna curse. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Trains

55 50 5 TRAINS 1850 8 SIERRA RAILROAD CRACKED CON Rail travel at high speed is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia. -Irish professor Dionysius Lardner. We do have high-speed trains now, as well as even faster transport methods. — Source

36

Ethan Hawke

Ethan Hawke Не wanted to be a writer before becoming an actor. Hawke has acted since his early teens, but even before that he wanted to write- and still does. Не has written a few movies, comics, and three novels. CRACKED.COM — Source: Wikipedia

35

Bats & Birth

Female bats give birth while hanging upside down. CRACKED.COM Bat-ter up; the mommy bats catch the baby in their wings as it drops. — Source: 15 Travel Sized Facts That Are Perfect For On-The-Go

34

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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Psychedelics

In Canada, psychedelics have now been fully approved for medical use. Which is a bigger deal than you might think - according to health care advocates, it's really helpful (and in fact is a significant breakthrough) for treating serious conditions. CRACKED.COM — Source

32

A Christmas Carol

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Help!

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I’m Lovin’ It

Justin Timberlake was paid $6 million to sing the I'm Lovin' It jingle M i'm lovin' it™ Timberlake recorded the McDonald's jingle expanded into a full song, written by Pharrell Williams. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Nick Offerman

Comedy Late Bloomers Nick Offerman finally made it at 39. Не had bit parts here and there, but he booked Parks and Recreation in 2009, at 39 years old. Не said, I sobbed for 30 minutes. It was from years and years and years of repressed feeling from never getting the big shot at something. CRACKED — NBCUniversal
Daily Actor

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Jupiter

Jupiter is the fastest spinning planet in our solar system. CRACKED.COM Due to the intensity of its rotation the planet is flat at the poles and bulges at the equator. It takes less than 10 hours for it to com- plete a rotation on its axis. — Tufts

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Legionella

Legionella lives in your car. This bacterium causes Legionnaires' disease, fatal in 10% of cases-and it could be swimming in your windshield wiper fluid. CRACKED.COM — Source: Tiny Horrors You (Thankfully) Can't See, That Are Everywhere

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Jellyfish

The Hydra jellyfish can regenerate damaged nerves and tissue, and renew Its cells whenever it wants. Their incredible ability to shed their cells keeps them from aging, with some scientists suggesting that they're incapable of dying of old age. CRACKED.COM — Wired, Science Daily

25

The Blair Witch Project

The original 35-page treatment for The Blair Witch Project had zero dialogue. That was on purpose: the authors described what would happen, but they wanted all the lines to be ad-libbed by the actors themselves. CRACKED.COM — Source

24

The Colosseum

Christians weren't fed to lions in the Colosseum. Back when Nero was persecuting Christians, the Colosseum wasn't even built yet. The gruesome stories of martyrdom were mostly fiction written when Christianity was already the Empire's official religion. CRACKED COM — Source

23

The Nazis

GRACKED THE SS PULLED A FAST ONE IN '39, DRESSING UP PRISONERS. Grenica Pou SepelensLieg gmina Sepolne Kr In August 1939, the SS tricked people with a false flag operation. They dressed up six prisoners in Polish uniforms and staged a fake attack on the Gleiwitz Radio Station, which was used as part of the pretext for invading Poland. — History Hit / WW2 Gravestone

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22

Tusk

THE WALRUS SCENES WERE FILMED ALL. AT-ONCE.IN TUSK. They did it so that Justin Long wouldn't have to get in and out of that costume over several days. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Rad Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Your Favorite Horror Movies

21

Game of Thrones

Fantasy movies Game of Thrones Cast and crew played with Ned Stark's head. It was a bit strange, yeah, a bit creepy, Sean Bean said during a Reddit AMA. We just kicked it around like a football! CRACKED.COM — Source: Sean Bean/Reddit

20

Robin Williams

Characters made for their actors Aladdin Robin Williams as The Genie Williams was the only choice for the Genie, and the creators even made a cinematic based on his stand-up routines to prove it. CRACKED.COM — Source: Reddit

19

Akira

LUCAS AND SPEILBERG TURNED IT DOWN CRACKED.COM In 1987, both George Lucas and Steven Spielberg turned down an opportunity to bring Akira to the big screen, claiming it was totally unmarketable to western audiences. It's a shame Katsuhiro Otomo, who directed the animated feature, didn't listen to the person riding high off Ewoks: The Battle For Endor. — NME

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Our Little Genius

Production staff OUR LITTLE GENIUS CRACKEDCON A parent alleged that producers were sneaking kids the answers to upcoming questions. The show's creator

17

Chameleons

CRACKED Chameleons don't change color for camouflage. It's usually to regulate their body temperature or communicate with their buddies. Some of them can't do it at all. Stop giving them a complex.

