40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Will Decimate Your Brain’s Microbiome

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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Will Decimate Your Brain’s Microbiome

Cookie Monster’s first name isn’t Cookie, but his surname is actually Monster.

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Seven

Realize, detective, the only reason that I'm here right now is that I wanted to be. -John Doe SVED CRACKED COM

Taxi Driver

To get the extremely bloody and violent film TAXI DRIVER into receiving an R rating instead of X, director Martin Scorsese desaturated the film. This

Jingles

Jingles 4 300- Like 5.75 The Voice, but for commercial jingles, and starring Gene Simmons. CRACKED.COM

YouTube

An Olympic javelin thrower learned proper technique from Youtube. CRACKED.COM Kenyan javelin thrower Ju- lius Yego, who won the Olympic silver medal in Rio Olympics 2016, learned how to throw javelin prop- erly by watching YouTube videos when he couldn't find a trainer.

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Cookie Monster

Cookie Monster In a song in 2007 (and again in 2017), Cookie Monster revealed his real name was Sidney Monster. CRACKED.COM

Source: WIRED

Fu Manchu

ALSO, SHANG CHI FINALLY MADE FU MANCHU ACTUALLY ASIAN. As Xu Wenwu is partly an updated, humanized version of Fu Manchu, this would make Tony Leung the first Chinese actor to play this notorious Chinese character. Ever. After an entire century.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them was going to be a documentary. In the very first discussions about the movie, the idea got floated that it could all be a documentary about what Newt Scamander gets up to. CRACKED.COM

Source: Collider.com

The Matrix

Marcus Chong might have stolen food. THE MATRIX Warner Bros says he was axed from the sequels for stealing food from the lot... oh, and making threate

Source: EW

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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Will Decimate Your Brain’s Microbiome
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

IN POLAND, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT A CUTE CARTOON CHARACTER. AMERYKANSKI FILM FANTASTYCZNO-NAUKOWY REZ.:STEVEN BLISKI

Infinity Gauntlet

The awesome power of the Infinity Gauntlet was shown giving people car insurance. In a GEICO ad, the GEICO Gecko fantasizes about changing reality by

Howie Mandel

Howie Mandell went from stand-up goofball to game show host. And he was a gremlin along the way. Specifically, Howie was the voice of Gizmo, the adora

Peter Frampton

Peter Frampton stormed off during a concert when a cameraman ruined his solo. IRDS At a concert in Minnesota, the musician known for Baby, I Love Y

Chandler Bing

CHANDLER XAnDer MURIEL LAVELLE BING HARRIS CRA Buffy FRIEND.S iLtt. SIMILAR FIRST nAmes GIRLY MIDDLE NAmES VeRY Funny & SARCASTIC AWKWARD WITH wome

Stephen King

Stephen King hated the hype around Carrie. SO HE PUBLISHED SEVEN BOOKS USING A FAKE NAME. King hated the idea that his books were popular because of t

Home Alone

The adults in Home Alone seem nice, ifabsentminded. But Kevin almost had a perverted uncle. In deleted a scene, Kevin's uncle Frank decides it's the h

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