28 Random Bits of Trivia We Found Growing on Our Lawn Like a Fairy Circle

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28 Random Bits of Trivia We Found Growing on Our Lawn Like a Fairy Circle
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What a morning! Usually we have to walk to the fact garden at the end of the lawn, but today we found a very fruitful batch just outside our door. The fact world really threw us a bone, and we’re incredibly grateful that we got to save some time and energy.

Walking that 50 extra feet is tough for office folk like us.

Michael Cera

Michael Cera played Brother Bear on PBS' The Berenstain Bears. Не started playing Brother Bear a year before he signed on to do Arrested Development, and kept the job after Arrested Development got started. CRACKED.COM

The Patriot Act

The USA Patriot in USA PATRIOT Act is an acronym. PROTECTIN CRACKED.COM It stands for Uniting & Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Re- quired to Intercept & Obstruct Terrorism.

The Challenger

CRACKED THE DEBRIS FROM THE CHALLENGER STILL HASN'T BEEN FULLY COLLECTED. A documentary film crew was looking for sunken World War Il-era aircraft off the coast of Florida when they came across a big chunk of the destroyed Challenger Space Shuttle. It was at least 15 feet by 15 feet.

Across the Border

Behind-The-Scenes Accidents 1914 Across the Border In one of the first filming accidents ever, a boat with actress Grace McHugh capsized, and cameraman Owen Carter jumped into the river in an attempt to save her. Не ended up dragging her into quicksand, and the crew saw them disappear. Their bodies were found days later. CRACKED.COM

Palm Springs

ALL THE COSTUME NODS TO FAMOUS MOVIES IN PALM SPRINGS. Andy Samberg's character Nyles' red Hawaiian shirt is a nod to the one Leonardo DiCaprio wears in Romeo + Juliet, and the nudie suit that Trevor wears is a nod to Punch-Drunk Love. CRACKED.COM

Rattlesnake Killer

In 1925, Kate McHale Slaughterback killed 140 rattlesnakes. She was out with her adopted son Ernie in Colorado and became surrounded by over a hundred rattlesnakes. She shot them with her rifle until she ran out of ammo, then took a nearby sign (it's believed to have said No Hunting) and killed every last rattlesnake. She had to club them non-stop for two hours. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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Terrible Predictions

50 DEMOCRACY 5 1936 CRACKED.COM Democracy will be dead by 1950. -John Langdon-Davies, British journalist. Yeah, it got hairy there for a bit, but they haven't quite managed to get rid of democracy so far.

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Wildlife Smuggling

Two women were busted at an airport with 109 live animals in their luggage. CRACKED COM The women tried to board a flight from Thai- land to India, with porcu- pines, armadillos, turtles, chameleons and snakes in their luggage - caught by security x-ray.

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Peter Lassally

Peter Lassally produced Johnny Carson, David Letterman and Craig Ferguson. In his youth, he survived a concentration camp and went to grade school with Anne Frank. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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Biggie and Tupac

Biggie was only 24 years old when he was killed. Tupac was only 25 years old when he was killed. Really makes you feel lazy for being the most well-known person in your field by now. CRACKED.COM

Moneyball

Moneyball ART HOWE CRACKED.COM Howe said his reputation as a good coach and manager took a permanent hit from the blockbuster. But his primary concern was a bit more superficial: Philip Seymour Hoffman physically didn't resemble me in any way. He was a little on the heavy side.'

Zoolander

ZOOLANDER But why male models? After David Duchovny delivers his monologue about male models making the best assassins, Ben Stiller actually forgot

Last Requests

Londoner Judi Flanagan wanted her ashes stuffed into a rocket and made into a fireworks display. Judi Flanagan's ashes exploding Her family did exactl

Banned Chemicals

Ever heard of sodium clamate? It's banned in the USA and nowhere else. It's an artificial sweetener, and in 1969 a scientist demonstrated that injecti

Food Waste

Tthe simplest way to save money on food is to just eat what you buy Americans waste up to an estimated $2,000 a year on uneaten groceries CRAGKED'COM

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