39 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We’ve Had Packed in Our Lip Like Chewing Tobacco

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39 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We’ve Had Packed in Our Lip Like Chewing Tobacco
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Garth Brooks was banished from some country music airwaves for his lyric, “When we’re to love anyone we choose.”

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The Black Cauldron

One of the only acknowledgments of The Black Cauldron in Disneyland is in Tokyo. GRACKED COM Tokyo Disneyland once hosted a Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour, featuring encounters with classic Disney vil- lains, ending with the Horned King.

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Back to the Future

EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS BACK THE KIT-CAT TO FUTURE CLOCK THE -9 3. 7 5. Writer Bob Gale and director Robert Zemeckis added this specific clock because they both had them when they were kids. 'CRACKED.COM

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Thor and Loki

THOR AND LOKI IDIN CRACKED COM. The mythical battle between the Norse -brothers was brought to musical life with a recorder duet. Also: Tap-dancing tr

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39 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We’ve Had Packed in Our Lip Like Chewing Tobacco
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Shrek

Mike Myers' last-minute change of mind gave Shrek his Scottish accent. SHREK After watching a rough cut of the movie, Myers decided the original Canadian version of Shrek didn't quite work. So to the dismay of the studio (and at great expense!), he decided to rerecord all his lines with a Scottish accent, which he thought would work much better for the character. CRACKED.COM

Mark McGwire

Mark McGwire St. Louis Cardinals MCGURE 25 CRACKED.COM Just before his big 1998 home run competition with Sammy Sosa, Big Mac put a stipulation in his contract that he'd get $1 per fan that came out to Busch Stadium (after 2.8 million). They wound up getting 3.2 million fans to the stadium that season --up from 2.4 milion in '97.

The First Special Effect

Historical Firsts in Practical Effects The first-ever special effect 1895 Shot at Edison Labs in New Jersey, 1895's Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots was the first film to use a visual effect. They used stop- action for her beheading, and since no one had ever seen special effects, viewers thought they actually killed the actress. CRACKED

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Darth Vader vs. Walter White

CRACKED VS Darth Vader Walter White Better with children: WALTER Well, at least Brock Cantillo survived being poisoned by Walter White. Anakin sliced through lots of younglings just because he was told to. We won't be recommending either to babysit any kid we know, but Walter still (kinda) wins. CRACKED.COM

Dolly Parton

CRACKED olly PParton COM Has written over 3000 songs Has made 46 solo studio albums in the last 52 years Has written two autobiographies, two children

Bob Hoskins

WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT GAVE BOB HOSKINS HALLUCINATONS WHICH PROMPTED HIM TO TEMPORARILY STOP ACTING. Throughout his life, Hoskins would invent imagin

Tippi Hedren

HITCHCOCKTORTURED TIPPl HEDREN WITH ACTUAL LIVE BIRDS IN THE BIRDS. eel he the moat terrifyine metio pieture Mave ever madeft anfta ALFRED HITCHCOCK'

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