13 Trivia Tidbits About Area 51, Killer Toothpaste, and Bone Chandeliers
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What is being human? Well, being human means experiencing a large spectrum of emotions. Happy, sad, diarrheal. You get it. However, here at Cracked, we believe that anything that does not spark joy should be thrown into a giant mind volcano for it to silently rot away at your soul. Meanwhile, on the outside, you should be happy and take joy in all the wonder there is in the world. Wonders like a dog that fell overboard and survived on a deserted island by hunting widdle adorable baby goats. Or how about the happy fact that Charlie Chaplin got a 15-year-old girl pregnant? What about the words “human bone chandelier” doesn’t that phrase make you feel like a million ZILLION giant rainbows are exploding inside of you?
So stuff your suffering down into a deep, dark hole that will ultimately rise against you, and enjoy these 13 fun facts!
Terrifying Toothpaste
![CRACKED THE CIA WANTED TO ASSASSINATE A WORLD LEADER USING TOOTHPASTE. During the Cold War, the CIA wanted to assassinate Congo's prime minister and Soviet Union ally, Patrice Lumumba, using poison that could be slipped into his toothpaste. The poison would have mimicked common Congo diseases, so people would think he just took ill naturally.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/7/888147.jpg)
Lynchian Humor
![CRACKED DAVID LYNCH APPEARS IN ONE OUT OF FOUR EPISODES OF THE CLEVELAND SHOW. Не plays Gus, the local bartender. Не never explained why he agreed to voice the character other than a writer asked him.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/1/888141.jpg)
20th Television
David Lynch Appeared in Exactly One Out of Every Four Episodes of ’The Cleveland Show’
Not So Funny Friendship
![CRACKED GROUNDHOG DAY RUINED BILL MURRAY AND HAROLD RAMIS' FRIENDSHIP. After squabbling on set, the two wouldn't talk for 30 NGLER years - until Murray visited Ramis when he was essentially on his deathbed.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/0/888140.jpg)
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Bill Murray and Harold Ramis Were the Best of Friends. Then ’Groundhog Day’ Happened
Gobbling Gold
![CRACKED YOU CAN EAT PURE GOLD. Eating 24-karat gold will not harm you. Any edible gold needs to be made from at least 90% of it.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/3/888143.jpg)
’Futurama’ Drama
![CRACKED GETTING FUTURAMA ON AIR WAS ABSOLUTE HELL. In 1999, Matt Groening told Mother Jones, It has been by far the worst experience of my grown-up life. ... I guess I shouldn't have been surprised because this is how everyone is treated. But I thought I would have a little bit more leeway since I made Fox so much money with The Simpsons.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/2/888142.jpg)
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Rubik’s Readers
![CRACKED THE BEST-SELLING BOOK OF 1981 WAS A GUIDE ON HOW TO SOLVE A RUBIK'S CUBE. Actually, several different guides to solving a Rubik's Cube were on the bestseller list for that year.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/6/888146.jpg)
A German Gentleman
![CRACKED DURING WORLD WAR II, A GERMAN SOLDIER DIED TRYING TO RESCUE AN AMERICAN SOLDIER. An American soldier stepped on a mine intended to keep the Americans away. When no American medic came to his aid, a German soldier sent his own team to help and died when he stepped on a mine himself.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/8/888138.jpg)
Drugged Up
![CRACKED AMERICA IS ONE OF TWO COUNTRIES THAT ALLOW PRESCRIPTION DRUG ADVERTISING. The other is New Zealand.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/5/888145.jpg)
5 Uniquely American Laws That Other Countries Don’t Seem To Need
A Hard Dog’s Night
![CRACKED IN 2009, A DOG SURVIVED FOR FOUR MONTHS ON A DESERTED ISLAND. The dog had fallen off a boat and swam five miles to the nearest island. She survived by hunting baby goats.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/4/888144.jpg)
Another Bad Guy With A Hitler Mustache
![CRACKED CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S SECOND WIFE WAS ONLY 12 WHEN THEY MET. Не got her pregnant when she was 15, and married her when she was 16. Не was 35.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/9/888139.jpg)
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No Bones About It
![CRACKED THE SEDLEC OSSUARY, IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC, IS MADE WALL TO WALL WITH HUMAN BONES. The chapel's interior even features a chandelier that incorporates every single one of the 206 bones in the human body - and all of them are real.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/7/888137.jpg)
I Want To Ride My Bicycle
![CRACKED IN THE 1800S, PEOPLE WERE AFRAID BIKES WOULD MAKE WOMEN SLUTTY. This was partially due to the theoretical contact the seat could have with a woman's vagina. People were so obsessed with this that someone went as far as to design a side saddle bicycle (which didn't catch on, for obvious reasons).](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/6/888136.jpg)
You can become an Area 51 flight attendant.
![CRACKED YOU CAN BECOME AN AREA 51 FLIGHT ATTENDANT. AREA WARNING 51 RESTRICTED AREA Use of deadly force authorize NO TRESPASSIN All you need is a high school diploma and the ability to qualify for top- secret security clearance.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/5/888135.jpg)
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