15 Facts That Won’t Go Gentle Into That Good Night
![15 Facts That Won’t Go Gentle Into That Good Night](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/2/2/840722_320x180.jpg)
An old witch searched for a way to turn someone into an animal without using any of her potions or magical items. She wasn't quite sure if she could do it, and wanted some advice on how to make the transformation permanent, so she naturally went to visit her wise old grandmother for help. "What should I do?" asked the witch.
"Well, let me see," replied the witch's grandmother. "I think you could try to change them into a cat or something, like this," the grandmother said as she transformed the old woman into a black cat.
"Perfect," the witch said as she deftly changed back to human form.
"There now. And ... why did you want to transform them in the first place?" asked the grandmother, ancient beyond any natural lifespan, her voice creaking with the weight of centuries.
"They found out the list of fifteen facts I've sworn never to reveal to anyone who isn't my blood."
"You mean ... ?"
"Yes. The list that goes ... "
Universal sort of forgot it owned a movie.
![Universal Pictures didn't know it owned the merchandising rights to the film Darkman. It wasn't until toy-maker SOTA asked for a license to make a Darkman action figure that Universal finally looked into it and found out it had owned the rights all along. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/3/6/840736.jpg)
Put some respect on Kenny G’s name.
![Kenny G once had the world record for longest continuous note held on a wind instrument. Kenny G held his note for 45 minutes and 47 seconds using a technique called circular breathing, where air is stored and pushed out from the mouth as new air is inhaled through the nose. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/3/4/840734.jpg)
Drivers used to drink and drive during the Indianapolis 500.
![The Indianapolis 500 only banned its drivers from drinking alcohol in 1914. This came a year after Jules Goux drank champagne during each of his pit stops (3 bottles in total) in the 1913 race. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/3/5/840735.jpg)
The adjective "Jet-Black" comes from a gemstone called jet.
![The adjective Jet-Black comes from a gemstone called jet. Jet is a mineraloid, derived from wood from millions of years ago like coal. Jet carvings of Medusa were popular in ancient Rome. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/3/3/840733.jpg)
A tennis-court sized island has a little house on it.
![That the world's smallest inhabited island is about the size of a tennis court. In the 1950s, a family called Sizeland bought Hub Island, one of the tiniest islets in Alexandria Bay, New York, planted a tree, and built a cottage that took up almost every leftover square inch of dry land. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/2/9/840729.jpg)
Birds boost their memory when they need to find their hidden food.
![The memory section of the brain grows by 30% in food-storing birds so they can find their hidden food. The hippocampus of food-storing birds is much larger than in non-storing birds. The increase in size corresponds with the change of the seasons. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/3/2/840732.jpg)
How is this number so low?
![3% of the general population has antisocial personality disorder. The mental health disorder is characterized by a disregard for other people and consistently showing no regard for right and wrong. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/2/7/840727.jpg)
A Guns N’ Roses guitarist recorded in a chicken coop.
![Guitarist Buckethead was given a chicken coop to work in while recording a Guns N' Roses album. During the recording of Chinese Democracy, Buckethead was fed up with delays and the only thing that got him back in the studio was this very particular accommodation. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/3/1/840731.jpg)
“The Voice” in Field of Dreams is uncredited.
![It's never been confirmed who whispered the iconic Field of Dreams line. If you build it, he will come could have been said by any of the movie's actors like Kevin Costner or Ray Liotta, but director Phil Alden Robinson says no one has guessed correctly yet. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/3/0/840730.jpg)
Xbox controllers can take about 3 million button presses.
![It takes about 3 million presses to wear out a button on an Xbox controller. Microsoft has been testing the Xbox One's controller by pressing its buttons over and over, between 4-5 times a second. Data is then recorded and used to improve the devices. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/2/6/840726.jpg)
Opossums have an unlucky number of nipples.
![The Virginia Opossum is one of the few animals with an odd number of nipples. The female usually gives birth to 18 to 25 babies, each smaller than a honey bee. The mother has only 13 nipples so if a baby doesn't latch on to one it will not survive. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/2/4/840724.jpg)
The US gave a moon rock to a Dutch Prime Minister that was just fossilized wood.
![The moon rock gifted to the former Dutch Prime Minister by the U.S. ambassador was a piece of wood. The petrified wood from U.S. ambassador J. William Middendorf was gifted to former Prime Minister Willem Drees, part of the Giant Leap goodwill tour after the first moon landing. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/3/7/840737.jpg)
Mississippi banned Sesame Street for having minority actors.
![Sesame Street was banned in several states for casting Black and hispanic actors. 123 SESAME STREET 10 MIN IIII EPISODE During a meeting in 1970, the Mississippi Authority for Educational Television took an informal poll and decided Mississippi wasn't ready for Sesame Street and their integrated cast. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/2/3/840723.jpg)
The plan to assassinate Kim Il Sung failed spectacularly.
![South Korea hatched a plan in 1968 to assassinate Kim Il Sung. Recruits (petty criminals) snapped during intense training on a remote island, killed their trainers, hijacked and blew up a bus in Seoul, killing 15. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/2/8/840728.jpg)
Disney isn’t the only one cryogenically frozen.
![250 people in the US have cryogenically preserved their bodies to be revived later. 1,500 people had made arrangements for cryopreservation of their corpses in the future, even though there is no technology yet to bring them back. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/2/5/840725.jpg)