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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Thrive Without Water and Sunlight

January 10, 2025

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Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson Johansson, along with Eva Mendes, starred in My Brother the Pig, which was bad even by a kid's standards.

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Hellraiser

No tears, please. It's waste of a good suffering. -Pinhead Hellraiser CRACKED.COM

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Notch

Minecraft creator Markus Notch Persson proved that his expertise in digital biomes doesn't translate into the real world when he tweeted this about

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Archie Bunker

Archie Bunker's Place Edith Bunker RIP Edith dies off-screen due to a stroke at the start of Season 2 of the spin-off show. Her death was portrayed poignantly, and turned out to be a pretty moving moment for longtime fans. CRACKED — CBS
Closer Weekly

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The Hunger Games

Haymitch was a way worse person in the Hunger Games books. Haymitch shows up at the Reaping Ceremony so drunk that he falls over on stage, and he's a total prick to Katniss throughout the books. CRACKED.COM — Source: Vulture

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Fight Club

NO WAY HE'S GETTING AWAY WITH THAT IN FIGHT CLUB. Are we supposed to believe authorities won't be able to tie him to all those bombs? They surely will, he's definitely going to jail, and he can't even plead insanity by citing dissociative identity disorder, because he's now cured. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Michael Richards Show

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM MICHAEL RICHARDS NEARLY ENDED UP PLAYING KRAMER AS A DETECTIVE. That was the premise of the ill-fated The Michael Richards Show, which had a bunch of Seinfeld writers working on it --Richards' character was called Vic Nardozza, but he was basically a copy of Kramer. — Source

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The Princess Bride

CRACKED The Cliffs of Insanity The Princess Bride (1987) Cliffs of Moher are real-life terrifyingly steep cliffs that stretch for 8 kilometres along the Atlantic coast of County Clare in the west of Ireland. Many films have used the location including: . The Yank (2013) Blind Pass (2012) Burke & Hare (2010) . Into the West (1992) The horerux Cave Hear My Song (1992) . The Mackintosh Man (1973) Harry Potter and the Half- .yyans Daughter (1970) Blood Prince (2009) .The Guns of Navarone (1961) — Source: 20 Mind-Blowing Facts About Famous Movie Locations

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Star Trek

The Star Trek MEDICAL TRICORDER is a diagnostic device used to obtain a patient's vitals. - The SCANADU SCOUT, currently under evaluation by the FDA, reads your heart rate & ECG, blood pressure, temperature, respiratory rate and oximetry by just placing it near your forehead. - - MAY CRACKED COM — Source

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Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist of all time with 2 billion books sold. CRACKED.COM Her estate claims she ranks 3rd overall, behind Shakespeare's works and the Bible. She is the most-translated author with works in at least 103 languages. — Queering Agatha Christie / Wikipedia

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Alien

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Thrive Without Water and Sunlight — Source: YouTube

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Ghostbusters

Stay-Puft Splatter: STAY PUFT Dimensions: 112.5 x 37.5 ft. Marshmallow Density: 3.3 lbs/gal Marshmallow Volume: 925,000 gal Total Weight: 1,543 tons CRACKED.COM — Source

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X-Men: Days of Future Past

TIME TRAVEL MOVIES 482 X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST WE WERE GOING TO SEE MAGNETO KILLING JFK. When Matthew Vaugh was supposed to direct the movie, an early idea was to open with Magneto controlling the magic bullet that killed the president. In the end, it was all reduced to a remark by Beast. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Midnight

Forgotten Rom-Coms Midnight Challenging the Hays Code, this wacky comedy is way too raunchy for the prudish reputation of old-timey Hollywood. A gold-digging American showgirl is left stranded in Paris, and is romantically pursued by a cabbie while a wealthy man pays her to ruin his wife's love affair. It's pure screwball insanity, and the quick-witted script hasn't aged one bit. 1939 CRACKED.COM — Trailer on YouTube
Image Credit: Paramount Pictures

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Heroes

The second season Of Heroes was a cautionary tale Of a hyped show that went downhill faster than its fans could say what the hell. HEROES That seaso

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James Bond

CRACKED.COM JAMES BOND MAY BE NAMED AFTER A CHURCH IN CANADA. Officially, lan Fleming named his spy after the author of a book on birds. But maybe it isn't a coincidence that Fleming spent a couple weeks in Toronto in 1942, just down the street from St. James Bond United Church (an amalgamation of two other churches, St. James and Bond Street). — Source

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Goldfinger

MYTH: The girl painted with gold in Goldfinger died In the 1964 James Bond movie Goldfinger, people thought actress Shirley Eaton had died from being covered in gold paint, but she was actually okay and went on to make more movies before she quit acting. CRACKED — Source

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Renfield

Nicolas cage Movies Renfield Cage is going back to the vampire well to portray Dracula in this film about his lackey. It's the first time he's played a role of this sort, fulfilling a life- long dream of playing a vampire. Cuz he's goth. CRACKED.COM — More: 55 Facts About Nicolas Cage Movies

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The Holiday

Meet Cute The Holiday This movie has plenty of meet cutes, but Eli Wallach's Arthur meeting Kate Winslet's Iris is by far the best. She gives the older man a ride, and after talking about movies he dishes out he was a screenwriter in old-timey Hollywood. When they arrive at Arthur's, he says that was a lovely meet cute - and explains the concept. CRACKED.COM — Scene on YouTube

