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34 Random Bits of Trivia Everyone Says Are Perfect for Us, But We’re Just Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now

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34 Random Bits of Trivia Everyone Says Are Perfect for Us, But We’re Just Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now

May 08, 2025

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Termites

A study done in Florida in 1968 found that termites exposed to rock music ate wood faster. CRACKED COM The behavior would endan- ger the colony because the termites neglected the oth- er worker duties, including caring for and feeding oth- er colony members that cannot feed themselves. — Source

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Pools

CRACKED THE WORLD'S LARGEST SWIMMING POOL IS OVER 1,000 YARDS LONG. The pool, located at the San Alfonso del Mar resort in Chile, is so large that it requires a special water treatment system to keep the water clean. — Source

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UFOs

Shirley Maclaine claims she saw a UFO back in 1952, in Arlington, VA. It sounds pretty epic, too. These are her words: I was there in Arlington, Virginia in 1952 when a whole UFO squadron buzzed the White House and the Capitol. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Pinky Finger

SMALL BUT MIGHTY BE CRACKED.COM While our index finger, middle finger, and thumb are much bigger, they're mostly there to provide dexterity. 50% of our hand strength actually comes from our pinky. — Source

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Paris Catacombs

CRACKED PARIS CATACOMBS The Paris Catacombs are the burial place of 6 million people from Paris, some of whom lived more than 1 ,200 years ago during the Merovingian period. Many of their bones line the catacomb walls. OSSEMENTS DE LANCIEN CIMETIÈRE DE LA MAGDELEINE (RUE DE LA VILLE LÉVÊQUE No31et2) DÉPOSÉS EN 1844 DANS LOSSUAIRE DE LOUEST ET TRANSFÉRÉS DANSLES CATACOMBES EN SEPT EMERE 1859. — Smithsonian Mag

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Nirvana

GRACKED IN UTERO Nirvana recorded their third studio album, In Utero, in only two weeks at a studio in the woods. Their sound engineer on that album said If a record takes more than a week to make, somebody's f*ing up. — Rolling Stone / Loudwire

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The Largest Mouse Infestation in U.S. History

CRACKED THE LARGEST MOUSE INFESTATION IN U.S. HISTORY. In 1927, a mouse army was 50 million strong when it reached Taft, California. The main highway was slushy with dead mice, and they ate an entire sheep in its pen. At its peak, The Bureau of Biological Survey calculated the population at over 100 million. — Roadside America / Heritage Pest Control NJ

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Fountains of Wayne

Fountains of Wayne was named after a lawn ornament store. In Wayne, NJ, there was a store with the name, and the band thought it was amusing. CRACKED.COM — Source: 37 Eyebrow-Arching Facts About Music

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The First Woman to Reach Earth’s Highest and Lowest Points

Vanessa O'Brien is the first woman to reach Earth's highest and lowest points. GRAGKED.COM She received a Guin- ness World Record for her accomplish- ments in reaching Mt. Everest and the Mari- anas Trench. — WNTV

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Mistletoe

The Christmas mistletoe tradition isn't big on consent. CRACKED.COM Tradition dictates that a man is allowed to kiss any woman standing under- neath mistletoe and that bad luck will befall any woman who refuses. With each kiss, a berry is to be plucked until none remain. — Slate

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The Dark Knight

The Joker's mask is a callback THE DARK KNIGHT This mask is very similar to the one worn in the Joker's introduction during the 1966 tv show Batman. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Batman Behind-The-Scenes Facts (From The Movies and Shows)

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Fight Club

FIGHT CLUB IT COULD HAVE BEEN A PETER JACKSON MOVIE. Before settling for David Fincher, the producers considered post-Heavenly Creatures Jackson and post-Trainspotting Danny Boyle, as well as Bryan Singer back when he was interesting (but still slimy). CRACKED.COM — Source: Wikipedia

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Dragon Ball Z

The creator of Dragon Ball isn't too happy with Son Goku in the anime. So once Dragon Ball got animated, at any rate, I've always been dissatisfied with the righteous hero--type portrayal they gave him. I guess I couldn't quite get them to grasp the elements of poison that slip in and out of sight among the shadows, he said (translated from Japanese). CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Writers Who Hate Movie Adaptations Of Their Work

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Deer

White Tailed Deer occasionally enjoy a meaty snack. CRACKED.COM The deer, generally con- sidered to be herbivo- rous, have been caught on camera slurping baby birds out of their nests like candy and munching on human bones. — Smithsonian Magazine

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Venus and Mars

Venus and Mars have a lot of atmospheric oxygen. CRACKED.COM The closest planets to Earth, which probably formed in similar conditions, have oxygen just like us. In their cases, however, most of the oxygen is there in the form of carbon dioxide. — Space

