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35 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Thought of in the Shower, Hours After a Verbal Scuffle

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35 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Thought of in the Shower, Hours After a Verbal Scuffle

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The Natural

35 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Thought of in the Shower, Hours After a Verbal Scuffle

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Sean Bean

CRACKED COM The Lord of the Rings sean Bean climbed steep hills dressed as Boromir. Bean is afraid of heights and planes, so he would take nearly 30 minutes to climb to the shooting location in full costume rather than take a five-minute helicopter ride. — Source

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Sports Cards

Collectible Bubbles a JO I ESPRS 00 topes e A Sports cards - The worth of a lot of collectibles from the '80s and '90s, like sports cards, has gone way down since it was at its highest in the early '90s. So much for pop culture ephemera as investment vehicles. CRACKED — Source

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Game of Thrones

GAME OF THRONES: IKEA RUGS, NOW WITH A WESTEROS TWIST. CRACKED The costume designer for Game of Thrones said that some of the capes worn on the show were actually just Ikea rugs that had been given a makeover. — Standard

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Steve Martin

Steve Martin CRACKED.COM That explains it! I saw the movie Crouching Tiger Hid- den Dragon and was sur- prised because I didn't see any tigers or dragons. Then I realized why: they're crouching and hidden. — PurpleClover

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Kung Fu Panda

CRACKED.COM Cartoon Bears KUNG FU PANDA TOOK OVER FOUR YEARS TO MAKE. The movie was a daunting task for DreamWorks. Production started in October 2004, and the film hit movie theaters on June 6, 2008. — Sources: Wikipedia, TV Overmind

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Johnny Carson

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM JOHNNY CARSON NOW: 17 years gone from the mortal realm, host to 'The Tonight Show' from 1962 to 1992. THEN: Magician, stage name The Great Carsoni. Не didn't wear his Carnac The Magnificent get up when he dazzled audiences as a young magician, but it's clear how much Carson was born for the stage. — Source: North Platte Telegraph

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Woody Allen

WOODY. ALLEN is a Freudian dream project CRACKED.co FADE IN: A beloved comic director creates his own dysfunctional Chinatown: Is she his wife? Is she his stepdaughter? Is he an artist or a #MeToo criminal? How much of his art is imitating life? Is Dylan Farrow after the truth or revenge? — Biography

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Battlestar Galactica

Have you seen BOXEY? He's supposed to be aboard the Battlestar Galactica. Several plans were made for the kid, but after the initial 2003 miniseries, the writers couldn't really find a place for him. He appears in exactly one episode of Season 1, and then never again. — Source: Battlestar Wiki

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Heroes

TIM KRING is sorry about the start of Heroes season two. HER OO In 2007, the Heroes creator called Entertainment Weekly and laid out in detail everyth — Entertainment Weekly

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The Walking Dead

Noah THE WALKING DEAD CRACKED cO COM Glenn got a front-row seat to Noah being torn to shreds just outside of a revolving door.

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Bob Ross

CRACKED.COM It's no surprise that Steve ROSS, Bob Ross' eldest son, grew up painting. It is surprising that he was 12 before he realized that not ever

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Viola Davis

CRACKED.COM - COMIC CON doology Viola Davis She shares an Oscar record with Whoopi Goldberg. Davis and Goldberg are the only black actresses to have been nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress.

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Calvin and Hobbes

Bill Watterson turned down Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. Watterson is so dead-set against a movie or TV adaptation of Calvin and Hobbes, that he said no to Lucas and Spielberg in the '80s. Не has nothing against animation, and in fact he loves it - he just sees no benefit in giving that treatment to his strip. CRACKED.COM — Source

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George Orwell

The Germans nearly destroyed the Animal Farm manuscript before publication. ORWELL ANIMAL FARM Not on purpose, though - it's just that a Nazi bomb hit George Orwell's house, but he found the manuscript in the ruins. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Wicker Man

THE WICKER MAN CRACKED.COM 1973: Horror classic about the dangers of cult mentality, starring cinematic icon Christopher Lee 2006: Nicholas Cage screaming about bees and punching women in the face while wearing a bear costume — Source

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Joan Rivers

JOAN RIVERS CRACKED.COM According to her autobiography Enter Talking, the legendary comic got her start performing material she cribbed from acts she saw on television. — Source

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Bill Gates

CRACKED BILL GATES WAS ARRESTED TWICE. The Microsoft co-founder was arrested once in 1975 for driving without a license and speeding. Не was then arrested in 1977 for again driving without a license, and failing to stop at a stop sign. — Source

