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41 Random Bits of Movie, TV & General Trivia We’ve Trained Crows to Deliver

It’s nice to just sit and be served facts once in a while, isn’t it?

41 Random Bits of Movie, TV & General Trivia We’ve Trained Crows to Deliver

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Ah, this is the life. It just doesn’t get any better than lying back on a La-Z-Boy while hordes of crows drop facts at our feet. Yep, no more scouring the globe for random tidbits for us anymore. All we have to do is pick out the sticks, worms and buttons, and we’ll be able to drop this fine list of facts at your feet.

Nice, isn’t it?

41

Sarah Thomas

Sarah Thomas is the NFL's only female official. CRACKED.COM Thomas earned a basket- ball scholarship to the University of Mobile, ranking fifth in the school's history, and graduated with a degree in communications. — Source

40

Pennies

How many pennies are there? There are 130 billion pennies in circulation. In pounds, that's over 716 million. CRACKED COM — Source

39

Brussels Sprouts

Brussels sprouts grow on stalks Brussels sprout plants grow two to three feet tall. CRACKED.COM — Source

38

Charles Manson

CRACKED SHADY TIES THE BEACH BOYS so VENTURA CAL 47623 AND CHARLES MANSON 22 APR 1968 Manson supplied Dennis Wilson with girls and drugs, and was a frequent guest in his home. One of Manson's disciples even babysat Mike Love's children. — Source

37

Julia Child

CRACKED.COM Julia Child created a shark repellent for the military. Long before cooking meals on TV, a young Julia McWilliams cooked up a shark repellent during World War II, commissioned by the U.S. Navy. A member of the OSS (proto-CIA) with top security clearance, she was stationed in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and China as the war went on. — Source

36

Earth

The highest mountains in the world are nothing compared to the sheer massiveness of our planet. In fact, if you shrunk the Earth down to the size of a billiard ball... 13 12 4 ...it would be smoother than the billiard ball. GRACKED.COM — Source

35

Cats

Black cats have always been part of folklore and superstition. In Scottish folklore, there's a fairy named Cat Sith who walked around as a giant black cat, stealing the souls of the dead. In Medieval times, they were associated with the devil, and even blamed for the Black Death. CRACKED.COM — Source

34

Titanic

James Cameron didn't want My Heart Will Go On for Titanic, and Celine Dion didn't want to sing it Dion was convinced by her creepy husband-manager, and Cameron was convinced by her demo. Smart business move for both of them. CRACKED.COM — Source

33

Beat It

Toronto Blue Jays catcher Reese McGuire was caught masturbating in his car. After the incident, the or- ganist at an away game against the Braves played the opening riff to Beat It by Michael Jackson as McGuire walked up to the plate. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

32

Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle

Harold and Kumar were originally written to go to Krispy Kreme Krispy Kreme didn't want to be associated with the movie, but White Castle took the risk. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

31

Monopoly

More Monopoly money is printed annually than $1 STATES OF bills UNITED have been in a decade IS LEGAL TENDER STATES NOTE THIS OF AMI PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DEBTS FOR ALL 7774 L WASHING DEPARTMENT 902L SERIES 2009 ED Since 2008, the US Treasury has printed around 25 billion dollar bills, whereas Hasbro prints 30 billion bills for their Monopoly games CRACKED.COM every year. But to be fair, only 43 million of those are ones. — Source

30

Disney Copyright Craziness

CRACKED DISNEY FOUGHT A GRIEVING FAMILY. Disney wouldn't let a family put a picture of Spider-Man on their son's tombstone, arguing that it was important to preserve the innocence and magic of the characters. — BBC / The Pop Verse

29

Coffee

CRACKED COFFEE: THE WORLD'S SECOND MOST POPULAR LIQUID. People around the world really love their coffee - it's one of the most popular things on the planet, right after oil. Specifically, it's the world's second most-sought commodity. — NCA / Good RX

28

Disneyland Paris

Disneyland Paris workers' suicide In 2010, two people who worked at Disneyland Paris took their own lives. One of them wrote in a suicide note that they didn't want to go back to their job at the theme park. CRACKED — rifqa.j/Shutterstock
Der Spiegel

27

Red Bull

CRACKED RED BULL Red Bull announced on their website that they stopped all marketing activities and investments in Russia in March, in line with the EU and US sanctions. But their drinks are still on shelves in Russia, while Pepsi and Coca-Cola have pulled out. oz 12 FL OZ 12 0 0 Series Tourine WITH - / - - lights - Bul ed Bull Red Bull Red Bu Red Bul Red Bu RedB Red B Red DE DRINK ERGY DRIN ENERGY D NERGY DRI ENERGY DE ENERGY C ENERGY D RGY - mind body and mind body and عد body and or Polizes body and Citalizes — The Drum / Reddit

26

George Orwell Square

In 1937, English novelist George Orwell fought in the Spanish civil war and was shot in the throat. CRACKED.COM There is now a square in Barcelona named after him called 'Plaça de George Orwell'. Ironically, the square was once one of the heaviest surveilled places in Spain. — Telegraph / Wikimedia

25

Mia Sara

CRACKED.COM HARLEY QUINN HARLEY WAS PLAYED BY MIA SARA IN THE EARLY 2000s. Do you remember the Birds of Prey TV show? Then you also won't remember that Dr. Harleen Quinzel was the main villain, played by Ferris Bueller's girlfriend. — More: 6 Superhero Films (That Made Your Favorite Heroes Idiots)

24

Slow Blinks

Anxious/scared cats can be calmed with a technique called Slow Blink. GRACKED.COM It shows you as a more trusting person and is more likely to calm the cat. Animal shelters use the technique to help nervous cats feel more at ease. — Catster

