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Saturn is like a huge, disgusting Tootsie Pop.

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Saturn has a fuzzy, sludge-like core. CRACKED.COM The hydrogen and he- lium gas in the planet gradually mix with more and more ice and rock as you move to- ward the planet's cen- ter.

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Bedbugs evolved 100 million years ago. CRACKED.COM People previously believed bats were bedbugs' first hosts, but they actually evolved 50 million years before bats. Bed- bugs feed on animals that make a home, like a birds' nest, so it's unlikely they fed off dinosaur blood.

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Santa Claus received his pilot's license in 1927. CRACKED.COM The assistant secretary of the Commerce for Aeronautics, William P. MacCracken, helped in the endeavor, taking Claus' picture, giving him airway maps, and an assurance that lights would be burning on the airways on Christmas Eve.

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The sound of the doors opening on the starship Enterprise is a toilet flushing. CRACKED.COM Michael Coleman of the SoundWorks Collection explains, You don't just go to a library and pull up an Enterprise door sound. Someone has to create it.

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You fall asleep faster, and sleep deeper, in a hammock compared to a regular bed. CRACKED.COM The rocking motion from a hammock leads to longer periods of N2 sleep, a form of non-REM sleep that takes up about half of a good night's rest.

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If you want things with your partner to get R-rated, reach for the ultraviolet В light. CRACKED.COM UVB light, like that found in sunlight, boosts romantic passion in both genders. UI- traviolet radiation from sun- light increases testosterone levels in males, and sunlight plays a major role in the reg- ulation of sexuality.

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There is a vegan friendly honey made from dandelions. CRACKED.COM Since honey is technically an animal byproduct, it is not something vegans can nor- mally eat. By soaking dande- lions in lemon and adding sugar, you can make a bee-friendly alternative that tastes like the real thing.

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The Olympics used to give out medals for art. CRACKED.COM between 1912 and 1948, medals were earned for painting, sculpture, archi- tecture, literature, and mu- sic. The competitive nature of the events clashed with the artists' creative pur- suits, so they ended.

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Cleopatra had sand brought in from Egypt to Turkey for her vacation. CRACKED CON Unsatisfied with the beaches on Sedir Island in Turkey, Mark Antony had the white sands she pre- ferred brought over. Sedir is now known as Cleopat- ra's Island for this reason.

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7 people hold the keys to the internet. CRACKED.COM These seven digital keys, held by handpicked securi- ty experts, create a master key, which in turn controls one of the central security measures at the core of the web.

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Only one person has been known to be able to control the size of their pupil. CRACKED.COM Не could constrict and dilate his own pupils, without the need for outside stimuli like light levels, even im- proving his visual acui- ty.

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Crocodiles can gallop at 11 miles per hour. GRACKED COM crocodiles have the full range of quadru- pedal footfall patterns used by mammals, meaning that they have the ability to gal- lop like a horse.

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Men do less household chores after marriage. CRACKED.COM A survey of 17,000 peo- ple across 28 countries found that after mar- riage, the amount of time a man spends doing chores on a weekly basis decreases significantly.

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Using a bigger fork may lead you to eat less. CRACKED.COM Smaller forkfuls of food lead diners to feel they are not making much of a dent in consuming their food, and, hence, satisfy- ing their hunger, accord- ing to researchers at the University of Utah.

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Newborns can't cry until they are one to three months old. CRACKED.COM Ok, they can (and will) scream bloody murder, but they can't produce tears until their tear ducts fully develop, which takes a few weeks after birth.

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Naps reduce the risk of a heart attack. CRACKED.COM Those who regularly nap were found to be 37 per- cent less likely to die from a heart attack or other cor- onary ailment. A midday nap can also help you be more creative and focused.

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Humans are the only animals whose brains shrink as they age. GRACKED.COM Even close evolutionary relatives like chimpanzees and rhesus monkeys don't show signs of brain shrink- age, which makes us in- creasingly vulnerable to cognitive dysfunctions.

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One-third of all fish sold in restaurants and grocery stores is mislabeled. CRACKED.COM This is often to deliberate- ly mislead consumers and get them to buy more ex- pensive fish. Snapper was found to be mislabeled 87 percent of the time, tuna was mislabeled 59 percent.

