23 Commonly-Taught Historical Facts That Just Aren’t True
‘Most of the well-known medieval torture devices never existed’
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- By Eli Yudin
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This Is Why Mississippi Once Banned Sesame Street
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- By Matt Solomon
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12 Farm-Fresh Trivia Tidbits for Thursday, April 10, 2025
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- By Jesse
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Olivia Munn Reveals That John Mulaney Isn’t Actually the Fun Parent
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- By Keegan Kelly
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Four Times ‘SNL’ Clapped Back at Problematic Guests
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- By Matt Solomon
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37 of the Funniest Tweets from Thursday, April 10, 2025
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- By Carly Tennes
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A Disney Executive Really Wanted to Cast Steve Martin as Goofy
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- By JM McNab
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‘SNL’ Gets U.K. Spin-Off, Even Though Brits Seem to Hate ‘SNL’
They don’t have a great track record with accents
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- By JM McNab
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This Stand-Up Star Says He Was Runner-Up to Play Abed on ‘Community’
Though even the second-place finisher knows that Danny Pudi nailed it
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- By Keegan Kelly
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29 Unrealistic Behaviors on TV That Would Look Completely Alien in the Real World
After this sweet line, we’ll hold a few seconds for laughter
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- By Cracked Writers, Jay Wells L'Ecuyer
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A Ray Lewis Pep Talk Inspired John Mulaney to Pitch His Failed Sitcom
Think twice before taking life advice from Lewis
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- By Matt Solomon
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Now That Lorde’s Back, Can ‘South Park’s Randy Marsh Handle Another Storyline?
Lorde will have a lot on her plate in Season 27
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- By Keegan Kelly
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23 of the Worst Things That Happened on Someone’s Birthday
‘Invited the whole class to my birthday party and only one person showed up’
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- By Eli Yudin
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‘The Studio’ May Have Been Inspired by This Comedy Legend’s Behind-the-Scenes Battle
The real-life story is even better
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- By JM McNab
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25 of the Most Impressive Scenes in Movie History
‘Sicario, border-crossing scene’
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- By Amanda Mannen
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‘King of the Hill’ Fans Will See ‘Hank Hill in A Whole New Way’ During Series Reboot, Disney Exec Promises
‘I’ll tell you hwat…’ — Craig Erwich, probably
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- By Carly Tennes
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Fox Originally Tried to Make Matt Groening Do Constant ‘Simpsons’ Clip Shows
Cheap, repetitive and reliable clip shows were supposed to be the norm
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- By Keegan Kelly
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14 Funny, But Highly Enlightening Words of Wisdom from Commencement Speeches
You hire comedians for comedy, not optimism
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- By Jesse
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‘Seinfeld’ Fans Have One Specific Note for Stephen King’s George Costanza Reference
Too bad Elaine Benes wasn’t his editor
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- By JM McNab
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The Sexiest Television Comedies of All Time
Do they make you horny, baby?
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- By Matt Solomon
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Breaking Down Every Episode of ‘Black Mirror’s Seventh Season
Why try to give an aggregate assessment of an anthology series when we can consider each one on its own?
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- By Tara Ariano
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6 Cheery Old Ads for Stuff That’s Now Illegal
Mmmm! Food filled with embalming fluid!
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- By Ryan Menezes
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25 Riddles to Make You Lose Your Mind
‘What word begins with e, ends with e, and contains one letter, but is not the letter e?’
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- By Carly Tennes
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29 Jokes That Made Us Laugh — Or Died Trying
These will have you rolling in the aisles (or your eyes rolling in the back of your head)
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- By Cracked Writers, Jay Wells L'Ecuyer
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40 Sturdy Bits of Trivia That Would Be on the Bottom of Any Fact Pyramid
The cornerstones of any factual structure
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- By Cracked Writers, Jay Wells L'Ecuyer
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41 Random Bits of Movie, TV & General Trivia We’ve Trained Crows to Deliver
It’s nice to just sit and be served facts once in a while, isn’t it?
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- By Jay Wells L'Ecuyer, Cracked Writers
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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Slap Like That Jam, You Know The One
Trivia that shakes the moneymaker
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- By Cracked Writers, Jesse
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