31 Cavalier Bits of Trivia That Are Looking Down on Your Brain for Not Already Knowing Them

You didn’t know that Kentucky has more barrels of bourbon than people? Pffft
31 Cavalier Bits of Trivia That Are Looking Down on Your Brain for Not Already Knowing Them

As people, we know that it’s impossible to know everything, but these facts are nowhere near as forgiving. Facts are inherently know-it-alls, and, as the moniker suggests, boy do they know it!

They think that just because they know that baseball hand signals were invented by a 19th century deaf player that we’re all automatically supposed to know it too. Well, we don’t, facts. Thanks for the lesson, but please cool it with all the judgment. We’re just humans. Flawed, flawed humans.

Monkeys

Some monkeys are (theoretically) capable of human speech. Those monkeys (like the Japanese Macaque) have the right vocal anatomy, but not the brain anatomy they'd need to actually talk. CRACKED.COM

The Roman Colosseum

The Roman Colosseum had a cloth awning that weighed about 24 tons. It was ed by an elaborate network of ropes, and it was there to protect the people in the Colosseum from the sun. CRACKED.COM

Tigers

In Nepal, there was a tiger that killed 400 people in the early 1900s. She was nicknamed The Demon of Chompawat, and was apparently the deadliest tiger in history (until she got killed by a hunter and tracker). CRACKED.COM

Sammy Davis Jr.

Sammy Davis Jr thought his iconic song The Candy Man would bomb. His exact words: This record is going straight into the toilet. Not just around the rim, but into the bowl, and it may just pull my whole career down with it. It hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. CRACKED.COM

Eggs

Thanks to a specific process, you can't get salmonella from Japanese eggs. In Japan, they use machines that process eggs and make sure they're okay to eat raw, and each machine can process 33 eggs a second. CRACKED.COM

The Loch Ness Monster

The legend of the Loch Ness Monster goes back nearly 1,500 years. GRACKED.COM Written in the year 565 A.D., the tale speaks of a water beast that at- tacked and killed the local people when they went in the river- now known in Scotland as the River Ness.

The Australian Ban on the Word ‘Mate’

The Australian government banned the word mate for a day. CRACKED.COM In 2005, Australian Parlia- ment banned anyone on their staff from using the word mate while at work. Prime Minister John How- ard objected, claiming that mate was an important part of Australian culture.

Florida

Pigs are constitutionally protected in Florida. CRACKED.COM First written in 1838, the Constitution of the state of Florida guarantees the right to privacy, the free- dom of speech, and the right of pregnant pigs to be free from cages.

Pluto

A year on Pluto hasn't ed since its discovery in 1930. CRACKED.COM It takes 248 Earth-years for Pluto to complete one ro- tation of its own around the sun. This places Pluto's first birthday since its dis- covery on Monday, March 23, 2178.

Pigs

Danes once bred a pig to look like the flag in the early 20th century. GRACKED.COM Those who resided in North Frisia under Prussian rule were not allowed to raise the Danish flag. The North Fri- sians bred the Danish Pro- test Pig to be red in color, with a large white stripe around its belly.

Curvy Women

A study found that men who are feeling stressed out prefer women with curvier figures. GRACKED.COM The study had one experi- mental group perform a stressful activity, while the other control group did not. Afterwards, the men in the experimental group rated women with higher BMIs as the most attractive.

Bombs

uncovers 2,000 tons of unexploded bombs every year. CRACKED.COM During World War II, the Allied forces dropped over a total of 2.7 million tons of bombs on . Due to certain defects in their delay timers, around 10 percent never exploded.

Mermaids

The U.S. government has to release a statement denying the existence of mermaids. GRAGKED.COM The Animal Planet mocku- mentary 'Mermaids: The New Evidence' aired in 2013 and fooled enough people that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric is- tration had to step in.

Guinea Pigs

Guinea pigs were once sacrificed wearing earrings and necklaces. CRACKED.COM Archaeologist Lidio Valdez discovered 100 of the sacrificial ro- dents in Peru, put there by the Incan people during the 16th century.

Twitter

The Twitter bird's official name Is Larry. GRAGKED.COM Larry the Bird is a trib- ute to basketball great Larry Bird, who played for Twitter co-founder Biz Stone's home team, the Boston Celt- ics.

