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30 Random Bits of Trivia That’ll Fit Right Into Your Brain Like Jigsaw Puzzle Pieces

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CRACKED THE SEDLEC OSSUARY, IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC, IS MADE WALL TO WALL WITH HUMAN BONES. The chapel's interior even features a chandelier that incorporates every single one of the 206 bones in the human body - and all of them are real.

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CRACKED CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S SECOND WIFE WAS ONLY 12 WHEN THEY MET. Не got her pregnant when she was 15, and married her when she was 16. Не was 35.

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CRACKED IN 2009, A DOG SURVIVED FOR FOUR MONTHS ON A DESERTED ISLAND. The dog had fallen off a boat and swam five miles to the nearest island. She survived by hunting baby goats.

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CRACKED AMERICA IS ONE OF TWO COUNTRIES THAT ALLOW PRESCRIPTION DRUG ADVERTISING. The other is New Zealand.

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CRACKED DURING WORLD WAR II, A GERMAN SOLDIER DIED TRYING TO RESCUE AN AMERICAN SOLDIER. An American soldier stepped on a mine intended to keep the Americans away. When no American medic came to his aid, a German soldier sent his own team to help and died when he stepped on a mine himself.

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CRACKED THE BEST-SELLING BOOK OF 1981 WAS A GUIDE ON HOW TO SOLVE A RUBIK'S CUBE. Actually, several different guides to solving a Rubik's Cube were on the bestseller list for that year.

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CRACKED GETTING FUTURAMA ON AIR WAS ABSOLUTE HELL. In 1999, Matt Groening told Mother Jones, It has been by far the worst experience of my grown-up life. ... I guess I shouldn't have been surprised because this is how everyone is treated. But I thought I would have a little bit more leeway since I made Fox so much money with The Simpsons.

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CRACKED YOU CAN EAT PURE GOLD. Eating 24-karat gold will not harm you. Any edible gold needs to be made from at least 90% of it.

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CRACKED GROUNDHOG DAY RUINED BILL MURRAY AND HAROLD RAMIS' FRIENDSHIP. After squabbling on set, the two wouldn't talk for 30 NGLER years - until Murray visited Ramis when he was - essentially on his deathbed.

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CRACKED DAVID LYNCH APPEARS IN ONE OUT OF FOUR EPISODES OF THE CLEVELAND SHOW. Не plays Gus, the local bartender. Не never explained why he agreed to voice the character other than a writer asked him.

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CRACKED THE CIA WANTED TO ASSASSINATE A WORLD LEADER USING TOOTHPASTE. During the Cold War, the CIA wanted to assassinate Congo's prime minister and Soviet Union ally, Patrice Lumumba, using poison that could be slipped into his toothpaste. The poison would have mimicked common Congo diseases, so people would think he just took ill naturally.

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CRACKED JOHN HURT'S CHEST-BURSTING SCENE: REAL REACTIONS, REAL BLOOD, REAL SCREAMS. The actors in the first Alien movie had no idea what would happen during the famous chest-bursting scene with John Hurt. Their reactions were real, including Veronica Cartwright's scream when she got sprayed with blood.

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CRACKED SUBMARINES HAVE XBOX CONTROLLERS - BECAUSE WHY NOT? In 2017, the US Navy announced they'd be swapping out the expensive and complicated helicopter-style control sticks for Xbox 360 controllers to more easily navigate periscopes on submarines.

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CRACKED WHALES: OCEANIC TRENDSETTERS. In 1987, a female killer whale in the Puget Sound was seen with a dead salmon on her nose. This unusual behavior quickly spread to the other whales in the area, and within six weeks all three pods were doing it.

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CRACKED IDA WOOD: FROM SOUTHERN BELLE TO RECLUSE. In 1907, socialite Ida Wood sold off her valuable items and took out almost a million dollars from her bank. She then vanished and moved into a hotel, where she stayed for 24 years until her sister passed away in 1931.

