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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Will Take Over Your Brain Like an Invasive Species

Once they’re in there, there’s no getting them out

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Will Take Over Your Brain Like an Invasive Species

December 05, 2024

Little Richard saw a Soviet satellite and thought it was God talking to him.

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Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender was in a bizarre music video. This 2003 music video for The Cooper Temple Clause song Blind Pilots sees Fassbender transform into

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What Movies Get Wrong

You can't be easily sedated. Too little sedative, and nothing will happen. Too much, and you will kill your target. And even if you get the dose just right, the effect is never immediate. CRACKED.COM — More: 6 Deadly Injuries You Only Survive in the Movies (Update)

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Supernatural

BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER, BUT WHEN DID DEAN AND SAM FIND THE TIME TO ACTUALLY BOND? In Supernatural, the Winchester brothers had a terrible childhood. One more than the other, though. Dean embraced the hunter life early on, but Sam was deemed too young for slaying monsters. Sam was alone all the time. Не hated being constantly uprooted from town to town. Не escaped as soon as he could. Не didn't talk to his family for years. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Onscreen Relationships That Should Never Have Existed

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Curb Your Enthusiasm

CRACKED THE SCRIPTS FOR CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM ARE JUST SEVEN PAGES LONG. Each page represents a scene, with an outline but not much dialogue - most of the show is improvised. — Source

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Thor: Ragnarok

CRACKED.COM Taika Waititi Не has several hidden roles in Thor: Ragnarok. In addition to playing Korg, he also did the motion capture for the demon Surtur, was a head of a three-headed alien, and acted as a stand-in for Hulk when Mark Ruffalo wasn't available. — Source: Screen Rant

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Bill Murray

Bill Murray smuggled 10 pounds of weed onto a plane CRACKED.COM When he was 20 years old, he was busted trying to sneak about $20k worth of weed onto an airplane as he was heading back to college. The arrest inspired him to... not get kicked out of college, SO he quit, and ultimately ended up pursuing comedy.

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Nicole Kidman

CRACKED NICOLE KIDMAN is afraid of butterflies Kidman is scared of butterflies, a.k.a. lepidopterophobia. OK, we get spiders and all kinds of really gross bugs ... but butterflies? — Featureflash Photo Agency/Shutterstock,
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Boston Marathon

CRACKED MARATHON Rosie Ruiz won the 1980 Boston Marathon by sneaking in a mile before the finish line. Supposedly she placed first by accident, rejoining the race without realizing no other woman had placed yet. — Source: New York Times

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Carrot Top

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM CARROT TOP Drive Mr. Top (real name Scott Thompson) had an early career in the '90s that was much more successful than you'd expect a freckled prop-comic would normally have. At some point, the redheaded performer decided to get obscenely jacked and turn into a hulking demon. He may still do prop comedy, with 80lb dumbbells instead of rubber chickens, but honestly we're afraid Googling his name will open up a Hellmouth. — Source: E Online

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Steve Jobs

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Harvey Weinstein

CELEBRITY COURTROOM ANTICS Harvey Weinstein complained that his pants were falling down Yes, Harvey again. His lawyers asked the judge if he could wear suspenders to court because his pants kept slipping down. Somehow, that feels even more ridiculous than the walker. CRACKED — lev radin/Shutterstock,
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The Thing

the thing CRACKED.COM John Carpenter's 1982 classic is a masterful update of 1951's The Thing From Another World, which itself was selected for the National Film Registry. A third version, 2011's The Thing, gets bogged down by terrible CGI effects and not nearly enough Kurt Russell. — Screenrant

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Spider-Man Nail Polish

Mini No. Lichoers SPIDER-MAN Flacorade THE AMAZING Intr the Night Number One OPI CELEBRATES Newson THE MOTION PICTURE RELEASE! e E NAI NA LACQUE CO ONLY IN THEATERS Auto Spotted Your Week or Mine? the License O.P.I What better way can you show your Spider-Man fandom than the official 0000000 nail polish GOD DO of LOT 2012's beloved film The Amazing Spider-Man? CRACKED.COM — Source: 24 Movies And Shows That Said "Yeah, Sure" To Ill-Conceived Merch

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Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez RICKI CRACKED.COM 2003's Gigli has ruined more than its fair share of careers. Jennifer and Ben Affleck made it out alive, but Lopez' career never quite rebounded the way Affleck's has. — Source

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Peter Pan

CRACKED.COM The creator of Peter Pan wrote Sherlock Holmes fanfic. Think fanfiction is a thing of the internet? People have been writing (and publishing) pastiches and imaginary sequels with their favorite characters since the 1800s. J. M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan, wrote his own Sherlock Holmes adventure in 1893. — Source

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Tim Horton’s

If you like Buffalo wings, you'll love Tim Hortons' Buffalo Latte (or maybe not). BUFFALO LATTE Tim Horto Est. The AL two select Buffair, NY restaurants - Who supples TALE adidas . adidas MINE Depen = INDA3 Main WWC Adidas 200m This refreshing beverage is infused with Buffalo sauce flavor and seasoning. It is only available in select Tim Hortons Restaurants in Buffalo, New York. CRACKED COM — Source

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Neil Armstrong

We don't know what Neil Armstrong took to the moon. His record for his personal property kit has never been made public. During his moon trip, he took an unscheduled visit to Little West crater, off-camera. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — NBC News

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Kit Kat Chocodilla

Kit Kat Chocodilla TACO BELL CRACKED.COM This dessert item is just... Kit Kats melted in a tortilla. It seems entirely possible that Taco Bell's r&d team is just two roommates who haven't been grocery shopping in a while and are too high to go now. — Source: 15 Big Swings From The Titans Of The Fast Food Industry

