15 Now-You-Know Facts That Bopped Our Field Mice
![15 Now-You-Know Facts That Bopped Our Field Mice](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/1/874941_320x180.jpg)
You might not know it, but there are a few things in this world that are straight out of a movie. For example, did you know that there's a real place called Tatooine? That's right - just like Luke Skywalker's home planet in Star Wars, there is an actual town in Tunisia spelled Tataouine. The below-ground cave dwellings of the native Berber population make for quite the attraction for tourists and filmmakers alike. Or how about this fun fact: at one point in history, the Vice President was chosen by whoever got the second most votes in the presidential election! After 1804 when the Twelfth Amendment came into play (which meant vice presidents were no longer runners up), the position became much less significant. Lastly, do you ever feel like people are constantly keeping tabs on you? Well artist Hasan Elahi knows exactly what that feels like. After he tired of being interrogated by FBI agents on suspicion of terrorism (despite having no ties to terrorist organizations whatsoever), he created a website which documents his location at all times. It told the world he rides the subway a lot, basically.
Gilead’s shares fell after it developed a drug to cure Hepatitis C.
![A pharmaceutical company developed a cure for Hepatitis C, and their stock plummeted. SL NDd GRAGKED.COM ps gnes Gilead's shares sank 9.7% in one day in 2017 since they were effectively eliminating their persistent customer base. The money is in the treatment, not the cure.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/8/874958.jpg)
Oxford students get fancy when it’s time to take an exam.
![Students at Oxford University are required to wear an academic dress for all of their examinations. CRACKED.COM This includes a suit, gown, bowtie, and color coded carnation. Students wear different gowns depending on their grades. The student body in 2015 voted to keep the tradition intact.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/7/874957.jpg)
Nursing opossum babies can’t unlatch for two months.
![Baby opossums get stuck to their mother's nipple for up to two months. CRACKED.COM When newborn opossums latch onto their mother's nipple for the first time, the nipple swells, and the baby becomes stuck to it for 55 to 60 days.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/6/874956.jpg)
‘Top Gun’ was made in collaboration with the Pentagon.
![The film 'Top Gun' was made in collaboration with the Pentagon and enlistment spiked when it was released. CRACKED.COM The Navy set up recruitment tables at theaters playing the movie, and polls soon showed rising confidence in the military.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/5/874955.jpg)
A scale model of the solar system was made in a Nevada desert.
![A group of guys made a to-scale model of the solar system in Black Rock Desert, Nevada. CRACKED.COM They felt that pictures online couldn't capture the size of our solar system and they wanted to give an accurate example.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/4/874954.jpg)
China did not make glass for 500 years.
![China did not produce glass between the 14th-19th centuries. GRACKED COM Due to the early invention and their love of ceramics, they were left behind in the progression of sciences and didn't have things like glass windows and mirrors.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/3/874953.jpg)
Poop to the eyes killed a monkey researcher.
![An Emory researcher died after a herpes-infected rhesus monkey flung poop into her eyes. CRACKED.COM Elizabeth R. Griffin was helping to move a caged rhesus monkey when the animal tossed a small drop of fluid at her. She died 6 weeks later from herpes-b complications.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/2/874952.jpg)
The US is being taken over by wild boar.
![5-6 million wild boar live across 35 states in the US. CRACKED COM Researchers at the USDA's National Wildlife Research Center concluded that, unless we do something about their numbers, large portions of the USA are in immediate risk of invasion.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/1/874951.jpg)
The tallest tsunami in recorded history hit Alaska in 1958.
![Alaska was hit by a tsunami taller than the Empire State Building in 1958. GRACKED.COM Thye Mega Tsunami, which occurred as a result of the Lituya Bay earthquake, measured 1,720 feet tall and was the tallest ever recorded.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/0/874950.jpg)
Rival religious groups formed in Mexico over soft drinks.
![There are rival Pepsi and Coca-Cola shamans in Mexico. CRACKED.COM Mexican shamans began to use Coca-Cola in their religious rituals to heal worshippers. When PepsiCo discovered this, they offered commissions to shamans for using Pepsi instead.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/8/874948.jpg)
Hitler wasn’t aware of the D-day landing as it happened.
![Hitler learned of the allied D-day landings only when he woke up at noon the next day. CRACKED.COM His staff did not dare wake him up because he had been up till 3 am chatting with friends at his residence.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/9/874949.jpg)
Tatooine is a real place on Earth.
![Tatooine from 'Star Wars' is a real town in Tunisia, spelled Tataouine. GRAGKED.COM The below-ground cave dwellings of the native Berber population, designed for coolness and protection, render the city and the area around it a tourist and filmmakers' attraction.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/6/874946.jpg)
Dick Van Dyke was told he had a different birthday.
![Actor Dick Van Dyke didn't know his actual birthday until he was 18. CRACKED.COM His parents lied to him about his birth date to cover up the fact that he was conceived out of wedlock.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/7/874947.jpg)
Presidential candidates that got the second most votes used to be given the Vice Presidency.
![The Vice President position used to be filled by the presidential candidate with the second most votes. GRACKED.COM After the Twelfth Amendment, which meant vice presidents were no longer the runners-up in the presidential election, the position was considered an insignificant office.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/5/874945.jpg)
An artist made a site to track his location when he got sick of being interrogated by the FBI.
![Artist Hasan Elahi created a website to document his location at all times. CRACKED.COM Elahi was tired of being interrogated by the FBI on suspicion of terrorism, so he launched the site in 2003. Не spends a lot of time on the subway.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/4/874944.jpg)