32 Random Bits of Trivia to Nail to the Wall of Your Brain Like a Cerebral Applebee’s

When it comes to brains, ‘fact hoarder-chic’ is the hot new trend
32 Random Bits of Trivia to Nail to the Wall of Your Brain Like a Cerebral Applebee’s

“Hoarder-chic” isn’t the most well-known term, but because we’re in the random tidbit world, we’ll share its meaning with you now. Consider it a freebie before this list of freebies.

It’s basically a lovely design choice for maximalists. Your grandma and her collection of porcelain dolls and tea cups wasn’t at the forefront of the trend, but there are some throw pillow-loving stylists that know what’s up. 

We’re minimalists around the house, but maximalists when it comes to the brain, and now that we’ve adorned countless brains with countless facts, our decor game is getting pretty good. Here, see for yourself…

 

Bees

Bees can't see red, and what we perceive as the color red is seen as black. However, they can see ultraviolet light. UV al- lows them to see vein-like patterns in a flower, like a map that allows them to locate the nectar source. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

King William II of England

King William II of England was shot through the lung with an arrow and left to die. After the accident, his body was aban- doned by the nobles, found by a peasant and returned to Win- chester Cathedral by farmers. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Polar Express

In 2010, a Florida jail forced some inmates to watch The Polar Express on repeat. One inmate said, I hear those little kids screaming through my brain. All night long I can hear them, he told CNN. I can close my eyes, but I'm still going to hear them over and over and over. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington volunteered to actually be waterboarded for the movie Safe House. For the interrogation scene, Washington was re- ally put through the tor- ture, albeit for a few sec- onds at a time. Co-star Ryan Reynolds called it one of the most disturb- ing things I've ever seen. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Jobs

A job can be so boring that it makes you sick. There is a psychological disorder called Boreout (Boredom burnout syn- drome), which can lead to psychological illnesses such as depression as well as physical illnesses. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

X-Men

Hugh Jackman changed it so, as Wolverine, he would be naked in X-Men: Days of Future Past. It was written that Wolver- ine was to wake up in 1973 in his underwear, but Hugh Jackman claimed that if he were to wake up next to a really good looking girl, he wouldn't be wearing anything. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Franz Ferdinand

The car in which Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated had a license plate reading A III118 The war resulting from this act ended A III 118 with an Armistice on 11-11-18. CRACKED.COM

Children

A CHILD cannot be diagnosed as a PSYCHOPATH or a SOCIOPATH. Children may exhibit psychopathic or sociopathic behaviors, but LESS THAN 40% grow up to develop sociopathy, and ONLY 20% become full-blown psychopaths. GRACKED COM

Bowels

CRACKED.COM THE FEELING THAT ONE HAS INSUFFICIENTLY VOIDED THEIR BOWELS, OR FEELS THE URGE TO WHEN THERE IS NO NEED, IS KNOWN AS RECTAL TENESMUS, OR JUST TENESMUS.

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe would have been the first mainstream star to go topless in a Hollywood picture if her last movie was finished. GRAGKED.COM Something's Got to Give was shot in 1962. It was Monroe's last work, but from the beginning its production was disrupted by her personal troubles, and after her death the film was abandoned.

Michael Jordan

BASKETBALL Michael Jordan CRACKED.COM A heckler once chided Jordan for dunking on a scrawny li'l 6'1 dude. The next time he got the ball, he targeted a guy 10 inches taller, then yelled to the fan: Was he big enough?

Mother’s Day

Mother's Day founder Anna Jarvis spent her final days in a mental asylum. Funding to keep her in there allegedly came from flower and greeting card pu

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