31 Random Bits of Trivia We Scooped Out of the Room-Temperature Cruise Buffet

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31 Random Bits of Trivia We Scooped Out of the Room-Temperature Cruise Buffet
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We can tell ourselves that we’ll build a respectable plate all we want, but once we see all the saucy delicacies at the fact buffet, we can’t help but to make the tastiest mound known to man. 

Who cares if they don’t traditionally go together? We think that facts about space, aardvarks and Indonesian bike companies can be consumed one after another. 

Oh, and if there aren’t actually any facts about those things, it’s because we housed them on the way back to the table.

PlayStation Fandom

CRACKED.COM An Australian serial killer refused to eat to get a PlayStation. Ivan Milat, convicted for killing seven hitchhikers, went on a hunger strike in 2011 to protest a heinous injustice committed against him: Не wasn't given a PlayStation to exercise his mind. Не lasted nine days before deciding he liked food better than video games, and gave up.

Homicide Detectives

Homicide detectives work way fewer cases than you think. Put on a cop show, and you'll see detectives solving a different murder every week. But in real life, the average homicide cop works maybe five cases in a year. Even in such a stab-happy place as Detroit, the number barely goes up to eight. CRACKED.COM

Lance Armstrong

WESTRONG CIRO GIRO MYS Lance Armstrong made an ad mocking his critics (before they were proven right). Everybody wants to know what I'm on, Armstrong said in a 2001 ad for Nike. I'm on my bike, busting my ass six hours a day, he answered. Yeah, his bike and a shit-ton of human growth hormone, as it turned out - let's just say, the piece hasn't exactly aged gracefully. CRACKED.COM

Tycoons

CRACKED.COM A German tycoon tried to claim his own kidnapping as tax-deductible. As the founder of the discount supermarket Aldi, Theo Albrecht knew how to pinch a penny - and that included the time he was kidnapped in 1971. First he haggled with the kidnappers over his ransom - and after he was set free, he went to court to get a tax write-off for the money he paid.

Breast Cancer

A company patented the breast cancer genes. For 15 years, Myriad Genetics had a patent over two genes that can increase your risk of cancer, and wouldn't let anyone else test for them. This monopoly ended in 2013, when the Supreme Court ruled, WTF, you can't own human genes. CRACKED.COM

Trial by Combat

A guy challenged his ex- wife to trial by combat. As it wasn't explicitly outlawed, in 2020 Kansas resident David Ostrom challenged his ex-wife and her lawyer to decide the custody of the couple's child on the field of battle, wherein he would rend their souls from their corporal bodies. With a katana, because of freakin' course. CRACKED.COM

Yawning

Contagious yawning is linked to empathy. As such, psychopaths are not susceptible to it, as they lack empathy for others. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Goats

Goats are totally immune to poison ivy, oak, and sumac. They can eat up to several pounds per day. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Kraft Macaroni and Cheese

Canada eats more Kraft macaroni & cheese than any other nation in the world. Canadians eat 55% more Kraft Dinner (their term) than people in the U.S. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

James Bond

When asked to be in a 2012 Olympic sketch with Daniel Craig as James Bond, Queen Elizabeth agreed immediately. Her only condition was to choose her line, which was, Good evening, Mr. Bond. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Gorillas

The average silverback gorilla is four to nine times stronger than a human. Silverbacks can deadlift 1800 pounds. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Oreos

The stuff in Oreos cannot legally be called cream. Gouble The FDA does not allow manufacturers to use the word cream to describe food that contains no actual cream. To get around this, Oreo officially describes their creamy filling as creme. CRACKED.COM

Pain

A man experienced the first 16 minutes of a laparotomy without pain killers. Sherman Sizemore was given a paralytic for his procedure. However, due to a medical error, he was not given anesthetic until 16 minutes later, causing him to be awake and feel every cut by the doctor. CRACKED.COM

Rodents

Wild rodents will run on hamster wheels if you leave one for them. Neurophysiologists in the Netherlands have found that if you place a hamster wheel in a natural setting, wild animals such as mice will come and run on it voluntarily. This suggests that the animals enjoy the activity. CRACKED.COM

Marlon Brando

If you got into arguments in AOL chat, you may have been talking to Marlon Brando. Actor Marlon Brando enjoyed spending time in chatrooms and having heated debates, often ending things by telling the other person to fuck off. His account was a frequent target of suspensions by AOL. CRACKED.COM

Bison

Indigenous people were the tallest in the world before the disappearance of the bison. Before the mass slaughtering of bison, the indigenous tribes that relied on them were among the tallest in the world. Once the bison disappeared, the average height of the people there dropped by over an inch. CRACKED.COM

