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30 Movie and General Now-You-Know Facts

October 23, 2023

We all love a good fact. They’re interesting, mind-blowing and often quite surprising. And best of all, they’re always true — or at least, as true as anything can be. And so, without further ado, let’s get started…

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Neil Armstrong

We don't know what Neil Armstrong took to the moon. His record for his personal property kit has never been made public. During his moon trip, he took an unscheduled visit to Little West crater, off-camera. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — NBC News

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You can get male cicadas to follow you by fooling them into thinking you're a female cicada. If you snap your fingers so that it sounds like a female's wing flip, male cicadas will be drawn to you and will follow you just about anywhere. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Cincinnati.com

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Crypto

The total value of all cryptocurrencies is now roughly equal to the money spent on gold. 5202g FBIE FINE GOLD GOLD 1000s FINE 999 a 999.0 FI GOLD 4 1000s 000 FINE GOLD 399.9 LIMBE 1000g 1000g LP 999.3 ® In early May, the total value of crypto was FOODS about $2.4 trillion, and the total value of money invested in gold was about $2.6 trillion. CRACKED.COM NOW YOU KNOW — WSJ

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A monkey killed Alexander, the King of Greece Не died at 27, only three years after being crowned, from a disease contracted by the bite of a pet monkey. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Royal Centre

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The spiciest part of peppers aren't the seeds. The hottest part of chili peppers are in the membrane (aka the pith). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — NMSU

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Scheele's Green was extremely popular in Victorian England...and extremely deadly. The dye included arsenic and was commonly used in wallpapers, clothing, and carpeting. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Racked

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The Enterprise in The Next Generation had dolphin and whale crewmembers. CETACEAN NAVIGATION LAB CETACEAN LIFEBOAT (1 OF 4) WET/DRY ACCESS LOCK CETACEAN OPS According to a 1991 technical manual, there's a Cetacean Navigation Lab with 12 bottlenose dolphins and two whales who act as supervisors. This is never shown on-screen, but it's occasionally alluded to in dialogue and set design. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — ScreenRant

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John Cleese

John Cleese considers having a lemur named after him a greater honor than being knighted. They named a lemur species Avahi cleesei after him because of his work for lemur conservation, and he says he'd rather have that than a knighthood or peerage (he turned down a knighthood in 1996). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Irish Examiner

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A computer can tell a real Jackson Pollock from a fake It has 93% accuracy. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Smithsonian

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Aquariums

Aquariums usually can't buy animals, so they barter for them. Putting a price tag on animals leads to poaching, so aquariums mostly barter with other aquariums to get the specimens they want (sometimes in very elaborate deals that take weeks or months of planning). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — NPR

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The horse's head in The Godfather was real. Francis Ford Coppola didn't like the mockup of the fake head the studio wanted him to use, so his scouts went to a dog food plant and found a horse that was going to be slaughtered. They asked for its head when the time came, and the plant dutifully shipped it to them in a crate full of dry ice. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — TIME

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In 1994, one woman got the IRS to agree that her massive breast implants are tax-exempt. She was an exotic dancer, so they were considered a business expense. The legal opinion said: Because petitioner's implants were so extraordinarily large, we find that they were useful only in her business. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Wood LLP

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As many as three U.S. presidents may have died because of contaminated water at the White House. Before 1850, there was a night soil depository (read: a field of human poop) upstream from the White House's water supply. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — The Saturday Evening Post

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In 1999, Raven the chimpanzee chose random stocks using darts. She became the 22nd most successful money manager on Wall Street. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Guinness World Records

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This is a textbook facepalm

A fire destroyed several buildings next to a Carl's Jr. location, and the restaurant was spared. Carl's r CHAREBON CD BUSQEDS Carl's Jr. cooked 165 burgers as thanks to first responders but a grease fire ignited and caused substantial damage to the building. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — The Press Democrat

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Ozzy Osbourne arranged to have Robin Williams come to the house when his wife Sharon had all but given up on cancer treatment. Williams climbed into bed with her, and the entire family went from tears to laughing. Sharon resumed treatment the next day. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Page Six

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A fan drove three hours + 15,000, to bring rapper Boosie OVER 0743,000,000 IN CASH PR OVER 1175,000,000 m PRIZES FROM $500 UP 100130 Badazz some much-needed SINNING NUMBERS Z insulin to his home. YOUR RUMBERS $ $ $ $ PRIZE PRIZE PRIZE PRIZE PRIZE $ S PRIZE PRIZE PRIZE PRIZE PRIZE $ $ $ PRIZE PRIZE PRIZE PRIZE PRIZE S S $ L PRIZE PRIZE 99 PRIZE PRIZE PRIZE VAL $ $ PRIZE PRIZE STON EN She refused payment but stopped to buy a scratch-off lottery ticket after leaving the house and won $14,000. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Revolt

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James Bond first appeared in 1953 and through all the books & movies... On HER MAJESTYS SECRET SERVICE There has been one monarch of Britain: Queen Elizabeth II. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Coronation Facts

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Dogma

Kevin Smith attended a protest for his own movie, Dogma. When an unwitting reporter asked for a comment, Smith said, I don't know, but I've been told, 'not good.''' NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Know More

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Centuries ago, they believed that witches literally kissed the Devil's ass. It was called the Kiss of Shame, and the belief was that it was how witches said hello to Satan. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ancient Egyptians mummified cats so they could follow people in death. Plus, cats represented gods, and gods were happy to get, uh, offerings of cats. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Here Be Dragons wasn't actually a regularly used phrase on medieval maps. It's only been recorded one single time, on a 16th-century globe (Hic sunt dracones, in Latin) - that's it. It doesn't seem any other map ever used it. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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A surprisingly high number of 18th-century pirates were actually from Africa. The reason for that is pretty simple - a pirate ship was one of the few places at that time where a slave could actually free themselves. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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It turns out that dinosaurs could get arthritis, too, the same way we do. That's what multiple studies say - and, for example, a T-Rex found in 1990 (nicknamed Sue) might have been suffering from gout. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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If you eat too much meat that only has protein, you'll eventually die. Apparently, the liver can only process so much protein at once - so you need to add lots of fat, or you'll undergo protein poisoning AKA rabbit starvation. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Discover Magazine

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The Statue of Liberty

The hand of the Statue of Liberty sat in an NYC park for six years. They sent the hand (with the torch) to be displayed in the US to raise the funds needed for finishing the statue - it took years, but it worked. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — VinePair

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Arby's bought Dunkin for $11.3 billion ROAST Beer Sandwich IS DELICIOUS. Arby's Several years prior, Arby's bought Buffalo Wild Wings for $2.9 billion. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — AP News

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A pet cemetery in England offered burial ground for dead Tamagotchi ch People shipped their toys from all over the world to their final resting place. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — CNN

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Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj worked at multiple Red Lobsters before she was famous She was fired from multiple locations. She once followed a customer who hadn't tipped and taken her pen out to their car. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — MTV

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San Francisco

There are 30 to 60 ships buried under San Francisco. The ships remain from the Gold Rush, during the time the city decided to move the shoreline. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — KQED

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