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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia for Those Who Wish to Order Off the Secret Menu of Life

December 31, 2024

Can you imagine a musical version of George Orwell’s 1984? David Bowie could.

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Heidi Montag

CRACKED COM ie TV ds Heidi Montag spent nearly $2 million of her own money on her first album, titled Superficial. The album, which she and her husband produced themselves, took three years to make. Despite boasts that it was comparable to Michael HETDI Jackson's Thriller in terms MONTAS of sound and quality, SUPERACIAL Superficial was met with poor sales and bad reviews. Au — Source

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Donkey Kong 64

Donkey Kong 64 was bundled with the N64 expansion pak because of a single bug. NINTENDO EXPANSION PAK DONKEY N OnlyFor INCLUDED! KONG64 - - - the Deeogram de - - Para E - .. DOLBY AVENUE G COLLECTOR'S EDITION YELLOW GAME PAK SURROUND PAL VERSION DONKEY NINTENDO IKONIC The mystery bug caused the game to crash randomly unless the pak was inserted. The game didn't really need the pak, but Rare convinced Nintendo to include it at great expense to fix that one stubborn bug. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Game of Thrones

If you didn't like Euron in Game of Thrones, the actor might agree with you. Не says she wishes he could have played him more dark, more mysterious - that's closer to the books, he says. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Whataburger

Houston Police used Whataburger order numbers to mark crime scenes. WHATABURGER WHATABURGER 67 33 They were told to stop in 2017 after an image went viral. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ultron

ULTRON HAS THE SMILE OF A CAPTAIN VIDEO VILLAIN. Roy Thomas, UItron's creator, remembered a one- shot robotic foe in a Captain Video comic named Makino, and showed it to artist Steve Buscema. Buscema went ahead and drew UItron to look like — Sources: The Hollywood Reporter, Flying Cars and Food Pills

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The Wolf of Wall Street

CRACKED.COM THE WOLF OF WALL STREET There were 687 curse words in this movie. 332 of them were spoken by Leonardo DiCaprio. F*CKING 358 C*CK 5 TW*T 2 F*CK 169 C*CKS*CKER/ING 5 B*TCHING 1 SH*T 69 F*CKSVILLE 4 F*CKFACE 1 M*THERF*CKER 18 PR*CK 4 F*CKHEADS 1 F*CKED 16 P*SSY 4 F*CKERS 1 D*CK 8 C*NT 3 F*CKITY 1 B*LLSH*T 7 SH*TTY 2 SH*TKICKER 1 — Source: 22 Hollywood (Revealing) Statistics

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Planet of the Apes

CRACKED.COM plAnet OFTHE APES Taylor sees the Statue of Liberty and realizes that he's been on Earth all along. But New York has/had hundreds of build

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Scream

DEWEY ORIGINALLY DIED IN THE FIRST SCREAM. The death was filmed and everything, but they soon realized that the character was just too good an addition and had to be in the sequel. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Pulitzer Prize

CRACKED ANET COOKE EXTRA EXTRA! PULITZER PRIZE REVOKED FOR FAKE NEWS! After Washington Post reporter Janet Cooke won a Pulitzer in 1981, she admitted that her story Jimmy's World was fabricated. Jimmy, the 8-year-old heroin addict, and his entire family were completely made-up. — Source

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Bob Dylan

RENALDO & CLARA is a four hour movie created by Bob Dylan that has footage of his concerts, interviews of various singers, and vignettes based on lyrics from his songs It was pulled from theaters when critics called it incoherent, impenetrable, self-indulgent, and... virtually unwatchable. CRACKED.COM — Source

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McDonald’s MP3 Players

CRACKED MCDONALD'S MP3 PLAYERS. CRAZY FROS GHLANDO - Month No. McDonald's got in on the MP3 craze of the early 2000s with MP3 players in Happy Meals. It was basically cheap plastic shells that played one low quality popular song from Britney Spears and others. — Source

