18 Random Facts To Spice Up Your Brain Diet With Some Variety
You can't survive just on memes and quotes from comedies.
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Once upon a time, you had to travel if you wanted to learn. The book with the tidbit of info you wanted might exist only in a library in Belarus. Nowadays the internet puts the world's knowledge just one click away -- so, of course, we're all binge-watching The Office for the sixth time.
That doesn't mean we've become uninterested in knowledge, though. Our minds crave more than just memes and quotes from TV comedies -- so we have prepared these facts to keep your brain diet varied with some light learning. These won't make you erudite, but at least you'll become a more interesting person to talk with.
And if you're left itching for more, you can just follow the links under each image.
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![She-Hulk was created for copyright reasons. With The Incredible Hulk being successful on TV, Marvel feared a spin-off would be made featuring a female](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/0/9/745209.jpg?v=2)
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![A pandemic in the 19th century was blamed on the telegraph. Just like conspiracy theorists today think 5G is the cause for COVID-19, the Russian Flu o](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/9/8/745198.jpg?v=2)
![DC let a harasser edit their comics for years. Eddie Berganza was Superman executive editor, and in 2070 he was promoted to executive editor. At least](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/9/9/745199.jpg?v=2)
![CRACKED COM China is building a new Great Wall made of trees. China is trying to stop desertification in the traditional Chinese way - by building a h](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/9/7/745197.jpg?v=2)
![Cats were accused of killing babies. Not too long ago, when a baby died with no explanation, the cat was often pointed to as the culprit. Some believe](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/9/6/745196.jpg?v=2)
![Black Lightning was almost a white bigot. Black Lightning was DC Comics' first black superhero with his own title. At first he was going to be Black B](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/9/5/745195.jpg?v=2)
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![CRACKED COM A (fake) queen lived for years in a train station. In 1974, the queen of the lost kingdom of Oudh set residence in New Delhi's central tra](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/9/2/745192.jpg?v=2)
![Martin Luther King Jr. had an advice column. In the '50s, Reverend King had a column in Ebony magazine titled Advice for Living. He'd often talk abo](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/9/1/745191.jpg?v=2)
![CRACKEDCOMT A flying head was cut out of the Bible. According to The Life of John the Baptist, after John was beheaded, his head flew around the world](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/0/1/745201.jpg?v=2)