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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Didn’t Realize We Were Supposed to Dilute With Milk or Water So We’re in for a Wild Morning

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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Didn’t Realize We Were Supposed to Dilute With Milk or Water So We’re in for a Wild Morning

May 07, 2025

Jack Nicholson said there aren’t enough evil people having sex on the big screen, and that’s why he needed a sex scene in The Departed.

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Chris Evans

CRACKED.COM Chris Evans His uncle was a congressman. Evans isn't afraid to get into politics, including showing support for his uncle, Mike Capuano. Among other offices, Capuano had represented Massachussets in the U.S. House of Representatives. — Source: Mike Capuano/Twitter

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The Empire Strikes Back

C-3PO is a cunning warrior. In this deleted scene from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, during the escape from Hoth Base C-3PO takes a second to rip a sign off a door. When the Imperial Stormtroopers come through and open the door searching for Rebels, they find the room is filled with deadly wampas. The same snow creature that almost killed Luke Skywalker earlier in the movie. GRACKED.COM — Source: 21 Movie Deleted Scenes (That Change A Lot)

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Carlos Bernard

24 actor Carlos Bernard had his co-star fake-arrested. Не had two of his cop buddies drop by and pretend to arrest Mia Kirshner on a made-up charge, and then he pretended to assault them. The whole thing lasted hours, setting the show back a day (and probably quite a bit of money). CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Bizarre Pranks Pulled By Famous People

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Bob Odenkirk and David Cross

COMEDY NERD After Bob Odenkirk and David Cross made Mr Show, they shot a new pilot. THE It was called David's Situation, and it had David Cross as himself - but they both lost interest in the project pretty soon. CRACKED.COM

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Wildcats

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Calvin & Hobbes

Calvin & Hobbes creator Bill Watterson has never approved a Hobbes plush toy. Не says it's ambiguous whether Hobbes is real or a stuffed animal & he won't mess with that. It's estimated he's left $300 million on the table as a result. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

CRACKED FRESH PRINCE DEALS WITH GUN VIOLENCE. After Will takes a bullet for him, Carlton carries a gun. Will says, The world can be a scary place. You just gotta learn to deal with it, alright? Referencing his gun, Carlton says, Yeah, well I found my way. Will tearfully begs him to reconsider. — Youtube / TV Over Mind

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Samantha Bee

COMEDY NERD Samantha Bee regretted calling Ivanka Trump a feckless с t on air. But the only reason is that everybody focused on her choice of words, not on the actual point she was trying to make with those words. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Times Comedians Flat-Out Regretted Their Old Jokes

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Thriller

Michael Jackson's Thriller jacket was bought for $1.8 million Milton Verret of Austin, Texas, bought the iconic red jacket in auction two years after the singer's death. CRACKED.COM — Source: Hollywood Reporter

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The Departed

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS JACK NICHOLSON REQUESTED THE SEX SCENE. Departed THE Nicholson says that he pushed for the film to showcase the evil side of sexuality. These kind of monsters, they don't usually have a sex life onscreen, so I wanted to bring that to the part. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The Departed

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Wolverine

THE TRAILER FOR MARVEL'S WOLVERINE GAME HAS A HULK COMIC EASTER EGG. COKA Made ALE 585 SINCE - BLK 181 A license plate with HLK 181 can be spotted behind the bar. It's a reference to the 1974 Marvel issue, Incredible Hulk #181-And Now... The Wolverine! CRACKED.COM — Source

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David Hasselhoff

David Hasselhoff HAMBURGLED HIS OWN REPUTATION CRACKED.COM In 2007, video leaked of him drunkenly mangling a hamburger on the floor while berating his daughter. Despite all that, he managed to reach a new low in 2010 with The Hasselhoffs, wherein he clings to fame while trying to shoehorn his daughters into the industry. — Source

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Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio used to have a huge Star Wars action figure collection. The Titanic actor sold his Star Wars and G.I. Joe collection for over $100,000 in 2006, which went towards environmental protection efforts. CRACKED.COM — Source: 11 Celebrities With Nerdy Hobbies

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NBA Jam

The NBA Jam arcade game outgrossed 'Jurassic Park' in 1993. I CRACKED.COM SHOT NBA Jam was America's highest-grossing arcade game of 1993. Individual ma- chines at the time were earn- ing up to $2400 per week, and the game grossed over $1 billion the first year. — Play Meter

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Cannibal Holocaust

'80S HORROR CLASSICS CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST THE MOVIE FEATURES ACTUAL ANIMAL CRUELTY. This Italian classic is kinda ruined by its real violence against tarantulas, boas, pigs, and monkeys, among other animals. This problem wasn't exclusive to exploitation movies-high art films such as Apocalypse Now have done the same. CRACKED.COM — Source: Wikipedia

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Driving Miss Daisy

CRACKED.COM Driving Miss Daisy Hans Zimmer played all the instruments in the soundtrack. Going against the grain, Zimmer didn't hire an orchestra, but recorded himself playing all the parts on the synthesizer and mixed it himself. — Source: Eighties Kids

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Xander Harris

Buffy the Vampire Slayer ave FIRST APPEARANCE Buffy the Vampire Slayer 4 Welcome to the Hellmouth XANDER From annoying sidekick to... annoying sidekick. Hey, now he knows how to pilot tanks? BUS LAST APPEARANCE Buffy the Vampire Slayer Chosen CRACKED.COM

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Mr. Harrington

MCU Phase One Easter Eggs Mr. Harrington The computer nerd from The Incredible Hulk goes on to become Peter Parker's teacher in Spider-Man: Homecoming. CRACKED.COM — Source: Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki

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Janice Hosenstein

JANICE HOSENSTEIN Startungs so - CRACKED COM nila Oh, we're sorry, you don't like her laugh? The thing she has no control over? Grow up. Janice is a nice girl that Chandler strung along because he was too chickenshit to break it off, only to have Phoebe do it for him and eventually take her back so he has someone to kiss on New Years. Could he BE a bigger a-hole?

