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December 07, 2024

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Cher

Cher accidentally called the late Queen Elizabeth II a cow. CRACKED COM The 76-year-old was try- ing to use an emoji to re- fer to the deceased 96-year-old Queen as the GOAT (greatest of all time), but used the wrong barnyard animal. — Toronto Sun

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Mackenzie Davis

Mackenzie Davis makes art out of dead animals. She takes the bones of mice and other small animals (pooped out by woodland owls), collects them, and makes magical creatures out of them. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Roald Dahl

CRACKED ROALD DAHL Roald Dahl had a tough time growing up. Не lost his dad and sister when he was young, and then was in a car crash that ripped off his nose. — Wired / NY Times

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Mulan

Easter Eggs for Polyglots Mulan Eye candy The fake name Mulan gives, Fa Ping, translates flower vase -a term roughly equivalent to eye candy, which is exactly what she's meant to be at the beginning. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Manti Te’o

Manti Te'o said his girlfriend died of cancer. The story pushed him to a a Heisman Trophy. Girlfriend Kekua wasn't real. Te'o claims he only learned he'd been catfished right before the winner was announced. But he also claimed to have met Kekua in person ... years before the catfisher made contact. CRACKED.COM — Source: Bizarre Lies 19 Famous People Thought They'd Get Away With

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Elder Scrolls IV

Elder Scrolls IVis packed with NPCS. And they've got lives of their own. For example, this guy, Roderick Pierrane, is having an affair. If you follow him around, you'll catch him sneaking out of his house to sleep with another woman once a week. He's an inconsequential background character with no role in gameplay. CRACKED.COM http://uk. .pc gamespy.com/p/the-elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion/558955p4.html — Source: 21 Unnoticed Game Details That Were Insane Work

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SNL

MIKE MYERS & DANA CARVEY CRACKED.COM SNL DIDN'T HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE FIRST WAYNE'S WORLD, AIRING IT IN THE FINAL SLOT WHERE SKETCHES TO GO TO DIE. IS ANYONE WATCHING? WONDERED MYERS. YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE SENDING IT OUT INTO SPACE. THE SKETCH BROKE THE FINAL-SLOT CURSE, CATCHING ON TO BECOME A POP-CULTURE PHENOMENON. — Hollywood Reporter

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James Doohan

JAMES DOOHAN SERVED IN WORLD WAR Il. He was shot six times on D-Day: four in the leg, one in the chest (stopped by a metal cigarette case), and one bl — Source: Star Trek

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Steven Tyler

STEVEN TYLER WROTE THE SONG WALK THIS WAY WHEN НЕ HEARD MARTY FELDMAN USE THE PHRASE IN YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN. Not unironically, it was Run-DMC's cover of the song that brought Aerosmith back from the dead in the 1980s. CRACKED.COM 9169 97 — Source

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Psycho

CRACKED. COM The first American film to show a toilet flushing on screen was Psycho. — Source: 30 Behind-The-Scenes Little-Known Movie Facts

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An American Werewolf in London

GRIFFIN DUNNE GOT TOWED INSIDE A TRAILER ON THE SET of AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON. Dunne said he had to stop filming at one point to use the bathroom in the only trailer on set that had one, but halfway through, the trailer started getting towed with him still in it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Easy Rider

EASY RIDER crew members quit the party YAA AOTHERS WELCOM Wiy Clut JEAM T CRACKED.COM They just couldn't take Dennis Hopper's drug-fueled paranoid tirades. Jack Nicholson stuck to pot -- a lot of it. We were all stoned the night we shot the campfire scene, he says. Each time I did — Cheatsheet

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Eddie Redmayne

The Danish Girl CRACKED co Eddie Redmayne was nominated for Best Actor for his portrayal of Einar Wegener (known later as Lili Elbe). But the movie misrepresents Lili's wife Gerda's sexuality. Elbe's transition is portrayed in the film as a game of cross-dressing that drives Gerda into the arms of a — For details, read 7 Oscar-Nominated 'True Story' Movies (Are Based On Lies)

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Hellboy II

Hellboy II The tiny but ravenous Tooth Fairies are referred to as Carcharodon calcarea. Carcharodon carcharias is the great white shark. — Source: Fishbase

