30 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Could Have Chugged in Three Seconds Flat Back in Our College Days

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Friends

CRACKED WE WERE ON A BREAK! Is this someone telling their boss that they weren't at their desk because they were out having a smoke? Nope. It's Ross Geller screaming to Rachel that kissing the copy girl was technically okay since he and Rachel were on a break from their relationship. FRIENDS

Top Gun

CRACKED THE NAVY AND RAY-BAN HAD TOP GUN TO THANK. After Top Gun, Ray-Ban Aviator sales were up 40%. And thanks to making the Navy look cool, the number of applicants rose 500% that year.

Astrid Hofferson

Right-Hand Foils How to Train Your Dragon Astrid Hofferson to Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III Hiccup is the timid yet intelligent and industrious one, whereas Astrid is the naturally gifted warrior. Their relationship allows the initial qualities of both of them to grow onto one another. CRACKED.COM

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: He was just amazing.

Dieter

DIETER LAUNCHED MASSIVE LAWSUITS UNPRODUCED CRACKED.COM MYERS HATED HIS OWN (FUNNY!) SCREENPLAY, so НЕ BACKED OUT OF THE SPROCKETS MOVIE. UNIVERSAL SUED MYERS FOR $5 MILLION, THEN IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT SUED FOR $30 MILLION. MYERS COUNTERSUED AND LONG STORY SHORT, WE WERE PUNISHED WITH 'THE CAT IN THE HAT'.

Javier Bardem

Javier Bardem used to be a male stripper - well, for one whole day, anyway. Не said It was a disaster. And you know who was there watching? My mum and my sister! It was kind of a thing - you go there and dance, they pay you some money. It wasn't like a Full Monty thing. CRACKED.COM

Freaks and Geeks

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM WE NEARLY GOT TO WATCH JESSE EISENBERG AS SAM WEIR ON FREAKS AND GEEKS. It was a really, really close-run thing, apparently - he read for the role four times. But he still ended up losing it to John Francis Daley.

Harry Potter

75 infor A running joke in Harry Potter was inspired by This Is Spinal Tap. In that mockumentary, Spinal Tap keeps having to replace their drummer (each new one dies of things like choking on vomit, a bizarre gardening accident, or spontaneous combustion). J.K. Rowling liked that, so she made Hogwarts have to replace its Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher every year. CRACKED.COM

Dave Navarro

DAVE NAVARRO 1998 CRACKED.COM After shooting UP some heroin at a Playboy Mansion orgy, the Jane's Addiction musician tried to use the syringe to write his name on the wall in blood. This earned him a lifetime ban from the house.

The Wolf of Wall Street

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS THE PRODUCTION GOT INTO TROUBLE WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THE WOLF OF WALL STREET SBL The film's production company, Red Granite Pictures, was forced to pay around $60 million to the U.S. government after being sued for using money misappropriated from a Malaysian state fund to finance the film. CRACKED.COM

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The Lord of the Rings

NICOLAS CAGE ALMOST PLAYED ARAGORN. CRACKED.COM Cage was offered the role in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but turned it down claiming family obligations, because the shoot was scheduled to take place over three consecutive years. Cage's accent work alone would have been breathtaking.

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Pumpkinhead

'80S HORROR CLASSICS PUMPKINHEAD THIS WAS THE FIRST MOVIE DIRECTED BY STAN WINSTON. You might know Winston's works as a makeup/FX artist from some little movies called Aliens, Terminator 2, or Jurassic Park. CRACKED.COM

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Sarah Michelle Gellar

COMEDY NERD Sarah Michelle Gellar once actually had a cameo on The Big Bang Theory. And, for whatever reason, she wasn't married to Freddie Prinze Jr. (well, on-screen) in that cameo. CRACKED.COM

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Clueless

Clueless 1996-99 CRACKED COM The movie Clueless was initially imagined as a TV show, but the TV show was based on the movie, with several of the main actors reprising their roles.

The King of the Hill Album

There's an official King of the Hill album. CRACKED They put out an album of southern rock covers by some popular country music stars, including Willie Nelson and Sheryl Crow, as well as some of the characters themselves.

Mila Kunis

Mila Kunis told producers she was gonna be 18. THAT '70S SHOW CRACKEDCON ...which isn't technically a lie! When she auditioned at 14, she absolutely

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