16

Beauty and the Beast

The original 'Beauty and the Beast' was meant to help girls accept arranged marriages. CRACKED.COM It was written in 1740 to encourage girls into forced marriages, for an alliance that required ef- facing their own desires and submitting to the will of a monster. — Source

15

The Archives of Terror

The Archives of Terror were found by accident by a lawyer and a judge in 1992. They were looking for files on a former prisoner in a police station near Paraguay and stumbled upon archives doc- umenting an international conspiracy involving the tor- ture, murder, and imprison- ment of 480,000 people. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

14

Waluigi

Waluigi wasn't actually created by Nintendo. Не was created by Camelot designer Fumihide Aoki solely for the purpose of be- ing Wario's duos part- ner/Luigi's rival in Mario Tennis N64. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

13

Yale

Yale students pranked Harvard by handing out 1,800 placards at a football game. Instead of spelling Go Harvard they said We Suck. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

12

Norman Rockwell

A Norman Rockwell painting was discovered in a secret compartment inside the walls of a cartoonist's house. CRACKED.COM Don Trachte had forged several paintings he owned to stop his ex-wife from getting them in a divorce settlement and had hidden the originals. It'd been hid- den there for 35 years. — Source

11

Blanket Octopuses

Female Blanket Octopuses can grow up to 2 meters or 6 feet 6 inches. Their male counterpart, however, can grow only up to an inch. It's the largest known size difference between genders in the animal kingdom, with the female being 10,000 to 40,000 times heavier than the male. CRACKED.COM — Source

10

The Telephone

The telephone has no legs. WESTERN UNION CRACKED COM In an internal memo, employees were told that the telephone shouldn't be seriously considered as a means of communication. — Source

9

Sweaty Handshakes

CRACKED A HANDSHAKE GONE WRONG: LONDON COP BLAMES SWEAT FOR DNA ON WOMAN'S BREAST. A police officer in London was accused of inappropriately touching a woman in Croydon. Не said that his sweat from a handshake might have gotten onto her breast, which is why his DNA was found there. METROPOLITAN POLICE — My London

8

Antarctica

Q. How many ATMs are there in Antarctica? There are two ATMs operated by Wells Fargo. The second one is mainly there to use for parts when necessary. Every two years, the machines are serviced by a vendor. CRACKED — Source: Mental Floss

7

Happy Gilmore

SULTRY DELETED SCENE CRACKED.COM During Happy's dream sequence, Modern Family star Julie Bowen appeared in lingerie, holding pitchers of beer and making out with Shooter McGavin. Bowen later revealed that they also filmed a version where she made out with the little person dressed like a cowboy. Sadly, we couldn't find the scene or the gentleman's name. — Source: therichest

6

Bruno Mars

Bruno Mars made a major contribution to fighting the Flint water crisis. As he said in a Michigan concert, he gave $1 million to victims of the crisis. CRACKED.COM — Source

5

The Crips

The Crips began as a neighborhood watch. According to Stanley Tookie Williams, he started recruiting other boys to form a watch against the street gangs that troubled South Central Los Angeles. Eventually, Tookie's group gained strength and became the Crips, one of the largest gangs in the world themselves. Oops. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Random Facts to Satisfy Your Craving for Knowledge Without Leaving Home

4

Chase Utley

CHASE UTLEY ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA UTLEY or CRACKED.COM Mac writes a letter to hero Chase Utley: I would love to meet you someday. I know I can't throw as fast as you, but I think you would be impressed with my speed. I love your hair. You run fast.' Years later, Utley threw the first pitch to actor Rob McElhenney before an actual game. — USA Today

3

Camille Claudel

Camille Claudel was overshadowed by Rodin and isolated by her family. Claudel apprenticed with renowned sculptor Auguste Rodin, and they had a long and difficult relationship. She spent her last 30 years committed by her family in a mental institution. Today her sculptures are worth millions. CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Famous People Who Were Total Nobodies While They Were Alive

2

Zombies

Zombies don't usually eat brains. George Romero himself, the inventor of zombie movies, was often puzzled when people brought this up to him. Brain-ea — Source: Gizmodo

1

Whatta Man

The 1993 hit Salt-N-Pepa single Whatta Man was actually based on Linda Lyndell's 1968 pop song What a Man. WCMGV MOTEL 10 RD0MS TY pO AC PEP ALCKA

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