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The Office

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM Did Jim Or Pam Start Working First? The Office In season 2 Jim admits he had a crush on Pam when she first started. In season 4 Pam reveals that she warned Jim about Dwight when he first started. Who started first? — Source: 16 Plot Holes In 'The Office'

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The Hitchhiker

Forgotten Sci-Fi and Horror Shows 1983-1991 The Hitchhiker This was an anthology series in the style of Twilight Zone, with a hitchhiker presenting dark stories about the douchebaggery in man's heart. It aired on HBO way before it was a prestige network, and then it moved to the USA Network. CRACKED COM

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Metallica

CRACKED.COM Metallica's Nothing Else Matters G.B.W came from thoughtless guitar fingering. Some people doodle on paper while on the phone. James Hetfield randomly plucked at his guitar's strings while talking to his girlfriend. That pattern became the song's opening bars. — Source

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Top Gun: Maverick

NOSTALGIA SEQUELS Top Gun: Maverick THIS IS THE FIRST TOM CRUISE MOVIE TO EARN ONE BILLION DOLLARS. A legendary 40-year career has just peaked with 1/234th of Elon Musk's wealth, which is a major landmark for Cruise and a stain on the human race. CRACKED.COM — Source: CNN

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School of Rock

writers on screen school of Rock Mike white The movie's writer has a role as Ned Schneebly. CRACKED.COM — Source: IMDb

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Cheri Oteri

OTERI KNEW THEY HAD A HIT WHEN SHE SAW A FRIDGE MAGNET FEATURING THE CHEERLEADERS FERRELL/OTERI, SPART ART CRACKED.COM I WAS A CHEERLEADER IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WOULD STOMP MY FEET AND CLAP WHILE WAITING FOR MY TURN, SAYS OTERI. AND THEN WILL STARTED DOING IT REALLY SERIOUSLY. THEY TURNED IT INTO A SKETCH, DECIDING THAT THE DUO'S SPARTAN SPIRIT WOULD GREATLY SURPASS THEIR CHEERING TALENT. — Hollywood Reporter

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Larry David

The Seinfeld episode The Contest comes from Larry David's real test of endurance. In a 1999 interview with Conan O'Brien, Larry revealed that he actually took part in a similar contest with some friends in real life, and was the master of his domain. But I was weakening in the last couple of days, he admits. CRACKED.COM — Seinfeld: 15 Larry David IRL Moments In The Show

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Basic Instinct 2

Failed Sequels Basic Instinct 2 A lot changed in 14 years. Back in 1992, the original set the bar in the erotic thrillers genre. But that had long cooled by 2006, so the sequel was behind the times of the standards set by the original. CRACKED — Source

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The Boys

TIME The Boys There are several different Soldier Boys in the comics. The first Soldier Boy was an incompetent World War II soldier; the second was a clone who did propaganda films, and the third was a comic relief sucking up (quite literally) to Homelander, and finally killed by Butcher. CRACKED.COM — Sources: CBR/YouTube, Wikipedia

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H.R. Giger

CRACKED.COM H. R. GIGER suffered from night terrors - not just regular nightmares, but a debilitating sleep disorder. Не began sketching his terrifying visions as a form of art therapy for the condition. — Matthias Belz (via Wikimedia Commons) & The Guardian

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Axl Rose

Axl Rose thinks the letter M is cursed. CRACKED.COM Guns N' Roses allegedly pulled out of a show in Minneapolis because Rose's psychic told him not to play in cities that start with М. — Source: 20 Bizarre Fears, Phobias, and Superstitions Of The Rich And The Famous

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Mr. Robot

The first season finale of the show Mr Robot was inspired by Fight Club. Fight Club was one of my big inspirations for the show, said creator Sam Esmail, and The Pixies' Where Is My Mind in S1E9 was a nod to that. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Movies We Didn’t Know Were Inspired By Other Movies

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David Bowie

David Bowie wanted to make a musical out of George Orwell's 1984. It's not clear what it was supposed to be like -- it could have been a TV musical, or a West End one but, in any case, Orwell's widow Sonia nixed the idea. CRACKED.COM — Source: Mental Floss

