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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Got Caught in the Zipper

March 08, 2025

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Orson Welles

Orson Welles THE BLACK ROSE CRACKED.COM Welles demanded that a coat he wore in the film The Black Rose be completely lined in real mink... despite it never being visible. I bet that coat was very comfortable! Unlike trying to watch a movie from 1950 where everyone's in brownface. — Source

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Jaws: The Revenge

WORST SEQUELS EVER JAWS: THE REVENGE So this film was directed by a nobody, right? Nope. Joseph Sargent had a long career on movies and TV. In fact, he directed the two-hour Kojak pilot in 1973, which Spielberg himself credited for inspiring him to hire Lorraine Gary to play Jaws' Ellen Brody (leading to her prominent role in this fourth part). CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Facts About Some of the Worst Sequels Ever

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Rick and Morty

CRACKED.COM Mort Dinner Rick Andre Tropes subverted by Rick and Morty There are no therapists Therapists do not really exist in sitcoms, because if they did it'd be all less comedic (unless it's Frasier). Anyway, Dr. Wong was Rick's match in the classic Pickle Rick, but a few seasons later, it is good to see the Smith family is still going to therapy. — More: HBO Max/YouTube
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The Boys

The Boys What is it with The Boys and milk? Mother Milk's moniker in the comics comes from the fact that he got superpowers from his mom, while in the show it's for his protecting, nurturing personality. Homelander's milk obsession, however, appears only in the show. CRACKED.COM — Source: BT

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Christoph Waltz

CHRISTOPH WALTZ is a true polyglot. Waltz didn't need any coaching for Inglourious Basterds - he does fluently speak all those languages. However, he plays it down as just a part of traveling around Europe. If you needed Cherokee to order dinner, you'd speak Cherokee, he has said. — Source: CBS News

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Lauren Santo Domingo

LAUREN SANTO DOMINGO NEVER WASHES HER OWN HAIR. We're not saying that Santo Domingo's hair is ever dirty. She's an editor at Vogue-you'll never see her hair anything less than radiant. She just has other people wash it for her. Every. Single. Time. Not like | wash my own hair, she has said nonchalantly. I can't even remember the last time | washed my own hair. CRACKED.COM — 25 Celebs Who Left Reality Behind

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Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais was an 80s pop star. He was part of the duo Seona Dancing and their song More to Lose was a one-hit wonder in the Philippines. CRACKED.COM — Source: Time Magazine

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Gun Tropes

Fanning a gun would only make you miss your target. You see it a lot in westerns -- but in real life, you'd be lucky to hit anything with all that jarring. It's unlikely that this was ever done outside of shows. — Source: HistoryNet

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Henry Fonda

HENRY FONDA scored his first Oscar ON GOLDEN POND CRACKED COM Fonda's kid Jane purchased the play On Golden Pond specifically to work out some real-life father /daughter issues. Onscreen wife Katherine Hepburn gave Spencer Tracy's lucky hat to Fonda, who wore it for the film. — janefonda.com

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Peter Quill

EGO Mated with celestial hotties to sire children who would spread his galactic clout. When the kids didn't tap into his deity he powers, killed them. No wonder Peter Quill had daddy issues. CRACKED.COM

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Annie Murphy

Annie Murphy wrote A Little Bit Alexis with her husband. CRACKED COM Murphy's husband is in Canadian indie band Hollerado, and the power couple collabbed on the pop abomination.

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Alex Jones

Alex Jones sells a crapload of sketchy dietary supplements. The Alex Jones empire appears to be slowly evolving from a conspiracy theory dissemination

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Newman

Cartoonish villains we want to see succeed Seinfeld Newman Newman is cruel and conniving, and his evil, joyful squeal puts him right there with the classic villains. Jerry's own sociopathy is too bleak in some episodes, while Newman's should have been awarded with victory - euphoric, jiggling, squeaking victory. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Scream 2

IN SCREAM 2, THE KILLER BEHIND GHOSTFACE'S MASK IS MICKEY ALTIERI. THAT WASN'T THE PLAN. НЕ REPLACED DEREK AND HALLIE. The identity of the killers was changed after the script was leaked on the internet. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Peking Duk

A fan of Peking Duk added himself to their Wiki page as a relative. peking duk @pekingduk som1 edited our wiki 2 say he was our family. showed security, got in2 the green room and had a beer with boys.. Security bought it, and let him backstage. The band was super impressed, and they had a bunch of beers with the guy. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Celine Dion

Celine Dion needed a $2 million humidifier. CRACKED.COM She had Caesar's Palace install a humidifier above the stage during a three-year residency, to keep the desert driness from withering her precious vocal cords. — Source

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Despicable Me

CRACKED GRU IS A LOVING FATHER FIGURE TO HIS 3 ADOPTED DAUGHTERS. DESPICABLE ME Yes, he's a villain who adopts them as part of a scheme to steal the moon, but that plan takes a backseat as he develops a soft spot for the girls, and learns the value of love. — Collider / Lad Bible

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Sex Pistols

UN-PUNK PUNK MOMENTS - Sex Pistols Official DE MIO @sexpistols The God Save The Queen NFT collection, includes three tiers of rarity Each tier features a number of artworks & NFT's will be allocated upon minting. 1:01 PM Jun 9. 2022 SEX PISTOLS PROMOTE GOD SAVE THE QUEEN NTFS In a tweet that sparked fan outrage, Sex Pistols hawk NFTs with three tiers of rarity. Cool, man! CRACKED — Northfoto/Shutterstock
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Magic Johnson

Magic Johnson won an NBA title for multiple positions. X In the 1980 NBA Finals, Magic took over for Ка- reem Abdul-Jabbar as cen- ter, switching off to play guard and forward as well. Не became the only rookie to win the NBA Finals MVP award. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — NBA