Gambling

A woman's race track winnings were stolen when she posted a selfie with the ticket. After winning $825, an Australian woman took a selfie with the winning bet slip and posted it on Facebook. As the barcode was visible, someone was able to use it and withdraw her winnings. CRACKED.COM

New Jersey

The song about leaving NJ was almost made the state's official rock theme. The New Jersey State Assembly voted to honor Bruce Springsteen's Born To Run as the rock theme of NJ. Fortunately, once the assembly realized the meaning of the song, the bill was dropped. CRACKED.COM

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31 Random Bits of Trivia We Scooped Out of the Room-Temperature Cruise Buffet

Slaves

CRACKED.COM A former American slave lived until 1972. We don't know for sure if Peter Mills was the last living slave in America, as records are spotty. What we do know is that he was born into slavery in 1861, and died just one month shy of his 111th birthday. It's wild to think that an American slave outlived Martin Luther King Jr.

Soda

CRACKED.COM Coca-Cola and Pepsi used to be marketed to different races. In the 1900s, white people started fearing that black people would drink the now it's Pepsi-for those who think young Today's active people would rather play then wetch They Jeed the full life-fell time This in the life for Papai-light, clean-tasting cocaine-laced Соса-Соӏа Pause... and shop refreshed and become drug-addicted - - rapists. Yes, really. So the This - company removed the coke from Coke and started advertising exclusively to whites. Eventually, Pepsi FASHION NEWS stepped in to cater to the PAGE market left neglected by its Drink Going

Pinball

CRACKED.COM Pinball was banned in New York for decades. HEN Caydoxa 80 10 3 At one time, pinball was seen as a sleazy form of gambling aimed at children. In 1942, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia ordered the police to crack down on the machines, going so far as to smash a few himself. The game stayed prohibited until 1976, when someone made the case that it required skill.

Robot Statues

GRAGKED.COM The Turkish capital erected a robot statue. In 2015, the city of Ankara, Turkey did something in equal parts awesome and irresponsible by erecting a 20-foot statue of a robot. The Chamber of Architects and Engineers promptly sued Mayor Melih Gökçek for wasting taxpayer money. The mayor replied that the robot was there to promote his prestige project of a theme park, saying: Respect the robot.

Royals

If you were a king or a queen in centuries past, your intimate life was anything but intimate. Since providing an heir was so important, the royal bumping of the uglies was a state affair, often discussed in official correspondence and Royal sex diplomatic talk. That's how we know, for example, that Louis was a very XVI was hilariously awful in public thing. the sack. CRACKED.COM

Bank Robberies

Bank robberies are less profitable than you think. Two Italian economists pored over the data relating to over 5,000 bank robberies, and discovered that the average heist lasts under three minutes and yields 16,000 euro, or under $20,000. That's a lot of bucks per minute, but a far cry from the huge piles of cash movies promise you. 9904 M - - ED OF AMERICA TI STATES 96° COPTIN IN GOD WE TRUST CRACKED.COM

Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones includes a hidden reference to Monty Python. In Season 4, when Daenerys and her army approach Meereen, the city's champion comes out and starts insulting them. According to the show's linguist, the insults are a Low Valyrian translation of the Frenchman's taunts in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Yes, including Your mother is a hamster. CRACKED.COM

Mauna Kea

The tallest mountain on Earth isn't Everest, it's in Hawaii. CRACKED.COM Mauna Kea in Hawaii is actually technically the tallest mountain in the world, if you measure from base to summit. The only thing holding Mauna Kea back is that it's mostly underwater.

The Color Orange

The color orange is named after the fruit. GRACKED.com Before the late 15th century, orange was considered a shade of red. Until the Renaissance, yellow-red was the only term the English language had for orange.

Mummies

The oldest European mummy was found with acupuncture tattoos. GRACKED.COM Ötzi the Iceman was alive from sometime between 3400 and 3100 ВСЕ. Не had 19 sets of thin, black tattoos circling his knees, wrists, and ankles.

It’s Overrun with Burmese Pythons

Florida's top predator isn't the alligator, it's the invasive burmese python. CRACKED COM Thought to have been originally pets that either escaped or were let go in the swamps of Florida, the giant constrictors have taken over.

Dexys Midnight Runners

DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS IS NAMED AFTER DRUGS. SKE E19 The band, which you might remember from the song Come On Eileen, took its name from Dexedrine, a drug popular with British pop fans, and the fact that taking it would keep users up all night. Surprisingly, the band itself was completely clean and even banned alcohol from concerts. CRACKED.COM George Gimarc, 2005. The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock 1970-1982

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