13 Knowledge Nuggets To Show Off Those Smarts
![13 Knowledge Nuggets To Show Off Those Smarts](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/1/790371_320x180.jpg)
We took an IQ test once. Yes, they're terrible. We scored in the “uh oh” percentile. And look at us now = doing just fine. 6x7 is still 59, and we're smiling.
All kidding aside, we've certainly learned over the years that knowledge is a currency. If you can amass enough of it across a broad variety of subjects then those awkward social silences get a little less awkward and moments where you have an opening in a conversation get filled with a fact or anecdote that ups your standing.
And we’re here to share with you a collection of nifty items that’ll hopefully help you in the same way. If you’ve played the Lion King game from the ‘90s, you probably remember how hard it was. That wasn’t an artistic choice or anything -- Disney just wanted to make sure it would take ages to complete. Here’s the full story, plus 12 others:
![Steve Harvey elaborately trolled a 6th grade teacher who told him he'd fail. The teacher told him that he couldn't be on TV, because he stuttered so much so, as an adult, he sent her a TV for Christmas every year. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/3/790383.jpg)
Source: Oprah.com
![After Apollo 18 came out, a former NASA engineer had to clarify things. APOLLO18 The movie shows real footage of a secret NASA landing, and John Schuessler had to explain there was no Apollo 18 because funding dried up. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/2/790382.jpg)
Source: Popular Mechanics
![A British drama series had maybe the most surreal TV show finale of all time. the Byker Grove was a serious, grounded teen drama - and it ended with the characters realizing they're in a TV show, then being attacked by a T-Rex. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/4/790384.jpg)
Source: HITC
![We now how know how much a Jurassic Park ticket cost: $550 (for 3 days). JURASSIC PARK That's the price listed on the three-day park ticket item in the Visitor Centre Limited Edition Legacy Kit (which has a bunch of merchandise along those lines). CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/1/790381.jpg)
Source: MovieWeb
![In 1963, the Bristol Bus Boycott was held to protest racist hiring practices. IVE COLOUR BAR E BOYCOTT MAN TRE ARIGHT At the time, the bus company in Bristol refused to hire Black drivers - but after an extended boycott, on 28 August 1963, they changed their policy. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/0/790380.jpg)
Source: BBC
![A baseball player in 1919 got struck by lightning, then went back to playing. Ray Caldwell was hit by lightning on the pitcher's mound, then lay unconscious for five minutes. Then he got up and started pitching again. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/8/790378.jpg)
Source: AccuWeather
![The Moon is slowly drifting away from Earth (at about 1,5 inches per year). Its orbit is getting that much larger every year, and the same process is slowing down Earth's rotation - so the day will be 2 milliseconds longer in 100 years. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/9/790379.jpg)
Source: Cornell University
![They came up with tomato-based ketchup in the 19th century (1812, to be exact). HEINZ 1869 EST TOMATO KETCHUP GROWN Before that, ketchup (which comes from imperial China) was actually made with very different ingredients: soy beans, meat by-products, and fish entrails. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/7/790377.jpg)
Source: History.com
![The first commercial hard disk drive had a total capacity of 3,75 megabytes. RAMAC 305 The model 350 RAMAC, from 1956, was 5ft by 6 ft, weighed more than one ton, and used fifty 24-inch-diameter disks that rotated at 1200 rpm. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/6/790376.jpg)
Source: ComputerHistory.org
![A cave in Botswana has a key role in the founding of Christianity there. (illustration) Kebokwe's cave was supposedly haunted, but missionary David Livingstone convinced a local ruler to sleep there - he did, and converted to Christianity. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/5/790375.jpg)
Source: Atlas Obscura
![A rich NJ guy bought his former boss' house just SO he could raze it to the ground. (illustration) Billionaire David Tepper bought it from his boss' ex-wife, then demolished it, and built a giant 11,268-square foot palace on the property. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/4/790374.jpg)
Source: NJ.com
![A UK railway station was reopened purely because of what train drivers did. They'd refused to accept that the Duncraig station was closed- so, after 11 years, authorities shrugged their shoulders and reopened it. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/3/790373.jpg)
Source: The Independent
![A British director made a 10-hour movie showing paint drying (as a big troll). PAINT DRYING A FILM BY CHARLIE LYNE He made the censors at the British ratings body BBFC sit through it, to protest their charging indie and Hollywood movies the same for a rating. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/2/790372.jpg)
Source: BBC