Fun Facts For Your Brain To Munch On

Every day, Cracked cooks for you nourishing curiosities and trivia seasoned with funny. But sometimes you don't have time for a whole meal -- and for just such occasions, we have prepared these crunchy snacks with the leftovers. This way, you'll never lack for your comfort brainfood.

And if these make you hungry for meatier details, you can just click on the links under each appetizer image.

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CRACKEDcO Blue-eyed people are likelier to become alcoholics. Genetics is a mess. If you have genes for blue eyes, it's likely that you also have geneMore: Totally Random Things That Make You, Well, You

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The poOP emoji from comics. 00 comes n Everyone's favorite emoji was already big in Japan before emoji were even a thing. A popular 1980s manga calledMore: 3 Emoji With Awesomely Bizarre Origin Stories

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Batman has a second secret identity. In the comics, Matches Malone was a gangster who died while trying to kill Batman - and who happened to look exacMore: Superhero Details Only The Apex Nerds Know

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Charles Darwin was on a quest to eat every animal species. Darwin's interest in animals was twofold - both scientific and gastronomical. He sampled puMore: Old-Timey Icons With WTF Habits

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The voice of Bambi became a Marine. Donnie Dunagan voiced young Bambi when he was 6 -and for decades, he didn't tell anyone. He went on to join the MaMore: Casting Hollywood Kept Buried Forever

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Alligators weren't the first mythical sewer dwellers. Urban legends about sewer gators have their roots in Victorian London. Underground workers knownMore: Urban Legends Older Than You'd Think

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Superheroes used to be the bottom of the comics barrel. Back in the'40s, comics boasted a much greater variety than today. Crime and horror were the tMore: Past Superhero Trends That Now Look Nuts

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CRACKEDCON Unlimited vacation time usually means less vacation time. More and more companies are offering the perk of unlimited paid time off -but thiMore: 5 Work Perks (That Are Actually A Trap)