30 Random Bits of Trivia We Didn’t Think Would Show Their Faces ’Round These Parts Again

These facts have some nerve!
30 Random Bits of Trivia We Didn’t Think Would Show Their Faces ’Round These Parts Again

Well, look who came crawling back! After what you random facts did last time, we didn’t think you’d have the audacity to stroll back in here.

We’d kick you out right now, but these fine people came to read some facts, and who are we to deny them? Don’t go taking this as forgiveness though. We need you out of here the moment they’re done reading.

Angel’s Trumpet

Angel's Trumpet is a plant that can induce strong auditory and visual hallucinations in humans. But I wouldn't try tripping on them, since they can also, well, paralyze your organs. Not so groovy. CRACKED.COM

Bees

HONEY BEES USE ANIMAL POOP TO DEFEND AGAINST WASPS Bees have been seen foraging for animal poop and then using it as a defensive tool to protect their colonies against giant hornets. CRACKED.COM

Meerkats

MEERKATS ARE THE MOST MURDEROUS MAMMAL Meerkats are the most likely mammal to die due to another meerkat. About 20% of meerkat deaths are murders by other meerkats. CRACKED.COM

Spain

In 1524, Spain created a settlement close to Jamestown's site. It failed a few years later, though - - long before Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement on the continent, was founded in 1602. CRACKED.COM

The Earth

The Earth might be kind of small, but it's more massive than you might think. The mass of the Earth is greater than the combined masses of the Moon, Mars, Venus, Pluto, and Mercury. CRACKED.COM

Bears

If you ever want to figure out how old a bear is, just look at its teeth. Take one tooth, and look at its cross-section -- you want to count the rings in the cross-section under a microscope. CRACKED.COM

Brains

Your brain largely consists of fat -- in fact, some 60% of its weight is fat. Fatty acids play a super important role in brain functioning, which helps explain why so much of the brain is, well, simply fat. CRACKED.COM

Canada

Way up north in Canada, there's an underground house carved into the ice. It's carved in permafrost, and it was created in the 1960s. It's basically used as a big warehouse =E2=80=93 families keep fish, seal, caribou, goose, and other meat during winter in the icehouse. CRACKED.COM

Vultures

The most threatened bird in the world is the regular old vulture. There are 23 vulture species on the planet, and 70% of them have some risk of going extinct. CRACKED.COM

Thailand

Every year, hundreds of fireballs erupt from the surface of the Mekong River in Thailand. Nobody knows what causes them. Locals believe a mythical ser- pent called Naga spits fire from the water. The event is known as 'Naga Fireballs.' CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

13 Clubs

In the late 19th Century US it was fashionable for peoplè to form 13 Clubs. 3 They would demonstrate their lack of superstition by dining in groups of 13, walking under ladders, spilling salt at the table, etc. Several future US Pres- idents participated. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Potatoes

Potato sprout,s can be dangerous. Sprouts that come out of old potatoes are poisonous and can cause an array of symptoms ranging from vomiting to ра- ralysis. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Baboons

Some baboons make birth control, with plums. Female baboons in the Nigerian rainforest make seasonal use of the Afri- can black plum to in- crease progesterone lev- els, which halts their re- productive cycles. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Andrew Jackson

An American pepper trading ship was attacked off the Island of Sumatra in 1831. The village locals killed 3 and plundered the ship (named 'Friendship'). In re- italiation, Andrew Jackson sent a warship all the way back to Sumatra to destroy the village the attackers were from. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

LL Cool J

LL COOL J BROKE THE NOSE, JAW, AND RIBS OF SOMEONE WHO TRIED TO ROB HIS HOUSE. The rapper and actor physically detained the home invader until police arrived. CRACKED.COM

Nicolas Cage

NIC CAGE HAS OWNED SEVERAL OCTOPUSES. Не supposedly spent $150,000 on an octopus to help him with acting. CRACKED.COM

9/11

STEVE BUSCEMI WORKED ALONGSIDE FIREFIGHTERS AFTER 9/11. Не joined the FDNY in 1980 until 1984, leaving to pursue acting. When the September 11th attacks happened, he returned to FDNY Engine 55. Не tried to keep his service a secret. CRACKED.COM

Elvis

62 ELVIS WAS A NATURAL BLONDE. Не dyed his hair darker since high school. One time he dyed it himself using black shoe polish. CRACKED.COM

Frogs

WEIRD WORLD A guy found a frog in a box of lettuce and decided to keep it as a pet. Не named the frog Tony - Tony somehow turned up in a lettuce box from Whole Foods and, mercifully, his life was spared. CRACKED.COM

Israel

WEIRD WORLD Israel banned a guy from traveling until the year 9999 (not a typo). Noam Huppert, an Australian living in Israel, got that ban because he has to pay his wife roughly $2 million in child support paments. CRACKED.COM

HIV

WEIRD WORLD In Minneapolis, robbers tried to hold up a bank with a vial of HIV. It's not really clear if there was HIV in the vial, and the FBI is investigating everything. CRACKED.COM

Taylor Swift

WEIRD WORLD Taylor Swift got beat out by a bunch of birds on a Top 50 list. Apparently, an album of the sounds of endangered birds, called Songs of Disappearance, was #3 on Australia's chart of top 50 albums, beating out Taylor Swift. CRACKED.COM

Warhorses

WEIRD WORLD We've learned that medieval warhorses were way less awesome than we thought. Apparently, scientists say that, it turns out, warhorses at the time were no bigger than ponies today. CRACKED.COM

Louisiana

WEIRD WORLD A Louisiana Senate candidate has an ad in which he smokes marijuana. I hope this ad works to not only destigmatize the use of marijuana, but also forces a new conversation that creates the pathway to legalize this beneficial drug, and forgive those who were arrested due to outdated ideology, he said. CRACKED.COM

Cereal

WEIRD WORLD The Mexican government seized 380,000 boxes of Kellogg's cereal. The reason? According to the government, cartoons on the boxes violate laws aimed at improving childrens' diets. CRACKED.COM

The Rock

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's father descended from Black Loyalists. Escaping Southern plantations following The Revolutionary War, they immigrated to Nova Scotia. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton burns all unsold bags and products at the end of each year. This is done to ensure product exclusivity and eliminate the sale of discounted merchandise. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

North Korea

North Korea is the only necrocracy in the world. The country is technically still ruled by Kim II-sung, who died in 1994 and remains president by decree. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Pennies

Most Americans support eliminating the penny, which costs more to produce than it is worth. HOMA PEDRIORE 2007 - ASSOC gruss BENE Jarden Zinc Products is the sole provider of zinc penny blanks and has lobbyists to preserve the penny. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

The Pentagon

The Pentagon has twice as many bathrooms as it needs. This is because it was built during segregation, with separate facilities for black and white employees. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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