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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Left in the Air Fryer Too Long

February 04, 2025

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Carrie Fisher

CATASTROPHE CRACKEDO CARRIE FISHER FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE Mia Vrtih et The writers incorporated her The legendary death into the actress passed series finale by away in 2016. revolving the episode around her character's funeral. — Vulture

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Edward Scissorhands

CRACKED.COM Edward Scissorhands creates beautiful ice sculptures. Using ice blocks that... um... were just lying around? — Source: 25 Plot Holes in Famous Movie Scenes

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John Cazale

John Cazale, who played Fredo in the first two Godfather films, only made five movies. All five were nominated for Best Picture Academy Awards. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Commando Nanny

Commando Nanny A Survivor producer 4 tried to make 300 a sitcom, and it was doomed from the start. An actor broke his foot, another needed lung surgery. After they were replaced and the pilot was reshot, the showrunner jumped ship. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Kang the Conqueror

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: The Illuminerdi

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Jurassic Park

It takes an animal village to make a TREX JURASSIC PARK CRACKED.COM Sound designers used several animals to create the sound of a T-Rex, including a whale (breathing), lions, tigers, and gators (low-frequency roaring), elephants (the primary, primal roar) and adorable koala bears for grunting sounds. — Cracked

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Duolingo

Duolingo users help the service make money by translating real documents. Duolingo has contracts with websites like CNN's to translate stories and is earning hundreds of thousands of dollars a year with this business model. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Pixar

Pixar Rules of Storytelling Pull apart the stories you like. 10 What you like in them is a part of you; you've got to recognize it before you can use it. Seven Samurai is about a village elder rounding up warriors to defend their village against bandits. A Bug's Life is about an ant rounding up other insects to defend their colony against grasshoppers. The Pixar writers took what they liked from the Kurosawa film, and made it their own. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Minecraft

GRACKED.COM The sounds Minecraft's ghasts make are the sound designer's vocalizations and the noises of his cat being disturbed in its sleep. — Source: 29 Video Game Features With Just Bonkers Backstories

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Seinfeld

Bob Sacamano SEINFELD CRACKED.co Kramer's eccentric buddy comes up in conversation due to his various maladies, and inventions no one asked for. Bob Sacamano is the actual name of a Seinfeld writer's friend- or, ex-friend. They had a falling out when Kramer described the character's accidental castration.

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Furbies

Furbies were banned from the Pentagon. Officials feared the toy would record classified information. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The 40-Year-Old Virgin

Milestone Steve Carell Performances The 40-Year-Old Virgin Andy Stitzer Carell's breakthrough lead film role, the movie might not have aged well but provides big laughs, especially when Carell put his own bushy chest hair on the line in the now-famous waxing scene. CRACKED.COM — Cinemix/YouTube

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Jeopardy!

Paul Curry JEOPARDY! CRACKED CON The two-time Jeopardy winner Cand Mensa member -- fancy!) would later be convicted of poisoning his wife, but only af — Source: YouTube

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Tobey Maguire

The Spider-Man: No Way Home we didn't get Spider-Man 4 Tobey Maguire's original fourth time as Spidey was going to involve the Vulture's daughter, Black Cat, and a cheating subplot alluded to in No Way Home. CRACKED.COM — Source: Den of Geek

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Willing Oneself Out of Inebriation

WILLING ONESELF OUT OF INEBRIATION CRACKED.COM A character will be black out drunk in one scene, rambling incoherently and bumping into walls until they pass out in the middle of the floor, only to wake up 3 hours later lucid enough to wonder what happened and how that baguette ended up in their pants. Forget just being hung over, this person would likely still be drunk, but they start walking around like the vodka just worked itself out of their bloodstream.

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NBA

An NBA player had to retire because he fell asleep with a pack of ice on his ankle. CRACKED COM B.J. Tyler accidentally fell asleep with a pack of ice on his ankle, causing severe nerve damage. Robbed of the speed that his game was based on, he was subse- quently forced to retire. — Source

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Lewis Black

Comedy Late Bloomers Lewis Black started stand-up in his 30s. His first break was a half-hour Comedy Central special in 1988 at age 40, but he became a staple of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in 1996 at 48. CRACKED — U.S. Air Force/Wiki Commons
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Suicide Squad

EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES THE SHICIDE Weasel IS BASED SQUAD on Bill THE Cat: James Gunn revealed on Twitter that the notorious Weasel was inspired by the character from the Bloom County comic strip. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Raiders of the Lost Ark

They had to remove 350 TV antennas to shoot Raiders of the Lost Ark. The antennas were around the houses around Sallah's home, and taking them down took one day. — Source: Cinephilia & Beyond

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Trading Places

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Reality TV Tropes

CRACKED.COM WORST REALITY TV TROPES THE GIRL NEXT DOOR As dating shows glorify traditional gender roles, it's no surprise that they love the girl next door trope. Are you naïve, cute, and from a small town? You might just be the next Rachael Kirkconnell from The Bachelor (hopefully without the racism). — Source

