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37 Bits of Trivia Hidden in TV, Movies and Everyday Life

October 02, 2024

It came as a shock to us, but we just learned that watching movies and TV shows are just a couple of the things we can do in this life. This list was the eye-opener, the awakening that we needed to get out there and see the world. Once we realized that Easter eggs aren’t only found in our favorite shows and movies, getting out into the world to find more felt like an exciting new opportunity.

As long as we don’t have to be in the sun or converse with anyone, we’ll be just fine!

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The AMV Runestone

BS Ancient Artifacts The AVM Runestone Discovered in 1898, the Kensington Runestone is a whole thing that experts are just recently suspecting to be fake. In 2001, however, a second runestone was also found in Minnesota, and also claimed to be evidence of medieval settlers arriving centuries before Columbus. But it turns out the AVM Runestone was made in 1985 by drunk Germanic philology students. CRACKED.COM — Tim Post/Minnesota Public Radio
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EASTER EGGSTRA JOKES AND MEANINGS GRAVITY KALLS THE POLAROID Alex Hirsch's animated beard can be seen in the upper side of the frame during the opening song. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

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CRACKED SPANISH EXPLORERS THOUGHT PLATINUM WAS UNRIPE GOLD. Instead of collecting the precious metal they just stumbled upon, they threw it back into the river to ripen. — Source

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CRACKED The Lascaux Cave was discovered by a hapless dog. In 1940, four boys were out exploring in southwestern France when their dog fell into a fox hole. That's how they stumbled upon the Lascaux Cave, home to some of the oldest cave paintings in the world. — Source

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The Archives of Terror

The Archives of Terror were found by accident by a lawyer and a judge in 1992. They were looking for files on a former prisoner in a police station near Paraguay and stumbled upon archives doc- umenting an international conspiracy involving the tor- ture, murder, and imprison- ment of 480,000 people. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — BBC

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Mass Sacrifice

CRACKED 12E EVEN MORE REVOLTING EVIDENCE OF MASS SACRIFICE. Researchers uncovered a tower made of 650 human skulls in Mexico City, which suggests that human sacrifice was more widespread in the Aztec Empire than previously thought - even involving women and children.

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A lost city with more buildings than Manhattan was discovered in Mexico.

In 2012, a lost ancient city in Mexico named Angamuco was uncovered. CRACKED.COM It was built by a civilization that was rival to the Aztecs and it remained buried un- der vegetation for centu- ries, with more buildings than Manhattan in a small- er area of land. — AU News

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The Holocaust

During a renovation, a Hungarian couple accidentally uncovered 6300 Nazi documents behind a wall in their apartment. I Adatszolgáltatási ív I Statist المغربية E f i F . I I - M. E NZ. rendelether. E y i 1 1 F I A - I | E for I I E I I this works 7 orda د Australia 20 Piron than r I Zs 31.268 utca 168. helyra|zi szão I f | I háror I 6 These documents were a census to keep track of Jews before moving them into death camps during the Holocaust. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED As the Earth's glaciers melt at an alarming rate, ancient artifacts are being uncovered. The Secrets of the Ice project has been surveying the glaciers on Norway's highest mountains in Oppland since 2011 and has found a slew of treasures frozen in time and ice. Almost 3,000 archeological artifacts have been found in Oppland, including wooden skis dating back to circa 700 and Viking swords. — Source

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A whole city CRACKED.COM A Turkish man knocked down a wall in his home and uncovered a tunnel to a massive city called Derinkuyu. We know not what happened next to the man, so we must assume he died horribly. — Source: 15 Creepy Discoveries That People Stumbled Into

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS BABY DRIVER THE GRAFFITI HEART During the opening scene of the film when Baby's on his coffee run, a heart in the background is black. When Debora walks by and Baby sees her for the first time, the heart has turned red. CRACKED.COM — IMDb interview with Edgar Wright

