30 Angry Bits of Trivia That Are Comin’ in Hot!

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30 Angry Bits of Trivia That Are Comin’ in Hot!

Ooh, it’s a spicy batch today! Yup, these facts are lined up like hot wings on Hot Ones. We didn’t prepare a ton of great questions based on lesser-known trivia about you, but we did whip up a ton of great random facts.

So let’s see how far you make it. Better pour a tall glass of milk first though.

Michael Jordan

Nike paid the NBA a fine every time Michael Jordan wore their shoes. GRACKED.COM The NBA banned Michael Jordan from wearing Air Jordans because the col- ors didn't match his uni- form. Nike paid $5000 for each game so he would continue wearing them.

The Challenger

CRACKED THE DEBRIS FROM THE CHALLENGER STILL HASN'T BEEN FULLY COLLECTED. A documentary film crew was looking for sunken World War Il-era aircraft off the coast of Florida when they came across a big chunk of the destroyed Challenger Space Shuttle. It was at least 15 feet by 15 feet.

Cribs

CRACKED CRIBS WASN'T SO REAL AFTER ALL. Redman turned down the chance to rent a fancy mansion for his episode of MTV's Cribs, and instead let people see his real home - a cramped one-bedroom apartment. Turns out, renting fake cribs was a regular practice on the show. MASIC TEA the INC Dka

Vicarious Embarrassment

CRACKED FEEL EMBARRASSED FOR SOMEONE ELSE? THERE'S A NAME FOR THAT. When you watch someone do something embarrassing, like trip over their own feet or break a social rule, you can feel embarrassed for them even if they don't know they did anything wrong. That's called vicarious embarrassment.

Drive-Thru Funerals

CRACKED DRIVE-THRU FUNERALS ARE A THING NOW. The Paradise Funeral Chapel in Saginaw, Michigan has a drive-thru window so people can pay their respects to a lost loved one without having to get out of their car. It's the first of its kind in Michigan. ENTER Drive-Thru Viewing P

Switzerland

CRACKED THE SWISS CONSTITUTION COMMANDS YOU TO RESPECT PLANTS. The constitution says that plants should be respected and treated with dignity. No other countries mention anything like that in their constitution.

Orson Welles

CRACKED ORSON WELLES: SLEEPY, NOT DRUNK. Welles wasn't drunk during that infamous Paul Masson wine commercial, he was just really tired from working all night and had taken a sleeping pill.

Living Bridges

GRACKED LIVING BRIDGES EXIST IN INDIA. For centuries, people in the state of Meghalaya have made living root bridges out of Ficus elastica trees. These bridges are created by guiding the roots to grow together.

Unidentified Species

CRACKED MOST SPECIES ARE STILL UNIDENTIFIED. So far, scientists have identified 1.2 million different species of living things, but they think there are still around 8.7 million more out there that haven't been found yet.

8,000 Tree Advertisement

CRACKED STUDEBAKER'S 8,000-TREE AD LASTED 80 YEARS. In 1938, they planted 8,000 pine trees to create a giant advertisement for Studebaker. After 80 years with no maintenance, the sign has thinned out to just 2,000 trees, but it's still visible from the air.

Twins

CRACKED A GUY HAD HIS TWIN LIVING INSIDE HIM FOR DECADES. For nearly 40 years, a man in India had a twin living inside him without him knowing. It wasn't until he had an operation that they found out and were able to take it out. His doctor said, To my surprise and horror, I could shake hands with somebody inside.

Cheerleading Presidents

CRACKED FOUR EX-PRESIDENTS WERE CHEERLEADERS. George W. Bush, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, and Franklin D. Roosevelt all used to be cheerleaders at some point. THE

Pencils

Pencils never actually contained lead. CRACKED.COM The extremely pure and solid graphite that was discovered in 1500 was thought to be lead because chemistry was in its infancy. The words for pencil in German, Irish, Ara- bic, and others literally mean lead pen.

