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31 Random Bits of Trivia We Luckily Had As Leftovers, Because We Had No Idea What to Make for Dinner Tonight

May 11, 2025

We had a pretty big day of fact-hunting, so finding the strength to drum up one last list was a real struggle. We sighed heavily as we clicked back over to the “possible topics” note in our phone, and low and behold, this list of random facts was just sitting there.

We totally forgot that we put together an extra one yesterday! It’s rare, but sometimes “yesterday us” sets “today us” up for success.

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DUIs

Dry counties have a drunk driving fatality rate 3.6 times higher than wet counties. DONT DRINK AND DRIVE CRACKED.COM Counties where the sale of alcohol is banned forces drink- ers to spend more time behind the wheel to get their booze. — Source

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The Lottery

In 1984, a policeman asked a NYC pizza joint waitress to pick his lottery numbers, saying he would split the winnings. own Pizzeria & Restaurant FREE DELIVERY 237-777 SCHARESCAR DOI OPEN TWT the 100 UNITED STATES KB94571448I NDRED DOLLARS Не won, and true to his word, gave her $3 million dollars. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Dan Spitz

Dan Spitz is a watchmaker. In the mid '90s, Spitz grew bored with pulling guitar riffs for Anthrax and pursued a different interest: precision clockwork. So he quit the band, gave away his guitars to the Hard Rock Cafe, and learned to craft timepieces in a Swiss school. It took an impassioned call from Megadeth's Dave Mustaine for him to return to music. CRACKED.COM — Source

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China

CRACKED.COM China publicly shames people in debt. 2002 and If you're Chinese, you'd better not fall behind in paying your debts. If you do, you'll see your name and face on giant screens-like in the theater, right before a movie. Millions of deadbeats are tracked and shamed by the government. — Source

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Jeffrey Jones

Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now JEFFREY JONES acted in a bunch of awesome movies НЕ WAS ALSO ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF, ERM, CHEESE PIZZA, and had to register as a sex offender. Не has since resumed acting, mainly on the stage and stuff like 2019's Deadwood: The Movie. CRACKED.COM

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Eerie Happenings

THE MAN WHO PHONED HIS FAMILY, EVEN THOUGH НЕ WAS ALREADY DEAD. In 2008, a Metrolink train crashed in the northern San Fernando Valley, killing 25 people, including Charles Peck who died instantly. His family, however, started getting calls throughout the night from his phone. The calls kept coming for about 12 hours, and when they answered, there was only silence on the other end. His phone probably went haywire from the crash. Probably. CRACKED.COM — Source

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World War II

Before the US bombed on Japan in WWII, they had to get the UK's consent. This was required because of a treaty on nuclear research that was agreed to in secret by the two countries. CRACKED.COM — Source

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SNL

Before SNL comedian Chris Farley's untimely death, he was cast as the title character in Shrek. GRACKED.COM Farley had even recorded over three-quarters of the film's dialogue. In Farley's earlier version, Shrek was a teenage Ogre who was reluc- tant to enter into his family business, but who desired to become a knight. — Source

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Old School

TODD PHILLIPS ATTENDS AN ORGY IN OLD SCHOOL. CRACKED.COM The future Academy Award-nominated director appears as the guy looking for a gangbang at the beginning of his breakout movie. — Source

22

Prince

Prince has been described as a pool shark. The Purple One's personal photographer (who considered himself as a fairly decent pool player) told a story about how Prince beat him: Не proceeded to basically clean the table two times in a row before I even had a chance to shoot. When I did finally have a chance, he beat the pants off me. Не was that good. And he was cocky about it, too. CRACKED COM — Source

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Star Wars

CRACKED.COM Characters losing their hands in the MCU is a nod to Star Wars. Kevin Feige has confirmed that people keep losing their hands on MCU movies as a sneaky shout-out to Star Wars, a franchise with a similar track record. It wasn't intentional at first, but that changed with Phase 2. — Source

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Kyle Chandler

Kyle Chandler binge-watched 30 movies for Godzilla: King of the Monsters. To prepare for his role, he performed the near-superhuman feat of watching every single Godzilla movie ever made (covering a span of 65 years), over just two days. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Dogs and Cats

Dogs can donate blood to cats In the war between the species, there's no bad blood. After a bout of cat food poisoning in the UK, vets were forced to use dogs' blood in transfusions to save cats. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Game of Thrones

GRACKED HAFPÓR BJÖRNSSON WAS ASKED TO PLAY THE MOUNTAIN VIA FACEBOOK. GAME OF THRONES In 2014, producers sent him an unsolicited Facebook message. Не said, They asked me if I was strong enough to pick one of the guys up. I gave it a try, and they were surprised at how easily I lifted him overhead. Не was crowned The World's Strongest Man in 2018. — CNBC / Body Building

