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Sir Patrick Stewart

Sir Patrick Stewart is very, very into Beavis and Butt-Head. It's borderline addiction, in fact. I have ties, ! have all the videos, ! have a wonderful collection of T-shirts, he says. When the history of 20th century American television is written, ! think that Beavis and Butthead will be — Source: ContactMusic

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Hillary Clinton

In 1992, Hillary Clinton offended stay-at-home-moms when she said, I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas, but what I deci

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Chicken Run

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Intel

Back in the 1950s, computational technology relied on individual transistors the size of a cornflake. Now, this tiny Intel Core i7 septa-core processo

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Kill Bill

Beatrix Kiddo doesn't think twice about an entire family being destroyed. It's understandable that her first priority is to avenge her unborn child, but she doesn't show a shred of remorse for bringing death upon everyone else at her wedding. When she does mention them, it's when she says that living a boring life with them would have been an acceptable price to pay for being with ВВ. KILL BILL CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Dead Characters That Nobody Mourned

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The Man in the High Castle

Amazon needed a way to promote its new series. They went with Nazi symbols on the subway. The series was called The Man In The High Castle and worked

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Ariana Grande

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Oreos

The stuff in Oreos cannot legally be called cream. Gouble SERE The FDA does not allow manufacturers to use the word cream to describe food that contains no actual cream. To get around this, Oreo officially describes their creamy filling as creme. CRACKED.COM — Yahoo News

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The Zapruder Film

Babushka Lady CRACKED.COM This woman shows up in the Zapruder film, snapping pictures that would confirm whether there was a shooter on the grassy knoll. We even have clear shots of her face, but no one's been able to track her down. — Source

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Space Invaders

SPACE CRACKED.COM INVADERS IN THE ORIGINAL GAME DESIGN YOU FIRED AT ROWS OF LITTLE SOLDIERS, HOWEVER TAITO DECIDED THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SEND THE MESSAGE THAT SHOOTING HUMANS WAS ACCEPTABLE, AND 80 THE CLASSIC ALIENS WERE BORN. — Spoiler: 29 Video Game Features With Just Bonkers Backstories

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Superman

SUPERMAN DECIDED TO FIGHT CRIME BY DESTROYING POOR PEOPLE'S HOMES. IT'S NOT ENTIRELY YOUR FAULT THAT YOU'RE DEUN- SUPES CAME QUENT-- IT'S THESE SLUMS TO THAT - YOUR POOR LIVING CONDITIONS - IF THERE CONCLUSION WAS ONLY SOME WAY I WHEN НЕ COULD REMEDY IT--! APPREHENDED SOME KIDS COMMITTING PETTY CRIMES. НЕ DECIDED THAT THEIR LIVING CONDITIONS WERE TO BLAME. UILDING AFTER BUILDING CRASHES BEFORE HIS ATTACK! THEN HERE'S A JOB FOR IT! - WHEN I FINISH, THIS TOWN WILL BE RID OF ITS FILTHY, CRIME- FESTERING SLUMS! SO НЕ SENT THE KIDS HOME TO EVACUATE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEN НЕ — Source: 28 Cringeworthy Comic Book Storylines the Movies Left Out

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Kristen Wiig

Kristen Wiig worked as a waitress in the refectory at Universal Studios. She sometimes runt into someone familiar on a movie or show, but can't remember where she knows them from, And then I'll remember: oh yeah, I used to serve you Cobb salad, she says. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Mark Twain

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia to Feed the Worm in Your Brain Just in Case That’s the Last Thing Keeping You From Running for President — Source: Virginia Quarterly Review

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Harlan Ellison

CRAGKEDaoT During a contract dispute, legendary author Harlan Ellison had 213 bricks mailed to a publishing company, one by one. He followed up with a

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Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman got a bag of d*cks X-MEN: ORIGINS CRACKED.COM His neener had to be meticulously edited out of a scene where he runs bare-ass naked through a farm. When production wrapped, director Gavin Hood gave him a bag which had all the film cut off with my d*ck in it.

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Tupac

IS TUPAC С SHAKUR CHILLIN' IN MALAYSIA? Suge Knight's son, Suge J. Knight, shared a video on his Instagram page that he claims shows Makaveli very much alive in Malaysia. Knight later claimed the Illuminati had threatened him for sharing the secret (while preemptively denying he was on drugs, of course). CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Dumb Conspiracies Worthy Of Your Crazy Uncle, Uncle Crazy

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Diff’rent Strokes

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM DIFF'RENT STROKES SAM GETS KIDNAPPED AND HELD HOSTAGE Diff'rent Strokes makes the list again, seemingly trying to top their previous attempt to disturb audiences. The adolescent Sam is kidnapped by a father that had recently lost his own young boy, under threat that if Sam doesn't comply his real family will be harmed. The man lies to his own family, saying he found Sam in a box, and Sam has to try to navigate lying and trying not to get his family killed. The police eventually kick down their door and the kidnapper's family completely unravels as — More: 5 Inexplicably Horrifying Episodes of Classic Comedies

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John Stamos

Members Only MEMBERS ONLY Think Downton Abbey in Connecticut, starring John Stamos. 13 episodes were ordered, but one of the developers lost interest

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Super Smash Bros.

