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40 Random Bits of Trivia Repeatedly Stolen Off Our Car and Resold for Their Precious Metals

You could probably get a pretty penny for these

40 Random Bits of Trivia Repeatedly Stolen Off Our Car and Resold for Their Precious Metals

April 07, 2025

If we were to choose one character from The Wire to describe ourselves, we’d choose Bubbles. The way he wheels around copper and other scrap metals in that shopping cart reminds us of our fact-finding endeavors. We’re always out there snatching up any random fact from any grimy little corner.

Plus, we’re so filthy and lovable!

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Dog Breeds

For centuries, turning the kitchen spit was the turnspit dog's job. A DOG BREED WAS BRED JUST TO COOK MEAT. The small, strong-legged pooch was made to run inside a wooden wheel connected to a chain, so as to make sure the meat was evenly cooked, Flinstones-style. The breed died out around 1900, after the mechanical spit turner was invented. GRACKED.COM — Source

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Ratatouille

Remy's recipe in Ratatouille is real. ОПОИ LOTE It was created by a chef and takes 3 1/2 hours to prepare. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Herman Sorgel

A German architect wanted to dam the Mediterranean to make a supercontinent. Herman Sörgel devoted his whole life to promoting the idea of draining the sea and connecting Europe with Af- rica, a landmass called At- lantropa. Не thought it could provide shelter, em- ployment and food. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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McDonald’s

McDonald's once made bubblegum-flavored broccoli. McDonald's RESTAURANT LOVIN IS GREATER THAN WATIN McDonald's CRACKED COM The kid-friendly, gum inspired veggies were crafted to get kids to eat healthier. The McDonald's CEO said kids were confused by the taste. — Source: Business Insider

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Earl Allen

DON'T CALL ME, I'LL CALL YOU Earl Allen was buried in Texas in 1929 with a phone in his hand. His instructions were to wait three days for him to call; if he didn't, it was safe to assume he was dead, and they could disconnect the phone. CRACKED COM — Source

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Nora Ephron

CRACKED NORA EPHRON CRACKED THE DEEP THROAT MYSTERY BEFORE ANYONE ELSE. Nora Ephron was a journalist who had the scoop on Deep Throat's identity before anyone else. She was able to figure out that it was Mark Felt, based on the codes her former husband Carl Bernstein used in his writing. Truffaut nelBeen? SID CAESAR MIMMEDIATE EXPERIENC MUSIC .. — Source

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The Who

WHO ARE You IS ABOUT CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS. Who? NHO? who? Specifically, it's about Pete Townshend hashing out royalties for The Who's American sales. After 14 hours of negotiations, the execs handed Townshend a check, and he went on the bender described in the song. CRACKED.COM Geoffrey Giuliano, 1996. Behind Blue Eyes: The Life of Pete Townshend. — Source

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Cameroon

Cameroon sent the US $3.77 in relief during the Great Depression. Melgariga Bag Ngaoundal Numbe Wum Tibati Enugu OUEST Bozoum Bendies Mbakach Kumbo Migingwi Reserved Bouer Bkom Bamarch Babour Mamfe Garous Boulai Мьрода Fourdan CENTRAL Yoko SUD- Baloussam Dschang OUEST QUEST CENTRE ٢ TAT Bafaig AFRICAN Bangagura Mundemba Calaban Sanaga Bélabo Nkodasamba Kada C Bafia REPUBLIC Nanga Eboko Kumba - Batouri Minta Yabassi Bertou Monatave Berbérati Busa LITTORAL S Sanapa Gamboula Boubla Monate Yaounde Nddidld Abong Mbang Malabo Kado Edela Eseka E S T Missoda Misu Axyrights Yokadouma Lube Mipalmayo *Nola ل. Jale de EQUATORIAL Bioko *Lomié Ngoulémakong GUINEA Sanamélima — Source

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Dali

Salvador Dali was afraid of grasshoppers because of childhood bullies. Other kids frequently hurled grasshoppers and other insects at him. When they appear in Dalí's work, grasshoppers are used as a symbol of destruction, waste, and fear. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Northwest

