32 Feisty Bits of Trivia That Don’t Care How Small They Are When They’re Cornered

Careful. These’ll claw their way into your brain
32 Feisty Bits of Trivia That Don’t Care How Small They Are When They’re Cornered
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Yes, one-off facts are inherently pretty small. If they were big, they’d be an entire Wikipedia page or something. This isn’t to say that they don’t pack a mighty punch. Think of them as the honey badger of the information world. 

By now you’ve probably all seen a funny yet slightly terrifying video of a honey badger online, so we don’t need to tell you how savage they can be. Proceed with caution.

The Dukes of Hazzard

CRACKED.COM Во and Luke Duke from The Dukes of Hazzard were called Grady and Bobby Lee Hagg in 1975's Moonrunners. Writer/director Gy Waldron changed the names and turned his own movie into a hit series.

The Peanut Gallery

The term Peanut Gallery came from Vaudeville days. CRACKED.COM The audience in the cheapest and rowdiest seats in the theater of- ten ate peanuts and sometimes threw them at the performers.

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The Crypto Doctrine

A video game lets you steal art for real (or at least NFTs). The Crypto Doctrine is as close as a game can get to art theft, in that you can steal actual NFTs, for real. It's only fitting that the NFTs were made without the consent of the original artists. CRACKED.COM

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Death

Hair and nails don't grow after death Our skin and nail beds actually dry out and retract, making the hair and nails appear longer. CRACKED.COM

Source: BBC

NASA

The treadmill aboard the ISS was officially named after Stephen Colbert. sistance Operative Treadmill Combined NASA asked people to name a new ISS node, and Colbert got his viewers to vote for his name. NASA didn't want to do that, so they named a new ISS treadmill Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (C.O.L.B.E.R.T.) NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Source: NPR

Jack Osbourne

Jack Osbourne says his MS is not a death sentence CRACKED.CO He randomly lost vision in his right eye in 2012, which eventually led to a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Through various treatments, he's been able to largely regain his vision, and is hopeful that modern medicine can stave off lots of the other devastating symptoms: There's hope, there's absolutely hope.

Toto

Toto's lead singer helped write the Yub Nub song. Joe Williams wrote the English lyrics for Ewok Celebration and the Jabba's palace number Lapti

Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova lost multiple sponsorships for taking drugs. She didn't even know she was doing it. Sharapova was temporarily banned from tennis in 20

Body Sprays

Using body sprays frequently builds up butane gas in your body and may lead to a fatal heart attack OR circulatory system failure.

Mosquitos

You're smart to be nervous about this. It's a mosquito. That sharply barbed tube is the mosquito's proboscis, which it uses to impale you and drink yo

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