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43 Random Facts to Stew Up Into a Trivial Gumbo

Just some ingredients for the knowledge pot

43 Random Facts to Stew Up Into a Trivial Gumbo

April 08, 2025

Have you ever heard of the “forever soup” in Bangkok? It was started way back in 1974, and to date it’s still being served and added to on a constant simmer. Your brain reminded us of it today, since it too is this rolling boil of knowledge that we continuously toss little fact ingredients into.

Ooh, would you look at that? We just diced up a few more to toss into that hot pot now!

43

Manhattan

MANHATTAN M V al won the BAFTA Award for best film in 1980. SH MEKUAL - - - In retrospect, it's unseemly to praise Woody Allen for making a film about his romance with a teenage girl. CRACKED.COM

42

Rosemary Kennedy

JFK's sister was forced to. get a lobotomy when she was 23. Rosemary Kennedy had an IQ of 60 and her rebellious nature threatened the fam- ily's name, so Joseph Ken- nedy Sr. had her loboto- mized, which left her with the mental capacity of a 1 year old. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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La Verite

Brigitte Bardot had to get her stomach pumped. LA VERITE CRACKED.COM Horrible monster and occasional director Henri-Georges Clouzot thought Bardot couldn't act asleep, SO he dosed her with sleeping pills (telling her they were painkillers). — Source

40

Tariffs

The first piece of legislation passed by the 1 st U.S. Congress was a 50¢ tariff. The Tariff of 1789 levied a 50¢ ($16 today) per ton duty on goods imported by foreign ships. President Washington signed the act and the money was used to pay off the Revolutionary War debt. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

39

Hippos

Hippos kill 3,000 PEOPLE every year. Sharks kill fewer than six. Where are all the Hipponado movies? CRACKED COM — Source

38

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was a trash-talking wrestler in the army. As a president, Lincoln was a patient leader, but as a young adult, he'd kick your ass. During one of his matches, Lincoln defeated his opponent, then turned to the crowd and said: I'm the big buck of this lick. If any of you want to try it, come on and whet your horns. Which is basically 19th century speak for Come at me, bro. CRACKED.COM — Source

37

Space

Space will change your DNA. NASA NASA discovered this by comparing the DNA of astronaut Scott Kelly to that of his twin brother, Mark. After a year in space, Scott's genes had been altered by 7%- effectively making the twins non-identical. CRACKED.COM — Source

36

Evil Dead 2

EVIL DEAD 2 The cabin is only a shell for exterior shots- the interior set was built in a high school gymnasium rented by the production. CRACKED.COM — Source

35

The Super Soaker

The Super Soaker was invented by a Nasa Engineer. In addition to the Super Soaker, Dr. Lonnie Johnson also invented the Nerf Gun and holds over 100 patents. CRACKED.COM — Source

34

Secret Writer’s Society

CRACKED PANASONIC'S DIRTY WORD GENERATOR-FOR KIDS! Secret Writer's Society Panasonic's Secret Writer's Society was supposed to teach kids how to write. The game had a text-to-speech feature that would read back what you wrote, but under the right circumstances, the Macintosh version would spout off obscenities instead. — Panasonic Interactive Multimedia
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Evian Water Bra

CRACKED.COM evian WATER BRA evian This bra has pockets that can be filled with water. This feature allows women to avoid the disaster of having sweaty breasts. — Source: 30 Products Companies Want To Forget

32

The Shortest War

The Anglo-Zanzibar War was the shortest war in recorded history. N Est The 1896 skirmish between Aniward the British Empire and the Zanzibar Sultanate lasted 45 minutes, tops. The British managed to kill 500 soldiers in that time, while losing only 1 of their own. CRACKED.COM — Source: 10 Historical 'Now You Know' Facts

31

Eddie Redmayne

Eddie Redmayne went to boarding school with Prince William. William Redmayne They played rugby on the same team, and he says everyone wanted to tackl

