43 Random Bits of Trivia That Fell Right Into Our Fact Trap

12 Farm-Fresh Trivia Tidbits for Thursday, November 21, 2024

Ben Stiller Teases a ‘Surprise’ Twist Involving His Dirtbag ‘Happy Gilmore’ Character

35 Random Bits of Trivia About Quentin Tarantino That Aren’t About His Whole Foot Thing

12 Animals and How They Plan to Kill the Zookeeper

20 Pieces Of Now-You Know Trivia 10/03/22

Cookie Monster eats rice cakes, not cookies.

20 Pieces Of Now-You Know Trivia 10/03/22

October 02, 2022

Fun science time! Did you know that hookworm larvae enter our intestines through our feet and blood stream? After they enter the blood and into the lungs, they crawl up the trachea, get swallowed into the stomach, and then journey to the intestines to mature, reproduce, and lay eggs. Crazy, right?! We, uhh, hope you weren't reading this at lunch or anything. Ahem … anyway! Let's talk about something only slightly less ghoulish. People frozen to death are often found naked and misidentified as a victim of a violent crime – just before lethal hypothermia, a person will undress themselves because they perceive themselves to be overheating when indeed they’re freezing (paradoxical undressing). Can you imagine the reactions from investigators trying to solve a case? Angelina Jolie once tried to hire a hitman to kill her. She felt that murder would be easier on her family than her committing suicide. The would-be-hitman talked her out of it by asking her to wait a month. Thankfully for everyone, not least of all Angelina Jolie, he was successful.

20

Dali was afraid of grasshoppers.

Salvador Dali was afraid of grasshoppers because of childhood bullies. Other kids frequently hurled grasshoppers and other insects at him. When they appear in Dalí's work, grasshoppers are used as a symbol of destruction, waste, and fear. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Northwest

19

A family in Turkey walks on all fours.

One family in Turkey walks on all fours due to a rare syndrome that strikes the areas of the brain that controls balance. This rare mutation pre- vents proteins from dis- tributing fat molecules correctly in the cells, which leads to defective nerve cells, brain dam- age, and loss of balance. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Science Nordic

18

The US tried to win the Vietnam War by playing spooky ghost noises.

The US military imitated ghosts when fighting the Vietcong, called Operation Wandering Soul. The US played tapes of ghost soldiers who had fallen in battle, based on the Vietnamese belief that if a body isn't interred near its corporeal home, the soul will wander the earth. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Gizmodo

17

A fifth of all calories that humans consume is from rice.

20% of all calories collectively consumed by humanity are from rice. Since sizable portions of sugarcane and maize crops are used for purposes oth- er than human consump- tion, rice is the most im- portant food crop with re- gard to human nutrition and caloric intake. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — The Emergence of Agriculture

16

Kleptogenesis involves stealing genetic material to reproduce.

All mole salamanders in the genus Ambystoma are female and no males exist in this genus. These female salamanders 'steal' sperm from up to five different species of salamanders and recom- bine it to produce female hybrid offspring. This method of reproduction is called kleptogenesis. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Nature

15

Proud American

Wal-Mart, Соса-Соӏа, American Airlines and other corporations released a movie called Proud American in 2008. The movie featured an overly-patriotic sto- ryline about the won- ders of American life. It was a failure, and be- came IMDB's worst mov- ie of the 2000's. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

14

The President gets his living expenses deducted from his salary.

The US president gets a bill at the end of each month for his and his family's expenses. The bill includes per- sonal food and ex- penses including dry cleaning, toothpaste, and toiletries, which is then deducted from his salary. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — ScoutLife

13

One person has the rare condition Hamish Syndrome.

There is only one person with Hamish Syndrome, where one kidney is located in the leg. Renel capsule Cortex Renal pyramids Renel artery Perirenal fat Renel vein Renel pelvis Renel fascia Pararenal fat Renal papilla ureter Named after Hamish Robinson, the condi- tion is believed to be caused by a missing chromosome named 7p22.1. Both kidneys are fully functional. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Med News

12

The existence of atoms was hypothesized around the 4th century BCE.

Democritus, who lived between 460 and 370 ВСЕ, theorized that matter was made of atoms. The ancient Greek philos- opher hypothesized that tangible matter is com- posed of tiny units that can be assembled and disassembled by various combinations. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — A History of Western Philosophy

11

Every new building since 1951 in Israel is built with a bomb shelter.

