28 Random Bits of Trivia the Dog Dragged Out of the Trash While We Were at Work

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28 Random Bits of Trivia the Dog Dragged Out of the Trash While We Were at Work
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Good boy! 

Well, bad boy for making this massive mess, but we can’t stay mad at our little pooch for tracking down these amazing random facts. We’ll gladly clean up a week’s worth of strewn-about trash for these.

After we wash off the soggy coffee grinds and leftover spaghetti, we’ll display them on this list for you and take him to the park!

Ethiopian Kidnappers

ETHIOPIAN KIDNAPPERS TOOK A 12-YEAR-OLD. THEN THEY RAN INTO A PRIDE OF LIONS. They fled. For half an hour, the lions just kinda ... hung out with the kid, lounging about with seemingly no intention of devouring her. A police sergeant said it seemed as if the lions had left the child unharmed as a gift. 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

Prince

Prince NEW GIRL CRACKED.COM Prince played himself on an episode of the show New Girl, and demanded that scenes including Khloe Kardashian and Kris Jenner be removed. They were. Reminding the Kardashians that no matter who you are... he's Prince.

Schitt’s Creek

Catherine O'Hara rewrote her dialogue (using specialized dictionaries). CRACKED.COM She decided early on I don't want to sound like a human. In the first season, her makeup artist gave her Foyle's Philavery: A Treasure of Unusual Words, which she would consult for rewrites. She didn't share it with the Levys until season 5.

Black Panther

CRACKED.COM Black Panther Wesley Snipes tried to get a Black Panther movie made in 1992. During the height of his popularity, Snipes helped write a script for a movie featuring him as the superhero, but couldn't get any studio's attention.

Animal House

The Animal House actors got beaten up at a real frat party. They were brought on location to the University of Oregon campus a week early, so one day they went to a party on campus. The brothers hated them being there in the first place, and James Widdoes knocked a beer cup into one of their faces - - that's when the brothers charged them, and they ran (unsuccessfully). Widdoes had a few teeth knocked loose but, he says, that fight cemented us as a group. CRACKED.COM

The Iron Giant

In early illustrations for The Iron Giant novel, the giant looked terrifying. For some reason, he was depicted as a steampunk mecha stalking the woods. CRACKED.COM

The Origins of Halloween

Halloween is a mashup of different cultures and traditions. It originated with the Celtic people and was a festival called Samhain. The Celts believed that at the end of summer in the north, the barrier between our world and the world of spirits were at its thinnest. So they had a festival to honor the dead and keep evil spirits away. CRACKED.COM

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ATMs for Inline Skaters

Miami installed the first ATM for inline skaters in the '90s. CRACKED.COM There were tons of inline skaters tearing up the pave- ment in Miami Beach in the 1990s, so Citibank installed an ATM at the end of a ramp so customers could grab cash without taking off their skates to head into the bank.

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John Lennon’s Rotten Tooth

Celebrity Items Sold in Auctions John Lennon's Rotten Tooth In 2011, the Beatle's tooth was sold for about $31,200 in a London auction. The tooth was originally given to Lennon's housekeeper after he had it removed to give to her daughter, who was a huge Beatles fan. Thanks? CRACKED.COM

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Roaches in Singapore

WEIRD WORLD Singapore is turning to cockroaches as a measure to save human lives. Apparently, the plan is to augment them and turn them into cyborg bugs that can find humans in disaster sites. CRACKED.COM

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The Queen’s Birthday

The Queen has two birthdays. She has her real one (April 21) and her officialone, which falls on the second Saturday of June to ensure it can be celebrated in good weather. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED COM

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The Exorcist

28 Random Bits of Trivia the Dog Dragged Out of the Trash While We Were at Work

Mark Hamill

Mark Hamill visited a terminally ill boy to answer all his Star Wars questions. John Sikorra was battling with juvenile Batten's disease (JNCL). Becau

Fossil Fuel Emissions

CRACKEDcO The Government trying to cut down fossil fuel emissions to the atmosphere? It dates back to 1307, when Edward I tried to ban blacksmiths fro

Robert Downey Jr.

In 2004 Robert Downey Jr. recorded an album of original and cover songs titled The Futurist. Fulurist TE eei After receiving mixed reviews, he has wis

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