33 Random Bits of Trivia About Digital Media, Social Media and Any Other Media That Helps Give Your TV A Little Break

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33 Random Bits of Trivia About Digital Media, Social Media and Any Other Media That Helps Give Your TV A Little Break

Don’t get us wrong, random TV and movie facts, we love you. Just check out the plethora of articles covering each of you here on the site if you don’t believe us. There’s just this other batch of random facts out there that hasn’t quite gotten its due. 

We’ve finally built up enough facts about other forms of media to compile one big ol’ list, and other than the guilt trip we’ll surely receive from you, we’re pretty excited to get these out there. It’s a sorry, not sorry situation, ya know?

Lorde

Lorde used to review onion rings on the Instagram account @onionringsworldwide. onionringsworldwide From the service stop Burger King near Hatfield. ] didn't actually know Burger King did onion rings. and good thing didn't because they are not good. Characteristics were a mulched onion filling with a distinct bitterness 1/5. Here's one example: eom Bareburger in New York Cty Actually pretty gOOd- thick sweet whte onion Gond flavour onthe crumh 4/$ CRACKED.COM

Grindr

Grindr was caught sharing users' HIV statuses with third-party developers. + - AIV Grindr's response was Grindr is a public forum, and it encouraged people to carefully consider what information to include in your profile. They figured they needn't ask you whether it's OK to share your info, even if said info includes sensitive stuff like There's a feared virus in my body. CRACKED.COM

Jack Black

In the quarantine, Jack Black danced a truly spectacular dance on TikTok. Wearing nothing but shorts, cowboy boots, and a cowboy hat, he danced on top of a skateboard half-pipe in his (or someone else's) backyard. CRACKED.COM

Cinnamon

CRACKED TERRIBLE NETTRENDS CHOKING TO DEATH ON CINNAMON The Cinnamon Challenge has been linked to the death of a four-year-old, who choked to death after ingesting nearly a whole container of cinnamon powder.

Milk Crates

CRACKED TERRIBLE NETTRENDS CLIMBING A PYRAMID MADE OUT OF MILK CRATES TikTok has put a stop to the Milk Crate Challenge, where you make a pyramid out of milk crates and try to climb it. Hospitals and medical staff have been overwhelmed with people who've tried it.

Wisconsin

The former governor of Wisconsin documented his every meal on Instagram. Не took photos of his regular, everyday lunches, day after day--a deadly dull parade of ham and cheese sandwiches in brown bags. CRACKED.COM

Detergent

CRACKED TERRIBLE NETTRENDS POISONING YOURSELF WITH LAUNDRY DETERGENT The Tide Pod Challenge has been really popular among teenagers, and it's led to a lot of intentional exposures to laundry detergent packets. In the first half of January 2018, there were 39 cases reported, the same as the whole of 2016.

Match.com

Match.com partnered with Amazon's Alexa, but they didn't quite think the programming through. People asked the device for dating advice, and it responded with a mix of helpful tips and humorous sass. Some people asked questions about what constitutes consent. Alexa's reply: LOL. Apparently that's a default response to questions the device can't answer. CRACKED.COM

OKCupid

Two Danish researchers grabbed data from 70,000 OKCupid users for a study. They like Cap'n Jazz Doreen, 2 96% matcl Lisa, 30 88% match Kamilla, 28 cal match This included information you might consider sensitive, such as orientations, fetishes, and drug usage. They never contacted the users about this study. They didn't hack the data, and the law says they did nothing wrong. Theyjust created a username and accepted OKCupid's privacy policy. CRACKED.COM

Myspace Profile

You were never supposed to be able to customize your Myspace profile. Greenlake View My: Pics Contacting Send Message Add to Frends /Call Add to Group

Myspace Tom

Myspace Tom left Myspace in 2009 after selling it for a cool $580 million in 2005. He's retired now of course, and uses that cash to travel the world

Online Relationships

Almost half of relationships (in America) begin online. CRACKED.COM 40 percent of people say that their relationship began online in one form or another, whether that be dating apps like Tinder, or social media like Facebook.

Source: Pew

Khaby Lame

By reacting to absurd life hacks. 002745 2 Drawan CRACKED.COM Khaby Lame quickly rose to fame recently after his videos, which are deadpan reactions to useless life hacks, went viral on TikTok. By breaking down the flaws in a myriad of DIY videos without saying a word, he was able to reach audiences regardless of what language they spoke. To date he has partnered with the likes of Netflix, food company Brilla, and fantasy sports platform Dream11.

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Dame Judi Dench

Dame Judi Dench danced on TikTok, in sketches written by her grandson. THAT Dench said TikTok saved my life in the lockdown -- there was nothing to do, and all the days blurred together, so she did the videos her grandson wrote. CRACKED.COM

Source: Vulture

Facebook

Cops have been heavily relying on Facebook since as far back as 2012. In a 2012 survey, among cops who used social media, 80% of them said they use it to investigate crime. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Source: CNN

Museums on Twitter

Museums across the world competed to post their creepiest object on Twitter. Since it closed, the Yorkshire Museum has been posting a weekly #curatorb

Facebook Dating

Facebook unveiled its new dating feature, simply called Dating. MODEI VACATION Conversatione You 28 Christine, 28 Facebook Dating will definitely us

YouTube

WATCH YouTube videos and browse other websites at the same time on your Chrome with the PICTURE-IN-PICTURE FEATURE. DOUBLE-RIGHT- -CLICK a YouTube vid

Social Media Detox

GIVE SOCIAL MEDIA le A BREAK. 10:29 Ficubook g Twitter in Googlet Pnterest t Linkedlin a Instagram ve Tumblr Mpce Flickr MAe Mvetp g Extensive social

Amp’d Mobile

Founded in 2005, Amp'd Mobile invented the first entertainment-based cellphone two years before the iPhone. It featured a 3G connection, apps, and Liv

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