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Michael Bay

Michael Bay has only one movie that's certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. It's 1996's The Rock, which has a rating of 66%. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Alyssa Milano

ALYSSA MILANO IS THE VOICE OF POISON IVY... in the series Young Justice. CRACKED.COM — Source: 37 Celebs Who Secretly Voiced Animated Characters

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Star Wars

Q. Why was Han Solo frozen in carbonite? Harrison Ford only had one Star Wars sequel included in his contract, so writers wanted to allow for different narrative options before he signed on for the next film. CRACKED — Source: ScreenRant

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Bridesmaids

COMEDY NERD GRAGKED.COM JON HAMM WAS ELLIE KEMPER'S HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA TEACHER! BRIDES MAIDS Hubba hubba Jon Hamm taught theater at his former high school for a short stint and one of his students was Ellie Kemper. Kemper remembers very little from the class because she mainly focused on how handsome he was. — Source: AV Club

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SNL

CRACKED.COM SNL is a traumatizing gig. Sabotage, backstabbings, degradation, performers refusing scripts written by women/younger members, drug-fueled BS, even fistfights - those are the kinds of horror stories former SNL cast members often recount. Toxic working environment? Hell, this is the Chernobyl of comedy. — Source

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Stephen Amell

Wrestling Celebrities STEPHEN AMELL Amell is a big wrestling fan beyond just wrestling in tag matches at SummerSlam in 2015 and in Ring of Honor. Не also competed at the multi-promotion event All In against Christopher Daniels. This experience got him involved in the Starz wrestling drama Heels. CRACKED.COM — Source

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‘White Zombie’ and Voodoo

Essential Zombie Movies WHITE ZOMBIE The movie was made because voodoo was popular. 1929 saw the publication of William В. Seabrook's The Magic Island, a travel book describing Haitian vodou that is held to have made zombies mainstream. CRACKED.COM — Wikipedia

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Judith Viorst

Judith Viorst BEST KNOWN FOR ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY luutrated bw RAY CRUZ Viorst is a prolific poet, starting when she was seven-years-old writing a poem about her dead parents. Both her parents were alive and did not appreciate it. — Source: NPR

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Bridgerton

The actors who play Eloise and Penelope are good friends. They met at a wrap party for Porters, a year before they were in Bridgerton together. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED COM — Source: Variety

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Major League Baseball

A baseball manager tried to get on the field in a comic book-level disguise. They ejected him from a game, so he got back with a mustache and fake glasses. Не was recognized right away. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Thor

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Will Take Over Your Brain Like an Invasive Species — For details, read Uncomfortable Questions And Truths The MCU Avoids

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Devil May Cry

CRACKED COM A bug from another game inspired Devil May Cry's iconic feature where the main character can suspend enemies mid-air using continuous attacks. Cool ! e During the development of Onimusha: Warlords, they discovered a bug that caused the enemy to stay floating when being attacked. They thought it was kind of cool and adopted it for Devil May Cry. — Source

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Jackson Pollock

CRACKED.COM A CALIFORNIA WOMAN BOUGHT A JACKSON POLLOCK PAINTING FOR $5 AT A THRIFT STORE. A forensic art specialist helped determine 10625 38.4 W that the painting Teri Horton purchased is THE UNITED -280m W COL an original work by the artist also known - - ISEN 9 as Jack the Dripper. DOLLAR Its estimated value: anywhere from $10 million to $50 million. — Source

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Little Richard

CRACKED LITTLE RICHARD Little Richard saw a fireball in the sky on tour in Australia in 1957 and thought it was a sign from God telling him to change his life. So he became a preacher in 1958, but then went back to secular music in 1962. Anyway, it was a Soviet satellite. — The Guardian / CNN

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Zach Braff and Florence Pugh

TER zach Braff and Florence Pugh Garden State star Zach Braff and Midsommar star Florence Pugh. 22 years difference. 26 years of age. CRACKED.COM — Source: Vanity Fair

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The Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama was on the CIA's payroll. The CIA sent him and his supporters $1.7 million every year throughout the 1960s. A whopping $180,000 annuall — For details, read 5 Eerie Conspiracies Theorists Were Right About All Along

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George R.R. Martin

George R. R. Martin keeps referencing Gone with the Wind. Martin is a fan of Gone with the Wind, and works countless references into his work. It's not just Easter eggs, but complete characters and storylines-I like the way that Sansa Stark's journey, beginning as a naive aristocrat hardened by — More: Uh ... Is 'Game of Thrones' is Just Feudal 'Gone With the Wind?'

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Samuel L. Jackson

SAMUEL L. JACKSON WAS PART OF THE BLACK POWER MOVEMENT. Jackson and other radical students held his college's trustee members hostage in an effort to reform the school's curriculum. His mother sent him to LA after the FBI threatened him. CRACKED.COM — Source

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On the Road

On the Road The whole point of On the Road was that Kerouac never found what he was looking for out there, but he made it sound so fun that he inspired a group of people he com- pletely hated as a traditional Catholic to drift similarly aimlessly. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Lin Chunping

15 Stunning Frauds That Somehow Took People In - He became a financial celebrity— and landed a cushy position on a Chinese government advisory board— — Source: NPR

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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Halloween episodes It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Who Got Dee Pregnant A hilarious whodunit mixed in the Halloween motif, even if the end result doesn't really resolve anything. Resolution was never the point of Sunny anyway. CRACKED.COM — FX
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The Macarena

CRACKEDCO COM Macarena was the result of a sudden outburst. One night, Antonio Romero Monge of the duo Los del Rio watched a great performance from

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