15 Bizarro Bits of Trivia About Moonquakes, Politically Motivated Carrots, and Fran Drescher’s Alien Abduction
![15 Bizarro Bits of Trivia About Moonquakes, Politically Motivated Carrots, and Fran Drescher’s Alien Abduction](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/4/4/886744_320x180.jpg)
Unless you’re a lame nerd, you know that school is for fools. That place never taught anything good or gorey- just a bunch of numbers and stupid words.
Fast forward to now and you’re probably a cool adult/millionaire who has never had to use algebra a day in their life. Luckily, since you’re already probably a sick-ass millionaire, you can spend your day here, learning about actually cool things.
Things like: the weirdly political reason carrots are orange, and how to rent a panda from a world superpower. Or, dive into the non-lame side of our presidents and find out which one owned a kickass whiskey distillery (and which one simply kicked people’s tails). If you’re really feeling academic, you can read about Fran Drescher’s strongly held belief that she was abducted and branded by aliens.
This list is your oyster, but not your teacher, because those are lame and we are cool (a la a cartoon cat smoking a cigarette and wearing sunglasses). Anyway, here are the facts:
Dark Dino Days
![CRACKED THE DINOSAURS HAD SHORTER DAYS THAN WE DO. The speed of the Earth's rotation is slowing, so in the time of the dinosaurs, a day was only 23 hours long.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/3/886283.jpg)
George & Coke
![CRACKED GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS ONCE THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST WHISKEY MAKER. At his peak in 1799 he made 11,000 gallons.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/2/886282.jpg)
Pricey Pandas
![CRACKED ALL THE PANDAS IN THE WORLD ARE OWNED BY CHINA. China rents the pandas out to other countries for around 1 million dollars per panda, per year.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/1/886281.jpg)
Fighting Abe
![CRACKED ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS A PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER. Before going into politics, Abraham Lincoln was the wrestling champion of his hometown. Out of the 300 matches he fought in, he only lost one.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/8/0/886280.jpg)
Balmy Bangladesh
![CRACKED THERE ARE 6 SEASONS IN BANGLADESH. They include: Grishmo (summer), Borsha (rainy), Shorot (fall), Hemanta (cool), Sheet (winter), and Boshanto (spring).](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/9/886279.jpg)
Cats In The Cradle And The Shaky Moon
![CRACKED THE MOON EXPERIENCES MOONQUAKES. The moon is actively shrinking as its interior cools, causing its crust to shake, similar to an earthquake.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/8/886278.jpg)
Bee on Bee Violence
![CRACKED BEES CAN STING OTHER BEES. This mainly occurs when intruder bees try to steal a hive's honey, forcing guard bees to sting them to death.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/5/886275.jpg)
Sour Puss
![CRACKED CATS CAN'T TASTE SWEET THINGS. All cats, from house cats to tigers, can't taste sweet things because they lost the gene that would allow them to do so over a million years ago.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/7/886277.jpg)
Sea Lion Salsa
![CRACKED SEA LIONS ARE THE ONLY NON-HUMAN MAMMAL WHO CAN KEEP A BEAT. They join parrots as the only non-humans who can recognize and follow along with musical rhythm.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/0/886270.jpg)
Beach Bum Banana
![CRACKED BANANAS ARE CURVED BECAUSE THEY GROW TOWARDS THE SUN. They evolved to do this because they grow in the rainforest where leafy foliage can block most of the sun's rays.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/6/886276.jpg)
Far Out Fran
![CRACKED FRAN DRESCHER BELIEVES SHE WAS ABDUCTED BY ALIENS. She also believes her ex-husband was abducted, because they share the same hand scar that Drescher believes is a microchip that was programmed for them to meet.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/1/886271.jpg)
Britney Spears didn’t start as a solo artist
![CRACKED BRITNEY SPEARS WAS ORIGINALLY IN A GIRL GROUP CALLED INNOSENSE. The group formed in 1997 and stayed together through 2003. However Spears left the first year to pursue her solo career.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/4/886274.jpg)
Coloring with Carrots
![CRACKED BEFORE THE 17TH CENTURY, CARROTS WERE MOSTLY PURPLE. Around this time, the Dutch began breeding them to be orange in support of William of Orange- who led the fight for Dutch independence.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/3/886273.jpg)
Languishing Language
![CRACKED A LANGUAGE OR DIALECT DIES EVERY TWO WEEKS. Over the next century it is estimated over 7000 languages will be abandoned in favor of world languages such as English, Spanish and Mandarin. LANGUAGE learning Э60 FOR everyone](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/9/886269.jpg)
Sucking Secretariat
![CRACKED THE FIRST VACUUM WAS OPERATED BY HORSES. In 1903, engineer Hubert Cecil Booth invented the vacuum- which was horsedrawn and had a per-visit price of a maid's annual salary. MY6612 HC Operating Booth's Patents ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE OSBORNE BRITISH VACUUM CLEA No](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/2/886272.jpg)