15 Bits of Trivia That Pickled Our Grey Matter in a Silty Brine of Minutiae
![15 Bits of Trivia That Pickled Our Grey Matter in a Silty Brine of Minutiae](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/2/892802_320x180.jpg)
Ahoy there internet faring mateys! Get ready to laugh yer head off with this list of outrageous gold dubloon-worthy fun facts. For stARGH-ters, did you know that actor Freddie Prinze Jr. said 'shiver me timbers' and sailed away from Hollywood in 2010 to become a writer for the WWE? Or that Charlie Brown's little sister Sally found her 'treasure' and was voiced by Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas when she was only 10 years old? Aye, and legends say there were even cases of twins separated at birth who both married and divorced women with the same names! Even their first mateys, aka their dogs, shared a name! Now, don’t let this overdone pirate shtick scare you off like the ghost of Blackbeard himself might! Instead set sail on a hilarious journey filled with these incredible facts and more – it's time to get your laffs on Pirate-style! Or just normal human style- honestly I genuinely don’t care about you or pirates. Just read the facts already.
Charlie Brown Eyed Peas
![CRACKED CHARLIE BROWN'S LITTLE SISTER SALLY WAS VOICED BY FERGIE. The Black Eyed Peas singer was 10 years old when she voiced the character in the '80s.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/5/892265.jpg)
TDC Photography/Shutterstock,
United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
Flytrap City
![CRACKED THE VENUS FLYTRAP ONLY GROWS IN WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. The bug-eating plant is only found natively within 60 miles of Wilmington. It is also illegal to dig them up.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/7/892267.jpg)
Twinning
![CRACKED TWINS SEPARATED AT BIRTH LIVED WILDLY SIMILAR LIVES. They were both named James by their respective families - then each went on to marry and divorce women named Linda, get remarried to women named Betty, have sons named James Allan and James Alan, and dogs named Troy.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/6/892266.jpg)
NBC (via The Mirror)
Wrasslin Freddie
![CRACKED FREDDIE PRINZE JR. WORKS FOR THE WWE. Prinze retired from acting in 2010 to become a writer and producer for World Wrestling Entertainment.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/4/892264.jpg)
Really White House
![CRACKED THE KING OF NORWAY LIVED IN THE WHITE HOUSE AS A CHILD. During World War II, much of the Norwegian Royal Family lived in the White House. This includes the current King of Norway, who was between the ages of three and eight at the time.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/3/892263.jpg)
Andrea Izzotti/Shutterstock,
National Library of Norway/Wiki Commons
Prodigy Princess
![CRACKED NASCRED NEW HIS SEVEN-YEAR- OLD DAUGHTER AS A PRODUCER. Nas listed his child daughter as an executive producer on his Platinum album Stillmatic, to ensure she will always receive royalties from the album's sales.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/5/9/892259.jpg)
Ill Will Records,
Columbia Records
Building Suspense
![CRACKED THE CGI EMPIRE STATE BUILDING IN KING KONG TOOK LONGER TO MAKE THAN THE REAL ONE. It took 18 months to create the CGI building in Peter Jackson's version of King Kong. For context, the real Empire State Building only took 14 months to build.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/5/6/892256.jpg)
Universal Pictures
Benjamin Harrison 2: Electric Boogaloo
![CRACKED BENJAMIN HARRISON WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO HAVE ELECTRICITY IN THE WHITE HOUSE. However, he was so unsure of this new technology that he never touched any of the light switches, for fear of being electrocuted.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/5/8/892258.jpg)
Paris Marry
![CRACKED MEDIEVAL FRENCH MEN COULD GET MARRIED (SORT OF). There was a legal category called enbrotherment, which allowed two men to share living quarters, pool their resources, and effectively live as a married couple. There was not a similar process for women.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/0/892260.jpg)
Mushroom Man
![CRACKED FUNGI ARE GENETICALLY CLOSER TO ANIMALS THAN THEY ARE TO PLANTS. Which might explain why they have a meatier texture.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/5/5/892255.jpg)
Toxic Toads
![CRACKED POISON DART FROGS ARE NOT POISONOUS IN CAPTIVITY. It's the alkaloids coming from their prey that makes them poisonous. Bugs fed to them in captivity do not have these chemicals. However, in the wild, they are the world's most toxic animal.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/1/892261.jpg)
A dam in China has made the Earth spin slower.
![CRACKED A DAM IN CHINA HAS MADE THE EARTH SPIN SLOWER. Three Gorges Dam has slowed the Earth's rotation by 0.06 microseconds. This is due to the sheer weight of the dam thing.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/2/892262.jpg)
Clam Jam
![CRACKED THE U.S. NAVY DIVING MANUAL HAS DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR ESCAPING A GIANT CLAM. This was due to a pervasive myth that divers could be eaten by the harmless mollusk.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/5/3/892253.jpg)
Crikey Camel
![CRACKED AUSTRALIA HAS THE LARGEST CAMEL POPULATION IN THE WORLD. In the 1860s, many camels were brought over for traveling purposes. When cars were invented, they were abandoned as a transportation method -making them an invasive species.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/5/7/892257.jpg)
Mo Minerals Mo Money
![CRACKED ASTEROIDS ARE WORTH A HUGE LOT OF MONEY. NASA has estimated the value of minerals in the asteroid belt as exceeding $600,000,000,000,000,000,000 That's nearly $100 billion per person currently alive.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/5/2/892252.jpg)