33 Facts About Money to Stuff in Your Piggy Bank

33 Facts About Money to Stuff in Your Piggy Bank

5 Legendary Sitcoms That Ended Up Nothing Like Their Pilots

5 Legendary Sitcoms That Ended Up Nothing Like Their Pilots

20 Things That Don’t Really Happen in Movies Anymore

20 Things That Don’t Really Happen in Movies Anymore

Maya Rudolph Proves She’s the Maximum Mother of ‘Saturday Night Live’

Maya Rudolph Proves She’s the Maximum Mother of ‘Saturday Night Live’

32 Bleeps and Bloops of Video Game Trivia

32 Bleeps and Bloops of Video Game Trivia

28 Random Bits of Trivia We Traded in All Our Chuck E. Cheese Tokens For

Name a thing. Any thing. And we bet that we’d trade it for these facts. It’s a particularly factual bunch, so trust us, they’re worth it. No haggling like on Pawn Stars. This desperate, fangirl transaction would be more like, “What do you want? My heart? My soul? My place in my parents’ will? It’s yours! Just gimme the facts!”

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Every single Shih Tzu dog today is related to one of 14 dogs that lived in the 20th century. After the breed was nearly driven to extinction, they essentially restarted it with a total of just 14 dogs. CRACKED.COM

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Bees aren't kosher, but honey definitely is, which makes bees kind of unique. Normally, the products of non-kosher animals aren't considered kosher - but that's not the case for bees, because they don't secrete honey themselves. CRACKED.COM

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It turns out that sewage water is actually an important tool for law enforcement. Studying sewage water shows researchers trends in the consumption of illicit drugs, which might be helpful for law enforcement - according to one European official, it's an important new drug monitoring tool. CRACKED.COM

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If you have to shoot a rabid animal, make sure you never shoot the head. Since the virus is heavily concentrated in the brain, shooting the animal in the head can spread rabies (and also make lab testing harder). CRACKED.COM

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If you love (or hate) summer blockbusters, you can thank Jaws for it. Before Jaws got released, summer was considered a dead period for movie releases - and Jaws was the first ever summer blockbuster. CRACKED.COM

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Home Alone held a box office record for a grand total of 27 years. Specifically, it held the record of the domestically highest-grossing live-action comedy in Guinness World Records, and eventually lost that title to the Chinese comedy Never Say Die. CRACKED.COM

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Originally, Venom wasn't supposed to be in Spider-Man 3 at all. Sam Raimi wanted to use Vulture, not Venom, as one of the villains, and set everything up for Spider-Man 4 where Vulture would be the main villain. CRACKED.COM

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MIRACLE OR MEDICAL MYSTERY? YOU DECIDE. A woman at James River Church in the Ozarks said that in March 2021, after some people prayed for her, her amputated toes grew back. Lord, we see what you've done for others' little piggies... CRACKED

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OHIO'S NOT LOVIN' THE TOFU. MAINE UVTOFU OCT Vacationland 23 The state of Ohio told a guy to take off his license plate that said LUVTOFU because it could be seen as offensive. Tolerating tofu? Sure. But once you claim to love tofu, your intentions become suspect. CRACKED

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FLORIDA: WHERE GATORS KNOCK (AND BITE). An alligator tapped on someone's door, and when the homeowner opened it, the alligator bit them. That's just Florida being Florida, we guess. CRACKED

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MONOPOLY CARDS ARE NOT LEGALLY BINDING, DRIVER FINDS. In Minnesota, a driver whipped out a Get Out of Jail Free card from Monopoly during a traffic stop, hoping it would get him out of trouble. Alas, he was disappointed. Chance THIS CARD MAY BE KEPT UNTIL NEEDED OR SOLD GET OUT OF JAIL FREE ©1936, 2015 Hasbro. CRACKED

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TAXES AND ANIME GIRLFRIENDS: PERFECT TOGETHER. RINT ROOM Tax Heaven 3000 lets you have fun while doing your taxes: you can go on dates with anime characters while getting your federal taxes ready. We're just mildly disappointed they didn't call it something like Tithes 'n' Thighs. CRACKED

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CRACKED WISCONSIN SCHOOLS: TOO CONSERVATIVE FOR MILEY CYRUS AND DOLLY PARTON. A school district in Wisconsin decided to take the song Rainbowland, which is about getting along, out of a first- grade spring concert, because it was seen as too controversial.