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WANDAVISION EASTER EGGS THE NEXUS ANTIDEPRESSANT AD COULD BE HINTING AT WANDA'S FUTURE. NEXUS 20mg Capsules 30 Capsules NEXUS CRACKED c In the comics, Wanda is known as a Nexus being - rare and incredibly powerful individuals who can alter the flow of the Universal Time Stream and who are the foundations of the Multiverse. The movie we'll see Wanda in next is Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. — FANDOM

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A Giant Penguin

The fossil remains of a 6 foot 8 inch tall penguin were found in Antarctica. GRAGKED.COM Palaeeudyptes klekowskii, or the Colossus Penguin, weighed over 250 Ibs and its skeleton was 37 million years old - the most com- plete fossil ever uncovered from the Antarctic. — Source

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WEIRD WORLD In Israel, a diver somehow found a 900-year-old Crusader sword near a beach. illustration Apparently, the sand got shifted thanks to a change in currents, which uncovered the sword - and the diver was in the right place at the right time. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Fishermen found ancient artifacts in their nets.

Fishermen uncovered a lost 14th century city when golden artifacts were caught in their nets. Srivijaya ruled Indonesia and much of Southeast Asia for over 600 years but disappeared without a trace, until its location was revealed on the River Musi. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — History

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EASTER EGGSTRA South Park Homage to A Clockwork Orange. nl In season 14's Coon 2: Hindsight, the scene where Cartman (as The Coon) beats up his friends is a direct take on Alex turning on his droogs in A Clockwork Orange. — Source video, video clip

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A 4th Century Urn

Ukrainian soldiers uncovered 4th century urns while they were digging defense trenches. GRACKED.COM Soldiers with the Ukrainian 126th Territorial Defense found the tall, bot- tle-necked jars along with some ceramic shards. The amphorae have been dated to the fourth or fifth centu- ries C.E. — Source

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The Paris Catacombs

A secret, functional restaurant was uncovered in the Paris Catacombs. The restaurant had tables and chairs, a fully-stocked bar, with electricity and three phone lines. When police ar- rived three days later to trace the power lines, they saw they had been cut, and a note was left saying, Do not try and find us. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

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My Little Pony

Rick and Morty Easter Eggs MLP Grannies Gone wild Rick and Morty crossed over to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. MLP fans were treated to two ponies that distinctly have Rick and Morty's hair and color scheme waiting in line for a roller coaster. CRACKED.COM — Source: Vice

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Lord Business' TAKOS plan involves an Octopus robot, the very thing "tako" means in Japanese

Easter Eggs for Polyglots The Lego Movie octopus Tuesday! Lord Business' Taco Tuesday is about the octopus-like TAKOS machine - and as it turns out, tako is Japanese for octopus. — Source: Wikipedia

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Easter Eggs NIXON Zodiac/True Detective In both, yellow stands for corruption and decay. In True Detective, it also stands for the villainous serial killer, the King in Yellow. CRACKED COM — Source

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In 2017, scientists using new imaging technology discovered a huge 100 foot hidden chamber inside the Great Pyramid of Giza. They plan on sending miniature robots in to discover more about this intriguing 'void', and the secrets it may hold. ScanPyramids Big Void Grand Gallery CRACKED.COM — Source

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A CHINESE BOY LOOKING FOR A NUTCRACKER FOUND A DINOSAUR NEST. CRACKED.COM Ten-year-old Zhang Yangzhe was wandering around near the Dong River trying to find something hard enough to crack open his walnut. Не stumbled upon a fossilized egg that was laid 66 million years ago by a Cretaceous-era dinosaur. Presumably someone intervened before he found something even harder to crack that open. — Source

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The Secrets of the Ice Project

CRACKED As the Earth's glaciers melt at an alarming rate, ancient artifacts are being uncovered. The Secrets of the Ice project has been surveying the glaciers on Norway's highest mountains in Oppland since 2011 and has found a slew of treasures frozen in time and ice. Almost 3,000 archeological artifacts have been found in Oppland, including wooden skis dating back to circa 700 and Viking swords. — Good