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CRACKED WILT CHAMBERLAIN: ONE AND DONE. Wilt Chamberlain was the only NBA player ever to make a dunk shot during a free throw. 100

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CRACKED THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT: AMERICA'S FIRST ATTEMPT AT DEMOCRACY. On November 11, 1620, the Mayflower Compact was signed, which was the first document to establish a government in the United States.

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CRACKED OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE: FOUNDED BY LIPSTICK-WIELDING ROMANTICS? The people who started Outback Steakhouse wrote the name of the restaurant on a mirror, using red lipstick, when they founded it. OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE OPEM FOR LUNCH

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CRACKED DOROTHY GIBSON: SURVIVED THE TITANIC, STARRED IN A MOVIE ABOUT IT A WEEK LATER. Dorothy Gibson was the only person to make it off the Titanic and then star in a movie about it. Saved from The Titanic was filmed just one week after she got ashore in New York. Founded A°. D' 1728 by Be in APR.8.1911 5c THE COPY

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CRACKED COFFEE: THE WORLD'S SECOND MOST POPULAR LIQUID. People around the world really love their coffee - it's one of the most popular things on the planet, right after oil. Specifically, it's the world's second most-sought commodity.

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CRACKED WORKERS DONATE A DAY'S PAY FOR AN APTLY NAMED BOMBER. In 1944, the workers at Hanford Engineer Works gave up a day's wages to buy a B-17 bomber, which they named Day's Pay and gave it to the U.S. Army Air Forces. Tor PACH DAYS PAY a 10 THE ARMY AR FORCES AS A R If EMPLOYEES OF # NFORD El

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CRACKED ART IMITATES LIFE, OR IN THIS CASE, A PINEAPPLE PRANK. Two students left a pineapple on a table as part of a prank at a Robert Gordon University art exhibition. A few days later, it was still there, in a new glass case, now officially considered art.

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CRACKED TOUGH TIMES MAKE FOR GREAT PERFORMANCES. Performing artists who have gone through tough times as kids are more likely to get into a flow state when they're performing, according to science. |

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CRACKED ALAN TURING COULD HAVE BEEN AN OLYMPIC RUNNER. Alan Turing could have competed in the Olympics. His best marathon time was only 11 minutes slower than the winning time of the Olympics that year - an impressive 2 hours 46 minutes 3 seconds.

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CRACKED A SCHOOLTEACHER SAID НЕ WAS JESUS' BROTHER AND 20 MILLION PEOPLE PAID THE PRICE. The 19th-century Taiping Rebellion was one of the most devastating civil wars in history, with an estimated 20 million people losing their lives. It was started by a schoolteacher who said he was Jesus Christ's brother.

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CRACKED LAS VEGAS: WHERE DREAMS GO TO TIE (UNDERGROUND). There's a huge network of tunnels underneath Las Vegas, and it's estimated that hundreds of people live down there in makeshift homes. FKMN RAIS

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CRACKED SEVEN SISTERS, 100,000 YEARS OLD? TALK ABOUT ANCIENT HISTORY. Many cultures call the Pleiades constellation Seven Sisters even though only six are visible, and have similar myths to explain that. This might be because, 100,000 years ago, seven stars were visible, making that the world's oldest story.

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CRACKED MALARIA: A CURE FOR SYPHILIS. Julius Wagner-Jauregg won the first Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1927 for his discovery that malaria inoculation could be used to treat paralysis - but really, his patients had syphilis, and the malaria fever killed off syphilis bacteria.

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CRACKED FREE COLLEGE IN GERMANY, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT FROM THE EU. In Germany, unlike most other countries, you don't have to pay to go to university, even if you're not from the European Union.

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CRACKED DREAMS ACHIEVED, LIFE LOST: EVEREST JOURNEY ENDS IN TRAGEDY. A 28-year-old IT expert from the UK had been dreaming of climbing Mount Everest since he was a kid. Не finally made it to the top, but sadly, he passed away just a few hours later from exhaustion and blindness.

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