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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

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Titanic

Titanic saved three sailors' lives. In 2004, an explosion quickly sank the tanker Bow Mariner - but while everyone else jumped into the water, three crew members remembered Titanic and clung to the railings until the last possible second, as Jack and Rose did. They turned out to be among the only six survivors. — More: 6 Bonkers Ways Movies And Shows Helped Save Lives

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Alec Baldwin

In 2013, Alec Baldwin chased down a TMZ paparazzo and called him homophobic slurs. HARRI HARR de INSTON AMERICA So MSNBC first suspended his talk show Up Late with Alec Baldwin for two weeks, then cancelled it. Funding for his radio show dried up, AT&T cancelled a paid speech of his, and his bank didn't renew their contract with his charity foundation. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Wayne Knight

CRACKED Signation Free - NOS *TODOS - - the with Wayne Knight as Newman on Seinfeld. The character was heard off screen in Season 2 (voiced by Larry David), but Wayne Knight appeared in Season 3's The Suicide. Originally meant to appear in 1 episode, he nailed it and landed 42 more (roughly a quarter of the show's total episodes). — Looper / Shaken Not Stirred

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Sammy Sosa

CRACKED UBS NO HALL OF FAME FOR THESE STEROID-ERA BASEBALL PLAYERS. The career stats of Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and Sammy Sosa would otherwise make them HoF locks, but in 2022, the Baseball Writers' Association rejected them for a 10th and final time because of performance enhancing drugs. — Source

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Back to the Future

BACV TO FUTURE THE In the original, Marty has the very relatable and profound fear of rejection, and having no real future. In the sequels (suddenly)

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A Good Day to Die Hard

Director John Moore filmed a car chase in A Good Day to Die Hard for 78 days. It was a chase scene in Moscow, and Moore announced that as part of the marketing push for the movie (he also said It's not Carry On Die Hard, I can assure you...) CRACKED COM — Source

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Wilt Chamberlain

CRACKED WILT CHAMBERLAIN: ONE AND DONE. Wilt Chamberlain was the only NBA player ever to make a dunk shot during a free throw. 100 — Source

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McDonald’s

They Sue Anyone with a Mc in Their Name GRAGKED.COM Even though they stole the name themselves, McDonald's has a long history of suing everyone named McDonald, or whose name even begins with Mc or Mac, who tries to name a business after themselves. Basically, if you're Irish or Scottish, the lazy way is off limits. They even tried to trademark the whole prefix, but they lost. — AP

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Street Fighter

In the first Street Fighter game, Ryu had red hair and wore red shoes. The sequel changed his hair to brown and removed his shoes forever. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Lindsey Graham

At a campaign rally, Donald Trump gave out Lindsey Graham's cell phone number. So Graham made a video of himself destroying his phone. In a video post

4

Jackie Wilson

ONE OF JACKIE WILSON'S BIGGEST HITS, 1958'S LONELY TEARDROPS, FEATURES THIS SOULFUL LINE: Lonely Teardrops MY HEART IS CRYIN', CRYIN'. on september 29, 1975, he sang the song live. Right when he hit the line, he had a massive heart attack. The crowd thought he was just acting. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Friendly’s

Grilled Cheese BurgerMelt FRIENDLY'S CRACKED.COM Friendly's rested on their laurels after inventing the lown-shaped ice cream sundae - until 2010, when they decided to bookend their, frankly, already generous hamburgers with two grilled cheese sandwiches. — Source: Consumerist

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Family Guy

CRACKED.COM Family Guy Chris' voice is based on Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs. Seth Green used to do that really silly voice when screwing around with his friends, and decided to use it while shooting the script. — Source: The Paley Center for Media/YouTube

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The Good Place

EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES The stolen signs DANGER OPEN PIT COMBESTIBLE Donkey Doug's apartment is filled with stolen signs from around Jacksonville. Among these, one from Parks and Recreation that reads, Danger: Open Pit. The Good Place CRACKED.COM — Source

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