13 Cool, Little-Known Facts To Impress People You’re Talking To

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13 Cool, Little-Known Facts To Impress People You’re Talking To

We all want to sound smart and educated. We desire the respect that comes with being knowledgeable. Education is power, they say, and we can all attest to the truth of that statement. Formal education is a powerful tool, but what about all of the other forms of knowledge? What if we could tap into that vast reserve of information and use it to empower ourselves? Read on for ways to make us sound superbly educated! 

We all want to sound smart and educated. We desire the respect that comes with being knowledgeable. Education is power, they say, and we can all attest to the truth of that statement. formal education is a powerful tool, but

What do you know about the history of chocolate? How about the origins of the toothbrush? What about the first humans to set foot on the moon? Chances are, if you're like most people, there are a lot of things you don't know about these and other topics. But that's okay – because today, we're going to share some fascinating knowledge with you. So sit back, relax, and get ready to learn something new!

We only got Doctor Who's Daleks because Ridley Scott wasn't around. He was supposed to be the set designer (whose responsibility was designing the Daleks) on the episode that introduced them, but he suddenly left the BBC. CRACKED.COM

Source: BBC

Support yachts are an increasingly popular thing among the super-rich. They carry all the sailboats, jet skis, seaplanes and so on that don't fit on the main yacht, and they're sometimes as flashy as the main yachts themselves. CRACKED.COM

Source: GCaptain

A group of monkeys grieved over a robot monkey's baby death in a BBC documentary. (illustration) The doc put the (very convincing) robot in a group of monkeys, one of whom accidentally dropped it so it lay motionless. They all started grieving. CRACKED.COM

Source: CNET

The siren in The Purge was based on a sound from Spielberg's War of the Worlds. The big tripod creature's sound was the one movie sound that freaked out James DeMonaco, so he asked his sound guys to base the siren on that. CRACKED.COM

Source: Collider

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