B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber

The USAF B-2 Spirit stealth bomber shuts down when it detects an atomic blast. CRACKED COM Shutting down is the only way to avoid an electro- magnetic pulse that would fry its components. The aircraft counters lightning by protecting its electrical components from over-amperage.

Rum

One of the currencies in early colonial Australia was Rum. CETV VX ALENDED DOMAINE APPLETON ESTATE SINCE-DEPUIS 1749 RHUM JAMA CRACKED.COM New South Wales Corps of- ficers bought up all the im- ported rum and estab- lished a monopoly on its trade. It resulted in Austra- lia's first and only military coup. It would later be called the Rum Rebellion.

Snakes

The West Lake restaurant in the Hunan province of China serves 200 snakes a week. CRACKED COM With 300 chefs and enough space to seat 5,000 people, this is the largest Chinese restau- rant in the world. They also go through 700 chickens every week.

Atomic Bomb Survivor

A Japanese man survived two atomic bombs and lived to be 93. CRACKED.COM Tsutomu Yamaguchi sur- vived the atomic blast at Hi- roshima, dragged himself to an air-raid shelter, and took a train to his job in Nagasa- ki, where he survived anoth- er atomic blast.

Ball’s Pyramid

In the sea between Australia and New Zealand, there's an island taller than it is wide. CRACKED.COM Ball's Pyramid is 562 me- ters (1,844 ft) high, while measuring 1,100 meters (3,609 ft) in length and only 300 meters (984 ft) across, making it the tallest volcanic stack in the world.

Saccharin

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Nuclear Testing

In 1957, a nuclear bomb in the desert exploded directly over six guys' heads. They were five Air Force officers and a cameraman, and apparently they all reached old age. One of them might even still be alive. CRACKED.COM

Floating McDonald's

There was a futuristic floating McDonald's on a barge in Canada way back in 1986. It was set up for the 1986 World Expo in Vancouver, and orders were brought out on a conveyor belt. But after the Expo, it was left to rot for years. CRACKED.COM

The Smithsonian

One crane at the Smithsonian National Zoo has a human mate (kind of). They mate for life, and the crane Walnut has chosen zookeeper Chris Crowe - in 2004. She hasn't changed her mind since, apparently. CRACKED.COM

Michelin Guide Inspectors

Being a Michelin Guide Inspector means eating 275 inspection meals a year. IC And that's just the minimum. Luckily, to compensate for the effects of that, Michelin has a plan -- they reimburse fitness membership fees. CRACKED.COM

Scallions

Scallions and green onions are the same vegetable, with different names. But spring onions are different - their bulbs are much bigger than those of green onions, and those bulbs in fact kind of look like small onions. CRACKED.COM

Sir Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton was a member of Parliament, but he was very ineffective. During his 21-year stint there, he apparently only spoke once, and it was to the usher - he asked him to close the window one time when it was chilly. CRACKED.COM

The Longest Drift Ever

The Guinness World Record for the longest drift is 232.5 miles. It was set by a 2018 BMW M5, which had to be refueled mid-drift five times by an M5 tanker - and, every time, a stuntman had to connect the car and tanker as they drifted together. The drift took eight hours. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

The South Pole

The South Pole is so high, you can get altitude sickness on it. That's what happened to Buzz Aldrin in 2016 - - he got so sick on the South Pole (which is 9,300 feet high), he had to be evacuated to New Zealand. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

McDonald’s Burgers

McDonald's burgers aren't resistant to rotting. They don't rot simply because they lose moisture very quickly--because they're small, and have a large surface area for their size - so mold and bacteria don't get a chance to grow. A homemade burger that's small and has a relatively large surface area isn't going to rot, either. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

The Red Cross

The Red Cross was invented by a guy who kind of wandered into a battle. In 1859, Henry Dunant was trying to meet with Napoleon III, and happened to see the Battle of Solferino - which ended with 40,000 dead and wounded left behind on the battlefield. When he came home to Geneva, he started to work on a society for helping the wounded in wars. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Bees

Honeybees can recognize human faces. In an experiment, bees remembered faces even two days after memorizing them. Somehow, they pull this off with 10,000 fewer neurons than humans. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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