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Jackie Chan

CRACKED.COM Jackie Chan Не has been in over 150 movies. Skip Rush Hour and just start with the classics: 1978's Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and Drunken Master, 1983's Project А, 1988's Dragons Forever, 1989's Miracles, 1993's Crime Story, 1994's Drunken Master 2, and the first three Police Story movies. — Source: Wikipedia

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Rob McElhenney

Rob McElhenney from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia was raised by a lesbian couple. McElhenney plays the for- merly homophobic and now out-of-the-closet (and ripped) homosexual charac- ter, Mac. The show has used gay marriage to illustrate America's hipocracy re- garding marriage equality. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — On Top Mag

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Mike Myers

COMEDY NERD Mike Myers' character from Wayne's World first appeared in Wayne's Power Minute. RATI It was a Mike Myers sketch featuring the same Wayne, on the short-lived Canadian show It's Only Rock'n'Roll, but it was waaaay more awkward and less funny than the movie. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Shaq

Shaq says adversity ain't sh*t to him. CRACKED.COM Every challenge you put in front of me, I've handled it, dismantled it, ate them, dropped them off in the bathroom and flushed them away.

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Game of Thrones

In Game of Thrones, LYANNA STARK is KIOApPEd by Rhaegar Targaryen. Stories of her taking and rape triggered Robert's Rebellion. As a result, Robert Ba

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Braniff International

In 1987, Braniff international released an ad that was easily confused for an open invitation into the mile-high club. BI BRADIFF INTERNATIONAL BRANIFF 00000000 The airline company was trying to entice travelers with its leather seats when a mixup of Spanish homophones turned its Fly in leather tag line into Fly naked. CRACKED.COM

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Pop Rocks

Pop Rocks, Tang, and Cool Whip were all invented by one person. R SS CRACKED.COM Dr. William А. Mitchell was badly burned in a lab explo- sion as a young chemist working at the Agricultural Experiment Station, and went to work at General Foods after recovering at the start of World War II. — Source

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The Olympics

The youngest Olympian was 10 years old. CRACKED.COM According to Olympic records, Greek gym- nast Dimitrios Loun- dras finished third at the 1896 Olympic Games when he was 10 years old. — Source

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Macaulay Culkin

CRACKED After his 1994 movie Richie Rich. MACAULAY CULKIN told his parents, I'm done, guys - 1 hope you all made your money, because there is no more coming from me. Не took his parents to court to stop them from controlling his $17 million in earnings. — Everett Collection/Shutterstock
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Rob Lowe

Akward Awards 1989 OSCARS EILEEN BOWMAN and ROB LOWE Bowman and Lowe put on an incredibly loud performance of a new version of Tina Turner's Proud Mary as part of a 12-minute show. Afterwards, Bowman was told not to talk about the performance for 13 years. CRACKED — YouTube
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JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure

Stands in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Strength A giant ghost freighter controlled by an orangutan Ghost ships have been a part of literature and lore for a while, but they're mostly old pirate ships. A giant modern freighter that's being mentally controlled by a pervy ape is a new twist. CRACKED.COM — JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia

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The Expendables 2

CRACKED.COM By the power vested in me, / now pronounce you... man and knife. CHURCH ACTION THE EXPENDABLES 2 Lee Christmas' Priest and Mr. Church fill churches with intrigue and danger. — Watch it on YouTube

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Donkey Kong 64

Donkey Kong 64 was bundled with the N64 expansion pak because of a single bug. NINTENDO EXPANSION PAK DONKEY N OnlyFor INCLUDED! KONG64 - - - the Deeogram de - - Para E - .. DOLBY AVENUE G COLLECTOR'S EDITION YELLOW GAME PAK SURROUND PAL VERSION DONKEY NINTENDO IKONIC The mystery bug caused the game to crash randomly unless the pak was inserted. The game didn't really need the pak, but Rare convinced Nintendo to include it at great expense to fix that one stubborn bug. CRACKED.COM — 29 Video Game Features With Just Bonkers Backstories

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Raya and the Last Dragon

An early scene from Raya and the Last Dragon showed totally different Druun. In the final movie, the Druun are just mist without form-- but early on, as shown in this scene, they were armored humanoids with a clear shape. CRACKED.COM — CBR

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Vulfpeck

Vulfpeck beats Spotify with the sound of silence. GRACKED.COM The Michigan-based funk band created a playlist of short, silent tracks, with titles like Zzz and Zzzzz, and encouraged fans to play it while they slept. That helped them collect more of the penny slivers that Spotify pays out for the music they stream. — Source: 5 Wild Loopholes People Used To Beat Rigged Systems

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Eyes Wide Shut

Released in 1999 Stanley Kubrick bought the rights to Arthur Schnitzler's Dream Story in 1968. Then he sat on the story for three decades until he finally EYES adapted it into WIDE SHUT. — Source: Time

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Finn Wolfhard

FINN WOLFHARD THE AUBREYS Wolfhard wanted to name the band after his cat Audrey. But the Audreys already existed so the d became a b. Wolfhard's plans — Altpress

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Professor Slughorn

Jim Broadbent CProfessor Slughorn in Harry Potter) carves bizarre wooden statues. After carving them, he paints them, dresses them, and puts human hai — Source: The Guardian

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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD HAS A LOT OF CONFUSING SUBPLOTS WHICH ODDLY RESEMBLE A SOAP OPERA But Grindelwald casting a fire circle li

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Matthew Lewis

Matthew Lewis's eardrum was perforated during a scene with Carter, Helena Bonham character when she little too into got a while torturing him with her

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