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Kurt Russell

One of Kurt Russell's most successful movies was one nobody knows he was in. R.J. MacReady was in Forrest Gump? Yup! Even though YOU didn't see him, YOU definitely heard him. When things didn't work out with the original Elvis impersonator, Russell was brought in to do the voice of The King as a favor to director Robert Zemeckis. Which surely was the less questionable solution than if they had brought in Nicolas Cage. CRACKED.COM — Source: Big-Deal Celebrities Lurking In Famous Movies

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Danced to Death

CRACKEDO .COM IN THE 1930s, PEOPLE WOULD DANCE THEMSELVES TO DEATH. Dance marathons were popular during the Great Depression A contest that offered free food, shelter, and medical care as long as you kept dancing was an enticing thing in that time of hardship. Sometimes contestants dropped dead after dancing for days, weeks, or even months to take home the coveted cash prize. — 6 Harmless Things With Insanely Disturbing Origin Stories

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Silicon

Silicon used for making semiconductors has to be almost impossibly pure. For each 1 billion silicon atoms, there can BE at most 1 non-silicon atom. If that condition is met, it's considered electronic grade silicon. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Tom's Hardware

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Four Seasons

WEIRD WORLD A rock concert at Four Seasons Total Landscaping : sold out in 17 minutes. 3 TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP TOUNT TRUMP 0000 STATE TRUMP TRUMP TOUME TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP BEST NAME TRUMP TRUE 2027 The property got famous thanks to Rudy's extremely rushed and ill-prepared press conference-- and that allowed it to sell 200 tickets almost instantly. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

In Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, Jorma Taccone watching The Parent Trap is a multilayered joke. He's supposed to be watching the movie, which is — Source: FilmSchoolRejects

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The Conjuring

40 Random Bits of Trivia Repeatedly Stolen Off Our Car and Resold for Their Precious Metals — CBS News

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Coors

Coors accidentally marketed beer to their Spanish-speaking customers with the promise that they'd run to the toilet. T HE ORIGIN Coos LONGNECKS OZ AT

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Glenn Close

HOOK Glenn Close CRACKED.COM She plays the nervous pirate who was forced into the Boo Box and introduced a generation to claustrophobia.

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Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt held weekly press conferences that allowed only female journalists to attend. This forced many news organizations to hire their first female report- ers, and saved the jobs that women already held, ensuring their ac- cess to news. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Vanilla

Not all vanilla beans are created equal - the taste depends on the country of origin. Sure, they all have a base vanilla flavor, but they might also have, say, mocha or floral or buttery tones, depending on where they're grown. CRACKED.COM — Source

21

Gears of War

CRACKED.COM According to tie-in novels, soldiers in Gears of War maintain their peak physical form with a daily intake of 6,900 CALORIES human. Three times that of a normal adult KFC That's over 10 Bargain Buckets from KFC. KFC KFC KFC KFC KFC KFC KFC KFC KFC — Source

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Sperm

40 Random Bits of Trivia Repeatedly Stolen Off Our Car and Resold for Their Precious Metals — Source

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Italy

The Italian church said forks were a tool of the debil. CRACKED.COM When forks made their way to Italy in the 11th century, rich people started collecting them, but the church insisted that actually using them was an affront to God. Man was meant to twirl his spaghetti, ostensibly, by jabbing his fingers into the bowl and walking circles around the table. — Source

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Fleetwood Mac

It was eight years after Fleetwood Mac was founded when Stevie Nicks joined. And she only joined because her boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham got asked to join, and demanded the band take both of them as a package deal. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Bryan Adams

SUMMER OF '69 WASN'T ABOUT THE YEAR. IT WAS ABOUT THE SEX. 1969 - NOOK 3 BS 22 1 GNG Goka 27 24 10 FED 14/21 7 28 26 29 30 31 25 Bryan Adams confirmed in an interview that it was about 69 the sex, not '69 the year. Adams was 9 years old in 1969, so if it had been about his memories of that year, the song would actually have been creepier. CRACKED.COM http://www.pacities.org/sunsetstrip/show/6235/Review/Article45.html — Source

