30 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Hope the Dogs at the Airport Aren’t Trained to Sniff Out

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30 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Hope the Dogs at the Airport Aren’t Trained to Sniff Out
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We’re tempted to believe that Katy Perry actively protested against Chinese oppression by wearing a sunflower dress, representing Taiwan’s pro-democracy resistance. But then we’re reminded that she took a spaceward joyride with Jeff Bezos’ wife and married Russell Brand, so it’s not super likely that she contains multitudes.

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Jeff Daniels

A newly discovered tarantula-killing worm was named after Jeff Daniels The parasite Tarantobelus jeffdanielsi (named for Daniels' role in Arachnophobia) was discovered after a wholesale tarantula breeder was worried about an infection affecting his tarantulas. CRACKED.COM

Source: CNN

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Ant-Man and the Wasp HOPE VAN DYNE is far from a hero in the comics. Hope was never the Wasp on the printed page. When she is there at all (she isn't a part of Marvel's main continuity), she's a baddie named the Red Queen.

Source: Bustle

Aladdin

In Aladdin, a lot of the scene where Aladdin takes the lamp was lifted from Raiders of the Lost Ark. The filmmakers even apologized to Spielberg for stealing so much of the imagery, but he said that was okay, because he'd stolen it from other movies.

Oprah

Oprah Winfrey gets totally creeped out by chewing gum.. ...which was a problem on the set of A Wrinkle in Time. She has a standing no-gum rule in her

Eminem

Eminem is probably the fastest speaker ever. CRACKED.COM While we can't confirm there weren't more articulate cave people, Em rapped a record 1,560 words in 6 minutes in his 2013 song Rap God. At one point, he blurts 97 words in 15 seconds.

The Incredible Hulk

The Incredible Hulk 12 THE INCREDIBLE HULK . TIGN STRAWBERT 0000 IS ME MAN OZ ELL Fireall OR MONSTER FANTASY AS YOU LIKE OR... IT! Is HE NOTH CRACKED.COM Jack Kirby, co-creator of The Hulk, pops in as a police sketch artist. Не beat Stan Lee to the cameo game by ten years!

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2005 THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE During filming, the radios of actresses Jennifer Carpenter and Laura Linney would turn on by themselves, right in the middle of Pearl Jam's Alive. Cool song, but also, they would start shouting right where the lyrics scream I'm still alive. Eventually, all the radios were unplugged to avoid, erm, messages. CRACKED.COM

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Batman

Fewer Bat-gadgets, more DETECTIVE WORK CRACKED.COM STAYING TRUE TO THE BATMAN'S ORIGINAL CONCEPTION AS 'THE WORLD'S GREATEST DETECTIVE, WE WANT TO STRESS HIS MENTAL ABILITIES WHETHER HE BE ASSEMBLING CLUES IN A CASE OR USING HIS SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE IN THE BAT CAVE'S LABORATORY.

Who’s the Boss

WHO'S THE BOSS? Mona CRACKED COM They actually filmed a pilot where Mona runs a hotel in NYC. But the network decided they needed all horny hands on d

Family Matters

Steve Urkel was supposed to be in just one episode. The nerdy neighbor was created to take Laura Winslow on a terrible date, halfway through the first
Source: Los Angeles Times

Silver Linings Playbook

THE ODDS LOOKS BAD FOR SIL VER LINING PLA YBOOKS GAMBLERS. Robert De Niro's character wins big betting on the Eagles. But Philly is one of the most un

Will Smith

Will Smith's trailer is roughly the same size as an average European house. Its luxury, however, supersedes most homes. For the price tag of $2.5 mill

Independence Day

President Whitmore's CRACKEDc renowned speech from Independence Day was written in just about 5 minutes. The producers hoped to rewrite it to make it

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