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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Joe Pesci

CRACKED.COM Joe Pesci sued Gotti for cutting him out. You'd think any actor would be happy not to be in a critically panned box-office bomb. Except Pesci was cut from his part after gaining 30 pounds for it, and offered to play a different character instead (with a pay cut). Не ended up receiving a settlement. — Source: 15 Random Facts to Stack On Your Brainshelves

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John Hughes

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles was supposed to be over 3 hours long. That was John Hughes' original cut, but it was lost, and his guess was that it was rotting away in a vault somewhere. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Facts To Make Us Sound Smarter And/Or More Informed

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Shaq

Shaq knows the importance of maintaining a spotless chaise. CRACKED.COM After recovering from a bad thumb injury: Just glad I got my thumbs back. You know, for six weeks, I couldn't even wipe my furniture.

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Independence Day

They made 4,000 or SO miniatures and models for the VFX in Independence Day. into PATILLE mith things think It took nine months to film all the miniature and model footage they needed, and up to four camera crews were filming it at any one time. CRACKED.COM — Source: Vulture

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Barbie

More ways for Barbie to lose teeth at TIM HORTONS Tim Tim Hortons Horton GRACKED.COM If a Honey Cruller doesn't rot the molars out of Barbie's jaw, how about a puck delivered at 90 miles-per-hour straight to her chompers? Currently only available at Toys R Us Canada, where they still have Toys R Us. — Narcity

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Harrison Ford

A Star Wars puppeteer was almost fired for pissing off Harrison Ford. According to puppeteer Tim Rose, he cracked a joke in the set of Return of the Jedi about Harrison Ford's demands - -and Ford, overhearing the quip, demanded the insolent jokester to be fired. Luckily, Ford didn't know what — More: Movie Beef: The Other 'Star Wars' Firing We Never Heard About

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Bob Odenkirk

Here's to Odenkirk's role in DRUNK HISTORY CRACKEDco Derek Waters managed to get Odenkirk's cell number and Bob ending up directing a Waters web series. All that eventually led to Drunk History. Everything you watch now, says Waters, you can trace back to Mr. Show. — Wired

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Reading Rainbow

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Blade Runner

So IS DECKARD A REPLICANT OR WHAT? BIGTImE. There's a scene in the Director's Cut of the original Blade Runner where Deckard dreams about a unicorn, t

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Rod Stewart

Rod Stewart is a hardcore train set builder. Most of the third floor of his mansion is taken up by a 124-foot train set. He built it while touring. Ho

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The Canyons

On the set of future flop The Canyons, producer Braxton Pope claims that Lindsay Lohan demanded that he and all the other crew on set strip naked for

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Marge Simpson

Wateh Out CE In Season 1, Episode 10, Homer's Night Out, Marge kicks Homer out of the house because a picture of him dancing with another woman is g

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Jaws

If you love (or hate) summer blockbusters, you can thank Jaws for it. Before Jaws got released, summer was considered a dead period for movie releases - and Jaws was the first ever summer blockbuster. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Chris Hemsworth

Careers built on a lie Chris Hemsworth had to pretend to be shorter. Hemsworth's good looks have been an advantage in some cases, but he has had to lie about his height to be considered for certain roles. Не was even specifically asked to be over 6ft 1in for the audition for Thor. CRACKED — Marvel Studios
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Eddie Kingston

Characters Who Would Thrive in Cobra Kai All Elite Wrestling Cobra Mai Eddie Kingston Many in Cobra Kai come from a harsh background and/or are a Last of a Dying Breed, like Eddie Kingston. Eddie's reaction to struggle is to give it a spinning backhand punch, so that fits the dojo's attitude perfectly. CRACKED.COM — Photo Credit: Carter Sterling/Flickr

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The Lego Movie

Easter Eggs for Polyglots The Lego Movie octopus Tuesday! Lord Business' Taco Tuesday is about the octopus-like TAKOS machine - and as it turns out, tako is Japanese for octopus. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Easter Eggs You Missed (If You're Monolingual)

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Brienne of Tarth

Game of Thrones FIRST APPEARANCE What is Dead May Never Die BRIENNE Knight to Lord Commander (with a brief sojourn in a bear pit). LAST APPEARANCE The Iron Throne CRACKED.COM

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Session 9

SESSION9 CRACKEDCO Session 9 was shot at the Danvers State Mental Hospital, which had decayed for over a decade. No set decoration needed- old patient — Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Wall-E

In WALL-E, Buy n Large Times is probably one of the company's most ollution-causing products. I1S810 ARGE BUY N TIMte COAL TR TOO MUCH SH! FARTH COV R

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Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice made Goth subculture mainstream. Previously, Goth fashion was strictly and-made, but due to increasing demand, stores that make Goth attir

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