26 Who'd-A-Thunkers That WIll Leave You Scratching Your Noggin
![26 Who'd-A-Thunkers That WIll Leave You Scratching Your Noggin](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/9/827799_320x180.jpg)
You never know what you're going to find when you start poking around on the internet. Sometimes, you'll stumble upon a weird and surprising fact that just begs to be shared.
As humans, we have the natural tendency to try and make sense of everything around us. When something doesn't quite fit into our neatly ordered world, our brains start churning as we try to figure out why it's different, what it means, and how it will affect us. In some cases, this intense mental stimulation can be mildly amusing; in others, it can leave us scratching our noggins in confusion.
From wearing bikinis on their heads to incorporating cereal into their outfits, these fashion choices are sure to leave you scratching your head in confusion.
From brutal Ivy-league self-owns to chemical warfare waged by wasps, there is just a metric TON of satisfyingly strange information to absorb into the ol' brain. Click and through and come on a journey with us into the absolutely weird and surprising...
Here are a few things that might just leave you wondering "who'd-a-thunk it?"
![Yale students pranked Harvard by handing out 1,800 placards at a football game. Instead of spelling Go Harvard they said We Suck. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/7/822877.jpg)
![The New York Post was founded by Alexander Hamilton & was a respected publication. YORKPOST KACHE 1 TT - ... - $60.000 HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR Gunman forces woman to decapitate favern owner - - SENATE OKAYS PREZ'S PICK FOR ARMS CONTROL - - Koch plans to hire 1,000 more cops ... - Taken kickin' TAXING DAY FOR It didn't become a tabloid until the 1970s. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/8/822878.jpg)
![Wasps use complex chemical signals called alarm pheromones to defend their colonies. Intruders are sprayed and thus 'marked,' rousing the colony & coordinating its attack. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/0/822870.jpg)
![A skeleton found in a Cheddar, U.K. cave has a relative living half a mile away. The person teaches history & & is nearly 300 generations removed. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/1/822871.jpg)
![A True Story, the first sci-fi novel, was written in Greek during the 2nd century CE. A OTKIANOT ARANTA LVCIANI SAMOSATENSIS Opera, que quidem extant omnia. Grace مركم It featured robots, space travel, aliens, artificial atmospheres, and more. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/7/822867.jpg)
![McDonald's did away with their miniature spoon coffee stirrers because they were used to do cocaine. PURE SUGAR McDonald's sugar = : Dompa TUTTAL - 1185 - In fact, a 'McSpoon' became a quantified amount of cocaine sold. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/3/822873.jpg)
![Friends continues to generate massive revenue. The show earns $1 billion/year for Warner Bros., which translates into $20 million annually for cast members. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/9/822869.jpg)
![During the Flint, MI water crisis, General Motors stopped using city water at their plant. FLINT WATER PLANT High levels of chlorine were corroding engine components. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/5/822875.jpg)
![A Florida man cut open his truck when he heard purring inside. Не found a kitten. The kitten was adopted & people offered to help pay for his truck repairs. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/6/822866.jpg)
![The term 'caucasian' originally described skull traits, not exclusively white skin color. Skin colors ranged from white-skinned to dark brown. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/4/822874.jpg)
![Ernie Hudson auditioned for the same part in The REAL Ghostbusters animated series that he played in the movie. Producers felt he didn't sound enough like Winston Zeddemore. Arsenio Hall got the job. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/8/822868.jpg)
![Emilia Clarke has suffered two brain aneurysms. Her charity, SameYou, provides treatment for stroke & brain injury patients. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/2/822872.jpg)
![Tony's hand when he first realizes he can be a force for good... and the same hand when his journey culminates by saving the universe. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/5/822865.jpg)
![In 1921, the Emperor of China requested a phone... ...so he could make prank calls. (Не was 15.) NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/4/822864.jpg)
![The floor plans for MI6, Britain's intelligence agency... ...were lost by contractors refurbishing the building. (Some were recovered.) NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/3/822863.jpg)
![The worms in Men in Black are speaking Huttese... ...or at least a form of Quechua, which fans say Jabba's language is based on. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/1/822861.jpg)
![A seventh grader once wrote a letter to Ronald Reagan... ...requesting funds after his mother called his bedroom a disaster area. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/8/822858.jpg)
![Snape's costume in the Harry Potter movies... ...is the only one that stayed the same throughout the series. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/0/822860.jpg)
![Andy Samberg won an Emmy in 2007 for Music and Lyrics. It was for the song Dick in a Box. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/9/822859.jpg)
![In 2014, Chris Pratt stole his Star Lord costume... ...so he could visit sick kids in the hospital. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/7/822857.jpg)
![In the 2006 Dreamworks movie Flushed Away... ...there's a rat Han Solo in his carbonite pose, frozen in ice. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/2/822862.jpg)
![Remy's recipe in Ratatouille is real. ORTO ОВКИ LOTE It was created by a chef and takes 3 1/2 hours to prepare. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/5/822855.jpg)
![Drivers in Churchill, Manitoba leave their cars unlocked... ...just in case someone is trapped by a polar bear. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/6/822856.jpg)
![Some indigenous people have learned bird calls... ...so they'll know when birds are warning each other about predators. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/4/822854.jpg)
![Want to know more movie and history facts? Check out another batch. TOKYO DRIFT'S STALLONE'S FALL GUY 15-GRAND DOG HEMINGWAY'S IOW BABY EELS PLANE CRASHE ARE MADE THE WOR EBOWSKI'S LAST NAME BIG THREE LINK CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/1/822851.jpg)
![It is possible to know in 2020 what Napoleon smelled like. A truly prodigious user of cologne, his preferred formula is available today and unchanged from 1819. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/2/822852.jpg)