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April 21, 2025

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Platinum

CRACKED SPANISH EXPLORERS THOUGHT PLATINUM WAS UNRIPE GOLD. Instead of collecting the precious metal they just stumbled upon, they threw it back into the river to ripen. — Source

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Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise can hold his breath for up to six and a half minutes. NESAKO While filming Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Cruise learned underwater tr

35

School Photographers

School photographers try to shoot photos before lunch. The earlier in the day, the more avoidable stains are. That means less photo-editing work for the photographer. CRACKED.COM

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Loki

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind partly inspired, of all things, Disney's Loki. LOKI That movie (like, say, Scott Pilgrim), had a lot of elaborate practical sets that look like CGI - and Loki did too, to make its world feel like a real environment. CRACKED.COM

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Led Zeppelin

Led zeppelin kept stealing from black artists. Led Zeppelin loved blues so much that they repeatedly swiped songs by black II blues artists, and just shrugged when they got hit by lawsuits. Willie Dixon won two separate suits against them over different songs-both of them in the same album. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Lightning

CRACKED GETTING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING It's really unlikely that you'll get hit by lightning in any given year - almost a one-in-a-million chance. Most people who do get struck by lightning make it out alive, with around 90% of them surviving. — Source

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The Bootlace Worm

The bootlace worm is the longest animal on the planet. CRACKED.COM They have been found at lengths of over 98 feet and are believed to even grow as long as 197 feet-longer than the blue whale. — Source

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Jim Henson

Jim Henson dreamed of opening a nightclub in the 1960's. CRACKED.COM The experimental nightclub Cyclia would have featured images and videos projected onto walls, synced up to music to create a holistic experience. The nightclub never came to be, but Henson did record a lot of the visuals that would have been used, some of which were posthumously released by his company. — Source

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Kenny Baker

You probably know Kenny Baker played R2-D2. But did you know he also played an Ewok? In fact, he was the original choice to play Wicket, Leia's young Ewok friend, but he got sick. The role of Wicket went to Warwick Davis, and Baker wound up playing the Ewok who hijacks a speeder bike. CRACKED.COM http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Kenny_Baker — Source

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Minerals

BRIDGMANITE IS THE MOST COMMON MINERAL ON EARTH. CRACKED.COM It makes up 93% of Earth's lower mantle however it is almost completely absent from Earth's surface. The only samples we have of it are from a meteorite that was probably once a former planet. — Source

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Lottery Winners

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Robert Rozier

A former NFL player did more time for bad checks than murder. THE FACE OF THIS DOCUM NT HAS A NHE CHEESE BACKGROUND ON WHITE PAPERAND A VOID PANTOGRAPH WITH A BLUE SECURITY STRIP th CENTER WELLS FARGO BANK NA WELLS FARGO HOME EQUITY CASHIER'S CHECK 11-24/1210(8) 11001 NORTH BLACK CANYON HIGHWAY AZ adidas No. 0150482880 Date: 08/02/06 WELLS FARGO BANK Loan #: 20053097100155 For: 490397919 JOSE TRINIDAD AND DOREEN E LARA $12,000.42 Pay $ 12,000dols 42cts !! Broth Exactly - Twelve Thousand dollars and 42 cents Void if over $12,000.42 PAY ORDER OF nine GRAGKED.COM 20150LA 2880g C121000PLAC 4861 507788 Robert — Source

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Coyote Ugly

GRACKED COYOTE UGLY: INSPIRED BY A GQ ARTICLE. QX16-03 CP44270 GH 467C 15-2038 WE DON'TAL De SPETITE ESTO NO The movie Coyote Ugly was inspired by a GQ article written in 1997 by Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert. The article was about her time working as a bartender at the Village Idiot, a dive bar in the East Village of New York City. — Source

24

The Titanic

When the Titanic Sank in 1912 706 people lived, 1517 people died, S.S.TITÁNIC and 3 dogs survived. CRACKED.COM They were a Pekingese and two Pomeranians. — Source

23

The Admiral Broadway Revue

The television show The Admiral Broadway Revue was canceled because it was too popular. CRACKED.COM It had been sponsored by a TV manufacturer who couldn't keep up with the demand for new television sets. — Source

22

The Tesla Model 3

WEIRD WORLD Because of a bug, the Tesla Model 3 farts very loudly at times. Apparently, the weird bug makes the car fart every time its doors were opened. CRACKED.COM — Source

21

NASA

Apparently, 15 digits of pi are enough for NASA, it turns out. That's 3.141592653589793, and it's the number they use for interplanetary navigation. CRACKED.COM — Source

