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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Found Written on the Back of the Declaration of Independence

January 11, 2025

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South Park

South Park's Kenny was based on a Kenny from Trey Parker's childhood, who also wore an orange coat and always mumbled. Не went missing all the time, and other kids would be like, What happened to Kenny? Is he dead? CRACKED.COM — 22 Real-Life Inspirations For Your Favorite Movie & TV Moments

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X-Men

X-MEN The energy-sucking Sauron was supposed to look like a bat (because duh, vampire)- but the Comics Code Authority frowned on vampires and werewolves. So Sauron's creators made him the most bat-like creature they could think of: a pterodactyl. — Source: Screen Rant

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The Smashing Pumpkins

Billy Corgan and the rest of The Smashing Pumpkins. The band broke up in 2000 due to Billy Corgan getting the lion's share of earnings and credit. 18 years later, they reunited for a new album and a tour, but bassist D'arcy Wretzky bailed after learning Billy would make twice as much as every other member. CRACKED — Source

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Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese hates it when actors emphasize something by moving their eyebrows. RI Не does not allow eyebrow movement, says his longtime editor Thelma Schoonmaker. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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James Dean

Just weeks before he died after slamming his Porsche head-on into another vehicle, JAMES DEAN made a PSA for the National 130 Safety Council, warning of PORTAGE the dangers of reckless TAKE IT driving. EASY DRIVING. THE LIFE YOU SAVE MIGHT BE MINE. CRACKED.COM — Source

35

The Flintstones

The Flintstones' Dino THE CHARACTER WE KNOW THE EARLY DRAFT goofy talking dinosaur dinosaur dog butler In the first season of The Flintstones, a flash — Source: Fandom

34

Daniel Craig

In the Daniel Craig James Bond movies,Bond.is so.promiscuous because he's infertile. While on his first ever mission in Casino Royale, Bond gets tortured by the villain Le Chiffre, who does irreparable damage to the spy's double-Os. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Handmaid’s Tale

The Handmaid's Tale The novel was not intended as a feminist work. As Margaret Atwood said in 1986, Novels are not slogans. a study of power, and how it operates and how it deforms or shapes the people who are living within that kind of regime. CRACKED.COM — Source: The New York Times

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Elvis

Collectible Bubbles Elvis memorabilia Elvis collectibles that were once highly sought after, like records, have become much less valuable. A lot of his superfans and collectors have passed away, leaving a glut of items on the market. CRACKED — Source

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Maya Rudolph

MAYA RUDOLPH is turned on by Homer's opera talents CRACKED.COM When an accident gives Homer a beautiful opera voice (come on, it was Season 19), Rudolph's Julia becomes obsessed. When Homer turns down her sexual advances, she does what any good fan would do: Try to kill him. — Source: Live From Springfield, It’s the Simpsons/Saturday Night Live Nexus

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Ouija

Jurors in a 1994 murder trial used a Ouija Board to try and communicate with the victim. Registered 1234567890 GOOD BYE As the other jurors slept, a small group sat on the floor around a crude Ouija board they had made from a piece of paper and a hotel room wine glass. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine

BROOKLYN NINE-NINE HD #brooklyn CRACKED.COM Amy Santiago sneaks into Raymon Holt's bedroom in season 1 and looks through his DVR. The next season, Holt mentions he does not have a TV in his bedroom. For most people, it's possible to either be lying or to have changed their mind in a year, neither of which Holt is known for. — Source: Fandomwire

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Lord of the Rings

According to Hollywood accounting, the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy was a financial loss. Despite earning $3 billion on a budget of $100 mil- lion, the Peter Jackson movies made horren- dous losses and no prof- it at all, according to New Line Cinema. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Game of Thrones

IN 2012 ALONE... GAME O THRONES OVER 140 BABY GIRLS IN THE U.S... WERE LEGALLY NAMED KHALEESI

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Neil Gaiman

AT A GLANCE NEIL GAIMAN Gaiman wrote a series eeriely similar to Harry Potter...seven years before J.K. Rowling did. Neil Gaiman Gaiman's DC Comic miniseries he Books of Magic is about an English boy with glasses who finds out he's a wizard on his 12th birthday. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Atlantic

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Archer

Archer FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE THE complere season one A witty spy A 90s sci-fi flick parody parody about about a dysfunctional space travel and al

24

Frailty

Underappreciated serial killer movies 2001 Frailty Bill Paxton starred in and directed this twisted religious thriller about a man murdering sinners because God told him so - and the two sons who become his accomplices. This is absolutely a cult- horror movie, dark and violent and surprising enough to deserve a more people giving it some love. CRACKED.COM — Trailer on YouTube

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Joseph Gordon-Levitt played Magic MAGIC The Gathering W The actor is a long-time Magic: The Gathering player. He's been building decks since he was a kid. When he was young, he played D&D, and friends moved him into the card game. CRACKED.COM — Source: Geek and Sundry

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Nicole Kidman

NICOLE KIDMAN BIG LITTLE LIES CRACKED.COM Domestic abuse scenes took a real-life toll on Kidman. I remember lying on the floor, being in my underwear and having just been really thrown around. I just lay on the floor. I couldn't get up. I was just like...I just felt completely humiliated and devastated. And angry inside. — Glamour

21

Sacha Baron Cohen

Mockumentaries Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Sacha Baron Cohen retired Borat in 2007- then Donald Trump's presidency happened. Cohen considered the insanity of electing and supporting Trump only graspable with the help of Borat. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Hotel Transylvania

