Gilbert Gottfried’s Five Best Dirty Jokes, According to His Widow

Funny Jim Gaffigan Hulu Special Breaks the ‘Skinny’ Comic Curse

Book Your Next Vacation in Charlie Chaplin’s Sex Cabin

Clancy Brown Says Mr. Krabs Is Misunderstood By Everyone, Even the ‘SpongeBob’ Writing Staff

Before ‘The Simpsons,’ Milhouse Was Part of Matt Groening’s Rejected Kids’ Show

12 Movie And General Now-You-Know Facts

More snacks to feed your hungry brain.

12 Movie And General Now-You-Know Facts

August 13, 2020

There's something super satisfying about learning cool new facts. Maybe it triggers endorphins, or something. (Ed Note: Be sure to look that up and find out.) Anyway, whatever the reason, we're always running across cool knowledge, and the least we can do is share it so everyone can have a good brain day.

Please enjoy the following:

13

Friends continues to generate massive revenue. The show earns $1 billion/y year for Warner Bros., which translates into $20 million annually for cast — Source: Showbiz Cheat Sheet

12

Yale students pranked Harvard by handing out 800 placards at a football game. Instead of spelling Go Harvard they said We Suck. NOW YOU KNOW — Source: Theboola

11

The New York Post was founded by Alexander Hamilton & was a respected publication. CWLUNNLUDI HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR Gunmon forees woman te deca — Source: The Hollywood Reporter

10

McDonald's did away with their miniature spoon coffee stirrers because they were used to do cocaine. Medonald PERE SUGAR M McDonald's S to an TUTE In — Source: Snopes

9

A skeleton found in a Cheddar, U.K. cave has a relative living half a mile away. The person teaches history & is nearly 300 generations removed. NOW Y — Source: The Independent

8

Wasps use complex chemical signals called alarm pheromones to defend their colonies. Intruders are sprayed and thus 'marked,' rousing the colony & coo — Source: Phys.org

7

During the Flint, MI water crisis, General Motors stopped using city water at their plant. FLINT WATER PLANT High levels of chlorine were corroding en — Source: The New York Times

6

Another total facepalm

Ernie Hudson auditioned for the same part in The REAL Ghostbusters animated series that he played in the movie. Producers felt he didn't sound enough — Source: CBR

5

A True Story, the first sci-fi novel, was written in Greek during the 2nd century CE. AOKLANOR AA'ATA. LVCIANI SAMOSATENSIS pera, Tmequdemexant omnit, — Source: Project Gutenberg

4

A Florida man cut open his truck when he heard purring inside. He found a kitten. The kitten was adopted & people offered to help pay for his truck re — Source: CNN

3

The term 'caucasian' originally described skull traits, not exclusively white skin color. Skin colors ranged from white-skinned to dark brown. NOW YOU — Source: British Medical Journal

2

Emilia Clarke has suffered two brain aneurysms. 5 Her charity, Same provides treatment for stroke & brain injury patients. NOW YOU KNOW — Source: The New Yorker

1

Need more movie and history facts? Check out another batch. All three of Tom North Korea is the Cruise's wives were only necrocracy in 33 when they th — 12 Boss Movie & General 'Now You Know' Facts

Scroll down for the next article

Must Read

Science & History

38 Financial Facts to Delicately Slip Into That Slot Atop Your Skull

Trivia & Jokes

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

Trivia & Jokes

35 Delicious Bits of Trivia That Are Gluten-Free, Guaranteed

Science & History

Five Scientifically Weird Things That Predict Disaster

Trivia & Jokes

35 Awkward Memories That Keep People Up at Night

Movies & TV

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia a Clown Pulled Out of Our Ear

VIRAL ON CRACKED

1

34 Random Bits of Trivia That Are Like Super Soldier Serum for Your Cerebellum

2

22 of the Funniest Moments in TV History

3

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

4

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

5

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia a Clown Pulled Out of Our Ear