40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia in Case You Need Some Filler for Your Annual Christmas Card

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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia in Case You Need Some Filler for Your Annual Christmas Card

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The Godfather Part II

Hyman Roth from The Godfather: Part II was based on Meyer Lansky, a real gangster. The story goes that Lansky called Roth after seeing the movie and said the performance was great, but also told him, You could have made me more sympathetic. After all, I am a grandfather.

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Lucifer

In Lucifer, Daniel Espinoza is a good father to Trixie, a supportive ex-spouse to Chloe, and (on occasion) a good cop But that doesn't stop anyone, es

Radio City Music Hall

Radio City Music Hall has a swanky apartment. Radio City built it for its first impresario, Samuel Roxy Rothafel, who had brought in a ton of top-shelf acts. It became his bachelor pad and party venue. And today, it could be yours - it's been kept in top shape, and is up for rent. CRACKED.COM

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Professional Basketball

In the Philippines, basketball teams are corporate-owned. КА Tender Juicy HOTDOO Each team only serves as its corporation's marketing tool. Their names change often, depending on what the company wants to sell: for example, there used to be a team called Kia Sorento that became Kia Carnival. And the Purefoods Star Hotshots were Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs, then Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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Kong: Skull Island

Athena in Kong: Skull Island has an homage to Alien. ٨ I I С V ATHENA Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts deliberately made the lettering on the ship reminiscent of Alien, to make the ship his dumb, unnecessary nod to that movie. CRACKED.COM

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Iron Man

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia in Case You Need Some Filler for Your Annual Christmas Card

Brad Pitt

If a woman's favorite movie is the 1991 Madonna documentary Truth or Dare, run. That's Brad Pitt's advice.

The Traveling Wilburys

THE TRAVELING WILBURYS CRACKED.COM Side Project to Supergroup. George Harrison brought in Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, and Bob Dylan to record the track, Handle with Care. Having a blast in the studio, they formed The Traveling Wilburys, and took time away from solo work to record 2 full-length albums, tour, and win a grammy for Best Rock Performance in 1990.

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The McRib

The McRib Was A Military Experiment Gone Horribly Right. CRACKED.CO .COM To help boost troop morale by making soldier rations look more appetizing, the US Army had One of their scientists, professor Roger Mandigo, come up with a process of combining meat scraps into a familiar shape. The National Pork Producers Council approached Mandigo to use his technique for fast food pork sandwiches and pitch it to McDonald's. McDonald's then hired Rene Arend, a Luxembourg chef who'd prepared meals for royalty, to craft the first McRib, basing it on Southern BBQ pulled pork.

Clerks

Clerks' oftthe-cuff style made it a cult classic. PLAN -OPLIFT US KNOW THAKS But it nearly ended in violence and death. The movie, which at its most s

Ben Affleck

THE ACTOR: Ben Affleck THE ROLE: Title role in Daredevil WHY HE I hate Daredevil SO HATED IT: much, he says. One of the reasons he took the role of

Conan the Barbarian

Conan the Barbarian could have been a fantasy classic, if Arnold's performance wasn't sO cheesy. The movie has great visual style, a world built with

The Cabin in the Woods

Meta Movies The Cabin in the Woods The merman was the most difficult creature to make. They tried several methods, the final one entailing its actor laying still on the floor for 12 hours. They'd wake him up and tell him, it's time to kill. CRACKED.COM

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