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM Smigel and Sandler got down for the Count Adam Sandler goes back to his SNL days with Smigel, and the two have collaborated on all of the Hotel Transylvania flicks. Smigel has even done some voice acting, pretending to suck blood as Fake Dracula. — Behind the Voice Actors

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Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson Mel Gibson isn't just Catholic - he's the most Catholic it is possible to be, to the point that even the Catholics weren't Catholic enough for him, prompting him to start his own church that the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles (you know, the Catholics) re- fuses to recognize. The private church is somewhat secretive, but what we do know suggests that it's the oldest of the old school, with some members who don't even believe in the Pope. (Fun fact: Gibson's fa- ther wrote a book earnestly called Is the Pope Catholic?) CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — https://people.com/celebrity/inside-mel-gibsons-church/

18

Cabbage Patch Snacktime Kids

CRACKED KS! Feed Me My mouth really moves! HST 1996's Cabbage Patch Snacktime Kids did make it to shelves, but not for long - their gimmick was that you could feed them through their battery-powered jaws, but inevitably kids got their hair and fingers stuck, leading to a mass recall. — Source

17

Hereditary

HEREDITARY Ari Aster cited the theme of family breakdown and emotional brutality in Ingmar Bergman's Scenes From A Marriage as one of the influences in his debut horror film. — Source

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Heathers

CRACKED CON COM If you were happy every day of your life you wouldn't be a human being, you'd be a gameshow Mothey host. Veronica Sawyer

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Carl Weathers

Carl Weathers had only done minor acting roles when he auditioned for the part of Apollo Creed. CRACKED.COM Weathers, a retired NFL line- backer, got the role because during the audition, he said Sylvester Stallone wasn't a real actor and Stallone thought it was something Creed would say. — Source

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Roman Polanski

ROMAN POLANSKI MADE MIA FARROW EAT RAW CHICKEN LIVER IN ROSEMARY'S BABY. Rosemary's Baby Mia Farrow John Cassamos Run Goadon Sony Backmer Maunce Evans and Paper Belamy - / In the scene where the expectant Rosemary craves raw meat, the director had Farrow eat the liver take after take, despite the actress being a strict vegetarian at the time. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ferris Bueller

CRACKED.COM saved by the Bell zack Morris was Ferris Bueller. Surprising no one, Zack was created to be television's own Ferris Bueller. (Good, as the Ferris Bueller show was nothing to write home about.) — Source: People

12

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator 2: Judgment Day James Cameron wanted Billy Idol as the T-1000. That became impossible when Idol broke his leg and forearm in a motorcycle accident, so the role went to Robert Patrick CRACKED.COM — The Ringer
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Alice Cooper

MYTH ALICE COOPER IS EDDIE HASKELL Alice Cooper was a police officer for 14 years. Back in the day, there were rumors that he was actually Ken Osmond, the actor who played Eddie Haskell on Leave it to Beaver, so he had to wear a t-shirt with the words No, I'm Not Eddie Haskell. CRACKED — yakub88/Shutterstock,
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10

Rain Man

Only 3 of the 15 highest grossing movies from the 1980s haven't been given a sequel, prequel or turned into a franchise. MAVE RICK CRACKED.COM Those movies are E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Tootsie, and Rain Man. Top Gun Maverick is the latest 36-year-old sequel, which proved to be a worthwhile risk. — Source

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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Nicolas Cage covered his face with corpse paint for Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance. His character would get a CGI head, and he didn't want his castm — Source: 7 Famous Actors Who Lost Their Minds Getting Into Character

8

Kimmy Gibbler

Sitcom Neighbors Was Kimmy Gibbler really that annoying? Full House Stephanie and Gibbler's beef was cute, but Danny and the boys were annoyed by her for no reason. The running gag is that she's unwanted in her own home and in the Tanners', but she was a good friend to D.J. and didn't deserve the hate. CRACKED — ABC
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7

Noah

In Noah, Noah inherits the power given by God from his father, even though his rite of passage ceremony was not finished. And at the end of the movie,

6

Halloween Kills

In Halloween Kills, they didn't use CGI de-aging or anything for Dr Samuel Loomis. Loomis in that movie was actually just a guy who was wearing an extremely elaborate, 11-piece prosthetic that included hair pieces. CRACKED.COM — Source

5

Britney Spears

Britney Spears' Toxic musically shouldn't work, yet it does. Toxic disregards the rules of music- not because it doesn't know them, but because it said, F- you, you won't tell me what to do. The song is a chaotic mishmash of clashing genres and musical traditions and it makes it work. Generic pop music? Think again! — More: 6 Shallow Songs That Are Surprisingly Smartly Put Together

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Robert De Niro

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Back to the Future

Back to the Future predicted 9/11 (and everything else). 68 A YouTube series by Polarization Nation Media claims that Back to the Future predicted 9/11, the 2005 London bombings, the Paris attacks, and more through coded messages and clock imagery. This McFly code is said to be part of a communication network used by undercover terrorists, and hints at future disasters. CRACKED.COM — Source: 37 Insane Conspiracy Theories The Internet Believes

2

Badlands

A YouTuber has broken the record for slurping tomato sauce through a straw. CRACKED.COM Eric Badlands Booker did the impossible (or maybe just the ill-advised) and downed a liter of tomato sauce in 1 min- ute and 18.90 seconds. This was immediately after chug- ging a liter of soda in 6.80 seconds - another record. — UPI

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Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson is a really big fan of the movie Putney Swope. He's so into the Robert Downey Sr. movie that he gave Downey Sr. a cameo in Boogie Nights and named one of the characters Buck Swope. CRACKED.COM — Source

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