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Is it possible to have worthless information? No way! All those random amusing, funny, terrifying or “did you know” things you’ve crammed into your noggin exist for a good reason, and they’ll come in handy at some point. Besides, there are tidbits, there are factoids, there is trivia, and then by golly, there is mind-blowing knowledge that’s hidden directly behind the gray veil of the mundane. Come, young internet scholar, let us peek behind the curtain…

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In 2006, The Seminole Tribe of Florida purchased the Hard Rock Café hotel and casino business. HardRece CAFE The deal, valued at $965 million, now includes 180 Restaurants, 24 Hotels, and 11 Casinos in 74 different countries. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 Boss Movie & General 'Now You Know' Facts

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The Pentagon has twice as many bathrooms as it needs. This is because it was built during segregation, with separate facilities for black and white employees. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 Boss Movie & General 'Now You Know' Facts

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Most Americans support eliminating the penny, which costs more to produce than it is worth. ONE CENT the 2007 VIUUM booz TRUST BENO Jarden Zinc Products is the sole provider of zinc penny blanks and has lobbyists to preserve the penny. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 Boss Movie & General 'Now You Know' Facts

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North Korea is the only necrocracy in the world. The country is technically still ruled by Kim II-sung, who died in 1994 and remains president by decree. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 Boss Movie & General 'Now You Know' Facts

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Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton burns all unsold bags and products at the end of each year. This is done to ensure product exclusivity and eliminate the sale of discounted merchandise. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 Boss Movie & General 'Now You Know' Facts

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Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's father descended from Black Loyalists. Escaping Southern plantations following The Revolutionary War, they immigrated to Nova Scotia. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 Boss Movie & General 'Now You Know' Facts

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The term 'military grade' doesn't mean what you think it does. To the actual military, it means meeting bare-minimum requirements & doesn't signify quality or durability. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 Boss Movie & General 'Now You Know' Facts

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Astronauts Mark Lee & Jan Davis are the only married couple to fly in space. They wed in secret & didn't tell NASA until it was too late to train replacements. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 Boss Movie & General 'Now You Know' Facts

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During college, Steve Wozniak used an illegal 'blue box' device to call the Vatican. Не pretended to be Henry Kissenger. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 Boss Movie & General 'Now You Know' Facts

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All three of Tom Cruise's wives were 33 when they divorced from him. And each was 11 years younger than the last. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 Boss Movie & General 'Now You Know' Facts

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Louis Armstrong wore a Star of David. Не did so as a tribute to the Jewish family who were a second home & loaned him the money to buy his first instrument. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 Boss Movie & General 'Now You Know' Facts

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A year on Venus is shorter than a day - on Venus. That's because it spins incredibly slowly on its axis. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 "Now You Know" Facts That Have No Business Being True

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Wombat poop is cube-shaped. They arrange their poo to mark their territory, and cubes stack easier than logs. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 "Now You Know" Facts That Have No Business Being True

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The U.S. government was paying a Civil War pension until 2020. The recipient's father was an 84-year-old Union soldier when she was born. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 "Now You Know" Facts That Have No Business Being True

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The Soviets put out a huge gas fire by nuking it. A gas well was on fire for three years before the bomb blew it out like a birthday candle. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 "Now You Know" Facts That Have No Business Being True

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The Greenland shark hits puberty at 150 years old. The oldest one on record may have been 512 when it died. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 "Now You Know" Facts That Have No Business Being True

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Disney World is the second largest consumer of explosives in the world. The U.S. Department of Defense is number one. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 "Now You Know" Facts That Have No Business Being True

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Maine is the closest U.S. state to Africa. Specifically Quoddy Head Lighthouse, the easternmost point of the U.S. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 "Now You Know" Facts That Have No Business Being True

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The Beatles are responsible for the CT scanner. EMI had so much Beatles money, they threw some cash at an employee's independent research project. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 "Now You Know" Facts That Have No Business Being True

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Nintendo is over 130 years old. T BUARDE PLAYING TRADE CARDS MARK THE NINTENDO PLAYING CARD GO SHOMEN-DORI OHASHI, KYOTO. JAPAN. They've sold playing cards, ramen, and even tried their hand at love hotels. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 "Now You Know" Facts That Have No Business Being True

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An early treatment for syphilis was malaria. The guy who came up malarial blood transfusions won the Nobel Prize. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 "Now You Know" Facts That Have No Business Being True

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It's pretty gunked up down there.

