13 Interesting Nuggets To Level Up Our Trivia Knowledge
![13 Interesting Nuggets To Level Up Our Trivia Knowledge](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/3/818233_320x180.jpg)
The planet is a strange and fascinating place. There are so many secret aspects of the world that are not immediately obvious when you first look around. We've put together a selection of interesting and entertaining facts to help you broaden your horizons.
Maintaining a healthy sense of wonder about the environment around you might help you strengthen your mind, be healthier, improve your connections, and even increase your chances of success. No promises, but what’s the worst that can happen?
It's time to equip yourself with some amazing knowledge and information that will boost your confidence and make you feel like a complete genius! So, let’s put your existing knowledge to work.
We all know that work is a never-ending cycle of drudgery and stress unless you have some light and novel infotainment to offer a bit of distraction. So scroll on down, sweet reader, and revel in these bits and bobs of incredible information…
![2002's Spider-Man was supposed to have a scene with the WTC. It was even featured in an early teaser trailer but, for highly obvious reasons, was cut from the final movie. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/4/4/818244.jpg)
![Bruce Lee's iconic on-screen fight with Chuck Norris was filmed illegally. They fought in The Way Of The Dragon at the Colosseum in Rome, and really filmed part of the scene there - filming there is against the law, but they bribed some officials and hid filming equipment in bags. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/4/1/818241.jpg)
![Apparently, SpongeBob Squarepants is messing with kids' brains. That's according to a 2011 University of Virginia study, which found that the show impairs kids' readiness for learning (the issue is that the frequent camera cuts disrupts their attention span). CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/8/818238.jpg)
![Thanks to a specific process, you can't get salmonella from Japanese eggs. In Japan, they use machines that process eggs and make sure they're okay to eat raw, and each machine can process 33 eggs a second. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/4/2/818242.jpg)
![Sammy Davis Jr thought his iconic song The Candy Man would bomb. His exact words: This record is going straight into the toilet. Not just around the rim, but into the bowl, and it may just pull my whole career down with it. It hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/4/3/818243.jpg)
![There was a Civil War veterans' reunion in 1938 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was the 75th anniversary of the battle, and about 1800 vets from both sides attended - the youngest was 88 years old, while the oldest was 118 (so he claimed, anyway). CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/9/818239.jpg)
![Bears kind of act like big cats - they purr when they're happy or content. That purr-like sound is something they produce when they're say, eating a delicious snack, feeling comfortable, or nursing (if they're a cub). CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/4/0/818240.jpg)
![The Amish actually celebrate Christmas twice in a two-week period. The first celebration is on Dec 25, and the second one on Jan 6 - Christmas used to be celebrated all over the world on Jan 6 until relatively recently, and the Amish kept that tradition (but also took on the new one). CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/4/5/818245.jpg)
![Richie Haven's iconic song Freedom came about by accident. Не just started playing it at Woodstock because he didn't have anything else he could play, but needed to stay on the stage. Later, to learn how to play it, he watched himself in the Woodstock movie. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/4/6/818246.jpg)
![The Vatican had to pull 6000 papal medals in 2013 because of a typo. Instead of Jesus, the medals said Lesus - and, of course, collectors snapped up the medals with the misprint when they had the chance. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/6/818236.jpg)
![In Nepal, there was a tiger that killed 400 people in the early 1900s. She was nicknamed The Demon of Chompawat, and was apparently the deadliest tiger in history (until she got killed by a hunter and tracker). CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/4/818234.jpg)
![The Roman Colosseum had a cloth awning that weighed about 24 tons. It was supported by an elaborate network of ropes, and it was there to protect the people in the Colosseum from the sun. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/7/818237.jpg)
![Some monkeys are (theoretically) capable of human speech. Those monkeys (like the Japanese Macaque) have the right vocal anatomy, but not the brain anatomy they'd need to actually talk. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/5/818235.jpg)