12 Movie Remakes That Are Way Better Than the Originals

Imitation is the sincerest form of exploiting intellectual property.

Authors: By Matt Solomon
Published: August 01, 2021
Comments: 18

The Time Idaho Dropped A Bunch Of Beavers In Parachutes

Codename: Operation Beaver Drop

Authors: By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
Published: August 01, 2021
Comments: 1

PICTOFACT

15 Random Facts Ready To Plug Any Holes In Your Knowledge

Have some fact-bricks to build your erudition.

Authors: By Cracked Writers, Andres Diplotti
Published: August 01, 2021
Comments: 5

A VFX Legend From 'Empire Strikes Back' And 'RoboCop' Spent 30 Years Making An Insane Animated Movie

Imagine if Gumby went to Hell.

Authors: By JM McNab
Published: August 01, 2021
Comments: 3

The Muppets' 'Mahna Mahna' Song First Appeared In A Dirty Exploitation Flick

Turns out The Muppets have more than one rainbow connection.

Authors: By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
Published: August 01, 2021
Comments: 2

10 Ridiculous Facts We Learned This Week (2/24/17)

By:: CRACKED Writing Staff; Andres Diplotti

February 24, 2017

10 Ridiculous Facts We Learned This Week (2/24/17)

We can't promise that any of these fascinating facts will save your life -- or, for that matter, be of any practical use whatsoever. But you will be slightly smarter one minute from now, and that's something, isn't it?

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Apocalypse Now was originally George Lucas' project. When it went to Coppola instead, he modeled Star Wars after the Vietnam War. AND THE EWOKS ARE A

From 6 Famous Movies You Probably Didn't Notice Are Propaganda

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If you've ever cleaned a house, you've probably used Lysol. ONCE UPON A TIME, IT WAS SOLD AS A VAGINAL CLEANER. From the 1930s to the 1950s, Lysol was

From Lysol Was Advertised As A Douche And Birth Control

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If there's a single iconic element to Back To The Future, it's the DeLorean. IN THE ORIGINAL SCRIPT, IT WAS A FRIDGE POWERED BY A NUCLEAR BOMB. The -t

From 5 Times The Studio Actually Knew What Was Best For The Movie

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From 7 Loopholes That Are Basically Glitches In Everyday Life

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A student argued that a 200-year-old proposed amendment could still be ratified. His teacher gave his paper a C, dismissing the idea. exSeeope coufe t

From The 5 Most Satisfying 'Told You So' Moments Of All Time

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Androids are a mainstay of the Alien franchise. Without the treacherous Ash as Weyland-Yutani's agent, Alien is just another slasher film. YET THE WRI

From 5 Times The Studio Actually Knew What Was Best For The Movie

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By the time it was stormed during the French Revolution, the Bastille had only seven prisoners. One of them was the Marquis de Sade, inventor of sadis

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As Frankenstein is in the public domain, companies were able to churn out movies to cash in on his popularity. INCLUDING ONE WHERE HE FIGHTS A GODZILL

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The American West had unusually high rainfall in the late 19th century. So, people came to an obvious conclusion. FARMING THE LAND CAUSED RAIN TO FALL

From 6 Extremely Wrong (But Hilarious) Scientific Beliefs

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From 6 Extremely Wrong (But Hilarious) Scientific Beliefs

It's Spring Break! You know what that means: hot coeds getting loose on the beaches of Cancun and becoming imperiled in all classic beach slasher ways: man-eating shark, school of piranhas, James Franco with dreadlocks. There are so many films about vacations gone wrong, it's a chore to wonder if there's even such a thing as a movie vacation gone right. Amity Island and Camp Crystal Lake are out. So what does that leave? The ship from Wall-E? Hawaii with the Brady Bunch? A road trip with famous curmudgeon Chevy Chase? On this month's live podcast Jack O'Brien and the Cracked staff are joined by some special guest comedians to figure out what would be the best vacation to take in a fictional universe. Tickets are $7 and can be purchased here!