20

Terrible Predictions

55 MOVING 50 5 HOUSES JULY 1971 CRACKED.COM The house of the future would have no roots Gone would be water pipes, drains, power lines; the autonomous home could therefore move, or be moved, to anywhere on earth. -Arthur C. Clarke. Не wasn't predicting RVs, which already existed. — Source

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Luxury Fruit

CRACKED LUXURY FRUIT A luxury fruit parlor in Tokyo has been owned by the same family since 1834. It's famous for its pricey fruits, like $21 Sekai-ichi apples, $69 for a dozen Queen Strawberries, and $127 for a Densuke watermelon. White Day 3.14 — Buzzfeed

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Government-Sponsored Child Theft

WORST HISTORICAL CHILDCARE GOVERNMENT- SPONSORED CHILD THEFT During Francisco Franco's rule in Spain, over 300,000 babies were taken away from their unacceptable parents and given to acceptable families between the 1930s and 1990s. CRACKED — Everett Collection/Shutterstock,
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BBC

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Indian Serial Burglars

CRACKED I The Two Para can ROY Explore nearbs ARRESTING SERIAL BURGLARS IN INDIA In October 2020, Indian police caught two burglars from Maharashtra who used Google Maps to find homes to rob. They would find houses in the outskirts of the city and visit the area and observe a few homes, the cops said. — Indian Express

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Boulder, Colorado

CRACKED BOULDER'S FIRST FIRE TRUCK AND POLICE CAR CRASHED INTO EACH OTHER. They were both on their way to the same emergency. B.F.D. — Boulder Historical Society
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Sarin Gas

Created with good intentions SARIN GAS Gerhard Schrader, a German scientist, developed sarin in late 1938. It was meant to be a cheaper pesticide to kill weevils, but it turned out to be incredibly toxic. CRACKED — 2shrimpS/Shutterstock,
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History

14

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: 15 Impossibly Silly Predictions (Made By Serious People)

13

William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft was too fat for the White House bathtub. At 330 lbs, Taft was by far the largest president America has ever had. Не had a special, oversized tub installed. CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Facts That Shatter Your Image of American Presidents

12

Cheese

Italy has a Fort Knox for cheese. Credito Emiliano accepts wheels of Parmesan as collateral for loans while cheese makers wait for their sources of income to mature. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — 14 (Weirdo) Official Currencies In The World

11

Batman

BEN AFFLECK'S HATE FOR DAREDEVIL MADE HIM DO BATMAN During an interview with The New York Times, Affleck explained why he took on the role of Batman in Batman V Superman. That's the movie I want to do. I want to be a part of that. Part of it was I wanted for once to get one of these movies and do it right - to do a good version. I hate Daredevil so much. CRACKED.COM — Source: 32 Ace Facts About Famous Characters

10

Kleenex

Kleenex was originally created to use as gas mask filters during WWI Before they landed on facial tissues, Kleenex made period hygiene products. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Kleenex

9

Denim

The Canadian tuxedo originated when Bing Crosby was denied entry into a Canadian hotel for wearing denim-on-denim Levi's heard of the incident and created an all-denim tuxedo for Crosby to wear for publicity. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: CR Fashion Book

8

Game of Thrones

HBO and the Game of Thrones creators apologized for putting Dubya's head on a spike. The head was shown in the season 1 finale, and HBO said We are sorry this happened and will have it removed from any future DVD production. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Hollywood Reporter

7

Sandwiches

Sandwiches CRACKED'COM Almost half of all Americans over the age of 20 eat a sandwich every day.

6

Cults

South Africa - The Krugersdorp Cult Killings - A group of individuals, with Cecile Steyn at the helm, murdered 11 people between 2012 and 2016. They c — Source: News24

5

Harley-Davidson

Harley Davidson wanted exclusive rights over THE SOUND OF A BIKE. - The motorcycle maker tried to get federal protection for every aspect of their bik — Source: Los Angeles Times

4

Thumbs Up!

GIVING A THUMBS UP It's believed the positive gesture derives from English archers in the Middle Ages. The thumbs up was the correct brace height of — Source: BBC

3

Hackers

The Jester takes down terrorist websites. Not all heroes wear uncomfortable, bulge-revealing tights. A hacker known only as The Jester has been de — More: 5 Ruthless Trolls Who Used Their Powers For Good

2

Abbey Road

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The costumes of 1990's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles almost kept it from getting made. THE IMPROVISATION: The producers couldn't get actors to wear the

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