13 Bits Of Trivia We Recovered From Mysterious Floating Islands That Appeared All Over The Kingdom When An Ancient Evil Was Awoken
![13 Bits Of Trivia We Recovered From Mysterious Floating Islands That Appeared All Over The Kingdom When An Ancient Evil Was Awoken](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/5/901865_320x180.jpg)
Ah, trivia. It’s the lifeblood of any party, the perfect way to break the ice, and the ultimate source of knowledge. But sometimes, the most interesting trivia isn’t the stuff that everyone knows. Sometimes, the most fascinating trivia is the stuff that’s counterintuitive - the stuff that makes you go, "Wow, I never knew that!"
That’s why we’ve compiled this list of 13 Fascinating and Counterintuitive Pieces of Trivia. From the Swedish tradition of Taco Friday to the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge’s 27,000 tons of rivets and 27,572 individual wires, this list is sure to surprise and delight.
So let’s dive in and explore the weird and wonderful world of trivia -- a world of wonders, where tacos reign supreme on Fridays and vultures soar to new heights. Where a single event can inspire a masterpiece and a drug-dealer extraordinaire can teach someone how to rock out. And, of course, where late night inspiration strikes and turtles go ninja.
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Jimi Hendrix: Drug-dealer extraordinaire.
![CRACKED JIMI HENDRIX TAUGHT LEMMY HOW TO PARTY AND ROCK OUT. Hendrix was kind of a mentor figure to Lemmy Kilmister from Motörhead. Не showed him how to get drugs in unexpected places, and gave him tips on how to put on a great show.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/8/901138.jpg)
Cats: Twice the charm.
![CRACKED CATS WERE DOMESTICATED TWICE. Researchers think the domestication of cats happened twice in history - once in China about 5,300 years ago, and then again to create the cats we have today.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/3/901133.jpg)
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Battle-ready.
![CRACKED SCHWARZENEGGER WENT TO A RESTAURANT AS THE TERMINATOR. Arnold Schwarzenegger caused quite a stir when he showed up to a restaurant wearing Terminator makeup while on his way to the shooting location. Не looked like he had just been in a battle.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/9/901139.jpg)
MGM
![CRACKED VULTURES CAN FLY HIGHER THAN MOST PLANES. Rüppell's griffon vultures can fly really high - they've been seen flying up to 36,000 feet in the air.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/2/901142.jpg)
Late night inspiration strikes: Turtles go ninja.
![CRACKED TWO FRIENDS, ONE LATE NIGHT, AND A WHOLE LOT OF NINJA TURTLES. In 1983, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird were just two friends goofing around late at night when they came up with the idea of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. They were inspired by Frank Miller's Ronin and his work on Daredevil.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/1/901141.jpg)
Mirage Studios
Deep sea nuptials.
![CRACKED LOVE CONQUERS ALL, EVEN THE DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN. In 2001, an American couple became the first to tie the knot ANG on the Titanic, 2.4 miles beneath the North Atlantic. They said their VOWS on the deck of the ship while inside a submersible.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/0/901140.jpg)
Taco Friday: Sweden’s new national pastime.
![CRACKED WELCOME TO SWEDEN, WHERE TACO FRIDAY IS A NATIONAL TRADITION. In Sweden, it's a tradition to stay home on Fridays and have tacos for dinner. People call it Taco Friday or Cozy Friday, and it's become so popular that it's almost like a national pastime.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/7/901137.jpg)
Much ado about vaginas?
![CRACKED IN MUCH ADO, NOTHING IS KIND OF A PUN. In Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing, the title is a pun, because nothing was a slang word for vagina in Elizabethan times.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/6/901136.jpg)
Voting with their feet: Desire Paths created.
![CRACKED PEOPLE ARE LITERALLY VOTING WITH THEIR FEET (AND CREATING NEW PATHS). If 15 or more people walk the same unpaved route, it can create a new path. This is called a desire path, and it's like people are voting with their feet to decide which way to go.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/2/901132.jpg)
Execution of Susanna Brandt: Goethe’s inspiration.
![CRACKED GOETHE WAS SO MOVED BY AN EXECUTION THAT НЕ IMMORTALIZED IT IN FAUST. In 1772, Susanna Margaretha Brandt was put to death with a sword for killing her baby. This event was so chilling that it inspired Johann Goethe to include something similar in his famous play.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/4/901134.jpg)
Dubai: Over-caféd and under-populated.
![CRACKED DUBAI: 269 PEOPLE PER RESTAURANT. Dubai has an impressive 13,000 restaurants and cafes, and a population of around 3.5 million. That means there are roughly 269 people for every restaurant or cafe.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/5/901135.jpg)
China: Master of weather manipulation.
![GRACKED CHINA HAS THE BIGGEST WEATHER MODIFICATION PROGRAM IN THE WORLD. China has been using cloud seeding since the 1940s to bring about rain and snow, and to reduce the size of hail.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/1/901131.jpg)
A feat of engineering.
![CRACKED THE VERRAZZANO- NARROWS BRIDGE IS DESIGNED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE EARTH'S SHAPE. The bridge's towers are 693 feet high and slightly wider at the top than the bottom, to make up for the earth's curvature.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/0/901130.jpg)