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Now You Know: Pizza-Hustling Dead-Drunk In His Underwear Boris Yeltsin & Other Wild Facts

We're constantly running into facts that make us stop and think, "well that's weird." So weird, in fact, that they're too good not to share. Here's a collection of strange, true things we learned this week.

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Sean Bean was afraid to fly in helicopters while filming LOTR. The cast and crew watched him climb cliffs in full costume to avoid flying. NOW YOU KNOKnow More

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Night vision goggles could soon be a thing of the past. Researchers injected nanoparticles into mice that gave them night vision for 10 weeks. NOW YOUKnow More

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Johnny Knoxville turned down a spot on Saturday Night Live. HHO He did it because he wanted to continue working with his friends and have full controlKnow More

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The Disgrace of Gijon was a terrible football (soccer) match. The German commentator refused to continue, the Austrian urged viewers to change the chaKnow More

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Babylonians used base 60 mathematics instead of base 10. TT 13 KYS 34 KYYS 24 45 14 K 35 KO 25 W 46 15 KK P 36 K 2 26 4 Y 16 H 37 K 27 4 17 38 28 ThaKnow More

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Christopher Lee read the LOTR books every year. He was the only film cast member to have met Tolkien himself. NOW YOU KNOW Know More

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Forcing is a method of growing rhubarb in the dark. It grows SO quickly you can hear it. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM Know More

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A quiet U.S. POW was nicknamed The Incredibly Stupid One by his Vietnamese captors. He provided 200 POWs' names upon release memorized to 'Old MacdoKnow More

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Toronto hides city power transformers in fake houses. There are currently 90 hiding in plain sight. NOW YOU KNOW Know More

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In The Dark Knight, the nametag on Joker's nurse uniform reads 'Matilda.' ENCY 1 DENT It was a tribute to Heath Ledger's two-year-old daughter. NOW YOKnow More

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A Dutch company is attempting to train crows to pick up cigarette butts. They deposit them in a receptacle and receive a peanut for a reward. NOW YOU Know More

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In 1994, Russian President Boris Yeltsin was found dead drunk in his underwear on a Washington, DC street. He would not return to his hotel without a Know More

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