12 Factoids To Feed A Brain With
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Cracked exists to teach you things and to make all of the authors and artists rich, famous, and seductive. We're focusing even more on the pedagogical perspective because the second part of this goal statement has long been deemed a complete failure (just ask any of us). These facts won't necessarily help you find a job (with the possible exception of writing for a website), but they will offer you something to talk about in a small chat, which can be just as difficult (again, just ask any of us).
If you're anything like me, you enjoy learning interesting trivia. They are simply incredibly fascinating! It's also okay to browse through a listicle in your free time, but occasionally it's interesting to delve deeply into a subject. Because of this, I'm sharing with you some of the wackiest and greatest weird information regarding food today. Good appetite!
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![The Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia is the largest blackwater swamp in North America. Blackwater refers to dark water, close to black coffee in color, stained by decaying vegetation. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/7/796367.jpg)
Source: ExploreGeorgia
![Mansa Musa, ruler of the Mali empire, is the richest man to have ever existed. During a visit to Egypt, he gave away so much gold that it destroyed the Egyptian economy for 12 years. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/6/796366.jpg)
Source: History
![The ancient Egyptians considered the flowers of the iris to represent wisdom, faith, and valor. In fact, iris flowers often made an appearance attached to the scepters of the pharaohs. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/1/796361.jpg)
Source: MorFlora
![lor-changing is usually attributed to chameleons, but another, more common animal does the same. Flounder, in addition to burying themselves in sand, can also change their coloration to better blend in. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/5/796365.jpg)
Source: NJScuba
![Crop-eating elephants are a massive problem for farmers. Literally. The solution? Chili peppers. Super hot peppers are grown or hung around crops, and the fumes are none too friendly to an elephant schnoz. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/0/796360.jpg)
Source: NPR
![Wondering who the first person to make cheese was? Unfortunately you'll likely never get an answer. Cheese exists before recorded history, and its specific origin is still unknown, though estimated around 8000 BC. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/3/796363.jpg)
Source: The Spruce
![Tonka Trucks get their name from Lake Minnetonka, located nearby its original location: Mound, Minnesota. TOBAGO It also nods to the word tanka, which means great or big in the Dakota Sioux language. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/9/796359.jpg)
Source: Playground Encylopedia
![The cotton-top tamarin are strictly arboreal, meaning they live their entire life in the trees. They don't even leave for water, getting moisture from rain & food. They are highly endangered due to deforestation. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/2/796362.jpg)
Source: Animalia
![The Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 is considered to have launched the women's suffrage movement. This carol was issued held Seres Falls inc 1908 and is Our Roll of 1honor Containing all the Signatures to the Declaration of Sentiments Set Forth by the First Woman's Rights Convention, beld at Seneca Falls, New York July 19-20, 184$ LADIES: Lucretia Mott Sophronia Taylor Rachel D. Bonnel Harriet Cady Eaton Cynthia Davis Betsey Margaret Prvor Hannah Plant Rhoda Palmer Elizabeth Cady Stanton Lucy Jones Margaret Jenkins Eunice Newton Foote Sarah Whitney Cynthia Fuller Mary Ann C'intock Mary H. Hallowell Mary Martin Margaret Schooley Elizabeth Conklin Culvert Martha](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/4/796364.jpg)
Source: NPS.gov
![Hydrophis cyanocinctus is a sea snake that's able to breathe through its forehead. It uses a group of blood vessels, along with a hole in its skull, to allow oxygen to diffuse into its blood. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/6/796356.jpg)
Source: The Conversation
![Polar bears have the most sensitive nose of any land mammal. They can smell prey from 18 miles away. We assume that if one ever entered a New York City subway station, their nose would immediately explode. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/7/796357.jpg)
Source: Guinness World Records
![The Baltimore Ravens' mascot is a raven, which shouldn't be surprising to any logical person. But non-Baltimore fans might not know the mascot's name: Poe. Now you can finally get your goth son into football! CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/8/796358.jpg)
Source: Baltimore Ravens