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The Notebook

They put Ryan Gosling in The Notebook because they thought he wasn't handsome. Director Nick Cassavetes told him, I want you to play this role because you're not like the other young actors out there in Hollywood. You're not handsome, you're not cool, you're just a regular guy who looks — Source: 6 Crazy Auditions That Landed Actors Their Famous Roles

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Whitey Bulger

CRACKED COM Notorious ring-leader of Winter Hill Gang, James Whitey Bulger was on FBI's Most Wanted List for bribing officials, racketeering and mur

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Jordan Peele

CRACKED.COM Jordan Peele quit acting because of The Emoji Movie. Being offered the role of the Poop Emoji gave Peele serious pause-and it got worse when Sir Patrick Stewart snatched the shitty part before Peele could make any decision. His reaction was, F*ck this, and has stuck to working mostly behind the cameras since. — Source

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Ray Romano

CRACKED RAY ROMANO'S BROTHER WRITES JESUS MYSTERIES. Не was in the NYPD (hence the inspiration for Ray's brother in Everybody Love's Raymond) but quit to write books like The Investigation of the Homicide of Jesus Christ. the Investigation of the Homicide of Jesus Christ ISAID DEPARTMENT COVICHE POLICE — Warner Bros. Television,
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Sharks and Blood

CRACKED VS DISNEY CHARACTERS AND THEIR REAL-LIFE COUNTERPARTS FINDING NEMO Contrary to popular belief, sharks don't go crazy when they smell blood. Of course the movie over-dramatizes it, but a lot of people don't seem to know that no, sharks can't smell a single drop of water a mile away, and no, they don't go into a feeding frenzy when they do smell blood (which has to be quite a lot). They don't even always follow the scent. CRACKED.COM — Sources: BBC Science Focus, Two Oceans Aquarium

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Trader Joe’s

what's the deal with TRADER JOE'S? YouTube gave life to FEARLESSFLYER (Nat RECIPROCAL LINES oF RAMEN CREATE A FLAVOR /TEXTURE NEXUS VEGETABLE ALCHEMY? CRACKED The Fearless Flyer has been a funky newsletter/catalogue/comic book -- and now, I he's a muppety mascot. Trader Joe's YouTube videos feature Flyer teaming 320 up NW with chefs in keeping with the stores' fun/quirky reputation. — Food and Wine

20

JFK

JFK nearly sunk his presidential campaign with a single golf ball. While campaigning for president, JFK attacked his opponent for being an out-of-touch golfer... despite secretly being an amazing golfer himself. One day, however, he came within inches of hitting a hole-in-one, and even remarked to his golfing partner: If that ball had gone into that hole...the word would be out to the nation that another golfer was trying to get into the White House. CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 Hilariously Weird Stories About U.S. Presidents

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Pretty Woman

Pretty Woman CRACKED.COM Pretty Woman's original script wasn't all shopping montages and bubble baths. In the first screenplay, Edward was also trying to get Vivian to quit using crack cocaine. Because as we all know, rich people would NEVER abuse cocaine. — Source: 19 Deleted Scenes (That Were Actually Pretty Important)

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McDonaldland

The McDonaldland characters aren't original -- they're just ripoffs. C McDonald's lifted everything from H.R. Pufnstuf, one of the most popular kids' TV programs in the '70s. It was so brazen, McDonald's got sued. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Monopoly

CRACKED SUPER WT ROAD BISHOPSGATE MAYP BOUR 1. KINGS ROAD COLLECT €600k 2. KE £2M AS YOU PASS E4M GO MONOPOLY In the US version of Monopoly, the orange group of properties - St James Place, Tennessee Avenue, and New York Avenue - are statistically the likeliest spots for players to land when they get out of Jail. So: buy those. — Source

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Pink Floyd

A flying pig caused Heathrow Airport to cancel all their flights. CRACKED.COM When Pink Floyd was de- signing the iconic 'Animals' album cover, the inflatable pig tied to Battersea Pow- er Station broke free. It fi- nally landed on a farm in Kent, where it frightened a herd of cows. — The Making of Pink Floyd, The Wall / Wikimedia