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23

Armie Hammer

Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now ARMIE HAMMER rocks in Call Me by Your Name. THINGS FELL APART WHEN ALLEGATIONS OF HARASSMENT (AND LATER ABUSE) emerged around 2021. What makes them different, however, was the explicit, insisting, and systematic fantasies of sexual torture and even cannibalism. CRACKED.COM — Source: Nicki Swift

22

Obi-Wan Kenobi

CRACKED.COM obi-wan Kenobi His name was influenced by Akira Kurosawa. An obi is a sash that keeps the kimono closed, while ken is a sword. — Sources: Blockbuster, Wikipedia, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

21

Holes

Mysterious, 100-feet deep sand dune holes baffled Indiana for years. Scientists discovered that trees, long since covered by sand, were eaten away by fungi under the dunes. The fungi created a cement-like shell that held its shape even after the trees rotted, but those eventually caved in. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Mercury News

20

Elf

Making Buddy's paper creations in the department store scene in Elf took weeks. Basically the set decoration department started right away making stuff homemade ... . cutting out little dolls, cutting out little curlicues to make snowflakes. It took weeks and weeks for that alone, says production designer Rusty Smith.OM — Source

19

Steak

WEIRD WORLD In Bensalem, PA, a fight broke out over a steak shortage, of all things. According to a former employee of the resaurant where it happened, it all might have started when a customer got mad because the buffet had run out of steak. CRACKED.COM — Source

18

Jack Daniels

You can't buy Jack Daniels in stores in the area where it's made. The distillery is in Moore County, which is a dry county. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Bizarre Facts About Famous, Giant Companies

17

Dumb and Dumber

15% UNSCRIPTED GRACKED.COM They had actors do 2 scripted takes, then let them improvise, so Peter Farrelly estimates about 15% of the movie was ad-libbed. The Most annoying sound in the world, scene, We've landed on the moon, and the heart in the doggy bag were a few of the improv-ed moments. — Source: mentalfloss

16

Chipotle

CHIPOTLE Е. coli OUTBREAKS CHIPOTLE E-COLI MEXICAN GRILL CRACKED.COM In 2007, Kansas City University food safety professor Dr. Douglas Powell warned that Chipotle was a ticking time bomb for a food borne illness outbreak. Не was proven right in 2015 when 55 people contracted Е. coli, and 21 were hospitalized. — Source: mashed

15

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM THE MAJORITY OF THE CLOTHES IN THE MARVELOUS MRS MAISEL ARE MADE FROM SCRATCH. TELEP fm FOR 95% of it is made just for the show - apparently, that's so the people making the show can create looks that are period-accurate and also define the character well. — Source

14

Money

MONEY DOES BUY HAPPINESS (TO A POINT). Studies have found emotional well-being can be found at around $70,000 for an individual and life satisfaction at around $95,000. But additional money doesn't really affect anything. CRACKED.COM — CNBC

13

Statues

WEIRD WORLD A town in England is putting up a bronze statue to a beloved goose. Derek the Goose (who was actually female) lived in the Watchet harbor for over a decade, and townspeople are raising funds for a memorial to her. CRACKED.COM — Source

12

Formaldehyde Hunger

Dissecting cadavers sometimes makes medical students really hungry. It's called formaldehyde hunger, and it's sometimes so strong that, by the end of a dissection, students start swapping recipes. CRACKED.COM — Source: Georgetown Medical Review

11

Dennis Rodman

Dennis Rodman stomps a camera guy in the nards CRACKED COM When Rodman was bumped out of bounds in a 1997 game against the Timberwolves, he landed on a pile of photographers. In a huff, he heeled the nearest set of nads to his Nikes, a decision that would cost him — Source: YouTube

10

Moana

MAUI is a slim beach boy. The Polynesian demigod is always depicted as very strong, but never nearly as bulky as in Moana. In art, Maui tends to be a lean teen. — Source: The New York Times

9

Christmas

15 Feel Good Stories Of 2020 To End This Wretched Year - A company in North Texas put up a holiday experience for people to enjoy safely from their ca — Source: UPI

8

The Blair Witch Project

The cast was subject to constant psychological torture. THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT CRACKED COM They were periodically told to pick fights with each other, while being stalked through the woods day and night by crew members.

7

Mosquitos

MOSQUITO SPERM IS CAPABLE OF SMELL. After mating, female mosquitos store sperm until the setting is right for fertilization, when it's initiated by th — The Smithsonian Magazine

6

Chris Hemsworth

Chris Hemsworthe used to clean breast pumps. Before making it as an actor Hemsworth used to clean rented breast pumps for a pharmacy. He has described

5

Spider-Man

In a 1977 Spider-Ma comic, the villain Equinox causes a massive blackout in New York city. THE LINES CANT HADLE TWE OVERACE-- AND ATNER TAN BUEN ort T

4

Adventure Time

Both the old and adult version of Finn on Adventure Time was voiced by none other than... Jonathan Frakes aka Wiliam To Riker of the Star Trek franchise. CRACKEDOON

3

Apple

Steve Jobs came up with the name Apple Computer, Inc. because he was on diet. a fruitarian He had just returned from an apple farm, and thought the wo

2

Skyfall

Chinese government censors were very heavy-handed when editing Skyfall. One scene where a French hitman kills a Chinese security guard was completely

1

Organic Food

MYTH: ORGANIC FOOD IS ALWAYS BETTER. Organic food has not been found to be significantly healthier than non-organic and eating the recommended serving

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