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Walmart

WEIRD WORLD Apparently, the US' largest primary care provider may soon be Walmart. Walmart '14' 16e 28th 12 - *88 - Given I 29 49 26 . 16 سم - '44SH And in some locations, you can now get things like, say, x-rays, optometry, and dental services at Walmart. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Mayberry

Mayberry THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW DIE 10 lb bag 29 POTATOES GRACKED COM Andy Griffith grew up in Mount Airy, North Carolina, which served as the inspiration behind the idyllic small town. — FOX 8

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Camels

Camels' Humps Store Water CRACKED.COM Unfortunately, no, camels aren't built like some sort of weird living Super Soaker. Their humps are filled with regular old fat. It's their unique blood cells that let them store more water than other animals. Also, Joe Camel isn't real, and they HATE cigarettes. — Business Insider

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Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson is very much into My Neighbor Totoro and other Miyazaki films. LALL LIN L Internation Filmfestspi Berlin There's a different kind of rhythm and emphasis than you'd find in American movies, he said, among other things. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Tropic Thunder

Keanu Reeves was originally going to play Ben Stiller's role in Tropic Thunder. Stiller's original idea was that Keanu would play Tugg Speedman, and Stiller would be Rick Peck. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Old Hollywood

STUDIOS FORCED THEATERS TO BUY MOVIES THEY DIDN'T WANT. You wanted the newest hit for your theater? Then you had to buy it in pack with lot a a of other movies (that weren't even made yet), with those wouldn't no assurance turn out to be crap would no one pay to see. This practice of block booking was banned in 1948. — Source: Hollywood Lexicon

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Drake

Drake dropped $2 million on a pair of solid gold sneakers crafted by an artist. GRAMM And that's just the rough price of the material - it doesn't include whatever Drake paid artist Matthew Senna for the work of sculpting them. CRACKED.COM — Source: GQ

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The Bride of Chucky

Thomas Edison invented the Bride of Chucky. CRACKED.COM When he wasn't out murdering elephants, Edison devoted his time to creating the creepiest dolls on Earth. He stuffed tiny phonographs into these beaver-toothed cherubs SO they could wheeze out Hickory Dickory and There Was A Little Girl'' like the trailer for a horror movie. — Source: Smithsonian

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Influencer Fails

WEIRD WORLD The Turkish authorities arrested an influencer for photos in a sex museum. ENTREE She bought sex toys in the Sex Museum in Amsterdam and took pictures, and was arrested in Turkey a few months later for sharing obscene content CRACKED.COM — Source: BBC

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RoboCop

Paul Verhoeven has a cameo in RoboCop where he dances in the disco. He just kind of started dancing wildly to show the actors what he wanted them to do, and they turned the camera on him as a joke -- and kept the shot. CRACKED.COM — Source: Esquire

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Monty Python

THE BIGGEST MONTY PYTHON MOVIES WERE FUNDED BY ROCK STARS. For Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 10 different rock groups (including Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Elton John, and Genesis) invested $10,000 each. Years later, George Harrison bankrolled Life of Brian on his own, saying, I want to see the — More: 6 Completely Ridiculous Ways Famous Movies Paid The Bills

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Ted Lasso

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS TED LASSO WAS INSPIRED BY JURGEN KLOPP. LACQLA aui Y0 ABA W Gunm MON Theaes TEDLASSO Jason Sudeikis says he partially based the character on Klopp, the head coach of Liverpool F.C., after seeing videos of him taking his players to karaoke. — Sports Illustrated

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Professional Screamers

Professional screamers work in movies. Very often, the screams you hear in movies don't come from the stars, but from specialized actors. These pros h — More: People Get Paid To Be Professional Screamers

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Charlie Bucket

WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Charlie Bucket CRACKEDcO Actor Peter Ostrum bought a horse with some of his Wonka money, studied veterinary medi

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Body Odor

BODY ODOR IS BAD, IN THEORY. BUT IN TESTS, SWEAT TURNS WOMEN ON. Sweat chemicals give women heightened mood, physiological arousa, and subjective sex — For details, read 6 Ways You Can (Accidentally) Attract the Ladies

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Game of Thrones

CRACKEDCON The horses in Game of Thrones' Battle of the Bastards are the same as those in the finale of 2012's Les Miserables.

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NASA

For decades, a mysterious force has been slowing down Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 space probes. CRAN Experts at NASA were baffled and suspected that our

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Dreams

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Nacho Libre

Father sergio Benitez runs an orphanage in Mexico. FT And for 23 years he was wrestler Fray Tormenta. He's the real-life Nacho Libre, and he used his

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