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King Kong

Easter Eggs for Polyglots King Kong show me the monkey. The ship Carl Denham is traveling on receives a message ordering Denham's arrest - but what the Morse code beeps actually spell is, SHOW ME THE MONKEY. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Easter Eggs You Missed (If You're Monolingual)

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The Millennium Falcon in 'Blade Runner'

EASTER EGGS IN '80S MOVIES Blade Runner PAN A BUILDING IS THE MILLENNIUM FALCON. You can see what looks like Han Solo's ship raised up on its side as one of the buildings in the bustling metropolis. CRACKED.COM — Source: Olly Gibbs/Twitter

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EASTER EGGS IN '80S MOVIES HAVE you SKAN THIS impa Batman (1989) A SKETCH ARTIST IS BATMAN'S CO-CREATOR. As Knox walks through the bullpen of the newspaper, he's handed a sketch by Bob Kane. No word on whether it was actually drawn by Kane, or if he just took credit for it like he used to do. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Super Mario Bros

Easter eggs in video game movies super Mario Bros The de-evolution gun is a Super Scope for the Super Nintendo. - SUPER SCOPE - SUPER SCOPE in CRACKED.COM — Source: Reddit

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Spider-Man

MORBIUS EASTER EGGS SPIDER-MAN One trailer featured a poster with Spider- Man on it... that the film mysteriously leaves out. Was it the wrong suit? MURDERER NON CRACKED.COM — Source: Game Rant

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CROSSOVER EASTER EGGS KANG THE CONQUEROR IN MOON KNIGHT One of Kang's Egyptian variants appears on a thug's jacket in Moon Knight. CRACKED.COM — Source

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You like that, don't you, you freaky li'l filmaholic.

Easter Eggs Evil Dead Sam Raimi puts his Oldsmobile in every film he makes. Spider-Man CRACKED.COM — Source

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Gravity Falls

EASTER EGGSTRA JOKES AND MEANINGS HIDDEN JOKES, Gravity HIDDEN JOKES FALLS EVERYWHERE HACK Thomas Jefferson was actually just on kids in an overcoat standing on each other's shoulders The current and foreser President of the United States is actially Santa (Laus.Und the reign of Mr. Claus, America is not a democracy. but a jollvocracy. The statues in Mount Rushmore are actually excentic presidential-faced robots that will be called into action when America needs them the most. An enormous, eul timederouring baby from another dimension is frozen in an Autarctic glacier. Fortux nately mel. should be fux Wnt- ing jokes for cartoons IS

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The term Easter Eggs for a hidden reference in film and TV originated from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The cast of the film had some fun on set by having their own Easter Egg hunt, and then ended up miss- ing a few of the eggs. Some of these eggs made it into the movie, creating the term. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

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EASTER EGGSTRA HIDDEN MEANINGS & REFERENCES ONCE UPON A TIME IN... HOLLYWOOD STRAIGHT SHOOTER don't make waves make the tate harses aron journa webber In the movie, Abigail Folger plays the song Straight Shooter on the piano in the house. The song's sheet music was on the piano the night of the murder. CRACKED.COM — IndieWire

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS, AND REFERENCES Trevor, forever flying through the void In season three, Maya Rudolph's character The Judge sends Adam Scott's demon character Trevor flying off the walkway into the void of the afterlife. Every time after, when someone walks over the bridge in the afterlife system, you can spot Trevor in the background flying backwards. The Good Place CRACKED.COM — Insider

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The Spider-Verse

MORBIUS EASTER EGGS THE SPIDER-VERSE The film ends with Morbius and Vulture teaming up to take on the multiverse... which may bring them up against Miles Morales and his Spidey-Verse crew. CRACKED.COM

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Schitt’s Creek

EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS CRACKED.COM SCHITT'S CREEK David's sweaters. In the series finale, the show pays tribute to all of David's signature sweaters by having them neatly stacked in a drawer in the background. — Source: 16 Easter Eggs And Hidden Meanings In 'Schitt's Creek'

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