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Office Space

CRACKED.COM Swingline 4210 % GRA - - didn't make red staplers before Office Space. Milton's beloved Swingline stapler was painted red to make it pop on the screen. As the movie grew a following, the company got more and INITEC more requests for red staplers-so they started turning those out. It's still one of their top sellers. Swanpline — Quartz

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Pixar

Pixar Rules of Storytelling 15 If you were your character, in this situation, how would you feel? Honesty lends credibility to unbelievable situations. Boo in Monsters, Inc. was voiced by actual four-year-old Mary Gibbs. This helped guide the story using the little girl's genuine reactions and emotions during recording sessions. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Jennifer Lopez

JENNIFER LOPEZ did not insure her butt for $27 million CRACKED.COM Not true, Lopez told James Corden on an episode of Carpool Karaoke. And what would butt insurance cover exactly? Something happens to it? Lopez asked. It disappears? Somebody steals it? — Source

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The Fifth Element

Released in 1997 Luc Besson started writing THE FIFTH ELEMENT when he 16 was years old. He intended the story to be a novel, but then he tweaked it into a movie script, filmed it, and released it over the following 20 YEARS. — Source: Nerdist

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Pepsi

REFRESHING SERVING OF SODA TRIVIA... CRACKED.COM PEPSI WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED BRAD'S DRINK. In 1893, Caleb Bradham invented the drink. Surprisingly not created by a Bradley. — Source

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Edge of Tomorrow

TIME LOOP MOVIES 21 EDGE OF TOMORROW EMILY BLUNT WAS PREGNANT. She wasn't aware of it during shooting, but was when she came back for reshoots. Tom Cruise wanted to know why her stunt double was doing more scenes for her now, so he learned about her pregnancy even before her husband John Krasinski. CRACKED.COM

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Django Unchained

At the end of Django Unchained, Django murders everyone in Candieland and blows up the place. Now he's 'a free ma'n... in a country that is still raci

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J.R.R. Tolkien

CRACKED.COM Tolkien had his own epic love story LUTHIEN EDITH MARY 1889-1971 TOLKIEN JOHN RONALD 1973 BEREN EUEL After the death of his wife, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote to his son, I never called Edith Lúthien - but she was the source of the story that in time became the chief part of the Silmarillion. It was first conceived in a small woodland glade filled with hemlocks at Roos in Yorkshire. ... In those days her hair was raven, her skin clear, her eyes brighter than you have seen them, and she could sing -and dance. But the story has gone crooked, & — Source: Tolkien Estate

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You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet

You AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET WAS RECORDED TO MAKE FUN OF A STUTTERER. ana The stutterer was Randy Bachman's brother Gary, and Bachman Turner Overdrive recorded the song to poke fun at him. The song was never intended for commercial release, and Bachman re-recorded it without the stuttering. The record company insisted on releasing the original, and it became the band's only number one hit. CRACKED.COM http://www.stutteringhelp.org/btos-song-unique — Source

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Supernatural

SUPERNATURAL COAT The Winchesters used to exorcise demons to spare the lives of the hosts in earlier seasons. Now they just put the Demon-K Knife or A

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Gioachino Rossini

GIOACHINO ROSSINI Gioachino Rossini was an Italian composer who was responsible for breaking the traditional form of opera. Beethoven once remarked th

29

MADtv

The Kardashians hosted one of the final episodes of MADtv CRACKED.COM All of them. At once. With only six episodes to go before the show's initial cancellation, season 14 featured Kim, Khloe, Kourtney, Kris, and Caitlin competing against Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers in Family Feud. MADtv really did bookend their 14 year run with guest appearances from people made famous by O.J. Simpson. — Source: IMDB

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Lincoln Logs

Frank Lloyd Wright's son, John Lloyd Wright, invented the Lincoln Logs. Не got the idea when he saw his dad employ a similar interlocking style in order to earthquake proof one of his buildings. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Alfred Hitchcock

AIfred Hitchcock MARNIE Hitchcock is known for cameos in his creepy films, but this one is IRL creepy. He briefly follows actress Tippi Hedren out ofa — Source: YouTube

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Brie Larson

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia Sung to Us by Sirens As We Sailed Past the Rocky Cliffs of Their Forbidden Island — Source: YouTube

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Richie Haven

Richie Haven's iconic song Freedom came about by accident. Не just started playing it at Woodstock because he didn't have anything else he could play, but needed to stay on the stage. Later, to learn how to play it, he watched himself in the Woodstock movie. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Craft

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS The Craft hired a practicing witch to keep the film authentic. CRACKED To make sure they were getting everything right, filmmakers hired Pat Devin, the (at the time) First Officer of Southern California's Covenant of the Goddess. Devin had a great experience on set, saying that a lot of my suggestions were acted upon and virtually all of my suggestions were given careful consideration. — Source: 14 Behind The Scenes Facts About Your Favorite Horror Movies

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Clerks

view Askewniverse clerks After dropping out of film school, Kevin Smith made a bet with Scott Mosier that whoever finished their script first would make their movie, with the other working as producer. Smith won. Quick STOP GROCERIE I ASSURE You WE'RE OPEN! AB06703 لجنة - GRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Facts About Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse

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Easter Eggs

Unfortunately for some of the most overdone stand-up premises around, eggs do have a link to Easter. Adopted from Ukrainian pysanka, cracking the egg symbolizes both the opening of Jesus' tomb and rebirth. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Soccer

America is one of the few countries where soccer is not the most popular sport. The map shows the most popular sports in every country. The color green represents soccer. Rather ironic considering the US Women's Soccer team has won the World Cup three times, more than any other country. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry, CEO of Tyler Perry Studios, usually works 18 hours a day for three to four consecutive months before taking a break and doing it all over again. The successful actor, writer, director, and producer - who's worked on several films (including six number one movies of his own) and TV shows - - once shot a movie in eight days. GRACKED.COM — 21 Celebs That Work Harder Than People Know

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Austin Powers

CRACKED.COM Joe Son from Austin Powers is in prison for life. Son (who played Random Task) was convicted in 2011 for kidnapping and torturing a woman back in 2000. Then he beat his cellmate to death, adding 27 years to his life sentence. — Source: 15 Random Facts to Water and Fertilize the Brain

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Michael Moore

THAT TIME MICHAEL MOORE WAS BOOED OFF THE STAGE FOR HIS ANTI-BUSH SPEECH. While Moore got a standing ovation when Bowling for Columbine was announced as the Best Documentary in 2003, he was ultimately met with hostility from the Hollywood elite when he said that George W. Bush was a — Oscars

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Monty Python

There was a Beatle in Monty Python's Life of Brian. George Harrison not only donated $3 million to get this movie made, but also founded a company to produce it. And what did he get in return? 15 seconds of screen time as a random dude who breaks the fourth wall with a Liverpudlian allo, then disappears. If only they had given him a bigger role; just imagine how famous he might have been. CRACKED COM — Big-Deal Celebrities Lurking In Famous Movies

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Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg buys houses next to his. In order to have control over who lives next to him, Zuckerberg bought four different properties next to his

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American Horror Story

Sarah Paulson couldn't shake the trauma of her violent electroshock therapy scene. CRACKEDO As Lana Winters in American Horror Story, she says she was soaked head to toe in sweat during the shot: emotionally, my body doesn't know that I'm not experiencing something very, very traumatic. — Source: Collider.com

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Terminator 2

CRACKED.COM Terminator 2 The motorcycle jump When the T-1000 is chasing John Connor, the T-800 jumps in to save the day. That was stuntman Peter Kent on a bike held by wires, wearing creepy-as-hell makeup to resemble Schwarzenegger. Kent's prosthetic face was only substituted for Schwarzenegger's in the 2017 3D re-release. — The Terminator Fans

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Scrabble

No piggybacking in Scrabble. The added letters have to form a word with a different meaning. BLE think LOTTER DOUBLE LETTER DOUBLE GOUBLE LETTER LETTER DOUBLE LETTER TRIP LET. TRINCE S с LETTER R r 1 3 R A В В 3 L 1 DOU LE WORD m 3 DOUBLE WORD E DOUBLE 1 WORD TRIPLE LETTER DOUBLE LETTER TRIPLE For example, you can't simply add an s WORD to make lump plural, but putting it in RABBLE the front is okay: slump. GRAGKED.COM — Source: 20 Tips To Level Up Games & Hobbies

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Robert Duvall

I LOVE THE SMELL OF NAPALM IN THE MORNING ROBERT DUVALL CRACKED COM One of the most quoted lines in movie history, it's referenced in countless other movies and TV shows. Duvall's speech in 1979's Apocalypse Now influenced the action movies to come by Needing that one badass line, and he said in an interview that a day rarely goes by when someone doesn't yell, I love the smell of napalm in the morning. — Source: groovyhistory

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Shawarma

The Avengers made everyone crave shawarma. After the movie came out, many people who had never tried the Arab dish felt like giving it a bite. The owner of a shawarma place in Queens reported that, The first four or five weeks I was running out of shawarma by 3 or 4 o'clock. — Source: MTV

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Lavender Brown

Remember Lavender Brown, Ron Weasley's ex-girlfriend? They were together in his sixth year (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) for months and she died in the Battle of Hogwarts, the following year. Neither Ron or any of his friends so much as acknowledged her death. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Dead Characters That Nobody Mourned

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Disturbed

Disturbed #GAMERGATE DAVID DRAIMAN @DAVIDMDRAIMAN .I SUPPORT #GamerGate, PEOPLE/THE MEDIA, ARE TOO DAMN POLITICALLY CORRECT FOR THEIR OWN GOOD. DONT LIKE WHATS IN THE GAME? DONT BUY/PLAY IT GRACKED.COM Lead singer David Draiman loudly supported what he thought was a simple anti-PC, anti-SJW movement. It took him four months to notice the violent sexism and antisemitism. — Source

8

Drew Carey

Drew Carey hasn't needed glasses since 2010. He's only kept wearing them because they're part of the look people associate with him. I have a whole c — Source: Chron

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Dr. Dre

They broke into Dr Dre's house while he was in the hospital for an aneurysm. Apparently, he was targeted by a burglary ring the very same night that he got taken to the hospital. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Joel Schumacher

Joel Schumacher wanted to cast Drew Barrymore and Rosanna Arquette in a sequel to The Lost Boys. It'd be called The Lost Girls, and he wanted to do it because girl vampires on motorcycles would be sexy and funny and something that I'd like to see. But the movie just never made it out of development hell. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Max Headroom

IDENTITY UNKNOWN Max Headroom hacker On November 22, 1987, a hacker wearing a mask with a big head, sunglasses, a square chin, and teeth interrupted the 9 o'clock news on a Chicago TV station, causing a huge stir across the country. We never learned who he was. CRACKED — Wiki Commons
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A.I.

10111210 CRACKED.COM 0.1.00.00 Oh 11001101 0011101 11101011 10000 110101 1012111 / 10 good 110011 ro 001110 01 Artificial intelligence might have already killed people. According to U.N. reports, lethal 1 autonomous weapons systems (drones 0 that can identify and attack targets 1 without human intervention) destroyed a convoy in Libya in 2020. It's not clear, however, if anyone was killed in the attack. — Source

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Thor

CRACKED com IN THOR, LOKI SEIZES THE THRONE OF ASGARD. HE DIDN'T NEED TO. IT WAS MEANT TO BE HIS RIGHT. Loki is made Odin's heir and rightful ruler of

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Leo Durocher

NOT QUITE Nice guys finish last. - Leo Durocher Не actually said the nice guys are all over there, in seventh place. That's an important distinction; his original intent - encouragement to toughen up, to change, to become better-is a far cry from the hopeless mantra of misogynist gremlins who wish they could be meaner to women. Also? Seventh place is technically second-to-last. Checkmate, sexism. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Wayne Knight

Wayne Knight got Jurassic Park because of Basic Instinct. During the infamous interrogation scene, where Knight nervously watches Sharon Stone cross her legs, Spielberg thought, What if that were a dinosaur? Knight never had to audition, and he didn't meet Spielberg until he flew to Hawaii for filming. CRACKED.COM — Source

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