41 Random Bits of Trivia We Tossed in A Blender With Some Oat Milk and Vanilla Protein Powder and Poured Down This Health-Conscious List

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41 Random Bits of Trivia We Tossed in A Blender With Some Oat Milk and Vanilla Protein Powder and Poured Down This Health-Conscious List

We’d have no way of knowing what time it is wherever you are right now, but we do recommend reading these the moment you get up. If it’s close to your bedtime, their energy-packed knowledge might keep you up for a few extra hours. 

Better bookmark this list for now, then get at them with your morning coffee. Actually, the coffee/fact combo might short-circuit your brain. Either way, read with caution.

Rome

The first shopping mall was built in ancient Rome. CRACKED.COM In Rome, Emperor Trajan built the first traditional shopping mall at around 100 AD.

The Wizard of Oz

The most expensive pair of shoes were inspired by Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz. CRACKED.COM The shoess, inspired by the ruby red slippers from The Wizard of Oz, cost $3 million and took two months, 4,600 rubies and 50 karats of diamonds to create.

Weddings

The world's longest wedding dress has a 1.85 mile long train. GRAGKED.COM The wedding dress and train, designed by a Romanian wedding salon, required approximately three miles of taffeta and 18 feet of lace.

Clocks

The first alarm clock could only ring at one time. 9 10 8 I 7 Sta 12 5 1 4 2 3 6 CRACKED.COM Created by Levi Hutchins of Concord, New Hampshire, the alarm clock was made specifically to wake him up for his job.

Shoes

80% of women buy shoes too small for their feet. GRACKED.COM In the US alone over 90% of women state they have at least one pair of shoes that are agony on their feet due to their cramped size.

Apples

Granny Smith apples originate from 1800s Australia. CRACKED.COM Maria Ann (Granny) Smith found a seedling growing by a creek on her property in 1868 where she would toss French crab apples grown in Tasmania.

Underwear

Men only started wearing underwear in the 17th century. GRACKED.COM It mostly consisted of an extra part of the shirt tucked under the pants. It was not until the 18th century that men began to wear what we commonly think of as 'men's underwear.'

Sound

Sound travels quicker in water than in air. CRACKED.COM Water particles are a lot more densely packed together than air articles, allowing sound to travel further and faster underwater than in the air.

Michael C. Hall

Michael C. Hall got his big break when he met award winning director Sam Mendes at an acting workshop. When Alan Cumming dropped out of the lead role

Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian threw a b-day party all about the Poop Emoji for North West. North West really loves that emoji, so mom set up a party that was totally themed around it - including Poop Emoji costumes for everyone. CRACKED.COM

Professional Bridesmaid

DON'T WANT TO BURDEN YOUR FRIENDS BY MAKING THEM BE PART OF YOUR BRIDAL PARTY? HIRE A PROFESSIONAL BRIDESMAID! JEN GLANZ STARTED HER BUSINESS, BRIDESMAID FOR HIRE, .AFTER A FRIEND JOKED SHE WAS A PROFESSIONAL BRIDESMAID. NOW JEN IS IN 25-30 WEDDINGS PER YEAR, AND SHE TEACHES OTHER WOMEN TO START THEIR OWN PROFESSIONAL BRIDESMAID BUSINESSES. CRACKED.COM

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500 Days of Summer

CRACKED ТОМ HANSEN WAS THE PROTOTYPICAL NICE GUY. 500 DAYS OF SUMMER planet earth ISPY par - NOWHERE CINCERNA DO TOUT LOVE WILL TEAR US AFAKI LOST 1SOT 12303 After years of hearing what nice guy Tom was, Joseph Gordon-Levitt said, I would encourage anyone who has a crush on my character to watch it again and examine how selfish he is.

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The Lying Gun Rights Advocate

When Emily Miller walked in on a home invasion, she became a gun rights advocate. BANG! Except she lied about the home invasion. Miller's version of the story (in her book, for example) has her interrupting a robbery in progress. In the version she told police, she questioned a man delivering firewood. http://www.mediaite. com/tv/fox-reporter-emily-miller- CRACKED COM under-fire-for-allegedly-fabricating-home-invasion-details/

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Night Sneaks

People would sneak into houses in the day, hide under beds, and attack at night. These night-sneaks struck when people were defenseless, often targe

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Robin Williams

Robin Williams was a hardcore gamer and anime geek. NEON GENESIS EVANGELION VOLUMENINE He loved anime like Cowboy Bebop and Neon Genesis Evangelion, a

Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka's works often depict illogical, bureaucratic reactions to surreal situations. For example, in 'The Metamorphosis', Gregor Samsa wakes up t

The Internet

The internet evolved from a system created as backup in case of Soviet attacks. CRAGN www. http:1 A scientist came up with the idea to send informatio

Global Warming

Dogs and cats in the US contribute fairly significantly to global warming. The diet fed to dogs and cats creates 25-30% of the total environmental impact (in terms of fossil fuel use, biocide use, and so on) from animal production. CRACKED.COM

Hermits

In the 1700s, it was fashionable in Britain to get a hermit for your estate. Landowners even put ads for hermits in newspapers, offering food, lodging and money (but, of course, there were conditions). CRACKED.COM

Lance Armstrong

Investing in Uber is what enabled Lance Armstrong to survive financially. Although he'd lost millions, his investment in Uber ballooned - when he invested, Uber's valuation was $3.7 million, and it later went to $120 billion. CRACKED.COM

Chocolate

Eating dark chocolate can make some people sneeze, and it's due to genetics. About 25-30% of people are affected, and all those people carry a variant of a specific gene on Chromosome 11 that causes them to sneeze. CRACKED.COM

Melatonin

Melatonin might be a legacy of our ancestors who roamed the oceans millions of years ago. They'd go to the surface of the sea at sunset, then fall throughout the night, and this cycle might have led to the evolution of melatonin. CRACKED.COM

Ben & Jerry’s

Ben & Jerry's was originally supposed to make bagels and not ice cream. Partly to kind of commemorate that, Ben&Jerry's launched limited-edition ice cream bagel sandwiches decades later (called Ice Ice Bagels). CRACKED.COM

World War I

A French soldier in WWI was saved thanks to the book he had in his pocket. Kipling It was Rudyard Kipling's Kim, and the bullet stopped at the last 20 pages. Не wrote to Kipling about it, and they began a correspondence. CRACKED.COM

Eagles

Eagle nests are extremely wide - about 6 feet across at the very top. They're also pretty deep, because eagles just keep building them up for years. The largest eagle nest ever found was 10 feet wide and 20 feet tall. CRACKED.COM

Dracula

When they shot Bela Lugosi's Dracula, they shot a Spanish version too. The Spanish one was shot at night, when the sets were free, with the same script but a different cast. Today, that version is considered better. CRACKED.COM

Apollo 13

Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell had a cameo in Ron Howard's movie Apollo 13. АТЕСЬНИ MAISE . P POLLO APOLLO KITA Не was the captain of the ship that recovers the astronauts, and he wore his own captain's uniform (the rank he had when he retired) in the movie. CRACKED.COM

Hook

One of Hook's most iconic scenes was a total surprise to some of the actors involved. When Peter Pan (Robin Williams) passes his sword to Thud Butt, nobody except Williams and Steven Spielberg knew Thud would get it. CRACKED.COM

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