31 Random Bits of Trivia to Drop in Your Brain Like Mentos Into a Coke

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31 Random Bits of Trivia to Drop in Your Brain Like Mentos Into a Coke
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As the title suggests, a serious fizzy fact reaction is about to geyser-style erupt out of your brain. We’re not trying to scare you off or anything, we’re simply suggesting that you grab a poncho.

Ooh, maybe make it a few upside down umbrellas, so none of these facts get away!

The Bald Eagle Street Fight

WEIRD WORLD In Minnesota, police were called to break up an eagle fight on the street. Two bald eagles were somehow stuck together on a road, probably fighting over territory, and a cop was called in to separate them. CRACKED.COM

Sesame Street

Jim Henson gave Frank Oz a bizarre Christmas present. One day on the Sesame Street set, Henson asked Oz if he could take a picture of him naked - and Oz said yes. That Christmas, Henson gave Oz an elaborately detailed sculpture of Bert - - but with hollow pupils that contained naked photos of Oz. CRACKED.COM

Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton's Jolene is about a red-headed clerk who had a crush on her husband. CRACKED.COM The song's title is named after one of her fans. Dolly told her, That is pretty. That sounds like a song. I'm going to write a song about that.

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez doesn't like to be distracted by horrible colors. Her dressing-room rider requests a white white flowers, white tables, white room, drapes, white candles, white couches and tepid water. CRACKED.COM

Spock

CRACKED STAR TREK SPOCK In the original pilot, Spock smiles, giggles, shows emotional depth, and has a youthful energy. Не also looked quite different, and walked with a limp (at Gene Roddenberry's request).

Michael Bay

MICHAEL BAY PLAYED A SCIENTIST IN ARMAGGEDON. CRACKED.COM Bay makes an appearance as a background NASA scientist that's helping Bruce Willis destroy a meteor.

Putting Out A Fire in the USSR

In 1966, the USSR put out a gas fire with a nuclear bomb. The fire had been burning in a gas well for three years, and they'd tried everything from capping the well to reducing the flow of gas. The bomb put out the fire in 23 seconds. The Soviets were so delighted, they did the same thing with four more gas fires over the years. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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The Number of Trees

GRACKED.COM 3.04 TRILLION TREES THERE ARE MORE TREES ON EARTH THAN THERE ARE STARS IN THE MILKY WAY. APPROXIMATELY 400 BILLION STARS

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Mont Blanc

Mountain climbers in France may soon be required to pay for rescue and funeral costs upfront. GRACKED COM Mayor Jean-Marc Peillex, fed up with the contempt of risk-taking climbers, an- nounced a plan to charge a EUR 15,000 deposit to cover possible rescue and funeral costs for Mont Blanc climb- ers.

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The Sides of the Brain

MYTH: A PeRSon IS eITHeR LeFT- OR RIGHT-BRAINED. FACT: YOUR BRAIN ISN'T DIVIDED UP THAT WAY. The myth that right-brained people are creative and artistic and left-brained people are logical and mathematical is so pervasive that teachers are instructed to balance the brained-ness of their teachings. The brain does indeed have some specialized structures, but the idea that they cluster on opposite sides of the brain like rival gangs is ridiculous. CRACKED.COM http://www.livescience.com/655-lefty-myths-mysteries-persist.html

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The Five-Year-Old Caught Driving

WEIRD WORLD A five-year-old caught driving had the most adorable explanation for doing that. Не told cops that he was just out trying to buy a present for his sister, apparently. CRACKED.COM

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Mike Myers

SPROCKETS MIKE MYERS CRACKED.COM Myers based Deiter, the avant- garde talk show host, on a Toronto waiter who provided questionable service. He would be taking your order, and then it would be like, your order has become tiresome. And he would bolt and leave, and never come back.

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George Clooney

George Clooney lied to the exact wrong person. CRACKED COM At an audition, he claimed to have been in Cat People. The casting director at that auditio

Banana Trees

Banana trees are in fact giant herbs. Their trunks are made of tightened leaves, not wood. CRACKED COM

A Clockwork Orange

31 Random Bits of Trivia to Drop in Your Brain Like Mentos Into a Coke

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