13 Now-You-Know Facts About Movies, Science, History, And More
![13 Now-You-Know Facts About Movies, Science, History, And More](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/5/6/758456_320x180.jpg?v=1)
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That's why sharks always pull rank on trees
![Sharks have been around longer than trees. Sharks started popping up about 450 million years ago, while trees showed up 100 million years later.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/5/7/758457.jpg?v=1)
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![A Fresh Serving Of Trivia About Science, History, Movies, And More - Streaming Despacito used up more power than some countries produce in](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/2/1/758321.jpg?v=2)
![A Fresh Serving Of Trivia About Science, History, Movies, And More - When Baby Groot throws up in Guardians of the Galaxy 2, that's](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/2/5/758325.jpg?v=2)
Not for the meek
![A real buffalo was killed in Apocalypse Now. To get permission from locals to film on their land, the movie crew gave them animals to slaughter for food, including two water buffalo. Francis Ford Coppola decided to film one buffalo's slaughter for the movie. I did not direct it or anything, that was the way they do it. he said in 2019.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/2/2/758322.jpg?v=2)
![A Fresh Serving Of Trivia About Science, History, Movies, And More - Little Richard became a preacher after seeing a sign in](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/2/3/758323.jpg?v=2)
Doctor Who
![A Fresh Serving Of Trivia About Science, History, Movies, And More - In 2013, nine lost Doctor Who episodes turned up i](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/1/9/758319.jpg?v=2)
![A Fresh Serving Of Trivia About Science, History, Movies, And More - In Nepal, there are honey hunters who climb granite cliffs to get hallucin](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/2/0/758320.jpg?v=2)
![A Fresh Serving Of Trivia About Science, History, Movies, And More - In 1969, Pat Sajak cut off Nixon to play Christmas music.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/1/8/758318.jpg?v=2)
Canadians
![A Fresh Serving Of Trivia About Science, History, Movies, And More - Most Canadians live south of the 49th parallel. Ceded to CANADA Britain.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/1/4/758314.jpg?v=2)
John Wick: Chapter 2
![A Fresh Serving Of Trivia About Science, History, Movies, And More - Peter Stormare just kind of stumbled into a role in John ick: Chapter 2. He was](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/3/2/759032.jpg?v=1)
![A Fresh Serving Of Trivia About Science, History, Movies, And More - Most of the sets for Independence Day were built in the same](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/1/7/758317.jpg?v=2)
![A Fresh Serving Of Trivia About Science, History, Movies, And More - In Australia, half of a banknote is worth half its face value. lo 10 USTRALIA](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/1/5/758315.jpg?v=2)