29 Inspirational Bits of Trivia That’ll Finally Get Your Brain Off the Couch and Onto That Treadmill

Tell your brain to clear off that clothes pile and get to steppin’
29 Inspirational Bits of Trivia That’ll Finally Get Your Brain Off the Couch and Onto That Treadmill
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Everyone sounds off about doomscrolling, but every once in a while, it can get you determined to make a change. Countless TikTok and Instagram accounts are solely dedicated to bettering yourself in some way, so if you’re lucky enough to find one in the haze of pizza reviews, models and footballs to the groin, it can get you to throw the phone down and lift some heavy things.

This list is like that for your brain! Just make sure it does a few stretches first. It’s probably been stationary for a while now.

Zelig

Mockumentaries Zelig Eleven years before Forrest Gump, Woody Allen inserted himself into early 20th century footage for this mockumentary about an enigmatic man who blends with whoever he's around. Allen and his cinematographer used real old-timey cameras, and scratched film negatives in order to age them. CRACKED.COM

Stolen Towels

CRACKEDCON A study of 1,000 European hotels found that, in 78% of them, guests stole towels from bathrooms and spa areas.

Crickets

CRACKED CRICKET CHIRPS CAN MEASURE THE TEMPERATURE. For fahrenheit, count the number of chirps in 14 seconds and add 40 to get the temperature.

Nicole Kidman

CRACKED NICOLE KIDMAN is afraid of butterflies Kidman is scared of butterflies, a.k.a. lepidopterophobia. OK, we get spiders and all kinds of really gross bugs ... but butterflies?

Vanilla Pollination

A 12-year-old slave invented modern vanilla pollination. In 1841, Edmond Albius, a slave on the island of Réunion, figured out how to pollinate vanilla plants by hand - which hugely boosted vanilla productivity, and made the modern vanilla industry possible. And we're still using his method today. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Some of the wolves that show up in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping were direwolves in Game of Thrones. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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The Sahara

CRACKED THE SAHARA DESERT IS NOT REALLY SANDY. It's only 25 percent sand - the rest is rocks.

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Security Coffins

SECURITY COFFINS Sufferers of taphophobia (being falsely pronounced dead) came up with some innovative coffin designs. PRESERVING COFFIn, UIF'E IN DOU

Disney Secrets

DISNEY PARKS FORCED PERFORMERS TO SHARE UNDERWEAR. THE RESULT: PUBIC LICE AND SCABIES. Finally, in 2001, workers were assigned individual undergarment

Nicolas Cage

The inspiration for Nicolas Cage's character in Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance? His pet cobras. Cage explained how his cobras would try to hypnotize

Tomatoes

Never store tomatoes in the fridge. They lose their flavor when their temperature drops below 50F. CRACKEDOON

Mary Todd Lincoln

Mary Todd Lincoln was not allowed to stay in the room as her husband took his last breath. Why? Edward Stanton, Secretary of War, was furious that Mrs

Airplane!

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar joined Airplane! so he could buy -a new carpet. The NBA star asked for $35, 000 to play co- pilot Roger Murdock, since the origina

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