14 Trivia Tidbits That Completely Deleted Our Brains

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14 Trivia Tidbits That Completely Deleted Our Brains

A few weeks ago a friend told me about his new girlfriend's cat. The girl had gotten it from a shelter and named it Paws (which is a terrible name for a cat but whatever) after she realized how cute he was with those little paws on his big, scruffy body. Paws was very affectionate and friendly to her when they were dating, but as soon as she got engaged things changed. Now the cat was hostile toward him whenever she left the apartment.

"It started off like normal," said my friend. "Paws was just being difficult when we're out. He doesn't want to be around people at all." Then one night when they were together in their home Paws jumped into bed beside them and growled menacingly. Apparently, something had set him off. Something made him fly off into unholy feline rage. Turns out, it was an article my friend had been reading -- a list of fifteen facts that went ...

Sony infringed on copyright to catch users doing the same.

In 2005, Sony illegally installed unremovable rootkits on 22 million computers to prevent the users from ripping copyrighted music. SON TRILUMINOS DISPLAY It also reported user's listening habits back to Sony. Ironically, the code itself contained open source software, and so infringed copyright. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

BBC 

Lice on your head and in your pants are key in understanding human evolution.

Geneticists can see when humans lost their primate hair by the divergent evolution of pubic and head lice. DNA comparisons between the human head louse and pubic louse indicate a common ancestor about 12 million years ago. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Nature 

Police officers in Norway must complete 3 years of higher education.

It takes 3 years of higher education to become a police officer in Norway. The training takes place at a university college and each graduate gets a bachelor's degree in Police Studies. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Oxford 

A type of moth looks and smells like bird crap.

The Macrocilix maia moth confuses predators with design patterns on its wings that mimic two flies eating bird poop. It even releases a pungent odor to drive home the deception. The poop design and smell just about completes our knowledge of this species. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

BoingBoing

The idea to make Resident Evil more cool turned into Devil May Cry.

The original idea for Resident Evil 4 was supposed to be a cool and stylish It was canceled and eventually became what we now know as Devil May Cry. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

IGN 

Don’t joke about sniffing glue when you’re a pilot.

A Southwest Airlines pilot quoted the movie.ll Airplane! before crashing. Concerned about the weather, the pilot jokingly said I picked a bad day to stop sniffin' glue, shortly before his plane crashed. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

NY Times 

Eagles will save the easy to catch food for when their babies start hunting.

The Harpy Eagle parents prey on harder to catch food further away from the nest. That way, when the child eagle finally begins to hunt on its own, an abundant amount of easy to catch prey like sloths are available close to the nest. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Peregrine Fund 

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