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January 15, 2025

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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

INDIANAJONES and CRUSADE the LAST Sean Connery and Harrison Ford aren't wearing any pants during this scene, because it was so hot on the day of filming. CRACKED.COM — Source: Your New 25 Favorite Weird Facts, Part 1

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Jurassic Park

The T-Rex's roar in Jurassic Park is a blend of a tiger snarling, a baby elephant squealing, and an alligator gurgling. — Source: FilmSchoolRejects

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Manute Bol

Manute Bol could only bench 45 pounds when he was first drafted into the NBA. 10 GRAGKED.COM Bol's ethnic group, the Din- ka, and the Nilotic people of which they are a part, are among the tallest pop- ulations in the world. His great-grandfather was even taller than him, at 7'10. — Source

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George Michael

George Michael wrote Careless Whisper at 17 out of sheer boredom while riding the bus. careless whisper Despite its success, he was not happy with the song and in a 2009 interview with the Big Issue, he said he was a bit puzzled why it made such an impression on people. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Independent / Wikipedia

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Bob the Builder

CALUM CLACHAIR Clachair is stonemason in Scottish Gaelic. Calum, however, is not Bob, but... well, Calum. It keeps the alliteration, though. — Sources: BBC, Glosbe Dictionary

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E.T. for Atari

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 8138 CRACKED.COM As one of the first movie tie-in games ever, it had nothing to be compared against, and yet it still sucked. The insanely rushed 5-week development time resulted in shockingly ugly visuals, even for the time period, and confusing gameplay that has nothing in common with the movie. — Source: 17 Of The Worst Games Based On Movies

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Matt Smith

CRACKED MATT SMITH'S SOCCER INJURY OPENED THE DOOR TO AN ACTING CAREER. Matt Smith suffered from spondylosis, and his club released him. His drama teacher gave him one more chance to act, which changed the course of his life. Now Matt gets the same sense of freedom as he did playing soccer. — BBC

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Ryan Grantham

A 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' actor killed his mother, and plotted to kill Justin Trudeau. CRACKED.COM Ryan Grantham pled guilty to second degree murder for the murder of his moth- er. Не had plans to kill the Canadian Prime Minister, but turned himself into po- lice before he made it to his residence. — Alabama

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Night of the Living Dead

Cannibalism is a hard thing to picture. Unless you're George Romero. For the zombie flesh feast, the Night Of The Living Dead director had the actors

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Flight of the Doves

st. Paddy's Day in fiction Flight of the Doves An Irish series of Unfortunate Events. A feel-good film about how if you change someone from Irish to vaguely Rhode Islandish, you can turn a forgotten 1967 movie into a Netflix franchise starring Neil Patrick Harris. CRACKED.COM — Source: IMDb

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Nickelodeon

The cover of the Nickelodeon Time Capsule was sold at auction for $19,200. MICKELODEON THE FIRST WOILS URLANDA YEAQUEARISMS FLERIDA STUDIOS FOR 123 18г FLE 2147 SHI LIK TEE EL DUY NICKELODEON SOCH THAT BLE CRACKED.COM 5G ZGGL A time capsule filled with books, rollerblades, movies and more was buried at Nickel- odeon Studios in Florida in 1992, to be opened in 50 years. The studio closed and the cap- sule moved, with the 45 lb cov- er being auctioned off. — Source

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Even Stevens

EVEN STEVENS Beans CRACKED CON Actor Steven Anthony Lawrence now teaches acting seminars at USC and Berkeley, but still keeps up his performing chops

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2019, After the Fall of New York

Awful Knock-Offs (1983) 2019, After the Fall of New York This Italian flick steals from both Escape from New York and Mad Max 2. But it actually anticipates the fertility crisis from Children of Men-which means that we will absolutely be saying Children of Men is a knock-off of 2019, After the Fall of New York at parties. And yes, it is better than Escape from L.A. CRACKED.COM — Trailer on YouTube

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Fatty Arbuckle

CRACKED FATTY ARBUCKLE WAS AN ACCUSED RAPIST AND A MURDERER. Не was one of the biggest stars of the silent film era, but was charged with the rape and murder of Virginia Rappe in 1921. Не was acquitted, but the eyewitness account was damning. It ended his career and overshadowed his legacy as a pioneering comedian. — PBS

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Tom Holland

TOM HOLLAND CRACKED.COM Long before Peter Parker, Tom Holland began acting on the stage, where he played the title role in the musical Billy Elliot as a 12 year old. In his feature film debut, he earned Oscar buzz as Lucas in The Impossible. — Source: ew.com

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Michael Bolton

Michael Bolton deeply resented Office Space ...at first. hFROH 0 Castar CRACKED COM In 2003, Bolton said in an interview I was doing fine. Then they made this movie, and I can't go anywhere! He later grew to embrace his status as a no-talent ass-clown, and actually remade select scenes from — Source: YouTube

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He-Man

IT CERTAINLY PAYS TO HAVE THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE UNIVERSE IN YOUR POSSESSION. H THIS LASER POWER HE- MAN ACTION FIGURE WAS SOLD FOR AROUND $800.

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Snorlax

Pokemon fans will love this $450 near ife-sized Snorlax plush. Just make sure to keep a Poke Flute handy!

