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30 Trivia Tidbits About Movies, History and Other Stuff That Is Not Movies and History (Naturally)

November 07, 2023

Did you know that the world's first feature-length movie was made in 1912? It was called The Story of the Kelly Gang, and it was about an Australian outlaw. In fact, a lot of famous movies were based on true stories — like Schindler's List and Erin Brockovich (duh). Also, did you know that Jaws is the most successful horror movie ever made? (It made more than $470 million at the box office!)

Along those lines, take a peek at these 30 intriguing facts about everything from movies to science that are guaranteed to make you feel like the brightest person in the room…

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There are 96 bags of human waste on the moon. They were left behind by the six Apollo Missions. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Vox

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Tesla dropping BTC as a payment method wiped out about $365 billion. The total value of all cryptos, including Bitcoin, dropped by roughly that much after Elon Musk tweeted that Tesla would no longer accept car purchases in Bitcoin. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — CNBC

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Mice don't like cheese. Mice prefer sweets and foods with more calories. They will eat cheese only as a last resort. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — BBC

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In Botswana, lions hunt elephants. This happens when most of their regular prey migrates between August and November, and a lot of elephants hang around (the elephants stick around because there's an artificial water supply in the area). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — tandfonline.com

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Blue pigment found in the tooth of a medieval skeleton shows women were artists During the Middle Ages, women, not just monks, may have painted illuminated manuscripts. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — NPR

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Happy Accident

Thanks to a missing comma, 120 Maine dairy drivers got $5 million. DAIRY The natural goodnes 202 FL80 Oakhurst The absence of a comma in a state law made it pretty unclear if the drivers can get overtime pay, and the judge presiding in their case said the ambiguity must be construed liberally, and sided with them. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — NPR

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85% of male insects have accidental gay sex. It's accidental because they don't bother trying to find out their partner's gender -- basically, they just get it on. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — CBS

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A stolen Degas painting was found in a suitcase on a bus. Worth almost a million dollars, no one on the bus claimed the painting, stolen nine years prior. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — BBC

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They've created the transparent aluminum from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. It's a completely new state of matter, and it's created by firing a short pulse from a super-powerful laser at regular aluminum. The catch is, the aluminum is in this new state only briefly before returning to normal. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — The Engineer

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Coolio was supposed to play the Scarecrow in a Batman movie. Не did his minor cameo in Batman & Robin (at a street race) only because he was supposed to be the villain in Joel Schumacher's next Batman movie - which, of course, didn't happen. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — The Hollywood Reporter

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Producers wanted Christopher Reeve to wear fake muscles. Не refused, and got so yolked they had to re-shoot the early scenes, for continuity. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Aruma

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In the 1850s, American fire departments started outfitting their stations with spiral staircases. Seems the horses who pulled the engines kept climbing the stairs when they smelled food. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Red Zone

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In the 2006 Casino Royale, Tsai Chin played Madam Wu. She also appeared in You Only Live Twice, in 1967. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — IMBD

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Gorillas are in a nearly-constant state of flatulence. This is due to their gut bacteria & the 40 pounds of vegetation they eat daily. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — PBS

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From 1948-58 a Florida man secretly stomped around a Florida beach at night in 30 pound, three-toed lead shoes to give the impression a 15-ft penguin was on the loose. The hoax wasn't revealed until 40 years later. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — TampaBay.com

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McDonald's

Since 2007, all McDonalds' fleet trucks in the U.K. have been fueled with cooking oil from their restaurants. 16 M WE RECYCLE ALLOUR USED COOKING OIL INTO BIODIESEL S ma In 2018, the company successfully repurposed 80% of its waste cooking oil for use across its European fleet. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Edie News

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An Egyptian Snail

1846: A snail from Egypt was thought dead so it was glued to an index card and put on display in a British museum. 1850: The snail starts moving and is found to be alive. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Metafilter

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Keifer Sutherland found out there was a 24 drinking game - drink when he said damn it! So he decided to say it as often as possible. For the college kids. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Know More

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Egypt

For a while, in ancient Egypt, iron was more valuable than gold itself. For centuries, Egyptians had no technology for smelting iron, so they got iron from meteorites - and it was very, very rare. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Old West was very, very gay (but, it turns out, nobody talked about it). It wasn't too uncommon for men to have sex, largely because there were so few women, but the widespread attitude was Don't ask, don't tell. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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In the Middle Ages, it was a totally normal thing to put animals on trial. History records horses, goats, pigs, cows, dogs being put on trial for breaking the law and being treated just like bipedal lawbreakers. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Pirates

The most successful pirate in recorded history was a Chinese prostitute. Cheng I Sao was active in the early 19th century, and at her most powerful commanded 80,000 sailors and a fleet of over 1,500 ships. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Long-necked dinosaurs probably didn't eat foliage from treetops, actually. Turns out, their neck and shoulder anatomy is more suited to moving from side to side and covering a wide area than to extending upward. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The liquid that comes out of meat isn't blood, it's water and myoglobin. Meat releases water over time, and myoglobin, which gives meat its red color, is carried out with the water. Blood isn't involved at all. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — MeatScience

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Dairy Queen can't legally call its product ice cream because it's only 5% buttercream. DAIRY QUEEN To be categorized as ice cream, it must have 10% butterfat, so they refer to it as soft serve instead. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Delish

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Astronauts can now print tools on demand on the ISS with a 3D printer. 18mm CRAFTSMAN U.S.A. PAT. 17mm 42428-07-2- illustration The system was tested with a ratchet wrench designed on Earth in less than a week, then uploaded to space and 3D-printed in four hours. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — NASA

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Backstreet Boys

Backstreet Boys are the best selling boy band in history Sorry, NSYNC fans but by the numbers, BSB wins fair and square, with over 100 million albums sold. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Sydney Morning Herald

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Busta Rhymes shattered a windshield when he first heard Eminem PARENTAL ADVISORY EXPLICIT CONTENT Busta Rhymes was on a tour bus when he first listened the Slim Shady LP and was so moved that he smashed his head against the bus' windshield. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Rolling Stone

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The wreck of Titanic may completely disappear by 2032. Bacteria is slowly eating away at the remains of the ship. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — BBC

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There's a species of wasps that preys specifically on cicadas (called Cicada Killers). These wasps capture and paralyze cicadas, then take them to their own larvae, where the cicadas are left as food for the larvae when they hatch. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Smithsonian Institution

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