30 Cool Trivia Tidbits About the World

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30 Cool Trivia Tidbits About the World

The globe is full of fascinating, amusing and exciting information. Did you know, for example, that the biggest concentration of pet parents in the world can be found in New Zealand? And that one of the only two purple flags can be found in Nicaragua? More on that and 28 other fascinating facts about pop culture, wildlife, science and more below…

Water isn't colorless. Pure water has a slight blue tint, not just because the reflection of the sky. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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We almost got a Watchmen movie in the '90s. Terry Gilliam was supposed to direct, and they wanted Schwarzenegger for Doctor Manhattan, while David Bowie wanted to play Rorschach. But it turned out to be too expensive, and anyway, Gilliam later decided Watchmen was too big for one movie. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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The vast majority of avocado oil sold in the U.S. is of very poor quality. 82 percent is either rancid or mixed with other oils. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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For five centures, the Catholic Church refused to even acknowledge witches existed. That was from 900 to 1400 - and, not long after that, they got pretty enthusiastic about putting witches on trial. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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There's a theory that pirates wore eyepatches so they could see in the dark. There's no historical source for it, but some think pirates kept an eyepatch over a good eye to instantly see well when they went below decks. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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