39 Harebrained Bits of Trivia That Are Scheming and Plotting Ways to Get in That Brain of Yours

Their plan is just bound to work this time!
39 Harebrained Bits of Trivia That Are Scheming and Plotting Ways to Get in That Brain of Yours
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Like those dastardly villains on your favorite shows, these random tidbits are always drumming up schemes to thwart ignorance and penetrate your brain once and for all. So far, like these shows you love so much, they always end up being foiled and sent back to the drawing board.

Not today! This plot for brain-penetration is bound to work this time. Their knowledge just refuses to be stopped!

Home Depot

In the early days of Home Depot, they would stock shelves with empty boxes. 20 Doors & Lumber Windows Dougles Fin Studs 2xd's 19 He 2xB's the Plumbing - منامج Anderson finished moulding crem ELL Home Depot persuaded the vendors to give them empty boxes after the vendors were afraid that Home Depot could not pay them for all the merchandise. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

The Brooklyn Bridge

Between 20 and 40 men are believed to have died during the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. Many died from what we now know as the bends after leaving pressurized areas allowing underwater work. CRACKED.COM

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Jupiter’s Moons

Jupiter's nearest orbiting Galilean moon, lo, is the most geologically active object in the Solar System. GRACKED.COM This extreme geologic activity is the result of tidal heating from fric- tion generated within lo's interior as it is pulled be- tween Jupiter and the other Galilean moons.

Paranormal Encounters

CRACKED DANIEL DAY-LEWIS Daniel Day-Lewis said he literally saw his father's ghost when he was performing in Hamlet at the National Theatre in 1989 - though he later denied it in an interview with Time Magazine, and explained he meant it metaphorically.

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High Heels

High heels were originally worn by men They helped to sturdy soldiers on horseback when they stood up in their stirrups. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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The Moldy Whopper

The moldy Whopper CRACKED.COM Burger King wanted to prove they were serious about removing artificial preservatives from their beef, so they publicized a neat timelapse of a putrid, rotting Whopper.

Guns N’ Roses

Guns N' Roses CRACKED.COM FIRST SHOW: The boys kicked off their inaugural tour by... breaking down, hitchhiking for 40 hours, getting a pay cut for their first gig, and having the rest of their shows straight-up cancelled.

Lady Death

39 Harebrained Bits of Trivia That Are Scheming and Plotting Ways to Get in That Brain of Yours
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Sales Pitches

CRACKED CON Does it say here that your credit rating is low...? Oh, sorry, I had the wrong file. The fear-then-relief tactic is evil, but effective.

Jokes in Shakespeare

Shakespeare is highbrow today, but the bard wasn't above making yo mama'': jokes. I CHIRON Thou hast undone our mother. AARON Villain, I have done t

Rebel Wilson

When Rebel Wilson posted an Instagram picture of herself posing with her Pitch Perfect 3 co-stars in one of her movie costumes, her fans immediately t

Parkinson’s Disease

CRACKED CON JOY MILNE CAN SMELL PARKINSON'S. Milne, a British nurse, could smell her Knowing that Parkinson's husband's disease years disease has a di

Dressing for Success

39 Harebrained Bits of Trivia That Are Scheming and Plotting Ways to Get in That Brain of Yours

X-Rays

X-RAYS SAVE LIVES FROM Cancer, Clogged Arteries, AND MORE. I'T'S A GOOD THING THEY DIDN'T TURN OU'T TO BE A HOAX, AS PREDICTED BY LORD KELVIN, AN EMIN

Ernst Hess

Ernst Hess was a Jewish man living in Nazi Germany. Adolf Hitler protected him from the Gestapo. Because Hess had a Jewish mother, he was treated like

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