20 Wonderful Facts For The Trivia Eager-Beaver

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20 Wonderful Facts For The Trivia Eager-Beaver

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A family in the late 1700s used a 17lb brick of gold as a doorstop.

A 17 pound hunk of gold. was used as a doorstop for years. The shiny rock was brought home by young Conrad Reed, and it took three years until his father, John, took it to a jeweler (who bought it for $3.50). The Reeds started mining and today, the Reed Gold Mine is designated a historic site. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Historic Sites

A type of rhinoceros beetle can lift 850 times its own weight.

A Central and South American beetle can lift over 17 pounds. The Hercules beetle (a spe- cies of rhinoceros beetle) can lift more than 850 times its own weight, making it one of the strongest animals on the planet, pound for pound. That's like a 200 lb human lifting 170,000 lbs. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Discover Magazine

KFC was created by someone from Indiana.

Colonel Sanders wasn't from Kentucky. Harlan Sanders was born and raised in Indiana. Не was 62 and broke when he convinced a restaurant owner to make that restaurant the first Ken- tucky Fried Chicken. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Britannica

The Joker and Luke Skywalker are the same guy.

Mark Hamill played the Joker longer than any other actor. Не got his start doing the Joker in the Emmy award winning 1992 'Batman: The Animated Series' and has been voicing the Jok- er in various mediums ever since. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Mark Hamill

Brad Pitt slept with Mike Tyson’s wife, and was caught in the act.

Mike Tyson caught his ex-wife cheating on him with Brad Pitt. Tyson walked in on the two the day he was going to di- vorce her. Angelina Jolie got Pitt an autographed poster of Mike Tyson for his 50th, signed, Yo Brad! Still love your taste in women. Happy 50th Dude. Best Wishes, Mike. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Republic World

American soldiers couldn’t pronounce the real name of the “Swiss Army Knife.”

Swiss Army Knife was a name created by American soldiers. American soldiers during WWII had trouble pro- nouncing the original name of Schweizer Offi- ziersmesser (Swiss Offi- cer's Knife) and thus be- gan calling the multi-tool a Swiss Army Knife. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Victorinox

A gym teacher invented volleyball in the late 1800s.

Volleyball was invented by a gym teacher. William G. Morgan, a YMCA physical education direc- tor, created a new game called Mintonette on Feb- ruary 9, 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, which later became called volleyball. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Volleyhall

Being a truck driver can make you obese.

Truck driving is the profession that produces the most obese people in the United States. 34-year-old trucker Adam Senn, who stands 6'5 and weighs 450 Ibs, says I don't think trucking attracts bigger people, more that the life- style leads to weight gain. Truck stops aren't exactly health food havens. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Healthline

Former presidents didn’t get a pension until after Truman.

Truman lived off his old army pension after his presidency. His only monthly income was the equivalent of $982 today. Because of this, Congress later passed the Former Presi- dents Act to give U.S. President's pensions. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Forbes

Only young asparagus is used for eating.

Asparagus is related to lilies. Only young asparagus is harvested and used for eating - once the buds start to open, the shoots become woody and unpalat- able. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Britannica

Almost all carbonated soft drinks have a small amount of alcohol.

Most soft drinks contain a small amount of alcohol. Bir - - ة - z Z IA Z Dice Sterline ling Sta Steri ZAZZ adidas مصر SAVY LIVE SAVE SAVE SAVE 2 Z Z f 4 Z ZAURIS Course z ding g og Stell Stel This is due to the fermen- tation of sugars in the drink, and sometimes from the preparation of certain flavor extracts. Yogurt has twice the alcohol content per volume as soda. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Huffington Post

There is a hole in our eye that drains our tears.

Your tears drain into your nose when you cry. Tears are drained into a small passage in the corner of the eye that leads to the nose. Once in the inferior nasal meatus, tears mix with mucus and flow out of the nose. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Mayo Clinic

The 40 in WD-40 stands for how many attempts it took to get right.

WD-40 got its name from how many tries it took to get the formula right. WD-40 It took them 40 at- tempts to get their water displacing for- mula to work, creating Water Displacement, 40th formula - or, WD-40. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

WD40 Company

Bison kill 5x as many people as bears in Yellowstone.

5 times as many people in Yellowstone are killed by bison than bears. Bison can reach speeds of 35 miles per hour and weigh 2,200 pounds, which is like a compact car breaking the speed limit in a school zone. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Forbes

Old maids are the unpopped kernels in a popcorn bag.

Unpopped kernels at the bottom of a popcorn bag are called old maids. These maids, also called spinsters, didn't have enough moisture or cracks in their outer shell that allowed the steam to escape. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Popcorn.org

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