30

AIDS

A GENETIC DEFECT MADE STEPHEN CROHN IMMUNE TO AIDS. Crohn had a mutation in his white blood cells that kept most strains of HIV from penetrating and affecting them. Не helped advance research towards combating the disease. CRACKED.COM

29

Ghostbusters

STRANGER THINGS INSPIRATIONS GHOSTBUSTERS The juvenile joke (and kickass climax) about crossing the streams wasn't in the script. Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd came up with the method to defeat Gozer at the last minute, and then changed earlier scenes to foreshadow it. CRACKED.COM

28

Bali

CRACKED BALI'S DAY OF SILENCE. In Bali, New Year has 24 hours of silence and meditation known as Nyepi. There is no talking, travel, work, or activities, and the only people outside are the Pecalang - Security enforcing the rules. Doesn't this sound better than a hangover at brunch? — Source

27

The Faroe Islands

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My Strange Addiction

CRACKED A MENTAL ILLNESS MAKES YOU CRAVE TO EAT DIRT. Or any other type of inedible substance. It's called pica, and it's what those people who eat diapers on My Strange Addiction have. — Source

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25

Selma

CRACKED.COM Selma The movie couldn't use MLK's actual speeches. Director Ava DuVernay had to rewrite Dr. King's speeches, as someone else had the rights. — Source

24

Apples

McDonald's has a surprisingly massive influence on the apple industry. The consumption of sliced apples in the U.S. went up by more than 3x since McD's put them on the menu in 2004, and McD's now sells over 10% of U.S. sliced apples. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

23

Bread

By 1933, around 80% of bread sold in the US was pre-sliced. GRACKED.COM When sliced bread was first announced in 1928 it was referred to as, the greatest for- ward step in the bak- ing industry since bread was wrapped. — Source

22

Medieval Chess Piece

AN INCREDIBLY RARE CHESS PIECE WAS FOUND IN A DRAWER IN SCOTLAND. CRACKED.COM The medieval chess piece, one of the long-lost Lewis Chessmen, had been gathering dust in a drawer for 55 years before the family thought to have it assessed. Apparently their grandfather had purchased it in 1964 for £5, and had no idea of its cultural importance. Or its million-dollar value. — Source

21

Plastic Surgery

The term plastic surgery predates plastic. CRACKED COM Plastic surgery was coined in 1839, 70 years before plastic was even invented. It comes from the Greek word plastik which means sculpting and has nothing to do with plastic. — Source

20

Costa Rica

COSTA RICA CRACKED COM Costa Rica leads the world in carbon neutrality. For several years now, Costa Rica has run on entirely renewable energy for about 300 days per year. Just how impressive is that? Portugal was recently praised for running on 100% renewables for 4 days. — Source

19

Jurors

A judge named Keith Cutler was summoned to be a juror on a case he was presiding over. CRACKED.COM When he applied to be ex- cused from jury service he was initially declined and was told to write to the resident judge, to which he replied: I am the resident judge. — Source

18

Medical Marvels

WEIRD WORLD A guy in Indiana got strange powers thanks to a horrible, freakish incident. X-X 1 Y-Y x2 -X 12-% After a head injury from a violent attack, he became kind of a math genius - and even found a home thanks to his gift. CRACKED.COM — Source

17

Thor

Hela in Thor: Ragnarok is a makeover of a different character. In the comics, Hela was never Thor's sister who escaped imprisonment in another realm - that actually describes Angela. Created by Neil Gaiman and Todd McFarlane for Spawn, Angela was later bought by Marvel and turned into Odin's first-born daughter. CRACKED.COM — Source

16

Goodfellas

Jimmy Conway spends real money. GoodFellas Behind the Scenes The stack of bills Robert De Niro carries around is made of real, legal-tender greenbacks, belonging to prop master Robert Griffon. Special care was taken to keep track of every bill after each take. CRACKED.COM — Source

15

The Secret Service

Secret Service agents never swear to protect the President's life over their own. UNITED AMERICA The oath is made up for Hollywood. It's understood it's a dangerous job, but agents make sure every danger is avoided. CRACKED.COM — Source