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Sonic

Source: Forbes

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Daniel Plainview

Characters that would thrive on a Lantern Corps Daniel Plainview from There Will Be Blood ORANGE LANTERN CORPS Plainview will go to extreme lengths to obtain wealth and property, using his son to gain sympathy as he builds his empire, sucking oil and milkshakes dry. Не personifies the light of avarice so much that most of the film is in an orangish hue. CRACKED.COM — More: Villains Wiki
Image Credit: Paramount Pictures

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Parks and Recreation

CRACKED.COM Chris Traeger from Parks and Recreation has orthorexia, an eating disorder that makes a person overly concerned about the health benefits of the food they eat. — Source

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Return of the Jedi

Bizarre Scenes That Almost Made It Into Famous Movies - Return of the Jedi originally featured a resurrected Yoda and Obi-Wan. — Source: 6 Baffling First Drafts Of Famous Movies

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Bette Davis

21 Beloved Celebrities Who Melted Down In Spectacular Ways - Crawford finally got back at
her during a later What Ever Happened
To Baby Jane? scene, — Read More: 6 Insane Meltdowns by Actors on Set of Their Greatest Movies

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The Good Wife

Behind-the-scenes Drama The Good Wife Julianna Margulies and Archie Panjabi couldn't be in the same room. Green screen was needed for the emotional final scene between main characters Kalinda and Alicia, because the actresses reportedly hated each other, according to crew members. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock gave LA-area health care workers 6,000 KN95 masks. This was in April 2020, when the pandemic had just started and there were shortages of masks and other protective equipment. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Seinfeld

THe REAL SOUP NAZI HATeD SEINFELD. His name is AI Yeganeh, and he claimed the show ruined his business. Not that the character was inaccurate. When Jerry Seinfeld apologized, he kicked him out of his shop. H HOT & OUP 3 Despite being ruined by the Seinfeld character, he now has franchises in seven states. CRACKED.COM — 5 Villains That Were Thinly-Veiled Versions of Real People

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Spike Jonze

Adam Spiegel got nicknamed Spike Jonze by his dirtbike shop co-workers. He didn't shower before work, so his hair stuck out in spikes. CRACKED.COM

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Beyonce

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Thrive Without Water and Sunlight — Source: CNN

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Reservoir Dogs

RESERVOIR DOGS Badass Last Words from Fictional Characters Have some fire, Scarecrow. -Mr. Blonde CRACKED — Miramax Films
Quentin Tarantino and Philosophy, by K. Silem Mohammad (via Google Books)

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Liv Tyler and Kate Hudson

celebrity Besties Second generation besties Liv Tyler + kate Hudson The two actors have been friends for over 20 years, as both grew up in Hollywood with famous parents, hung out, and sang Aerosmith songs on Instagram. Tyler is also the godmother to Hudson's eldest child. CRACKED.COM — Source: Liv Tyler/Instagram, BuzzFeed

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Spaceballs

In saving Druidia, our heroes doom the inhabitants of Planet Spaceball to slow deaths. Skroob might be deposed, but without undoing the effects of his

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Paramount

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Bob Marley

According to Bob Marley's girlfriend, I Shot the Sheriff was inspired by their fights over birth control. The Sheriff was the doctor who prescribed her the Pill. Sheriff John Brown always hated me, For what, / don't know. Every time / plant a seed, Не said Kill it before it grow. CRACKED.COM — 23 Eyebrow-Arching Facts About Famous Songs

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Stanley Tucci

Stanley Tucci scrubbed toilets that didn't have running water. RESTROOM At a young age, the actor worked at a park in Westchester, New York. He call

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NHL

CRACKED FROM ACCOUNTANT TO NHL GOALIE IN ONE DAY Scott Foster, a 36-year-old accountant, was unexpectedly called up to play in the NHL when the Chicago Blackhawks had two goalies get injured. Не managed to save every single shot he faced in his debut game. — Boston / NY Times

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DC

THE WHITE GOD OF KILIMANJARO! Kyluujity DC's response to Black Panther was... yet another white superhero. After Marvel launched Black Panther, DC followed suit with their own Africa-based hero: B'wana Beast, the Jungle Master - a white dude who saved black villagers with his animal powers. The comic was soon cancelled, as no artist wanted to touch this racist crap with a 10-foot pencil. CRACKED COM — Source

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Titanic

THE OSCAR WINNER Rose survives the sinking of the Titanic, despite the bungling efforts of the crew. REALITY THE In truth, the Titanic officers rescue

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Gary Oldman

$1,296 SLIP GARY OLDMAN'S CONTACTS FROM BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA ONTO YOUR CORNEAS, AND SEE THE WORLD THROUGH THE EYES OF A GENIUS! — Source: Wired

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Every Heart a Doorway

Queer Fantasy series HUGO AND NEBULA AWARD EVERY WINNER! HEART A Every Heart a Doorway A home for all the lost boys and girls who stumble through a closet, a painting, or found themselves suddenly adrift at sea. Queers included, especially. SEANAN McGUIRE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR CRACKED.COM

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