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Pizza Hut

Before 2012, Pizza Hut was the largest purchaser of kale in the U.S. They only used it for garnish around salad bars. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

15

Richard Jewell

PUNISHED HEROES ARTHORY - - PA RICHARD JEWELL A security guard at the 1996 Summer Olympics who reported a backpack full of pipe bombs was accused of planting them, and skewered by the media. This destroyed him, and he died at 44. The real culprit, Eric Rudolph, pleaded guilty to it in 2005. CRACKED — Wiki Commons
History

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Calling 9-1-1

DUMB REASONS PEOPLE HAVE CALLED 911 TO PROVE THIS IDIOT BARTENDER WRONG On former dispatcher Ricardo Martinez Il's podcast, he says a drunk man once called 911 to breathalyze him, to prove to a 911 bartender he was OK to drive. EMERGENCY Martinez refused, so the man CALL called repeatedly until Martinez sent an officer to arrest him. CRACKED — SeventyFour/Shutterstock
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E.T.

Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Studios

Ultimate Classic Rock

12

Medieval Knights

Medieval knights had a special dagger they used just for finishing off an enemy. It was called the misericorde (which came from the French word for mercy): a long, thin dagger you could kill a wounded enemy knight with. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

11

Weird Al

Weird Al Yankovic's Architecture Degree CRACKED.COM If Mr. Yankovic had gone into the profession he went to school for, do you think he'd be designing parodies of famous buildings? — Source: KCLU

10

The Simpsons

A classic Simpsons Olympics episode is based on something that really happened. MILKS In Lisa's First Word, Krusty Burger offers free burgers if the US team wins, and that comes back to bite him. This really happened to McD's in 1984. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Cool Conversation-Starting Facts We Never Knew

9

George Clooney

George Clooney had a beloved, pot-bellied pig that was called Max. The press called them inseparable, and Clooney allowed him in his bedroom. Apparently, Max's presence even ended two of Clooney's relationships. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Keep Truly Weird Pets

8

The Princess Bride

Andre's stuntman was a foot shorter than him CRACKED.com Because of back problems, 7' 5 Andre needed to use a 6' 5 stuntman for scenes with Elwes on his back. — EW

7

Tom Hiddleston

Tom Hiddleston took part in a real autopsy to prepare for a movie role. It was for the High-Rise, where he plays a doctor. Hiddleston says it was unlike anything I've ever done, to see a human body cut open. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Hollywood Reporter

6

Dazed and Confused

Alright, Alright, Alright Prior to shooting Dazed and Confused, McConaughey was listening to a live audio track of the Doors where Jim Morrison says alright four times. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Wrap

5

Polo

No lefties allowed! POLO CRACKED.COM Riding on horseback adds a unique level of danger to the game of polo. That's why they don't mess around with lefties -- opposing players chasing down a ball from opposite directions would immediately turn into a horse-on-horse joust. — Source: Dallas Burston Polo Club

4

Dr. Seuss

Ted Dr. Seuss Geisel BEST KNOWN FOR THE CAT IN THE HAT Geisel changed his depiction of a Chinese man in a reprint of And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street to be less offensive. This evolution goes to show Dr. Seuss himself may have supported — Source: The Art of Dr. Seuss

3

Johnny Depp

JOHNNY DEPP HAS ONE OF JACK SPARROW'S TATTOOS. Jack CRACKEDCO COM Depp tattooed a sparrow flying over the ocean on his arm- the same tattoo Sparrow has on his arm. The only difference is that Depp's sparrow is flying in a different direction. The Jack tattoo under it is referencing — People

2

Hairspray

HAIRSPRAY Tracy Turnblad Actress Nikki Blonsky, who played the lead in the 2007 remake, went on to become a hairdresser on Long Island.

1

The Moon

Apollo missions increased the moon's temperature by 1-3 degrees Fahrenheit. Dust on the surface is lighter than the soil underneath, and astronauts wa

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