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The Lone Gunmen

THE LONE GUNMEN CRACKED.COM The ultimate side characters got leading guy status, only to be cancelled after 13 episodes. Show co-creator Vince Gilliga — Time

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Cartoon Network

Power-twerk girls! Do you know what’s needed to make The Powerpuff Girls appealing to the internet generation? Twerking and outdated memes! — Source: The All State

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Parks and Recreation

COMEDY NERD Parks and Rec season one feels pretty different from the later show. Those episodes are usually considered the show's worst, and Leslie Knope was a lot like Michael Scott from The Office. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Paul Sorvino

Paul Sorvino almost backed out. Sorvino called his agent to get him out of the movie, as he was struggling to get in character as Paulie Cicero. He finally found Paulie in the mirror, though:' I saw this guy, and it scared the hell out of — Source: Complex

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Sean Connery

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Sean Connery gets shot with James Bond's gun. When Walter Donovan shoots Indy's dad, he uses Bond's signature handgun- a Walther PPK. (Also, Donovan is played by Julian Glover, who was a Bond villain in For Your Eyes Only). CRACKED.COM — Range 365

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SPL: Sha Po Lang

Final Action Scenes 2005 SPL: SHA PO LANG Long story short: Donnie Yen and Sammo Hung beat the crap out of each other. Long story a bit less short: SPL is a smarter, more layered movie than your usual Hong Kong action thriller. It's a drama dealing with grief, vengeance, and police corruption, and Yen actually plays a good cop who reluctantly gets his hands dirty. CRACKED.COM — Watch it on YouTube

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Walt Disney World

GRACKED COM Walt Disney World's River County was once responsible for the death of a boy in 1980, who died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba while swimming in the water park. However, this incident wasn't enough to shut it down. It was only shut down in 2001 due to lack of demand. — Source: 24 Startlingly Dark Secrets About The Disney Company

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Halloween

Halloween's premise was just a way to save money. John Carpenter wanted to make a horror movie where the monster was some guy wearing coveralls, because that'd be really cheap. CRACKED.COM — Source: 7 Iconic Scenes (We Only Got Because The Movie Was Broke)

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Fred Armisen

FRED ARMISEN -+- ELISABETH MOSS ORACKED CON They met when Moss cameoed on Jon Hamm's Mad Men sketch. Traumatic and awful is how she describes their — LA Times

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The Little Mermaid

In The Little Mermaid, Ariel got her red hair to set her apart from Splash's Madison. She was originally meant to be blonde, but five years earlier, Splash came out, featuring Daryl Hannah as a blonde mermaid. Disney wanted to make Ariel stand out, so they went with red, giving Ariel her iconic look. CRACKED.COM — 26 Origins Of Characters' Signature Traits

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Straight Outta Compton

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Slipknot

SLIPKNOT'S COREY TAYLOR VS. NICKLEBACK'S CHAD KROEGER The frontmen have exchanged more than a few words over the years. Kroeger called Taylor's band S

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Community

THE 6TH SEASON OF COMMUNITY WAS FILMED IN A BASEMENT. CRACKED It was filmed under the set of Parks and Rec! — Source

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The Shining

15 Early Drafts For Horror Movies That Are Totally Bonkers - The Shining almost ended with the hotel manager trying to adopt Jack’s family - The origi — Source: 7 Stupid Endings That Almost Ruined Classic Horror Movies

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Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss was a beloved children's author. BUT Theodor Geisel not only never liked children, but was actually scared of them. He never had children of

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Beanie Babies

BEANIE BABIES FOUNDER TY WARneR GAVE A STRANGER 20 GRAND FOR HeR meDICAL TREATMENT. NG 29 OF ABIES Warner was lost in Santa Barbara and pulled into a parking lot to get directions. Не wound up speaking to Jennifer Vasilakos, who was raising money to treat a kidney condition. не GAVE HeR A $50 CHeck on THE SPOT, THen MAILED HeR ANOTHER FOR $20,000. CRACKED.COM — Feel-Good Stories To Buoy All Our Souls

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Scarface

We think of AI Pacino as Scarface, but he was not the first one. Brian De Palma's movie was a remake, dedicated to Ben Hecht, one of the writers of the original from 1932. CRACKED.COM — Source: Pop Culture That's Older Than It Seems

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Dennis Miller

CRACKED DENNIS MILLER- MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Hired for color commentary in 2000, Dennis Miller, his dry, hyper-intellectual humor and non-football related rants were not appreciated, and he was replaced by John Madden. NIGHT OTBAL — Bleacher Report / SI

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Splatoon

SPLATOON THE M CRACKED.COM Splatoon was going to feature familiar faces from the Mario games before Miyamoto settled on creating new characters, the Inklings, for the company's first foray into the competitive shooter genre. — Gamespot

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