In 1999, we were all using the pause trick 199 in 1990 Super 1996 Smash Bros. 98 1999 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Nintendo + It was 1993 a super-sweet 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1997 Nintendo 64 move that'd 995 freeze the game in action. NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source

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Robin Shou

Whatever happened to ROBIN SHOU? He's likeable. Charismatic. A talented martial-artist. And he starred in several '90s classics, like MORTAL KOMBAT. H

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Alyssa Milano

THE LITTLE MERMAID Alyssa Milano CRACKED.COM Milano didn't even know she made this cameo. She only found out that she was the model for Ariel when asked to do DVD commentary. — Source

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McDonald’s

McDonald's replaced its coffee stirrers purely because of cocaine. 1999 People were actually using them to snort cocaine off of, and McD didn't want their product to be associated with that, so they redesigned them. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Snopes

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Dr. Seuss

Chuck Jones and Dr. Seuss worked together in WWII. PRIVATE SNAFU They met working on the Private Snafu cartoons, which showed soldiers what they absolutely should never be doing. CRACKED.COM — Source

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James Michael Tyler

James Michael Tyler's Gunther from Friends was originally an extra. GRAGKED.COM The actor who played Gun- ther on Friends was origi- nally cast as an extra. They eventually wrote Gunther into the 33rd episode, since Tyler was a former barista who knew how to work an espresso machine. — Source

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British Teeth

THE STEREOTYPE... BRITISH TEETH ARE TERRIBLE. but in REALITY... BRITS HAVE THE BEST TEETH IN THE WORLD. The British aren't that into braces, so you might see more crooked smiles there than in America. But with 0.6 cavities per person, they have healthier teeth than people in America-or any other country. CRACKED.COM — Source: Widely Believed Stereotypes That Are Completely False

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Anthropomorphic food Ice Cream Kitty from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles A mutant cat made of ice cream is the dream companion of all depressed loners out there. Every studio apartment should have one living in the freezer. CRACKED.COM — TMNT Wiki

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Bill Nye

Bill Nye the Science Guy has a few inventions to his name. FIG. 5 FIG.6 He came up with a better ballet slipper and with an educational magnifying glaSs that incorporates a water-filled plastic bag. — Source: PBS

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Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop's guitarist became a VP at Sony. Proto-punk band The Stooges turned Iggy Pop into an icon while utterly failing to do the same thing for James Williamson. So Williamson went to college, got a job designing computer chips, and rose through Sony's ranks, becoming VP of technology standards in 1997. All the while, his colleagues knew nothing about his rock past. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Stevie Nicks

CRACKED.COM Stevie Nicks' Stand Back was inspired by Prince. When Prince's Little Red Corvette came on her car's radio, Nicks stopped her honeymoon to write the similarly synth-driven Stand Back. Then she contacted Prince to split the royalties, and was amazed when he showed up at the studio and did the synth part himself. — Source

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Afrofuturism

AT A GLANCE OCTAVIA E. BUTLER Butler is considered the Mother of Afrofuturism. Afrofuturism is an art movement that incorporates elements of Black history and experience, often envisioning a thriving Black future. CRACKED.COM — Source: Essence

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Joel Schumacher

Joel Schumacher hates Batman and Robin just as much as anyone else. SCHARZENEGGER CLOONEY ODOONNELL vs BATMAN BOBIN THURMAN SILVERSONE In a 2017 Vice

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Creature from the Black Lagoon

There was love on the set of Creature from the Black Lagoon. - The actors beat Guillermo del Toro by several decades -- too bad the filmmakers were to — Source: 10 Backstage Photos That Make Scary Movies Look Hilarious

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Stephen King

Stephen King really regrets directing Maximum Overdrive, which he calls a moron movie. hn F. Kenned Maximum Overdrive star Emilio Estevez says, The few times that I've connected with him over the years, he's like, Can you forgive me for that? CRACKED.COM — Source: ScreenRant

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South Park

BEHIND-THE-SCENESp FACTS KYLE WAS ALMOST KILLED OFF THE SHOW. SOUTH PARK The creators felt Kyle and Stan were too similar and planned on killing the character in the season five finale. They eventually gave up on the idea and decided to temporarily kill off Kenny instead. CRACKED.COM — CBR

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Color Out of Space

Sci-Fi Horror Films 2019 Color Out of Space If you haven't seen the movie or read the H.P. Lovecraft story it's based on, just know that it involves a meteor, a mysterious Color, and Nicolas Cage just Cageing out throughout the film. We don't want to spoil anything further. CRACKED.COM — IMDb

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Post Malone

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Carrie

CARRIE (1976) Carrie's whole vibe at the end of the film was modeled after Gustave Moreau's 1851 painting The Study of Lady Macbeth. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Se7en

CRACKED.CON SETTEN John Doe killed his victims based ON a very specific code: they had to die because. they committed a deadly sin. Except he killed T

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Harrison Ford

As a volunteer for rescue missions, Harrison Ford once saved a hiker who was too weak to get off Table Mountain by airlifting her off the mountain wit

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Manga

WEIRD WORLD France essentially gave teenagers about $350 SO they can buy themselves manga. DO 176 **OF the the # MOIS The French government gave teens the money for cultural purchases, which includes comic books so a huge amount of it was spent on manga. CRACKED.COM — Source: NYTimes

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