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CRACKED A PRINCIPAL RESIGNED OVER RENAISSANCE NUDITY. Michelangelo's David caused a stir when it was shown to middle school students in Tallahassee, Florida, and the school's principal ended up resigning.

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CRACKED NEBRASKA: GIVING UP KIDS SINCE 2008. In 2008, Nebraska passed a law that let parents freely give up babies they couldn't or didn't want to take care of. It was originally for babies up to 30 days old, but they changed it so it applied to any child, which led to teenagers being given up.

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CRACKED MATTEL'S NIMBUS 2000: A SHORT-LIVED HIT WITH KIDS AND ADULTS ALIKE. In 2001, Mattel released a vibrating version of Harry Potter's broomstick, the Nimbus 2000. It was a big hit, but it was quickly taken off the shelves after people on Amazon.com started talking about how popular it was among younger girls.

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CRACKED MILLIONS WATCHED A PIG GET BARBECUED (AND THE OWNER GOT DEATH THREATS). The YouTube channel Eaten Pig After 100 days had millions watching the final video, where the pig was cooked on a BBQ. The channel owner got death and bomb threats for it, despite the name of th channel making the deal 100% clear.

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CRACKED BROWN RICE: WHITE RICE'S LESS GLAMOROUS COUSIN. Brown rice is really just white rice, but the outside layer has been taken off. Washing it won't do the same thing as washing white rice, because the outside layer is still there.

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CRACKED MIKE HUGHES: FLAT EARTH BELIEVER HOISTED BY HIS OWN PETARD. Mike Hughes, a pilot who died while trying to launch a homemade rocket in the California desert, was famous for his idea that the Earth was flat. Не wanted to prove his theory by going to space - but he never got that far. by WEEPE OLI

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CRACKED JIRO SATO TRAGICALLY DIED AT 26-DAVIS CUP DREAMS CUT SHORT. Jiro Sato, the greatest Japanese tennis player ever, died in 1934 when he jumped off a ship that was taking him to the Davis Cup. His suicide was due to the guilt he felt for not being able to meet the expectations of others.

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CRACKED TITANIC'S ICEBERG, WITH A SIDE OF RED PAINT, IMMORTALIZED. A photo of the iceberg thought to have sunk the Titanic, with red paint on it that could have been from the ship's hull, hung in the offices of Titanic owner company White Star Line for decades until the company closed up.

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CRACKED LEPTIS MAGNA: THE ROMAN EMPIRE'S BEST-KEPT SECRET. Not many people go to Leptis Magna, one of the most stunning cities from the Roman Empire. It's in Libya and it's really well looked after, so it's been kept safe from any kind of attack. It's even been given UNESCO World Heritage status.

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CRACKED KRAFT MAC AND CHEESE WAS ORIGINALLY SOLDIER RATIONS. Kraft mac and cheese was created in 1916 and was first sold to the U.S. military to feed troops during World War I.

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CRACKED TEXAS TITLE INSURERS MAKE A PENNY FOR EVERY DOLLAR. The Texas title insurance industry is very successful, with a loss ratio of only 1.2 percent. That means for every dollar they make, they only have to pay out a penny to policyholders. POOL FOR SALE

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CRACKED DAVID HASSELHOFF WAS LIKE A GOD IN GERMANY. David Hasselhoff's 1989 song Looking for Freedom was really big in Germany - it was more popular than Jesus, reportedly.

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CRACKED IN THE 1400S, A GUY THOUGHT WOMEN SHOULD FIGHT TOO. In the 1 1400s, one dude wrote a book about how men and women should fight each other. Не seemed to think that women should be able to defend themselves in certain situations. Love have DR. hanaden the noises تم

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CRACKED ZOOS TRADE ANIMALS LIKE POKÉMON CARDS. Zoos don't buy or sell animals, they just swap them with other zoos. The system is based on the trust between the different institutions.

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CRACKED IN IRAN, FLAGS OF THE US, UK AND ISRAEL ARE MADE TO BE BURNED. In Iran, the biggest flag-making factory produces flags from the US, UK and Israel for people to set on fire during protests, even though lots of Iranians have been taking to the streets to demonstrate against their own government. النسع ضرم g+ الفريكا DONA DE ١٤ 2

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