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Billionaires

CRACKED.COM The average CEO has made more money by lunchtime on January 2 than the average worker will make all year. — Source

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Love Actually

15 Weird Details About Love Actually That You Never Knew - Richard Curtis wrote Martine Mccutcheon's role for her, but didn't want her — Source: The Guardian

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Total Recall

In Total Recall, Quaid suffers from a schizoid embolism. Il's complete mumbo-jumbo. The story in the 1990 film is that Doug Quaid goes to get some hap

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Ghostbusters

It took three weeks to create one on-screen second of a ghost in Ghostbusters. There was no CGI back then, so animation had to be drawn frame by frame (some ghosts were puppets, though, and those were easier to animate). CRACKED.COM — Source: DenOfGeek

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Herschel Walker

Herschel Walker gave the biblical definition of a woman when asked to define what a woman is: a rib. CRACKED.COM Walker said he knows what a woman is, because it's in the Bible. Не went on to make anti-trans remarks, saying, There's man, and there's wo-man. That's it. There ain't another. — The Black Wall Street Times / Wikipedia

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Jamie Dornan

Actors Who Got Some WTF Responses From The Public - People love calling the Fifty Shades of Grey actor Jamy Dornan “Mr Grey” when he’s standing in a S — Source: Today

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Billy Dee Williams

BILLY DEE WILLIAMS DOESN'T ALWAYS LOOK AIS CONFIDENT AS LANDO. Years before he was the smooth-talking Lando Calrissian, Williams played real-life foot

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Drunk Madonna

Madonna got falling-down drunk on stage. During a concert in Australia, Madge appeared to get good and liquored up onstage while dressed up as some sort of erotic Victorian rodeo clown. In between swigs of hootch, she moaned things like: Someone please take care of me, please, Who is going to take care of me? and Please, someone f--k me. She then attempted to ride, then fell off, a tiny children's tricycle. CRACKED.COM — Source: 11 Supernova-Grade Celeb Meltdowns

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Darth Maul

Solo hinted at the Darth Maul cameo before the reveal. Dryden Vos, the guy under Darth Maul, has face markings vaguely similar to Maul's. Plus, he's armed with a two-bladed red glowstick knife that's very similar to Maul's double-bladed | lightsaber. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Foreshadowed Huge Plot Points In Iconic Movies

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PMS

Movies and TV shows Still get confused about PMS. Being on your period doesn't turn you into a psychotic mess.

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Pepsi

While expanding into China, Pepsi unknowingly made a creepy promise to consumers in the form of biblical miracles. TRADE PEPSI MARK The company's popular tag line, Come alive with the Pepsi Generation was interpreted as Pepsi will bring your ancestors back from the dead. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Bizarre Brand Name Blunders

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The Shining

CRACKED.COM STANLEY KUBRICK'S THE ESHINING uses an interesting technique to make the viewer feel uneasy. The layout of the hotel makes no freakin' sen

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Pirates of the Caribbean

According to the writers, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is set loosely between 1720 and 1750. Granny Smith apples originated in 1868. In Australia. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Empire State Building

Two people have fallen from the Empire State Building and lived. They both fell from the 86th floor and landed on the 85th. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 Fascinating 'Now You Know' Facts

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Matt LeBlanc

Matt LeBlanc THE RISE: After a few appearances in music videos in the late 80's and early 90's, LeBlanc got his big break as the dimwitted himbo, Joey, on Friends. During the run of the show, he starred in movies like Ed, Lost In Space, and showed up in both Charlie's Angels films. CCUUCH THE FALL: None of LeBlanc's big screen appearances launched him to the next level. He went back to his iconic Friends character in the series Joey in 2004, with the titular character ironically moving to LA to pursue his acting career. The show was canceled after — Source: Biography

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Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan is into steampunk metalworking. all Dra 3 His handcrafted gates have been in museums. Не says, Gates appeal to me because of the negative space they allow. They can be closed but at the same time they allow the seasons and breezes to enter and flow. They can shut you out or shut you in. And in some ways there is no difference. CRACKED.COM http://gizmodo.com/hey-did-you-know-bob-dylan-is-a-steampunk-metalworker-1462363371 — Source: 12 Celebrities Who Are Fans Of The Last Thing You'd Expect

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Garry Gergich

Jerry (Garry) Gergich and Lutz would've quit early on. CRACKED.COM Adult characters like Jonah Ryan on Veep, and Britta Perry on Community are targeted and just stick around. Urkel and Gibbler are constantly told (by adults) how insufferable they are. — CBR / Slashfilm

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MAS*H

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM MASH HAWKEYE TELLS A HORRIFIC STORY The wartime sitcom ends with Hawkeye, in the hospital for a nervous breakdown, telling a story about a harrowing trip through enemy territory. Hawkeye's team takes a bus back to base, with some locals, only to find out that the enemy was nearby. All the passengers must remain quiet, but one local woman has a chicken that won't shut up, so Hawkeye sternly tells her to keep it quiet. She presumably smothers it, and Hawkeye reveals it wasn't a chicken, it was her infant child. — Source: What Culture

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Rocky

MOVIES SAVED BY RESHOOTS ROCKY KADNYSYJ ! MEXICO ROCKY ORIGINALLY GAVE UP! Test audiences hated the original, much darker plot, and the fact that Rocky gave up in the fight with Apollo Creed. The now iconic ending where Rocky goes the distance is a reshoot! CRACKED — MGM
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Ghost in the Shell

GHOST IN THE SHELL IS THE ORIGINAL MATRIX. CRACKED The Wachowskis played the anime for producer Joel Silver to illustrate what they envisioned for The Matrix. They then lifted direct ideas, visuals, and the overall cyberpunk meets kung fu aesthetic. — Birth Movies Death / Timeout

