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42 Random Bits of Trivia We Got From Some Kid’s Lemonade Stand for A Dollar

May 25, 2025

The next time you’re at a lemonade stand, just say the word “tidbit” and the kid will usually pull a fresh batch of random facts from under the table. These resourceful little entrepreneurs thought that facts cool our brains as well as any tall, icy glass of lemonade cools the rest of us. Boy were they right!

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Burgers

The first hamburger was a smushed meatball. In 1885, Charlie Nagreen flattened a meatball, which wasn't selling terribly well, and placed it between slic- es of bread to make it easi- er to carry around and eat at the Seymour Fair in Wisconsin. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Paul Williams

African American architect Paul Williams learned to draw upside down. White clients were uncom- fortable sitting next to a black man, so Williams learned to draft upside down so that he could sit across the desk from his clients who would see his drafts right-side-up. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Diablo 3

THE TREES IN DIABLO 3 ARE MADE OF FLAT PLANES. Front View Side View Each section is painted with great detail, assembled and strategically placed to give the illusion of the real thing when viewed from the right angle. This trick made the trees look incredibly realistic without being very technically demanding. CRACKED.COM

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Melissa McCarthy

CRACKED A hostile set made MELISSA MCCARTHY physically ill She said that she once worked with someone who ran such a volatile, hostile set that it made her physically ill. My eyes were swelling up, | was absorbing all of this nuttiness. There were people weeping, visibly so upset by this one person.

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Lance Armstrong

Investing in Uber is what enabled Lance Armstrong to survive financially. Although he'd lost millions, his investment in Uber ballooned - when he invested, Uber's valuation was $3.7 million, and it later went to $120 billion. CRACKED.COM — Source

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British Parliament

of British Parliament are not allowed to eat or drink in chambers. With one weird exception: Chancellors can drink alcohol while delivering the Budget Speech. GRAGKED.COM — Source

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Hair Dryers

Hair dryers used by hairdressers often contained asbestos through the late 1970s. Hair dryers containing as- bestos, including hand-held and hood vari- eties, which were used to insulate the appliances, made up 90% of annual U.S. hair dryer sales. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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B.J. Novak

Children's books written by celebrities The Book With No Pictures B.J. Novak The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak The actor and writer from The Office pulls a twist on the usual children's book by offering no pictures, to illustrate (wordplay!) how the written word can create enough fun on its own. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CSI Fingerprint Examination Toy Kit

Product Recalls CSI Fingerprint Examination Toy Kit The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization did a study in 2007 and found out that the hit had asbestos in it. That's not something you want anywhere, let alone in a toy for kids, so the kit was recalled. AGES 10+ CSI: ADULT SUPERVISION RECOMMENDED WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD Jomal parts Not for - - 3 yours CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION WARNING: FINGERPRINT - - - e EXAMINATION KIT - - - USE FINGERPRINT BRUSH COLLECT TO GUST EXAMINE, REAL D RECORD PRINTS FINGERPRINTS WITH CHISSON'S CSI TEAM CSI: un nar VAO Done Always F HAND CRIME — Source

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Treasure Planet 2

Willem Dafoe had a movie cancelled when he was about to show up for filming. It was Disney's Treasure Planet 2, and he was supposed to voice the bad guy. They pulled the plug when he was 30 minutes from the studio. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Human Brain

Our brains respond differently to singing than other music Neuroscientists have found neurons in the human brain that light up when we hear singing but not other music. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Jeopardy!

Ken Jennings' record-setting run on Jeopardy! SMA THINK His 74-game winning streak lasted from June through November of 2004, and he became a household name. The streak netted him $2,520,700. CRACKED — Source

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The Possession

BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2012 THE POSSESSION Actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan did not believe in spooks, but he does now. While filming, Morgan would feel random cold breezes, a light went from being turned off to exploding, and a fire engulfed a storage room full of props (including the possessed Dibbuk box prop the movie revolves around). CRACKED.COM — Source

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Daria

CRACKED DARIA MORGENDORFFER WAS BORN ON THE BACK OF A PAPER PLATE. John Garrett Andrews, the supervising producer of the animated series Daria, first drew the iconic misanthropic high schooler Daria Morgendorffer on the back of a paper plate. — 15 Trivia Tidbits About ‘Daria’ / EW

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The Golden Girls

CRACKED BEA ARTHUR & BETTY WHITE The Golden Girls castmates were polar opposites, and although it made for great comedy on screen, White said that Arthur found her sunny disposition annoying, and they rarely spoke off-camera. — The Richest / People / Waldina

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Garth Brooks

Celebrities who tried something new CHRIS GAINES GREATEST HITS DesaMarkley Chris Gaines was no Garth Brooks. In 1999, Brooks released an album as his Aussie rock star alter ego Chris Gaines. The album, said to have ruined Brooks' career, is considered one of the biggest flops ever. CRACKED — Sterling Munksgard/Shutterstock,
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The Ol’ Fake Documents Trick

A criminal labeled as 'dangerous' got released after his accomplices sent a false document demanding his release using a fax machine in a grocery store. Not only did the document contain spelling errors, it also had the mark of the grocery store which the officials actually saw. They claimed that spelling errors were actually quite common in court documents and checking the document's source was not a part of the procedure. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Times Crooks Escaped ... With (Accidental) Police Help

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A Fake Chinese Bank

A fake branch of a genuine bank in China operated normally for more than 1 year. CRACKED.COM By the time authori- ties closed the estab- lishment down, all the money that customers put in (~$32 million) was gone. — Telegraph