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Billy Madison

Billy Madison TIM HERLIHY CRACKED COM Like Evan Goldberg is to Seth Rogen, Tim Herlihy is the man behind Adam Sandler. They were college roommates, and Herlihy co-wrote Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, and almost every Sandler movie since. — Hamlet Hub / IMDB

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Senator Fritz Hollings

Sick burns by distinguished people In 1986 Senator Fritz Hollings was challenged by his Republican opponent Henry McMaster to take a drug test. Hollings countered, Henry, I'll take a drug test if you'll take an IQ test. CRACKED — Wiki Commons
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J.R.R. Tolkien

CRACKED.COM J.R.R. Tolkien turned down The Beatles WELCOME WDGY W D There was talk of the Fab Four making a live-action The Lord of the Rings movie, with Lennon playing Gollum, Paul McCartney playing Frodo, George Harrison playing Gandalf, and Ringo Starr, naturally, as Sam. Stanley Kubrick was approached to direct. Tolkien shut the idea down. — Source: Variety

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Michelle Pfeiffer

That Was A Live Bird In Michelle Pfeiffer's Mouth CRACKED.COM And the bird wasn't even sedated or any- thing. Tim Burton said he'd never been so impressed by an actor. She had a live bird in her mouth while the camera was rolling. It was four or five seconds, and then she let it fly out. It was before CG, it was before digital. It was so quick, it seems like it was an effect. Pfeiffer said she didn't think at the time - she just did it. I look back and say, 'What was I thinking? I could've gotten a disease — Hollywood Reporter

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Shoe Polish Meat

CRACKED.COM SHOE POLISH MAKES MEAT SO APPETIZING. Grilled meats looks delicious in ads-even if it's raw meat with shoe polish rubbed on. It's easier than grilling it for real. — Source: 25 Marketing Lies Somehow Still Seen

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Einstein

We used to think there was a planet named Vulcan between Mercury and the Sun. CRACKED COM The orbit of Mercury follows a unique pattern different from other planets which re- mained unexplained until Einstein's theory of bending space-time due to large nearby gravitation. — Aether

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Babies

Babies can drink and breathe at the same time, even though adults can't. GRAGKED.COM For the first 3 months of life their larynx acts like a little snorkel. Around three months of age, the larynx drops much lower in the throat, making choking easier but speech possible. — Live Science

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Sharks

Sharks roamed ancient oceans millions of years before trees grew on land. CRACKED.COM The earliest species that we could classify as tree, the now-extinct Archaeopteris, lived around 350 million years ago, in forests where the Sahara desert is now. Sharks have been around for 400 million years, surviving four global mass extinctions all the while. — Smithsonian Magazine

9

Hollywood’s Wax Museum

Hollywood's Wax Museum is pretty much Uncanny Valley Central. The museum has been around for decades, despite the fact that many of their figures barely look like any celebrities (or even human beings). In 2009 they auctioned off several of their people-shaped candles, proving that some will pay thousands for a wax figure no one will ever believe it's Patrick Swayze. — More: Hollywood's Wax Museum Was A Real Freak Show

8

Jeopardy!

Kevin O'Leary has a great nose for business. Luckily for him, general knowledge isn't a category for investments. $12,800 -$2,800 KEVIN AARON Celebrity ty Mr.Wonserfull In 2015, he was a contestant on Celebrity Jeopardy! and bombed, correctly answering only a few (music) questions. CRACKED.CON — Source: 17 Geniuses Who Are Surprisingly Stupid (In One, Glaring Way)

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Carrie Fisher

AT A GLANCE CARRIE FISHER Carrie Fisher's ashes are in an urn shaped like a Prozac pill. Her brother said, Carrie would like that. It was her favorite thing... CRACKED.COM — Source: Rolling Stone

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Ben Schwartz

WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH GET WEIRD CRAGKEDCOM When Ben Schwartz wrote jokes for Letterman, he knew big news items would be well covered by staff. So he'd focus on the weird --squirrels and their nuts or cab drivers returning Olympic medals. Fresh angles increased his odds of making it — Newsweek

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Inaccurate Predictions

15 Really Inaccurate Predictions About The Future - “The woman of the year 2000 will be will be more than six feet tall, wear a size 11 shoe, have sho — Source: Smithsonian

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Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain invented Grunge fashion because he was broke. His mismatching outfits were mostly stuff he bought in thrift stores. CRACKEDcO COM

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Captain America

CRACKEDC COM A Captain America's Avengers costume lost the chinstrap because Joss Whedon wanted to show off Chris Evans' jawline.

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Freddie Mercury

We all know Freddie Mercury's singing voice was incredible. Now there's SCIENCE to back it. Anecdotal claims of a four octave range aside, SCientific

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