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X-Men: Dark Phoenix

Failed Sequels X-Men: Dark Phoenix It's been done. The final installment of the Fox reboot was same- old, story-wise, as the Jean Grey turned dark plot had been done in X-Men: The Last Stand (which was itself a failed sequel). CRACKED — Source

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Enya

Scientists from Juntendo University, Japan have figured out the best music to help mice who received heart transplants survive. They played three kind

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Sanford and Son

GRACKED I'M COMIN' TO JOIN YA, ELIZABETH When Fred Sanford is being overdramatic, he clutches his heart like he's having a heart attack, looks up to the sky and proclaims, I'm comin' to join ya, Elizabeth. Elizabeth is his deceased wife, but without context, you'd think he's just joining her in the next room. SANFORD AND SON — Youtube / IMDB

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Sean Connery

Toyota only made 2 convertible 2000GTs. 2000GT CRACKED.COM They were specially made for use in a James Bond movie because Sean Con- nery was too tall to fit in the standard model. — Toyota UK Magazine

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Magic Mirror

CRACKED Mirror, wall... I THE QUEEN The Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs summons the face in the mirror by calling him magic mirror, not by saying mirror twice. — Disney
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Abed

ABED NADIR is Dan Harmon's friend ABED GHEITH. He's kind of a kid-like version of me, the real Abed has said of his Community counterpart. Harmon even had him audition for his own part, before Danny Pudi pretty much stole it. — Source: Comedy Central (via archive.org)

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Dave Chappelle

COMEDY NERD Dave Chappelle says that Key & Peele hurt his feelings with their show. Peabody Award Peabody An bod Peab Awa Peabod dy Awa Не says that they took a format he'd come up with, and claimed that it was Created by Key y & Peele .. Put some respect on my name, he said. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Comedian Feuds We Didn’t Know About

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Bo Burnham

AT A GLANCE ВО BURNHAM Не started posting YouTube videos in December 2006 Burnham said he wanted to show his brother in college his songs, saying, It was just like another outlet, and I didn't think of it as a career move. Не now has over 500 million views. CRACKED.COM — Source: Boston Globe

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Seinfeld

The Gang Are Peeping Toms CRACKED.COM Ok, The Contest is an absolute gem of an episode, we all know that. How- ever, it has never sat well with me that a big portion of this episode is devot- ed to staring at a naked woman who has no idea three men are watching her? Yes, she leaves the curtains open and walks around all the time, but there's still something eerie about staring at a naked lady without her consent. — Source

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David Bowie

CRACKED DAVID BOWIE'S HITS FOUND A NEW HOME. In 2022, his estate sold his global music publishing rights to Warner Chappell Music for over $250 million. The sale included songs like Starman, Heroes and Ziggy Stardust. — LA Times

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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

The Wayne graveyard in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice has an Easter egg. One of the names is Solomon-that's Bruce's great-great-great-grandpa in the comics (who was part of a story influenced by Tim Burton's Batman). CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Comic Book Movies With Sneaky Shout-Outs To Their Source Material

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Simon Pegg

Unkar Plutt Rey's adopted father/Oliver Twist villain Unkar Plutt was actually Simon Pegg. Не joins a handful of actors that have appeared in Star Trek and Star Wars, and the only one who also appeared in Spaced. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Chris Pratt

Chris Pratt stole some Star-Lord gear SO he could go visit sick kids. In an interview before Guardians of the Galaxy came out, Pratt said that he stol

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Bra Burning

Bra Burning CRACKED.COM The story goes that at late '60s protests, feminists defiantly removed and set fire to their bras. But this never happened. Women protesting the 1968 Miss America contest did toss several items into a trash can, including bras and shoes, but no fire was involved, and no one stripped at the protest itself. This happened in the era of Vietnam protesters burning draft cards, so a journalist or two must have conflated the events. — Source: 20 Facts That Change How You Picture Historical Events

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Sonic the Hedgehog

MOVIES SAVED BY RESHOOTS SONIC THE HEDGEHOG SONIC NEEDED A FACELIFT. After Paramount released a first look, fans hated his eyes and teeth enough to cause a complete redesign. Every scene needed the new Sonic plunked in, and the release date was pushed. CRACKED — Source

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Rapunzel

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia to AirDrop to Every Other Loser in This Denny’s — For details, read 5 Beloved Disney Movies Based On R-Rated Stories

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Mr. Mom

CRACKED YOUR ENTIRE PLOT CAN'T INVOLVE RIGID GENDER NORMS. MR. MOM A laid-off man becomes a stay-at-home dad while his wife returns to work. Jokes about a man changing diapers and ironing shirts couldn't be seen as ridiculous today. Don't worry, in the happy ending, he returns to work and his wife gets back to the homestead. — Source

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Filet-O-Fish

McDonald's Filet-O-Fish sandwich had its own, awkward mascot back in the '70s. Phil A.O'Fish says: For a surprisingly good taste... M TM The mascot was called Phil А. O'Fish, and it lasted one year --1976. Apparently, it was such a dud, it got replaced by a new campaign super quick. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Smithsonian Magazine

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Charlie Day

Charlie Day turned down the sitcom Life on a Stick to do It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. - ALWONS SUNNY PHILADEL It was a major network show, and IASIP was a small project he made with his friends. Life on a Stick ended after one season, and IASIP became one of the longest-running sitcoms ever. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Detroit

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was banned in Detroit's libraries for having no value to children. TNE WONDERFUL WIZARD ofOZ LOOTH ANNIVERNARY FOITION In

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