26 Cool Facts For All Those Cool Fact Lovers Out There

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

There are a lot of people in this world who love to learn new things. They are always curious and want to know more about the world around them. Then there are the other kinds of people. The ones who couldn't care less about learning anything new and would much rather stick to their own little bubble. And that's perfectly fine! We all have our own interests and ways of life. But for the readers out there who do love learning new things, this article is for you! Here, we'll be discussing some interesting facts around the world. So if you're up for it, read on!

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A British drama series had maybe the most surreal TV show finale of all time. 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 — **Source:** **13 Cool Facts To Make You Sound Smart And Informed**

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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 — **Source:** **13 Cool Facts To Make You Sound Smart And Informed**

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After Apollo 18 came out, a former NASA engineer had to clarify things. APOLLO 18 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 — **Source:** **13 Cool Facts To Make You Sound Smart And Informed**

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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 — **Source:** **13 Cool Facts To Make You Sound Smart And Informed**

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In 1963, the Bristol Bus Boycott was held to protest racist hiring practices. NO COLOUR BAR EVERY MAN BOYCOTT TRE FRIGHT BUSES COLOUR DOA 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 — **Source:** **13 Cool Facts To Make You Sound Smart And Informed**

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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 — **Source:** **13 Cool Facts To Make You Sound Smart And Informed**

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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 — **Source:** **13 Cool Facts To Make You Sound Smart And Informed**

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They came up with tomato-based ketchup in the 19th century (1812, to be exact). HEINZ un 1869 un TOMATO KETCHUP GROWN NOT MADE* 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 — **Source:** **13 Cool Facts To Make You Sound Smart And Informed**

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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 — **Source:** **13 Cool Facts To Make You Sound Smart And Informed**

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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 — **Source:** **13 Cool Facts To Make You Sound Smart And Informed**

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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 — **Source:** **13 Cool Facts To Make You Sound Smart And Informed**

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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 — **Source:** **13 Cool Facts To Make You Sound Smart And Informed**

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A British director made a 10-hour movie showing paint drying (as a big troll). PAINT DRYING A FILM BY CHARLIE LYNE Не 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 — **Source:** **13 Cool Facts To Make You Sound Smart And Informed**

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Apparently, porcupine quills have powerful antibiotic properties. Porcupines benefit from that because they fall often, and antibiotics on quills reduce the risk of infection if porcupines cut themselves in a fall. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **13 Super-Cool Facts To Show Off Your Smarts**

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A demand from The Matrix' stunt choreographer changed moviemaking. Yuen Wo-Ping asked for six months of training time, which was never done in the US. Не got it, and long training periods became more common. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **13 Super-Cool Facts To Show Off Your Smarts**

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King of the Hill was inspired by Mike Judge's neighbors helping him out. Не had just moved outside of Dallas, and had to rebuild his fence - and his neighbors did it for him, without him being involved (or even asking). CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **13 Super-Cool Facts To Show Off Your Smarts**

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We nearly had Ratatouille-branded wine (it was white Burgundy). Disney had had bottles made, but some people complained it might promote underage drinking, so Disney pulled it before it hit the shelves. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **13 Super-Cool Facts To Show Off Your Smarts**

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The real-life inspiration for Citizen Kane mostly hated one thing about the movie. William Randolph Hearst used Rosebud as the name for his mistress' private parts, and he hated that the movie actually used it for the sled. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **13 Super-Cool Facts To Show Off Your Smarts**

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Lafayette came back to the US decades after the Revolutionary War, in 1824 and 1825. Не met President Andrew Jackson, who showed him two pistols Lafayette gave George Washington (and Lafayette was happy Jackson had them). CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **13 Super-Cool Facts To Show Off Your Smarts**

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A TV comedian caused a massive scandal in 1965 by asking kids for money. As a joke, Soupy Sales told kids to send him little green pieces of paper from his parents' wallets - so they pulled him off the air for two weeks. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **13 Super-Cool Facts To Show Off Your Smarts**

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Baghdad was built as a perfectly circular city (over a thousand years ago). It was done as an homage to Euclid's teachings, but the structure got destroyed over the centuries (the last part was gone in the 1870s). CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **13 Super-Cool Facts To Show Off Your Smarts**

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Standup comics have a tendency to die early compared to actors. In a study of about 500 comedians and actors, the standups died at around the age of 67.1, the comedy actors at 68.9, and the dramatic actors at 70.7. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **13 Super-Cool Facts To Show Off Your Smarts**

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Los Angeles was the first major city, ever, to synchronize its traffic lights. Nearly all of its 4,400 traffic lights (that cover 469 square miles) are synchronized through an automated, centralized control system. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **13 Super-Cool Facts To Show Off Your Smarts**

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If you lose your driving license in France, you can drive a dinky little car. It's called a VSP (voiture sans permis), and it's a two-seater that anyone older than 13 can drive if they have 4 hours of driving experience. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **13 Super-Cool Facts To Show Off Your Smarts**

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In the UK, they forced a developer to rebuild a tavern just as it stood. THE WONDER THE acica (illustration) The tavern was the only building on its street not destroyed in WWII, and a developer razed it without permission - then had to rebuild it brick by brick. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **13 Super-Cool Facts To Show Off Your Smarts**

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Matthew McConaughey's Alright alright alright is from Jim Morrison. Just before filming the Dazed and Confused scene when he says that, he'd been listening to a live Doors record where Morrison says that between tracks. CRACKED.COM — **Source:** **13 Super-Cool Facts To Show Off Your Smarts**

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