32 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Can Only Go on a Date With If Someone Asks Out Our Sister

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32 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Can Only Go on a Date With If Someone Asks Out Our Sister
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Jeopardy!

When Oliver Stone appeared on Jeopardy's special DC Power Players tournament in 1997 ... ... $ 4 100 $ 300 $ 15000 جدال عيانا الكمر Daul ي ins Some $400.00 11500. 3kr en НЕ WAS ON ECSTASY. Stone says it helped speed up his reaction time, when hitting the buzzer. It worked. Не beat Wolf Blitzer. CRACKED.COM

Celine Dion

CRACKED.COM Celine Dion's 1998 Christmas album features the heartfelt ballad The Magic of Christmas Day (God Bless Us Everyone). The song was written by Twisted Sister frontman and hair metal icon Dee Snider.

National Lampoon’s Vacation

THE STORY THAT INSPIRED NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION IS ABOUT VIOLENT CRIME. In Vacation '58, the Griswolds go to Disneyland but find it closed, so Clark Griswold forces his way in with a gun. Later, he shoots Walt Disney in the thigh. He's arrested and goes to jail. His family leaves him there and flies back home. CRACKED.COM

Matt Stone and Trey Parker

To get funding for CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL Matt Stone and Trey Parker shot a three-minute preview, complete with costumes and songs, and, as Parker says, went around to people and said 'Hey, we need finishing money for our movie. They'd leave out that they also needed starting money, as they would be starting over from scratch. CRACKED.COM

Uma Thurman

Uma Thurman CRACKED.COM She pulled the movie star equivalent of calling dibs on top bunk: a contract clause that said no other cast member may receive more favorable dressing rooms.

Futurama

In the Futurama episode The Honking, Bender runs screaming after he sees the number 1010011010 form in a haunted house. ١٩١٩٥١١٩١٩ 1010011010 is 666 in binary. CRACKED.COM

Schindler’s List

steven spielberg refused a paycheck for schindler's List. The movie being a close and personal project for Spielberg, he refused to take a salary for it. His share of the profits went to the Shoah Foundation, a history archive for the Holocaust and other tragic events. CRACKED.COM

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Ghost of Goodnight Lane

BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2014 GHOST OF GOODNIGHT LANE A movie about a haunted set filmed at said haunted set... had a haunted set. Before production, a specialized team considered Media World Studios actually haunted. Then, while doing the movie, lights flickered, things would move around, and disembodied voices could be heard. People felt slapped by invisible forces, and even reported visions of unknown figures. CRACKED.COM

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Unforgiven vs. The Addams Family

WHEN THE KIDS CHOICE AWARDS CRACKED GOT IT MORE RIGHT THAN THE OSCARS UNFORGIVEN NUTRITIRA CHRISTOPHERLOND THEADDAMS EAMILY nickelodeon UNFORGIVEN THE ADDAMS FAMILY In the long run, The Addams Family is way more culturally relevant than the 1992 Clint Eastwood movie.

Devil May Cry

The original idea for Resident Evil 4 was supposed to be a cool and stylish It was canceled and eventually became what we now know as Devil May Cry. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

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Plinko

The Price is Right once forgot to un-rig the Plinko game during a broadcast. is Right the PRICE is Rights 5 YEARS CRACKED.COM The Price Is Right rigs the Plinko game for promotional ads using the fishing line so that the chip lands in the $10,000 slot. The wire was mistakenly left in place and a contestant dropped 3 consecutive chips before it was noticed. She was allowed to keep the money.

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The Last Temptation of Christ

The Last Temptation of Christ caused a spate of terrorist attacks in France. The film depicts Jesus with human flaws, and French theaters showing it had teargas and stink bombs thrown inside them (plus, some of the moviegoers got beat up),. CRACKED.COM

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Jonathan Taylor Thomas

Jonathan Taylor Thomas JTT got tired of being a heartthrob, and decided to become a brainthrob instead. He went off to Harvard and Columbia, and hasn't acted since 2015.

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Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner ran a Wild West-inspired casino in Deadwood, South Dakota. His Midnight Star Casino and Restaurant was a Costner-themed grand saloon. Ne

Coraline

In Coraline, the O's in Welcome home! on the cake don't look alike. uelcome home! According to research done by the National Pen Company, drastic ch

Jules Verne

Jules Verne nailed several things about Moon missions. In From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon, both written 100 years before actual Moon mi

Torchwood

TORCHWOOD intended to be adult science fiction, but its first two seasons come across as immature and sophomoric. All you need to know: They hunt alie

Good Will Hunting

Will Hunting has to deal with his past to get healthy. Letting go of the past isn't a magic bullet. Most people picture psychiatry as a doctor encoura

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