14

Forever 21

Forever 21 upset its customers by including Atkins diet bars in as F DENINI their plus-size orders. PROTEIN-RICH MEAL BAR 16G 3G 2G 12G 8 NET CARBS SUGAR FIBER PROTEIN CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER BAR ATKINS NATURALLY FLAVORED BAR NO ARTIFICIAL COLORS VALUE FLAVORS PRESERVATIVES PACK SAME GREAT TASTE - DIR MELCOMEN DA 8 2.12 OZ 160g BARS NET WT 16.9 OZ (480g) The popular clothing company claimed that they sent the product to everyone, across all sizes and categories. Forever 21 apologized for their tone-deafness and pulled the promotion. CRACKED COM — Source

13

Cats

Most cats sleep between 10 to 13 hours a day Cats have evolved to preserve their energy to be most active at dawn and dusk when, pre-domestication, they would hunt their prey. CRACKED.COM — Source

12

The Incredible Hulk

THE INCREDIBLE HULK CRACKED.COM The film was set in New York, but the climactic fight scene takes place directly in front of Toronto's iconic Sam The Record Man on Yonge Street. — Source

11

Dogs

CRACKED A RESCUE DOG ADOPTED FROM A TEXAS ANIMAL SHELTER WENT MISSING FROM HER NEW HOME. Amazingly, she showed up at the shelter's doorbell at 1:15 AM - 10 miles from her home. The founder was shocked, as we probably all would be, that the dog managed to find her way back. — People

10

Auschwitz

CRACKED RAINER HOESS Rudolf Hoess was a Nazi commander of the Auschwitz concentration camp. His son Hans loved this and forced his kids to admire their grandfather. At 16, Hans' son Rainer rebelled, ran away from home, and now speaks at schools against extremism. — Telegraph

9

Lewis Black

CRACKED Lewis Black was a Yale educated playwright. With a master's in Drama from Yale, he became a playwright and artistic director of West Bank Cafe Downstairs Theater Bar in NYC. Не began stand-up by warming up crowds before plays. — College Consensus / Ticketmaster

8

Leonard Nimoy

Leonard Nimoy came up with the Vulcan neck pinch because he was tired of fight scenes. CRACKED.COM In the first episode this pinch showed up, Spock was originally supposed to club evil Kirk over the head, knocking him out. Nimoy thought this was in- consistent with Spock's personality. — FoundationINTERVIEWS

7

Tea

A power station in the UK is just for dealing with power spikes caused by people making tea. CRACKED.COM The UK Dinorwig Power Station's primary function is to deal with the power demand spike caused by people switching on their kettles during TV ad breaks. The power station is built inside of a mountain. — National Grid

6

The Stratosphere

CRACKED.COM In 1902, Leon Teisserence de Bort from France and Richard Assmann from Germany discovered the stratosphere just 3 days apart from each other. They arrived at the same conclusion despite using different scientific approaches. — 12 Uncanny Instances Of Simultaneous Invention

5

X-Men

Before filming X-Men, Hugh Jackman didn't know what a wolverine was. Не thought it was a made-up superhero name, so he studied wolves and watched wolf documentaries to prepare. Director Bryan Singer had to explain things. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Interesting Facts (About Movies And More) To Tickle The Ol’ Grey Matter

4

Matt LeBlanc

Married with Children had a forgotten spinoff starring Matt LeBlanc. It was called Top of the Heap, and featured LeBlanc as a boyfriend of Kelly's who lives with his dad in a Chicago slum. And it ran for seven episodes. CRACKED.COM — Source: Uproxx

3

Frauds

15 Stunning Frauds That Somehow Took People In - The world went nuts when this historian shared a brass plate Sir Francis Drake had printed in 1579. i — Source: California History

2

Japan

Japan has creepy temple for a old dolls. Girls' girls Every year on Day, Japanese get hina ningyo dolls that later end up at the Awashima jinja shrine

1

Blendo

Before they were Mythbusters, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman built a battle bot they named Blendo. GRAINGO MY tor MNOUA SensAble ia* Their creation (an

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