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Danny Elfman

CRACKED.COM Sam Raimi Не had a falling out with Danny Elfman. Raimi pressured Elfman to stick as close as possible to the Hellraiser scoure he was using as a temporary soundtrack for Spider- Man 2. Elfman said he wasn't going to ape someone else's work, and quit in anger. — Source: We Got This Covered

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Korea

There's a Korean word to describe a person who's better at everything than you. CRACKED.COM Coined in 2008 on the webcomic Golbanghwansanggok, Umchina is a Korean term meaning mom's friend's son, and is used to describe a person who's better at everything than you are. — Nate

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Hippos

Hippos' skins can naturally produce sunscreen. Hippos secrete a red fluid that acts both as an anti-bacterial and a sunscreen against the harsh African sun. Pretty neat. GRACKED COM — Source: 15 Animals With Envy-Inducing Biology

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Trees

WEIRD WORLD There's a tree that smells like rotting fish, and it's becoming a massive pest. It's so awful to be around that states are even offering bounties to people who destroy those trees. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Powderpuff Girls

CRACKED.COM THE POWERPUFF GIRLS theme song is based on a sample from the break in the James Brown song Funky Drummer. — Source: 29 Hit Songs' Secret Backstories

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Household Chores

Couples that share housework have sex more often. The gender-neutral division of labor in the home can increase sexual frequency and satisfaction. Additionally, couples that don't divide chores based on traditional men's and women's tasks sometimes have even better sex lives than those who do. CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Bizarre Statistics About Relationships And Sex

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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was a trash-talking wrestler in the army. As a president, Lincoln was a patient leader, but as a young adult, he'd kick your ass. During one of his matches, Lincoln defeated his opponent, then turned to the crowd and said: I'm the big buck of this lick. If any of you want to try it, come on and whet your horns. Which is basically 19th century speak for Come at me, bro. CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Bizarre, Unexpected Facts About Historical Figures

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Dinosaurs

TYRANNOSAURUS REX IS CLOSER TO YOU IN TIME THAN TO STEGOSAURUS. T. rex went extinct 65 million years ago. By then, Stegosaurus had been dead for 85 million years. CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Facts That Get In Accepted History's Face

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The Vatican

CRACKED.COM Vatican City has the highest crime rate per capita in the world, which is 1.5 crimes per person. A vast majority of the crimes are committed by tourists and pilgrims, and they often go unpunished because the city doesn't have a prison system. — 29 Seemingly Normal Cities With Disturbing Facts

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Batman and Robin

FANS AREN'T THE ONLY ONES WHO HATE BATMAN AND ROBIN. George Clooney also thinks the movie was a disaster, and he says he apologizes for it every chance he gets. He only took the role because he thought it would further his career. He even keeps a picture of himself as Batman in his office, to remind him of what happens when you make movies purely for commercial reasons. CRACKED.COM — Source: 32 Ace Facts About Famous Characters

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Minecraft

The overworld in Minecraft is 9 million times larger than Earth. The procedurally generated world of Minecraft populates a little at a time, following the POV of your character. If you were to fly from one end of the overworld to as far as it can go, going as fast as the game allows, it would take you 25 years to reach the end. CRACKED.COM — Source: Wired

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Casino

Robert De Niro was actually throwing out real dollar bills in Casino, not props. who In the casino scene, he's tossing actual $50 and $20 bills, which made things complicated - they had to go Everybody freeze! the moment filming stopped. CRACKED.COM — Source: GQ

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Moana

Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the Moana song Shiny as a nod to David Bowie. He did it specifically for Jermaine Clement, the voice of Tamatoa and singer of the song, who's a big Bowie fan and does a great Bowie impression. CRACKED.COM — Source: Yahoo

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Silence of the Lambs

Anthony Hopkins ad-libbed Lecter mocking Clarice's accent in Silence of the Lambs. Jodie Foster's reaction was real oshe felt genuinely horrified. CRACKED COM — Source: CBR

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FM Radio

Pretty much every smartphone on the market has an FM radio, but it's deactivated. Manufacturers leave it off by default, saying there's basically no demand since people are mostly using streaming mobile apps. NOW YOU KNOW

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Pamela Anderson

Pamela Anderson was caught on a jumbotron. EX CRACKED CO A very horny camera operator became fixated on a babe wearing a Labatt's shirt at a Canadian Football League game one day. The crowd loved her so much, she was brought down onto the field for a more public oggling. She — Source: 7 Celebrity Careers That Launched by Accident

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Patrick Stewart

Patrick Stewart would never have starred in ThE Next Generation if he'd known how long it would be on the air. He thought it'd go on for four or five — Source: BBC

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Blade Runner

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The Sound of Music

THE ACTOR: Christopher Plummer THE ROLE: Baron von Trapp in The Sound of Music WHY HE Plummer's most famous HATED IT: role makes him cringe. It was s

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The Aztecs

Aztec rulers can't let even one of their feet touch the ground. Aztecs believed that their strong tonalli (souls) can have a huge impact on the univer

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Larry Ellison

Larry Ellison owns a Hawaiian island. KAUA'I NI'IHAU O'AHU MOLOKA'L MAUI LANA'I KAHO'OLAWE HAWAI'I ISLAND In 2012, the founder of Oracle bought 98% of

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David Tennant

David Tennant's birth name was David McDonald but there was already a David McDonald in the actors' union he was ing SO he had to change it. He fl

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Danai Gurira

Mostly known as Michonne in The Walking Dead, and Okoye in Black Panther, Danai Gurira COMICAVE 813910 INEINI is also a playwright, who wrote Eclipsed

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