40 Random Trivia Bits That Weave Into A Beautiful Movies, TV, And Pop-Culture Tapestry

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40 Random Trivia Bits That Weave Into A Beautiful Movies, TV, And Pop-Culture Tapestry
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Bill Nye Doesn’t Look Like Steve Martin At All — Right?

Bill Nye got his break into the entertainment industry by winning a Steve Martin look-alike contest in 1978. This was after being reject- ed to join NASA's astro- naut training program in the late 1970s four times, where he stumbled into a new career path that launched his career into stardom. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Hank Hill’s Politics

The writers all had to read a law professor's book on government overreach. CRACKED cO Writers were required to read The Death of Common Sense, a book by Georgetown Law professor Philip K. Howard. The book explains a very Hill-ian philosophy that bureaucracy causes common sense to atrophy.

Source: LA Times

Stewart Copeland

Stewart Copeland's dad helped found the CIA. POLICE Miles Copeland was an intelligence officer who, along with other notable spooks, assisted in setti

Nick Drake

Nick Drake was mostly ignored. Drake recorded only three albums, none of which sold more than 5,000 copies during his lifetime. His popularity has gro

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg was freaked the hell out after learning that a creepy stalker was arrested near his home, armed with razors, a knife, masking tape, a

Groundhog Day

GROUNDHOG DAY TOP TIP Dieg CRACKED.COM The Tip Top Cafe where plenty of the action took place in Groundhog Day was just a set, unsurprisingly. Post-filming, though, it had enough customers to operate for real for 20 years.

X-Men: The Last Stand

X-MEN: THE LAST STAND CRACKED.COM The first 2 X-Men films were critical and financial successes, and gave us Hugh Jackman's Wolverine. The 3rd was rushed, and scheduling conflicts lead to strange character rewrites, tanking what could have been a solid trilogy. X-Men: First Class got X-Men back on track 5 years later.

Source: Looper

Frankie Muniz

MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE Frankie Muniz TOY ESTONE TOYOT mestune CRAGKED CO The perpetually youthful child actor dabbled in everything from film productio

Pinocchio Syndrome

A PATIENT GETS SICK WHEN HE TELLS A LIE. The man, 51, experiences a loss of consciousness, convulsions, hallucinations, and anxiety for more than a th

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40 Random Trivia Bits That Weave Into A Beautiful Movies, TV, And Pop-Culture Tapestry

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40 Random Trivia Bits That Weave Into A Beautiful Movies, TV, And Pop-Culture Tapestry

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