The first-ever Marvel movie was Howard the Duck. HOWARD the THE DUCK There was an earlier Captain America movie, but Marvel didn't actually exist yet. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 "Now You Know" Facts That Have No Business Being True

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More than 1/4 of your bones are in your feet. You have 26 in each foot, and 206 total. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 "Now You Know" Facts That Have No Business Being True

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The 1767 expedition of the HMS Dolphin had to be cut short due to accidental horny mutiny. Captain Samuel Wallis noticed his crew were dismantling the ship for iron parts, which were traded for sex with locals. CRACKED.COM — Source: 10 Historical 'Now You Know' Facts

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An astronaut pooped and puked all over Apollo 8 in mid-orbit. Frank Borman got briefly but violently ill, to the extent that it overwhelmed the waste system. Meaning: poo and spew orbs floating around the cabin. CRACKED.COM — Source: 10 Historical 'Now You Know' Facts

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Pepsi was once the 6th largest navy in the world. L'Est CHIN Y VIII MITH IN IV . F WIL HE VI VII - IV - XI VII WILL ... es hwep ПЕПСИ-КОЛ ПЕПСИ ПЕПСИ-КОЛА - ЗОВАРНЫЙ E ПЕПСИ-КОЛА SPAR RANBER ТОВАРНЫЙ il AOR - - NET НИ the - DE 13 11 17 .. 33 : DE 12 ЛЬНИЙ 179 11 21 = 37 27 13 15 17 10 The USSR had restrictions on transporting rubles outside of their territory, so they made good on a $3 billion contract in 1990 with 17 submarines, a frigate, a cruiser and a — Source: 10 Historical 'Now You Know' Facts

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The Wanggongchang Explosion killed 20,000 people in the capital of the Ming Dynasty in 1626. THE CHINI AN OCEAN No one knows what caused it, but it killed several government officials and the emperor's only heir. The only guard who remained calm enough to protect the emperor was killed by a falling ceiling tile. CRACKED.COM — Source: 10 Historical 'Now You Know' Facts

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The largest bell ever made was lost by a greedy governor. Est Portugese warlord Filipe de Brito e Nicote was granted a governorship, then promptly declared independence. Не tried to melt the Shwedagon Pagoda's 23-ton bell to make cannons, then dropped it in a river. De Brito was executed at the stake. CRACKED.COM — Source: 10 Historical 'Now You Know' Facts

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In WWI, the German ship SMS Cap Trafalgar was disguised to look like British ocean liner RMS Carmania in order to raise hell behind enemy lines. But the first ship the Trafalgar encountered was the real Carmania, which laid waste to the imposter. CRACKED.COM — Source: 10 Historical 'Now You Know' Facts

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Napoleon's first wife performed a sex act that baffles modern historians. NNEst ft. S S They exchanged tons of extremely dirty letters, which mentioned, but never explained, something called a zig-zag. CRACKED.COM — Source: 10 Historical 'Now You Know' Facts

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The Anglo-Zanzibar War was the shortest war in recorded history. N Est The 1896 skirmish between Aniward the British Empire and the Zanzibar Sultanate lasted 45 minutes, tops. The British managed to kill 500 soldiers in that time, while losing only 1 of their own. CRACKED.COM — Source: 10 Historical 'Now You Know' Facts

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Yang Kyoungjong was a Korean soldier in WWII who was forced to fight on 3 sides of the war. V Не was conscripted into the من Japanese army, captured and forced to fight by the Soviet army, then again by the German army, over the course of 5 years. CRACKED.COM — Source: 10 Historical 'Now You Know' Facts

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Ohio and Michigan once went to war - over Toledo. N Est L MICHIGAN Maumee Toledo Bay Disputed Toledo Strip Perrysburg OHIO Maumee River Aniwage From 1835-36, the two states argued over a thin strip of land at their border. It escalated to a brawl wherein someone was stabbed with a pen knife, but that was the only casualty. CRACKED.COM — Source: 10 Historical 'Now You Know' Facts

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