32 Persuasive Bits of Trivia That’ll Have Your Brain Seeing It Their Way

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32 Persuasive Bits of Trivia That’ll Have Your Brain Seeing It Their Way

We have a bit of a rebellious side to us as well, but these facts do know what they’re talking about. After our initial eye-rolls, we heard them out, and boy did we learn a thing or two. 

So take it from us. Drop your guard and give in to the good truthful word. 

RoboCop

Paul Verhoeven thought RoboCop would make a stupid movie. Verhoeven called the script stupid garbage and American nonsense after reading just a few pages. His wife Martine, though, convinced him to give the story a shot-so Verhoeven read the script more carefully, and saw a layer of philosophy or theology under the gory sci-fi action. GRACKED.COM

The 1918 Flu Pandemic

The 1918 flu pandemic caused a lemon boom. During the Spanish flu, lemons became the most popular home remedy for the illness that was ravaging the world. It started with an official-looking health campaign by lemon growers - and soon enough, lemons were being touted as a miracle cure, with prices skyrocketing. GRACKED COM

Amelio Robles Avila

CRACKED.COM Amelio Robles Ávila was a transgender badass. Despite what some would have you believe, trans people have always existed-and even kicked ass in the battlefield. Robles Ávila rose to the rank of colonel during the Mexican Revolution. Не was a respected, courageous commander- and would shoot anyone who tried to expose him.

Ties

Neckties were originally worn by Croatian mercenaries. During the Thirty Years' War, in the 1600s, France hired Croatian mercenaries who wore cravats as a kind of neck armor. After the war, French noblemen took a fancy to these scarves, which were then further adopted by the English, and progressively evolved into the strangling symbol of office drudgery. CRACKED.COM

Warner Bros

Warner Bros. wanted a Batman musical. In the late '90s, Warner Bros. approached songwriter Jim Steinman to create, of all things, an official Batman musical for Broadway. It was never produced, but some of the songs (sung by Batman, Joker, and Catwoman) can be heard on YouTube, while another song ended up in a Meat Loaf album. CRACKED.COM

Storm Babies

Women often go into labor during storms because of the change in barometric pressure. CRACKED.COM This is why storm babies happen - I low barometric pressure induces rupture of the fetal membranes, resulting in delivery.

Cassius Clay

Before he was the US Ambassador to Russia, Cassius Clay cut up a hired assassin with a bowie knife. CRACKED.COM Abolitionist Cassius Clay was shot by Sam Brown during a 1843 debate for the Kentucky House of Representatives. Despite being shot in the chest, Clay drew his Bowie knife and cut off the hired gun's nose and one eye.

Carl King

Carl King took it upon himself to prove his friend was innocent after being jailed for 21 years. CRACKED.COM The jury convicted Colin Warner on charges of second-degree murder based solely on the eyewitness testimony from a 14-year-old boy who admitted to lying on the stand.

Tuna

Tuna can move so powerfully that they cook their own flesh. CRACKED.COM The warm-blooded Atlantic Bluefin Tuna is so powerful that when fighting fishermen it can cook its own flesh with sudden bursts of muscle activity.

EVE

A player set up an in-game bank in EVE Online that operated legitimately for several months. CRACKED.COM The bank's founder then stole nearly 790 billion units of in-game currency, nearly $170,000 in real-world dollars. This was all perfectly legal.

Elton John

Bennie And The Jets by Elton John isn't a live recording. CRACKED.COM Producer Gus Dudgeon wanted a live feel on the recording, so he mixed in crowd noise and whistles into the song.

Raw Salmon Sashimi

Raw salmon sashimi in Japan is all thanks to Norway. CRACKED.COM The Japanese considered raw salmon dangerous since Pacific salmon was prone to parasites. Norway had too much salmon and decided to focus on teaching Japanese consumers that Atlantic salmon was safe to eat raw.

A Near Deadly Nude Beach

A boat capsized in 2004 when all 60 passengers rushed to one side as the boat passed a nude beach. CRACKED COM Partygoers apparently hoping to catch a glimpse of nude sunbathers crowded on one side of a floating barge, prompting the ship to capsize and dump all 60 people into Lake Travis in Texas.

Sword Swallowing

29 deaths resulting from sword swallowing have been reported since 1880. CRACKED.COM Sword swallowing is not an illusion of any kind: the performer actually pushes the sword down their esophagus and into their stomach.

Archers

Archeologists can tell which skeletons belonged to archers because the bows deform the bones. CRACKED.COM The high poundage of war bows, coupled with years of training in their use from a young age, led to skeletons having over-developed shoulder and arm bones to compensate for the growth of muscle.

The Road of Bones

There is a highway in Russia built on the bones of the laborers that constructed it. CRACKED.COM The Road of Bones was built during the Soviet Union's Stalinist era. Inmates of the Sevvostlag labor camp started the first stretch in 1932, and construction continued with the use of gulag labor until 1953.

Salt Water

Drowning in salt water is different from drowning in freshwater. CRACKED.COM In a saltwater drowning, the lungs fill with salt water which draws blood out of the bloodstream and into the lungs. You drown in your own blood.

Primates

Humans are the only primates without a penis bone. CRACKED COM This leaves us dependent on hydraulic pressure alone. The penis bone in other primates aids sexual reproduction by maintaining sufficient stiffness during sexual penetration.

Food

We typically do not start to think of foods as too sweet until our bone growth stops. GRACKED.COM Infants don't have to learn to like sweet or salt, it's there from before birth. Younger children have virtually no limit to the amount of sugar they find palatable.

Plane Theft

A man stole a small plane on a bet, and then again to prove he wasn't lying. Dyeracão Era N88 CRAGKED.COM Tommy Fitzpatrick stole a small plane in 1956 from New Jersey on a bet and then landed it on the narrow street in front of the bar where he had been drinking in Manhattan. Two years later, he did it again after someone didn't believe he had done it the first time.

Jockeys

Hands down refers to a horse jockey being so ahead, he could loosen the reins. CRACKED.COM The phrase comes from horse racing, referring to a jockey who's so far ahead that he can afford to drop his hands and loosen the reins, which he usually kept tight to encourage a horse to run, and still easily win.

Camels

Camels originated in North America. GRAGKED.COM The moose-sized, and probably wooly, animals are the ancestors of desert-dwelling camels today, which roamed the arctic 45 million years ago. The animals most likely crossed the land bridge from what is today Alaska to eastern Siberia.

Little Tikes Cozy Coupe

In 1991, The Little Tikes Cozy Coupe was America's best selling car. little likes For over 40 years, the company has sold 457,000 cars each year. CRACKED.COM

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Human Genetics

Humans are genetically closer to cats than dogs. We share 90 % of our DNA with cats, but only 84 % with dogs. Considering that most people would rather sleep all day than socialize and play outdoors, this really doesn't come as a big surprise. GRAGKED.COM

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