BIC Pen Caps

BIC's pen caps have a hole at the tip so they aren't a choking hazard. GRAGKED.COM The BIC pen company ex- plains on its website: All of our BIC caps comply with international safety standards that attempt to minimize the risk of chil- dren accidentally inhaling pen caps.

Kentucky

Kentucky has more barrels of bourbon than people. DO JEUT AZ IN N in 11. LD .... EY 1 - MARA AKE - NB SEAM - IMBEAN مصر I TAPAS NEW BLUE - Jow BEAM JIMBEA LACE HITTER IN BEAM - I BLACK Diseased / TEX IM BEAM JIM BEAN M - KINGDOM 1 MM 0 - MADALE City .. GRACKED.COM The 4.7 million barrels in the state's distilleries outnumber the 4.3 mil- lion people living in the area. Kentucky is the source of 95 percent of the world's bourbon.

George Lucas

George Lucas was turned down from the US Air Force because of his speeding tickets. CRACKED.COM Lucas tried ing in 1967, after he graduated with a BFA in film, but had too many traffic citations. Не was later drafted into Viet- nam but was once again turned away due to his dia- betes.

Penguins

A single farmer saved the penguin population on an Australian island. GRACKED.COM Foxes nearly wiped out the population of fairy pen- guins, so a chicken farmer named Swampy Marsh sent Maremma dogs to protect them. Over the next ten years, not a single penguin was eaten.

Getty Images

Getty Images sold unauthórized licenses of photos donated to the Library of Congress. CRACKED.COM Carol Highsmith donated 100,000 of these images and then received a letter from Getty, demanding $120 for displaying them on her personal website. Highsmith sued for $1 bil- lion, but lost.

London

London has paid rent to the Monarchy every year since 1211. CRACKED COM The symbolic ceremony consists of officials hand- ing over a knife, an ах, six oversized horseshoes, and 61 nails to the Crown's Re- membrancer, the oldest ju- dicial position in England.

Burglars

A burglar was caught after his 82-year-old victim drew a caricature of him. CRACKED.COM Australian cartoonist Wil- liam Ellis Green called the police after confronting the intruder, and produced a pen and paper to quickly capture his likeness. The criminal was soon appre- hended.

Hand Signals

The baseball hand signals were invented by a 19th century deaf player. DI S GRACKED.COM William Ellsworth Dum- my Hoy played for sev- eral teams from 1888 to 1902 and is sometimes credited with developing the hand signals used by umpires to this day.

The Gentlemanly Bank Robber

A gentlemanly bank robber in the early 20th century stole $2 million over 40 years. CRACKED.COM Willie Sutton never robbed a bank with a loaded gun because he didn't want anyone to get hurt, and al- legedly never robbed a bank when a woman screamed or a baby cried.

Gleaning

Gleaning leftover crops was a legally enforced entitlement of the poor in a number of Christian kingdoms. CRACKED.COM Gleaning was a historical practice of collecting left- over crops from farmer's fields after they had been commercially harvested or if they were not profitable to harvest.

Malaria

The parasite which causes malaria in humans wears the membrane of a blood cell to go undetected. GRAGKED.COM Plasmodium Falciparum first infects the liver, de- veloping there for months without any symptoms. Then it in- fects red blood cells to wear as a disguise.

9/11

The 9/11 Boatlift after the 2001 terrorist attacks saved 500,000 people. U. S. COACRACKED.COM When all transport out of the city was shut down, boat owners managed to transport over half a million peo- ple from Manhattan Is- land.

World War I

The British army created units of short people during WWI. RECRUITING OFFICE HANDERS JON DACE CRACKED CON The British army low- ered the minimum height requirement from 5 feet 3 inches to 5 feet in response to protests and created the 'Bantam Battalions.'

Ice

Ice is a mineral, like quartz, copper, and gold. CRACKED.COM Ice is a naturally occurring compound with a defined chemical formula and crys- tal structure, thus making it a legitimate mineral. Its only limitation is that it is not stable at room tem- perature.

Gallbladder Surgery Gone Very Wrong

In 2009, Airman Colton Read went in for gallbladder surgery and woke up with both legs amputated. CRACKED COM Military doctors punc- tured his aorta and waited 8.5 hours to get him proper medical care. Read isn't legally allowed to sue for damages.

Chimps

Mike, the lowest ranking member of a chimp group became the alpha male of the community overnight. 3 CRACKED.COM Не stole empty ker- osene cans from the researcher's camp, and banged them to scare the other chimps.

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