27 Random Bits of Trivia That’ll Carve Up Your Brain Abs

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27 Random Bits of Trivia That’ll Carve Up Your Brain Abs
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It’s like we always say, No pain, no gain. To be fair, we’re all talk, so while we do say that all the time, we never actually put the work in. But that shouldn’t stop you from putting the hours in at the ol’ brain gym later today. Pump some serious fact iron, and get that brain all fit for a summer by the pool. 

Our flabby selves will be by the same pool, complimenting your brain’s progress.

The Day of Conception Contest

The Volga River region of Russia held a 'Day of Conception' contest numerous times. Couples that gave birth nine months later, on June 12th, received money, cars, refrigerators and other prizes. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Toy Story

Originally, Buzz Lightyear was supposed to know he's a toy. SPACE RANGER LIGHTYEAR LASER Не was written a dumb but cheerful guy who knows what he is and he's fine with it, but Joss Whedon rewrote the script and totally changed Buzz. CRACKED.COM

Beate Sirota Gordon

CRACKED.COM Beate Sirota Gordon secretly introduced equal rights and women's civil rights to post-WWII Japan - and got away with it. As a part of the subcommittee tasked to write Japan's new constitution, she included a few articles that denounced gender and racial discrimination without telling anyone about it, altering Japan's civil rights forever.

Bette Midler

Bette Midler wants to applaud all housekeepers for knowing how kitchen appliances work. At the start of the pandemic, Midler tweeted: I never knew my appliances as well as I'm starting to know them. So grateful to #Kenmore and #Maytag. This is no joke. I salute housekeepers around the globe, doing your best to keep your families well, safe and alive. CRACKED.COM

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Most of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is made up of commercial fishing debris. CRACKED.COM Fishing nets account for 46 percent of the trash in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, with the majority of the rest composed of ropes, oyster spacers, eel traps, crates, and baskets.

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A Deadly Gift Shower

An Athenian legislator was killed by adulation. CRACKED COM Following an address to the citizens of Aegina during the 7th century ВС, Draco the Lawgiver was showered with adulation-and gifts. The crowd threw cloaks, hats, and other clothing until Draco was smothered under the pile.

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Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton

Celebrity Weddings Gwen Stefani & Blake Shelton Shelton performed a song he wrote instead of vows, as Carson Daly officiated in a chapel built for the wedding. CRACKED.COM

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Italian Terms

27 Random Bits of Trivia That’ll Carve Up Your Brain Abs
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Charles M. Schulz

CRACKEDCO Charles M Schulz, creator of Peanuts, died a day before his final comic strip was published, wwhere he announced his retirement.

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