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Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer Stabbed His Wife CRACKED.COM In 1960, after a kickoff party for his mayoral campaign, Norman Mailer stabbed his wife in the heart after she said he wasn't as good as Dosto- evsky, which is just true. She survived, but amazingly, he did not win the election. — Source

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Steven Spielberg

Mars refused to grant permission for Steven Spielberg to use M&Ms in ET The Extra- Terrestrial SO Elliot instead uses a trail of Reese's Pieces to lur

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Mila Kunis was INJURED during a water scene. THE ACTRESS SAID SHE RIPPED A PIECE OF HER NECK OFF WHILE FILMING. Jason Segel is holding my neck. He's holding it because I'm bleeding-you only see half my neck. The other side is gushing. BEHIND THE SCENES I FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL CRACKED.COM — Source

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Beck Bennett

BECK BENNETT AS MIKE PENCE CRACKED.COM I'M SURE AMERICANS. ARE EXCITED TO SEE ME, THE GUY WHO LET COVID SPREAD EVERYWHERE, GET ONE OF THE FIRST VACCINES. THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING PRESIDENT TRUMP WITH YOUR HEALTH HE MAY NOT BE PRESIDENT ANYMORE, BUT HE STILL CARES DEEPLY ABOUT NOT GOING TO PRISON. — SNL Transcripts Tonight

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Kevin Costner

CRACKED.COM Kevin Costner got mad because people didn't get to see his penis. Derro 1999's For Love of the Game included a shot of Costner's untouchables, even though it was supposed to be a PG-13 film. After test audiences giggled at the scene, it was just cut - which pissed Costner off. It just flies in the face of who I am, he said. That's easy for him to say - that was the only thing flying in his face. — Source

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Howie Mandel

TikTok cia HOWIE MANDEL Howie's Tik Tok satirizing people making banana bread and tie- dying made younger viewers believe he had been taken hostage. Mandel had to send a second message: I'm fine. CRACKED.COM — Buzzfeed News, Tik Tok

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T.I.

T.I. CRACKED.COM The rapper happened to be nearby as police were trying to talk down a suicidal 22-year-old from the ledge of an office building. T.I. went up and had a conversation with the guy, who then agreed to go to a hospital. He says God did all the work. I just showed up.

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Planet Terror

Shooting Planet Terror, Rose McGowan suffered a areer-limiting injury. A backbend Gowan did for Planet Terror damaged her arm so badly, she had to get

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Deron Williams

New Jersey Nets player Deron Williams saw a UFO during Hurricane Sandy. When the power went out, he was looking outside the window, and he saw a green flash crossing the sky - it looked like a UFO, he says. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Swear They Saw UFOs And/Or Aliens

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Black Adam

BLACK ADAM НЕ SINGLE-HANDEDLY STARTED WORLD WAR III. Black Adam went on a killing rampage in the fictional country of Bialya that forced heroes from multiple nations to set aside their conflicts to stop him. CRACKED.COM — DC
DC Database

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JuJu Smith-Schuster

JuJu Smith-Schuster CRACKEDG After this dude's date broke up with him, he DM'd JuJu on Twitter to ask if he'd be his date instead. The Steelers WR agreed, and they rolled up in matching velvet tuxedos. — Source: Twitter

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Harrison Ford

THE ACTOR: Harrison Ford THE ROLE: Richard Kimble in The Fugitive THE PREP: Ford assisted in an actual open-heart surgery to prepare for the role. Kim

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Eric Cartman

South Park Then VS. Now TOMS RHIN ERIC CARTMAN There are not enough anal probes to match the giant pain in other people's asses Cartman causes. CRACKED.COM

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Alfred Hitchcock

Hitchcock had a thing for inviting people he considered arrogant and pompous to dinner parties in order to drive them psycho. Не would do things like line their seats with whoopee cushions, serve courses in the wrong order, and dye foods bizarre colors. He'd top it all off by serving super-strong booze to get them completely shitfaced. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Eternals

The tension between Kro and Thena in Eternals hints at the comics. CRACKED.COM SECOND ADD In the comics the two are soulmates AND with an on-off relationship. They even had twins at one point. — Source

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Katie Holmes

Sta Katie Holmes sued Star magazine for calling her a drug addict. She sued for $50 million over the headline, Katie DRUG SHOCKER. The court ordered them to publish an apology, and to make a substantial donation to a charity of Holmes choosing. CRACKED — lev radin/Shutterstock
The Hollywood Reporter

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Edible Cinema

Terrible ideas about the future of movies Movies you can eat. Edible Cinema in the U.K. gives moviegoers a tray of mystery boxes containing bite-sized foods to consume during particular parts of a film. Spoiler alert: It's never popcorn. 3. 2. 1. colx CINE COLETS CINEMA CINEMA 6. color CINEMA J EMA 8. COLATA CINEMA CRACKED.COM — Sources: Edible Cinema, Motion Picture Association

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Blade Runner

Blade Runner's parking meters, which you can barely see, are super elaborate. PeKINIG PENALTIES There's a card register, a lighting system for directi — Source: 6 Tiny Movie Moments That Took Insane Amounts Of Work

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Demi Moore

Demi Moore collects creepy dolls She says she collects them by the roomful, and had them all insured for about $2 million in 2019.

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Clue

CRACKED.COM CLUE HAD A FOURTH, LOST ENDING. The Clue movie was supposed to have four different endings, not three, but one was scrapped for unknown reasons. No footage has survived, but what little records exist show it was a very dark ending, with Wadsworth the butler killing everyone. — Source: 14 Random Facts to Shovel into Knowledge-Hungry Skulls

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Avengers: Infinity War

In an early draft of Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos himself was the narrator. And the movie was actually non-linear - it had backstories for the Black Order, and they were all introduced in very cool sequences, according to co-director Joe Russo. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie's favorite movie role isn't, say, Lara Croft or anything like that. It's the role of Marianne Pearl in A Mighty Heart - she says it's possibly because I loved Marianne, and Brad produced it, and I think it was a well-done film about something that matters. CRACKED.COM — Source

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