Since 1951 it is required by law in Israel that new buildings will have bomb shelters. Every new building will have a security room that can withstand blast and shrapnel from convention- al weapons, and offer pro- tection against chemical and biological weapons. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — NY Magazine

10

One green lamp with a listening device was at the center of a price-fixing scandal in the ‘90s.

An FBI wiretap used the same lamp to bug rooms in the lysine price-fixing scandal. The FBI arranged to have the same green lamp with a bugging device setup in every hotel room where corporate whistleblower Mark Whitacre stayed and met with fellow executives. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Accounting Today

9

Tobey Maguire dreamed of becoming a chef.

Tobey Maguire's mom bribed him to take acting classes. When Tobey was in sixth grade, he dreamed of be- coming a chef and asked his mother to sign him up for a home economics class. His mother bribed him with $100 to take an acting class instead. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — CNN

8

JTT left Hollywood to study philosophy.

Jonathan Taylor Thomas walked away from fame at the height of his career to study philosophy at Harvard. After high school, he en- rolled at Harvard Universi- ty, where he studied phi- losophy and history and spent his third year abroad at the University of St An- drews in Scotland. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — The Gazette

7

Cookie Monster doesn’t eat cookies.

In Sesame Street, Cookie Monster ate painted rice cakes and not cookies. Since the oil from real cookies would damage the puppets, rice cakes were disguised to look like choc- olate chip cookies. Maybe this is how Cookie Monster keeps his figure. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — SoYummy

6

You can trade in your dangerous chip pan for a deep-fryer.

Chip pans are the single largest cause of fires in the United Kingdom. The cooking devices cause over 12,000 fires each year. Some cities even of- fer chip pan 'amnesty' pro- grams where you can trade in your outdated deep-sid- ed chip pan for a deep-fry- er. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Staffordshire Fire

5

In ancient India, Diabetes was called honey urine as the urine would attract ants. 8 M Indian physicians Su- shruta and Charaka identified Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes as separate conditions for the first time in 400-500 CE. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

4

HBO demanded that 90% of the pilot to “Game of Thrones” be reshot.

Their original pilot episode of Game of Thrones was so bad that HBO demanded 90% of it be reshot. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the creators of the Game of Thrones TV se- ries, had no prior experi- ence in television and had only limited experience writing movie scripts. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Variety

3

Angelina Jolie tried to have herself killed by a hitman.

Angelina Jolie once tried to hire a hitman to kill her. She felt that a murder would be easier on her family than her commit- ting suicide. The would-be-hitman talked her out of it by asking her to wait a month. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Herald Scotland

2

People will start to remove their clothes just before dying of hypothermia.

People frozen to death are often found naked and misidentified as a victim of a violent crime. Just before lethal hypo- thermia, a person will un- dress themselves because they perceive themselves to be overheating when in- deed they're freezing (par- adoxical undressing). CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — New Scientist

1

Hookworm larvae use the bottoms of our feet to enter our blood.

Hookworm larvae enter our intestines through our feet and bloodstream. After they enter the blood and into the lungs, they crawl up the trachea, get swallowed into the stom- ach, and then journey to the intestines to mature, reproduce, and lay eggs. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — NCBI

Scroll down for the next article

Must Read

Movies & TV

‘The Brady Bunch’s Christopher Knight Wishes His Parents Worked Instead of Him

Movies & TV

This ‘Punk’d’ Producer Nearly Laughed in Ashton Kutcher’s Face When He Heard Kutcher’s Dumbest Prank Idea Ever

Comedy

Are We Sure Ellen DeGeneres Isn’t Leaving the Country Over Her Netflix Special?

Trivia & Jokes

40 of the Funniest Tweets from Thursday, November 21, 2024

Movies & TV

The Original ‘Wizard of Oz’ Featured a Comedy Legend But Was Completely Unhinged

Trivia & Jokes

39 Perfectly Good Bits of Trivia We Pulled Out of the Internet’s Garbage

VIRAL ON CRACKED

1

22 of the Funniest Moments in TV History

2

9 Terrifying Things Doctors Pulled Out Of Living People

3

27 WTF Reasons Kids Were Seen By School Nurses or Guidance Counselors

4

Will Ferrell Trolled Diddy When He Tried to Shut Down an ‘SNL’ Rehearsal

5

22 Shopping Hacks For Outsmarting Stores and Restaurants