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School of Rock

BEHIND-THE-SCENES SFACTS Jack Black scared the heck out of the PARENTS CRACKED.COM The moms were spooked by the rampaging wild man they knew from Orange County and Tenacious D. My mom was just terrified that he was going to be a terrible influence on me, says Jordan-Claire Green. But Black quickly won them over: Не was just amazing. — Source: 29 Easter Eggs And Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Iconic Comedies

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Masters of the Universe

35 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Thought of in the Shower, Hours After a Verbal Scuffle — Source: 32 Non-Garbage Moments In Hot Garbage Shows & Movies

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Ernest Dickerson

One of the original directors left his mark (for free). Se7en was going to be directed by Ernest Dickerson, who'd later work on The Walking Dead and The Wire. Dickerson convinced the studio to show only the aftermath of the murders, not the murders themselves. They liked the idea - and then went with a bigger director. Today, Dickerson considers he saved the movie, but ruined his own chances at directing. PRiDE SETEN CRACKED.COM — Cinemablend, Wikipedia

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Buffy Summers

THE CHOSEN ONE BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER BUFFY SUMMERS Buffy is chosen to continue a long line of Slayers - one in every generation who stands against vampires, demons, and assorted forces of Darkness. She is the Slayer. CRACKED.COM — Screen Rant, Buffy Summers

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District 9

District 9's aliens could have looked like hobos. Bodbex Sarttex adidas An early idea was that they'd have such sensitive skin, they'd cover themselves with whatever they found nearby - from plastic bags to traffic signs. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Play Out Differently

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The Osmonds

One of the reasons the Osmonds formed was to raise money to buy their brothers hearing aids. CRACKED.COM Tom and Virl Osmond were both born with severe hearing loss. They both eventually learned how to play several instruments and in later years made ос- casional appearances with their brothers and sister. — Ability Magazine

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Boys Don’t Cry

BOYS On December 31, 1993, three people were DOn'T murdered in Nebraska: CRY X BRANDON LISA PHILLIP TEENA LAMBERT DEVINE In Kimberly Peirce's movie, Devine ceases to exist-while Brandon's girlfriend is placed at the scene. Peirce defended her fictionalized version of the story as trying to find the underlying emotional truth. X CRACKED.COM — Source: 24 Adaptations That Ignored The Source Material

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Ryan Reynolds

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM RYAN REYNOLDS IS SUCH A FAN OF BETTY WHITE, НЕ CAN'T GET OVER HIS THING FOR HER. Those are her words, and he says he's been her fan for as long as I can remember. — Source

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Kill Bill

UMA THURMAN'S THE BRIDE STUNT DOUBLE... ZOË BELL. BIGGEST REGRET: Not being on set the day Uma Thurman crashed her car in Kill Bill. Bell wasn't there because she was recovering from an injury. i was angry I wasn't on set, because I get protective of the people I'm doubling. OTHER NOTABLE MOVIES: Xena: Warrior Princess, Iron Man 3, Thor: Ragnarok, and many of Tarantino's movies (Zoë rides the car hood in Death Proof). CRACKED.COM — Source: And Now, A Tribute To 16 Gnarly Stunt Doubles

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Ed Helms

ED HELMS wrote the song he sings in The Hangover. Stu's Song wasn't in the script - the piano was just a part of the set, and Helms would fool around with it. Then director Todd Phillips said he should write a song for the movie. — Source: livabout dotcom

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Movie Cliches

CRACKED.COM BLADE TRINITY CAPTAIN MARVEL THE CABIN IN THE WOODS The cute creature is really a horrible monster gag has become too stale to keep getting the use it does. — 28 Played-Out Scenes In Sci-Fi Movies & Shows

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The Mighty Boosh

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM NANAGEDDON Some metal bands take themselves a bit too seriously, but we're also willing to bet that there's a lot of metal musicians who have engaged in some closed-door headbanging to this ode to an apocalypse brought on by elder citizens. — YouTube

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John Grisham

John Grisham published his first book at 34 People often say write what you know. And Grisham started his career as an attorney, which gave him plenty of material for his legal thrillers. He gave up practicing law after his second book, the bestseller The Firm, when he was 36. CRACKED.COM — Source: Academy of Achievement

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David Bowie

David Bowie & Lori Mattix 11 YEARS Bowie met Mattix when she was only 14 years old. In her own words, Mattix says, I had not yet turned 15 and he wanted to take me to his hotel room. She says the two saw each other for the following ten years. CRACKED.COM — Source: Thrillest

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Cam Newton

Cam Newton fought fire with fire kracism ksexism CRACKED.COM After a reporter tweeted some racist taunts at the QB, he replied to her question at a pr — Source: NYTimes

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Alien: Covenant

FOR A HORROR MOVIE, THE OPENING SCENES OF ALIEN: COVENANT ARE PRETTY INSPIRING The ship using solar sails to power GRAGKEDCOM itself shows what humani

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