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Yellowstone

5 times as many people in Yellowstone are killed by bison than bears. Bison can reach speeds of 35 miles per hour and weigh 2,200 pounds, which is like a compact car breaking the speed limit in a school zone. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Street Fighter

THE FIRST STREET FIGHTER LITERALLY BLOODIED YOUR FISTS LIKE A REAL FIGHT. ON VS Initially, the cabinet didn't have buttons, but rubber pads you actually had to punch (and through those, your opponent), resulting in players getting their hands hurt. The game became much more popular after that baffling design choice was abandoned. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Aaron Rodgers

Aaron Rodgers saw an orange UFO at night in New Jersey, back in 2005. Two other people saw it, too - it was behind the clouds, he says, so they couldn't fully make it out, but it was large and moving from left to right. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Indian Tigers

Sometimes, in India, they mark a spot where a tiger killed somebody. They put a red cloth around a tree in a forest, if a tiger killed someone there - that's a sign of mourning. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cocaine Usage

Individually, Americans use more cocaine than any other country. The percentage of users in America is only a tenth of a percent higher than Brazil, but Americans use 36% of the world's cocaine, compared to Brazil's 18%. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Lucy Lawless

Lucy Lawless is a huge fan of criminal justice. And wherever she goes, she likes to attend trials. I spend a lot of time in the courthouse of whatever city I am at, says Lawless. She calls it a way to educate herself on what's happening in the communities her acting takes her to. She also hangs out with with court officials, for fun. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Concorde

CRACKED CONCORDE The Concorde, a super-fast plane made by France and Britain, stopped flying in 2003 because it was too expensive to run, people complained about the noise, and there was a really bad crash in 2000 that killed 113 people. BRUTISH AIRWATS $2.8 billion — Museum of Light / Simple Flying

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Scottish Gathering and Highland Games in Texas

BIZARRE EVENTS A MASSIVE SCOTTISH GAMES EVENT (IN TEXAS) Every year, Salado hosts the biggest SCOTTISH GATHERING AND HIGHLAND GAMES in Texas. It includes a bunch of fun activities like the calling of the clans, a tartan dinner, and bagpiping competition. Plus, there's a contest to find the bonniest knees! CRACKED — Salado Museum and College Park (via Atlas Obscura)
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Radiation Exposure

CRACKED FLIGHT ATTENDANT Flight attendants are exposed to more radiation every year than people who work at nuclear power plants, and there aren't any rules or regulations about how much radiation they should be exposed to, or any way to measure it. — NASA / Flying Mag

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Worm-Pulling

CRACKED + en entre - WORM-PULLING Every year in Willaston, Cheshire, UK, people of all ages compete to see who can pull the most worms out of the ground. The record was set in 2009 with an impressive 567 worms. — Rove / The Conversation

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Kodak

CRACKED KODAK Kodak had subsidiaries trading with Nazi Germany even after the US joined the war, buying photographic supplies for 72,000 Swiss francs in 1942 and 1943. The US Embassy in London called these substantial purchases. KODAK you rest. KODAK 41 KODAK 43 KOREA STORE If I STORES - MADE 41 ROBARS KODAK DE KODAAS SOLIO FOR KOMAS secreta PURES HAND NASO NATURALS KODAK AVEL POCKET KORAKI KORAK'S 43 KODAK venta KODAK KODAK UNITED KODAK KODAK KOBAK KODAK UNITED verta UNITED KODAK one KODAK KODAK - UNTO 43 43 — The Nation / All That's Interesting

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Rubbing Alcohol

CRACKED HIGHER ALCOHOL CONTENT ACTUALLY DISINFECTS LESS EFFECTIVELY. Rubbing alcohol is 70% or 99% isopropyl. Experts recommend 70% for disinfecting, because it contains more water, which kills bacteria. Higher than 80%-85% doesn't disinfect as well. — Webmd / Healthline

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Trains

A 19th-century passenger railway asked its passengers to get out and push the car over hills. CRACKED.COM The aptly named Get Out and Push Railroad connected Wilmington with Long Beach, California. The vehicle broke its wooden rails on the first day of service, forcing male passengers to push it, secur- ing its nickname. — USC

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Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria changed the words on Britain's most prestigious military award. GRAGKED.COM Originally it was suggested that the scroll on the Vic- toria Cross should bear the legend 'FOR THE BRAVE' but the Queen changed this to 'FOR VALOUR' as the former implied that not all soldiers were brave. — Royal Naval Museum

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The British Air Force

The British Air Force sank an ocean liner by mistake one day before the end of WWII. CRACKED.COM Just a day before the German government surrendered in 1945, the British Royal Air Force mistakenly believed the SS Cap Arcona, carrying 7,000 women, children and Holocaust survivors, was a warship and sank it. — The Conversation

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Citrus Fruits

There are only 3 original citrus fruits, and most other citrus fruits are hybrids of these. GRACKED.COM In the beginning, there was only pomelo, cit- ron, and mandarin. The oranges we enjoy today are a combina- tion of pomelo and mandarin. — Archaeology and history of citrus fruit in the Mediterranean

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The Louvre

The Louvre was originally built in 1190 to protect Paris from the Vikings. CRACKED.COM In the 16th century it became a palace, and in 1793 it became a museum after the French royal family moved to the Palace of Versailles. — USA Today

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Conception Myth

MYTH: conception HAPPENS WHen YOU HAVE sex. FACT: IT COULD HAPPEN A week LATER. Sperm survive longer than a week in the reproductive tract. If you have sex at all in the seven days leading up to ovulation, some of that sperm could be making its way up the Fallopian tubes just in time for a new egg to pop in. CRACKED.COM — Sex Myths You've Probably Believed Your Entire Life

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Bears

Bears are one of the smartest land animals you can come across in North America. Bears aren't too far from higher primates -- they're phenomenal at avoiding hunters, and animal trainers think they're smarter than dogs. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — PBS

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Chitons

CRACKEDo Chitons have teeth made of metal. Chitons, that are found in the Gulf of Mexico, are the Wolverine of mollusks. Their teeth are made of a metal called magnetite. No other living organism can make any material that tough. — New Scientist

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Chairman Mao

16 All-Time Stunner Jerk Moves - Mao introduced the Hundred Flowers Movement, inviting national change by asking reformers to write to him with critic — Source: Smithsonian

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Oil Enemas

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Price Anchoring

PRICE Price anchoring DROPPED makes a price Was $6.15 seem lower S 450 06/02 than it is. If a new fancy gizmo costs $500, you won't buy it. But if you

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Silent Night, Deadly Night

The ads for the 1984 Christmas slasher movie Silent Night, Deadly Night led to a public campaign to save Santa. DIERSSUICHT STORY SILENT THERPLANET

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Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

According to the original Hitchhiker's Guide, The worst poet in the universe is Paul Neil Milne Johnstone of Redbridge. That's a real guy. Johnstone i

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