13 Movie (And Other Cool Stuff) Now-You-Know Facts
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![13 Movie (And Other Cool Stuff) Now-You-Know Facts](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/8/3/756483_320x180.jpg?v=1)
Fascinating trivia, as they say, is one of life’s great boredom relievers. And if they don’t say that, they should. Here are 13 arguments to support that:
![13 Cool Things You Didn’t Know About Movies (And Other Stuff) - In 1777, 16-year-old Sybil Ludington rode through New York to rally American troops.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/9/6/756496.jpg?v=2)
![13 Cool Things You Didn’t Know About Movies (And Other Stuff) - Turns out, rats are actually pretty altruistic.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/9/0/756490.jpg?v=2)
![13 Cool Things You Didn’t Know About Movies (And Other Stuff) - 50-80% of the human genome comes from viruses.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/9/2/756492.jpg?v=2)
![13 Cool Things You Didn’t Know About Movies (And Other Stuff) - A 12-year-old slave invented modern vanilla pollination.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/8/9/756489.jpg?v=2)
![13 Cool Things You Didn’t Know About Movies (And Other Stuff) - In 1966, the USSR put out a gas fire with a nuclear bomb.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/8/5/756485.jpg?v=2)
![13 Cool Things You Didn’t Know About Movies (And Other Stuff) -When Nelson Mandela was released from prison, he flinched from a reporter's microphone.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/9/1/756491.jpg?v=2)
![13 Cool Things You Didn’t Know About Movies (And Other Stuff) - You can't revive someone who's flatlining with a defibrillator.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/9/3/756493.jpg?v=2)
![13 Cool Things You Didn’t Know About Movies (And Other Stuff) - 95% of Mongolians are lactose intolerant, even though their diet relies on milk](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/9/4/756494.jpg?v=2)
![13 Cool Things You Didn’t Know About Movies (And Other Stuff) - The Matrix's code is a bunch of scrambled sushi recipes.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/9/5/756495.jpg?v=2)
![13 Cool Things You Didn’t Know About Movies (And Other Stuff) - Originally, Groot was going to be all grown up again in Guardians of the Galaxy 2.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/8/7/756487.jpg?v=2)
![13 Cool Things You Didn’t Know About Movies (And Other Stuff) - Dallas Buyerss Club total makeup budget was $250.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/8/6/756486.jpg?v=2)
![13 Cool Things You Didn’t Know About Movies (And Other Stuff) - The night-time sequence in Mad Max: Fury Road was shot in bright daylight.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/8/8/756488.jpg?v=2)
![13 Cool Things You Didn’t Know About Movies (And Other Stuff) - The Phantom Menace even cGI'd Natalie Portman.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/8/4/756484.jpg?v=2)
Fascinating trivia, as they say, is one of life’s great boredom relievers. And if they don’t say that, they should. Here are 13 arguments to support that: