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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia You Can Read Now or Double It for the Next Person

December 28, 2024

Guns N' Roses had to hitchhike for 40 hours to their first gig, only to get a pay cut and have the rest of the tour canceled.

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Rambo

RAMBO 1 FIRST BLOOD 6oooon BOOK RAMBO KILLS DOGS IN COLD BLOOD. In the book First Blood, Rambo shoots a bunch of police dogs without thinking twice, a

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Zoolander

Mugatu in Zoolander is named after a Star Trek monster. خمصة Star Trek's Mugato is a giant ape-like monster that showed up in the original series. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Marvel

CRACKED.COM Heroes in the Marvel universe have gained powers by eating Skrull burgers. In an early Fantastic Fourissue, Reed Richard hypnotizes some shapeshifting Skrulls into believing they're COWS. In the '90s, the comic Skrull Kill Krew followed up on that particular story. The comic stars random people getting superpowers from burgers made from those cow-Skrulls. — Source: 15 Random Facts to Stack On Your Brainshelves

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

Source: Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story

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MythBusters

A WOMAN WAS ABLE TO SAVE HERSELF AND HER CHILD BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE LEARNED FROM THE SHOW CRACKED COM In 2007, a woman slid off the road into a large b — Source: CinemaBlend

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Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris is a respected magician CRACKED.COM NPH isn't a real doctor, and probably isn't a real genius, but he is a real magician. He was even once the President of the Board of Directors of LA's extremely prestigious Magic Castle.

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Cobra Commander

A Springfield, IL officially honored Cobra Commander. As Springfield was hosting a big G.I. Joe convention in 2015, the event was celebrated by handing the keys to the city to the show's villain. It kinda checks out, Considering Illinois' long history of government corruption. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Wednesday

Pop culture inspirations Wednesday Jenna Ortega choreographed the iconic dance scene taking inspiration from SIOUXSIE SIOUX, BOB FOSSE, LISA LORING, LENE LOVICH, DENIS LAVANT, and archival footage of goths dancing in clubs in the '80s. CRACKED — Netflix, Wiki Commons
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Alf

CRACKED CO ALF In the 80s society, having won the Space Race... You want Us to believe Willie Tanner would've endangered his family to get to know the

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Brazil

Movies altered after the release Then vs. Now Brazil Before: a 142-minute version with a depression-fuel ending. After: Universal got all normie for the US release. They cut the darker ending without Terry Gilliam's consent, but after the movie proved to be a critical darling and an immediate classic, they agreed to a Gilliam-supervised 132-minute version. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Red Dead Redemption 2

Red Dead Redemption 2 references a real (and very recent) massacre. D The murdered athletic team that makes the game's creepiest mystery? That really happened-and not in 1899, but in 2009, when an amateur soccer team was kidnapped and murdered in Colombia. — More: 6 Dark Creepy Easter Eggs Hiding In Video Games

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Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx Jamie Foxx graduated in 1986 from Terrell High School in Texas. He was a star athlete, playing on the school's basketball, baseball, football, and track teams. GRACKED.COM — source: classmates.com

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Guns N’ Roses

Guns N' Roses CRACKED.COM FIRST SHOW: The boys kicked off their inaugural tour by... breaking down, hitchhiking for 40 hours, getting a pay cut for their first gig, and having the rest of their shows straight-up cancelled.

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Jason Statham

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Ouija

50% -number of U.S. adults who believe that demons definitely or probably exist. Talking WILLIAM FULD OUIJA MYSTIFYING RED c ORACLE ES 46% DEFGH also believe in ghosts. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Rock

Sources: GQ, The New York Times

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Dora the Explorer

Lucky Dora the Explorer fans could buy this limited edition Aquapet in 2006. Aquapets are similar to Tamagotchis, with buttons for interacting with a virtual pet floating in a tube full of water. They vibrate, sing, and respond to sound. CRACKED.COM http://www.ubergizmo.com/2006/11/dora-aquapet-hits-amazon/ — Source: 20 Real Official Merchandise Items No One Thought Through

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Topical Humor

arno C Awful Sitcom Tropes Topical humor If we have to look up who some 2000s politician was, we simply won't rewatch a show, however funny it may have originally been. Today, Atlanta, Rick and Morty, Insecure, BoJack Horseman, or Black-ish also try topical humor, but they give it more cerebral spins to make audiences reflect about current topics. We'll see if it stands the test of time. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Bringing Up Baby

Meet Cute Bringing Up Baby This screwball classic has a square paleontologist (played by Cary Grant) meeting a quirky millionaire (played Katharine Hepburn) at a golf course, just as the latter picks up Grant's ball. Golf ball, that is. Their chemistry is amazing, the jokes are rapid fire, and the movie is a gold standard of wacky romcoms for a reason. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Rushmore

The production of Rushmore couldn't afford a Bentley, so they made a deal with a local resident. Since the production budget was only $20 million, they couldn't afford to rent a Bentley for Bill Murray's character, Herman Blume. A local Houston resident offered to lend them his Bentley if they gave his daughter a role in the film.0M — Soource: Rushmore: 15 Behind-The-Scenes Gems

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Seinfeld

TBS speeds up reruns of Seinfeld by 5% to fit in two more minutes of ad time. CRACKED.COM — The Tech Times

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Chloe Grace Moretz

Chloe Grace Moretz faked a British accent when she auditioned for her role in 'Hugo! CRACKED.COM Moretz heard that Martin Scorsese was looking to cast a Brit- ish actress. When she got the part, she had to come clean. — The Fuss

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Doctor Who

CRACKED.COM Doctor Who URS The iconic look of the Fourth Doctor was aristide inspired by an ad for cabaret singer and BRUANT comedian Aristide dans Bruant, created by Henri Las free soncabace de Toulouse-Lautrec. — BBC & Warped Factor

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Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan was an early pioneer of the music video. In 1965, 16 years before MTV, Dylan filmed a video for his song Subterranean Homesick Blues, where he held cue cards with lyrics. Several bands have used the cue card approach since, most notably INXS with 1987's Mediate. GET BORN CRACKED — Source

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Miley Cyrus

2009 Miley Cyrus was banned from China. A photo resurfaced on the internet of Cyrus seeming to mock an Asian friend by pulling her own eyelids to the side, so the country banned not just her but everything she's ever made, which seems super fair. No one likes a Disney hate crime. CRACKED — Jaguar PS/Shutterstock
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BBC

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Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood hated his iconic cigarillos in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Director Sergio Leone wanted a ton of takes, which sometimes made Clint so sick he'd say, You'd better get it this time, because I'm going to throw up. CRACKED.COM — Source

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H.G. Wells

H.G. WELLS FIRST WROTE ABOUT THE ATOM BOMB IN A 1914 NOVEL CALLED THE WORLD SET FREE. IT WOULD BE DECADES BEFORE SCIENTISTS MADE THE BOMB REAL. wells didn't even know the bomb was possible. Не just knew a little bit about radioactive decay, and thought if we ever split an atom, it would probably make a really big boom. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail

BEHIND-THE-SCENES SFACTS THE CAMERA BROKE ON THE VERY FIRST SHOT OF MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL. CRACKED.COM First-time film directors Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones leapt feet first into the pro- duction of the movie, choosing an impos- sible location half a mile up Glen Coe in Scotland for their first days of filming. The camera jammed on the first shot, leaving them scrambling to make do. — Source: 13 Comedies With Not-So-Funny Behind The Scenes Stories

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Macaulay Culkin

Macaulay Culkin had 6 years of acting experience before he was in Home Alone Culkin made his stage debut at age 4 Manhattan's Symphony Space in a play called Bach Babies. CRACKED.COM — Source: LA Times

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Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events

LEMONY SNICKET'S SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS CRACKEDOON In A Series of Unfortunate Events, Esme Squalor's shoulder pads become larger and pointier as

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The Missing 1927 Horror Film

A silent horror film from 1927 went missing because it was titled Unknown. In the archives of Cine- matheque Francaise, there were hundreds of film cans marked un- known, so for years no one knew that one of them contained the actu- al movie. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Ridley Scott

EXODUS: GODS & KINGS GRACKED.COM Ridley Scott did not take the 2014 opportunity to right the wrongs of 1956's The Ten Commandments. After the backlash for slathering fake tan on Christian Bale (Moses), Joel Edgerton (Ramesses II), Scott said, A film led by 'Mohammad so-and-so' wouldn't get funding, highlighting the depressing reality for non-white actors. — Source: Screenrant

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Wendy’s

Wendy's CRACKED.COM Avocado Veggie Salad 600 calories II Coca-Cola Although probably more nutritional, the vegetarian salad has about the same calories as the Wendy's 8-piece chicken combo meal. — Source: Wendy's

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Dame Judi Dench

Dame Judi Dench has a terrible fear of schoolchildren gathered together. I have always had a terrible fear of a lot of schoolchildren together ... I don't know why, but I just have, are the exact words she used to describe it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ceelo Green

You used to be cool CEELO GREEN took a page out of Bill Cosby's playbook. Green had a cool, likable persona, but he pleaded no contest to drugging and raping a woman. Then tweeted, If someone is passed out they're not even WITH you consciously! So WITH implies consent. CRACKED — Source

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Smiley Emojis

A cafe supervisor was fired for not using smiley emojis in a text message. CRACKED.COM The supervisor raised con- cerns over text about being short staffed to the manager, who then insisted she be fired for not showing emo- tion and that she didn't add any smiley faces. — SBS

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Furbies

Furbies were the must-have toy of '99. And the NSA banned them from their offices. The Furbies' gimmick was that they could listen to conversation and

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John F. Kennedy

JFK made sure to get his hands on Cuban cigars before he placed an embargo on them. CRACKED.COM John F. Kennedy had his press secretary, Pierre Salinger, purchase 1200 of the cigars and before signing the documents that made the embargo against Cuba official. — Daily Mail

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