32 Random Bits of Trivia That Can Be Opened in Moments With a Low-Skill Raking Attack

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32 Random Bits of Trivia That Can Be Opened in Moments With a Low-Skill Raking Attack

Facts are getting a little too accessible around here, so we thought that playing hard-to-get would help make them a little more desirable. We feel a little weird about locking them up, but we hope it’ll start making you appreciate all the freebies.

You know what? Here’s one last free one before we implement the new lock-and-key policy…

Shenmei Píláo

shenmei píláo /shim-MAY-pee-lou/ If you see so much beauty that you don't appreciate it anymore, the Chinese will call you shēnmei piláo-that is, aesthetically tired. CRACKED.COM

Driving in the U.K.

Brits drive on the left because of a tradition from back in the Middle Ages. Drive on left Tenez la gauche Links fahren If you rode so that approaching strangers would be to your right, you could easily draw your sword against them (assuming you're right-handed). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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Some Killer Cheese

A woman plotted to kill an entire household over some cheese. GRACKED.COM Jessica Sandy Booth mis- took some cheese for co- caine, and hired a hit-man to kill a house full of peo- ple to steal it. The hit-man then turned out to be a po- lice officer.

CBS

Wojtek the Bear

The Polish army adopted a bear during WWII that loved beer. F Pne COcata Mont CRACKED.COM Wojtek the bear was given the official rank of private so that he could travel with the army, hauling equipment and boosting morale. The bear did this for years, learning to love drinking, smoking, and wrestling.

Time

The Drinking Man’s Diet

THE DRINKING MAN'S DIET In the 1960s, Robert Cameron self-published the best-selling diet book that, as long as you didn't have carbs, you could drink as much alcohol as you wanted. After all, drinking calories were good calories. CRACKED.COM

Source: Today

Hugh Hefner

Hugh Hefner had a weird fixation with getting Britney Spears on the cover of Playboy. The obsession started from when Spears turned 18, and he apparently had a crush on her.

Source: Maxim

Lithium

CRACKEDcO COM The high demand for lithium-ion batteries for portable devices and electric cars has affected farmers in Chile. Lithium mining has eaten

Avatar

AVATAR WAS FIRST PUBLISHED BY MARVEL. Timespirits is a very obscure comic from the '80s that only ran for a few issues, but it certainly looks enough

Fleas

Scientists from Ecole nationale veterinaire de Toulouse have figured out that dogs' fleas jump CRAN farther and higher than cats' fleas. An experiment

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32 Random Bits of Trivia That Can Be Opened in Moments With a Low-Skill Raking Attack

Charlize Theron

Do you recognize this high school student? She was teased in school because of her thick glasses. It's Charlize Theron.

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