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Eyes Wide Shut

erotic thrillers 1999 eyes wide shut Tom Cruise is in a boring marriage with Nicole Kidman, and after she tells him about her fantasies he wanders around the seedy underworld and the upper echelon of the rich and their weird sex rituals. This was tanley Kubrick's last movie, so watching it is an ethical duty. CRACKED.COM — Trailer on YouTube

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Game of Thrones

PILOTS THAT WERE WILDLY DIFFERENT GAME OF THRONES Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin wrote MASSIVE PROBLEM when he saw the unaired pilot. It has different actors and a George R.R. Martin cameo, among other differences to the final pilot. CRACKED.COM — Source: Game of Thrones Wiki

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Mark Hamill

Mark Hamill burst a blood vessel while filming the trash compactor scene in Star Wars. Не made his face red on purpose so he'd look like he's really really straining, but he overdid it and burst a blood vessel in his eye. It was so obvious, they had to make sure the camera wouldn't catch it until it healed. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Guillermo Del Toro

CRACKED GUILLERMO DEL TORO Guillermo del Toro said he had an encounter with a UFO while he was hanging out with a friend in Mexico. It was a flying saucer, so clichéd, with lights . It's so sad: I wish I could reveal they're not what you think they are, he said. 105 whath Andress TURKISH 20 INGMAR BER DELIGHT ar HOUR Going Places 21 'the - The Seren the and FAT SAMUR WE DAY FOR NIGHT — Hollywood Reporter / Hollywood Reporter

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Marilyn Monroe

Queen Elizabeth II and Marilyn Monroe were born in the same year. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Twin Peaks

During the production of Twin Peaks (2017), the actors didn't even know what was going on with the plot. According to actor Harry Goaz (Deputy Andy Brennan), everyone only received a portion of their lines in the morning of the shoot and immediately after filming wrapped, an assistant would feed their scripts to a shredder. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Hangover Part II

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Bitcoin

The first real-world Bitcoin transaction involved buying two pizzas for 10, 000 BTC. That happened on May 22, 2010, and it was the equivalent of about $25 at the time -- it'd be roughly $360 million in late May 2021. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Coindesk

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Misery

CRACKED.COM Misery Paul Sheldon clearly is Stephen King. Misery is about how obsessive King's fans can get-and also about his struggles with addiction. Annie was my drug problem, and she was my number-one fan. God, she never wanted to leave. — The Paris Review & The Stephen King Companion by George Beahm

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Grand Central Station

Grand Central is more radioactive 3 than a nuclear plant. CRACKED Because granite is naturally radioactive. That doesn't mean Grand Central is dangerous. It means a little radioactivity is no big deal. — Wall Street Journal

5

Jason Isaacs

JASON ISAACS DIDN'T JUST PLAY ADMIRAL ZHAO, HE ALSO INSPIRED HIM. Mike DeMartino based Zhao on Isaacs' performance in The Patriot, and then asked the casting director to get someone like Isaacs for the part. He didn't expect to get the genuine article. — Source: IGN

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Frasier

Characters who embrace toilet humor Frasier NiLES CRANE After Roz claims, I was in college. I was trying to find myself, Niles responds with, All you needed to do was look under the nearest man. One of his more crass burns. CRACKED — Paramount Television
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Pulp Fiction

JULES WASN'T WRITTEN FOR SAMUEL L. JACKSON. PULP FICTION Quentin Tarantino says he originally wrote the part for Laurence Fishburne but that the actor rejected it because it wasn't a lead role. However, Fishburne says that Tarantino's version of events isn't true and that he rejected the part because the — The Ringer & yahoo!

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David Fincher

Illegal filmmaking David Fincher took matters into his own hands on Alien 3. Producers thought the drooling Xenormorph was too much, so Fincher took a rogue crew, stole an alien costume, and took Sigourney Weaver to another location (without a permit) to shoot the scene against their wishes. CRACKED — Source

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AC/DC

CRACKED.COM I'm sick to death of people saying we've made 11 albums that sound exactly the same. In fact, we've made 12 albums that sound exactly the same. Angus Young - AC/DC — Source

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