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The bananas we eat today can only reproduce with our intervention. CRACKED.COM The fruit we enjoy, known as Cavendish, is actually a hybrid of two species. Since it has no seeds, farm- ers must remove and transplant part of the plant's stem to keep them reproducing.

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New Hampshire drinks almost twice as much as other states. CRACKED.COM The national average, from the National Institute on Al- cohol Abuse and Alcohol- ism, is 2.35 gallons of alco- hol a year per capita. New Hamshirians obliterated this by chugging 4.76 gallons per capita in 2016.

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Pittsburgh once had plans for a Jetsons-style stadium. CRACKED.COM The design from 1958 fea- tured a large futuristic sta- dium building as well as a hotel and parking area that would've spanned a wide, bridge-like structure over the Monongahela River.

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Mr. Brightside has repeating lyrics because Brandon Flowers didn't get around to writing more. CRACKED.COM When he met his guitarist, they were supposed to re- cord a demo of the song (which Flowers wrote at the end of his first serious rela- tionship). Flowers hadn't fin- ished the song, so he just sang the first again.

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Fermont, Canada gets so cold in the long winters, they had to build a 0.8 mile long, 5 story windbreak complex. CRACKED.COM The Wall holds ev- erything from com- mercial real estate to residential housing, so citizens don't have to venture out into the severe cold.

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Wireless signals are illegal in Green Bank, West Virginia. CRACKED.CON The signals would interfere with the operation of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's radio tele- scope. We have no idea what people do on the toilet when they're bored there.

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You're never more than six miles from a body of water in Michigan. CRACKED.COM You're always a few min- utes from water, whether it's a river, a lake, or one of the Great Lakes. Maybe this explains why the state sits at the top three in the nation when it comes to boat registrations.

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Dogs are as smart as the average two-year-old. CRACKED.COM They can understand more than 150 words, and much like chil- dren, they are capable of using deceit to get what they want (treats).

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You need 10 years of cheese making experience to become a Master Cheese Maker. CRACKED.COM Candidates are required to have had a Wisconsin cheesemaker's license for at least 10 years before they're even eligible to ар- ply to the Wisconsin Mas- ter Cheesemaker Program.

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Daniel Radcliffe was allergic to his 'Harry Potter' glasses at first. CRACKED.COM It took a week for Daniel and the film crew to realize the ring of spots coming up around his eyes were due to his nickel sensitivi- ty. Не was then given a pair made from hypoaller- genic materials.

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British tanks have special areas for making tea, named the Vessel Boiling Electric. IIB - - IIBA 64KG87 70 CRACKED COM If we're in an enclosed metal contraption, being shot at and banged around the rough terrain of a bat- tlefield, we definitely want as much boiling water near us as possible.

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The inventor of the standard URL regrets adding the double slash. CRACKED.COM Tim Berners-Lee credits the addition of '//' after 'http:' with being a pro- gramming convention at the time, and adds that the slashes turned out to not be really necessary.

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Dentistry goes all the way back to 7000 B.C. BAJE AR CRACKED COM Two thousand years later, a Sumerian text described tooth worms as causing den- tal decay, an idea that wasn't proven false until the 1700s.

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Astronauts celebrate Christmas in space. CRACKED.COM Astronauts aboard the In- ternational Space Station get the day off for Christ- mas and spend their time together exchanging gifts, just like us lowly peasants on Earth.

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On a clear day, you can see four states from the top of the Willis Tower in Chicago. GRACKED.COM From the 1,353' high van- tage point on the sky deck, you can see Illinois (obvi- ously), Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan. This is the highest public viewing area in the United States.

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A British entertainer built a two-story house in Great Britain made out of Lego. GRAGKED.COM James May, of 'Top Gear' fame, created the home on the Denbies Wine Estate in Surrey with 3.2 million of the plastic bricks. The house had a working show- er, toilet, and sink.

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The hardest natural material are aquatic snail teeth. CRACKED.COM The teeth of limpets, a type of aquatic snail, can withstand more pressure than it takes to create diamonds from carbon.

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