25 Random Bits of Trivia You Can Use As Currency in a Post-Apocalyptic Dystopia

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25 Random Bits of Trivia You Can Use As Currency in a Post-Apocalyptic Dystopia

You’re here right now, so you already know how important knowledge is. We’d just like to add that it’s way more important than you think. Soon enough, when the world is a barren wasteland, these random facts will be more valuable than money. 

They’ll be right there under food, water and shelter. Honestly, if they happen to include tips on finding food, water and shelter, they could possibly even be the most important resource. If not, at least you’ll be able to tell the stranger in your cave some random fun facts!

Orcas

Killer whales can learn dolphin language. Orcas who spend time with bottlenose dolphins use more clicks and whistles, and their language becomes a mashup of both species. (So orcas speak dolphin with an accent?) CRACKED.COM

Happiness

NEARLY HALF OF YOUR HAPPINESS IS GENETIC. But, hey, that means the other half is malleable. Glass half full! CRACKED.COM

Rogue Planets

Rogue planets (planets that don't rotate stars) could outnumber the stars in our galaxy They are hard for astronomers to spot as they don't emit light or much heat. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Clouds

An average cumulus cloud weighs 1.1 million pounds You don't have to worry about the sky falling as the weight clearly isn't concentrated in one space; it's spread out over a very large area. CRACKED.COM

Lizards

CRACKED.COM Whiptail lizards are all female. Aspidoscelis, a genus of New Mexico lizards, has no males. They reproduce through natural cloning. Their organisms have mechanisms in place to preserve genetic diversity.

Sleep Deprivation

Sleep deprivation negatively affects your ability to control your thoughts. The more sleep deprived you are, the less you're able to suppress any unwanted thoughts - perhaps because it messes up prefrontal cortex control. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

NASA

If NASA's funding stayed at Apollo levels, they were planning a manned mission to Mars by 1983 The Space Task Group planned to develop a lunar orbit station in 1978 and a lunar surface base in 1980. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Ballet

Ballet dancers have a higher pain tolerance Like sports professionals, professional dancers have higher pain tolerance thresholds. CRACKED.COM

Jupiter

IO, a moon of Jupiter, has tides of rock. lo has no oceans-but that doesn't mean it has no tides. The gravity of Jupiter and the other moons causes the ground to move up and down the height of a 30-story building. CRACKED.COM

Happiness

OUR DEFINITION OF HAPPINESS HAS CHANGED. Now Compact Oxford ENGLISH Dictionary It's hard to achieve something that we can't even agree on what it is. In Ancient Greece, happiness was luck. In Aristotle's time, happiness was virtue. Early Christians saw happiness as something only obtainable after death. CRACKED.COM

Drockling

There's a name for repeatedly waking up and falling asleep in the morning. It's called drockling, and it can be harmful - if you do it a lot, you're confusing your body and putting pressure on your nervous system. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

The Inventor of the TV

The inventor of the TV was unimpressed by his invention until he watched the moon landing. His wife said, We were watching it, and, when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, Phil turned to me and said, 'Pem, this has made it all worthwhile.' Before then, he wasn't too sure. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Time Management

ACCORDING TO A STUDY PEOPLE WHO PRIORITIZE HAVING TIME OVER MAKING MORE MONEY ARE HAPPIER. However, the study didn't include participants living at poverty level who may not have a choice for survival. CRACKED.COM

Koalas

Koalas spend the majority of the day sleeping - because of their diet. They sleep for 18 to 22 hours, because their food, eucalyptus leaves, is so toxic that their digestive tracts have to work really hard at digesting it. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut delivered a pizza to space. Pizza-Hut adidas adidas 5' The company paid $1 million for the promotional gesture of sending pizza to the International Space Station. The pizza had salami instead of pepperoni due to the meat's shelf-life. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Seconds As Days and Years

1 million seconds is 11 days, while 1 billion seconds is more than 31.5 years RESERVE G NOTE is LEGAL TENDER LE DESTS. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE رسما Luckledo Cabal I Union Fortes SERIES 2006 on FRANKLIN HITHNYMA GINO 84 9002 ورية 1 SPOT 1 trillion seconds is more than 31,688 years. Consider that next time you defend Jeff Bezos. CRACKED.COM

Gliese 436 b

A planet exists made of burning ice. Gliese 436 b, about 30 light-years from us, is made mostly of ice that would burn you to a crisp if you touched it. The strong gravity keeps water so tightly packed that it remains solid, even at a temperature of almost 1,000 degrees. CRACKED.COM

Sleep

In the Victorian era, sleeping in separate beds was considered healthier. Doctors at the time thought that, at night, the weaker person would drain the vitality of the stronger one if they slept in a double bed. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Teddy Bears

Many, many adults - about one third - go to sleep with a soft furry toy. One survey found that 34% adults sleep with one (according to a University of Bristol professor, it's probably more common among women). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Neil Armstrong

We don't know what Neil Armstrong took to the moon. His record for his personal property kit has never been made public. During his moon trip, he took an unscheduled visit to Little West crater, off-camera. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Brains

You have more synapses in your brain than we have stars in our galaxy There are between 100 to 400 billion stars in the Milky Way, but there are more than 125 trillion nerve connections just in the brain's cerebral cortex. CRACKED.COM

Housework

THE MORE HOUSEWORK MEN DO, THE HAPPIER THEY ARE. Men married to women feel guilty when they see their partner doing more housework so they feel more content when they participate. CRACKED.COM

Relationships

Changing your partners probably won't change your relationship issues. 2019 CRACKED.COM In one long-term study, researchers found people repeated the same dynamics of ended relationships in new relationships.

Women

Women who are satisfied with their sex lives are less likely to have high blood pressure. Good sex also helps enhance blood vessel capacity, helping provide oxygen to muscles. CRACKED.COM

Amsterdam

YOU CAN FREELY CONSUME ANY DRUGS IN AMSTERDAM Actually, all drugs are forbidden in the Netherlands. The government only tolerates very small amounts of weed under specific conditions. CRACKED.COM

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