28 Handy Bits of Trivia You Can Trust for This Weekend’s Brain Reno

These facts get in and out before your brain even knows what hits it
28 Handy Bits of Trivia You Can Trust for This Weekend’s Brain Reno

We saw that you were looking to put an extension on your brain, so we thought we’d give you the names of these pro brain-builders. Have you ever seen those time-lapse videos of an Amish community building a barn in one day? These random facts put those busybodies to shame. 

They’re about to swarm on your brain like fire ants, put on a whole new lobe and fill it with the most interesting tidbits imaginable. Just sit back and enjoy the tingling feeling of some serious hustle and bustle. 

The Great Barrier Reef

CRACKED THE GREAT BARRIER REEF IS THE ONLY LIVING THING THAT CAN BE SEEN FROM SPACE. It is home to over 1,500 species of fish and 600 types of coral.

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Howard the Duck

Howard the Duck Velendern George Lucas wanted the movie to be animated. Lucas saw the benefits of making it a cartoon, but Universal wanted the movie to be released in the summer of 1986 and animation would have taken too long. In hindsight, this was a quacked up move. CRACKED.COM

Source: Decider

Laughing Away Stress

People who laugh frequently are better equipped to deal with stress Regardless of intensity of laughter, laughing everyday (and even smiling) acts as a buffer to stressful events. CRACKED

Source: PLoS One

San Fransisco

Decades and decades ago, San Francisco built a new town for dead people. Burying the dead has been illegal within the city since 1901, so they built a new town just to bury them: Colma, which today has just under 1,500 living people, and some 1.5 million dead ones. CRACKED.COM

Source: KQED

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leo DiCaprio got Marlon Brando's oscar... briefly THE WOLF OF WALL STREET CRACKED.COM Production company Red Granite gifted Brando's 1954 Oscar statuette to Leo, but they were later investigated by the DOJ for money laundering. They were forced to forfeit a bunch of jewelry, a friggin' Van Gogh, and a certain Oscar statuette.

Dean Martin

Think that Dean Martin was a flirty drunk? It was just an act. BOIVEY His son revealed that Martin either had a weak scotch and soda or apple juice. G

Stan Freberg

After a crash, Pacific Air Lines wanted to reassure customers. So they hired a comedian to mock people's fears. It was 1967, and comedian Stan Freberg

Lawrence Tierney

Lawrence Tierney made a career of playing tough guys. In real life, he was downright terrifying. On the last day of shooting Reservoir Dogs, he got in

George Washington

George Washington died of a chill, in 1799. The official story was that he'd caught cold while riding his horse in the snow. HISTORIANS SAY HE CAUGHT

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