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The Baseball Hall of Fame.

Someone hung up a photo of their dad in the Baseball Hall of Fame and no one noticed. A bar owner visiting Coo- perstown, New York slipped a photo of his dad wearing a baseball uniform into one of the glass cases. No one noticed for six years before taking it down. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Evening Tribune

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Mummy

HORROR MOVIE ICONS MUMMY THEN NOW A CADAVER WRAPPED IN A SUPER VILLAIN WITH THE TOILET PAPER THAT SLOWLY POWERS OF THE X-MEN LURCHES AT YOU CRACKED.COM

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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Peter Ostrum is known for playing Charlie in 1971's Wily WONK EHE CHOCOLAT FACTORY He was offered more acting work after the film's success but turned

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Knocked Up

Knocked Up ALISON CRACKED COM Anne Hathaway backed out when she found out that footage of a real birth would be used for the big birthing scene. Katherine Heigl took on the role (although she was also pretty publicly dissatisfied with it). — Source: 15 Actors Who Had To Be Replaced Mid-Production: First Episode / Last Episode

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American Beauty

The hand on the American Beauty poster belongs to Christina Hendricks. DREAMWORKS PICTURESmesers CHEN COMPANY (REDUCTION KEVIN SPRCEY ANNETTEE BENNG AMERICAN BEAUTY THORABBRCH ALLISON JANNEY PETERGALLAGHER STAN WLOOKOWSOI WEISS CHRIS GREENBLRY She used to be a hand model, and one of her gigs was the poster for American Beauty which made her proud to be a part of this film in any way! CRACKED.COM — Source: TIME

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Margaret Thatcher

17 Surprising (True) Facts About Awful People - While prime minister, she was a big fan of the political sitcom Yes, Minister. She even wrote and star — Source: CNN

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Monopoly

More Monopoly money is printed annually than $1 STATES OF bills have been in a decade THIS NOTE 19 UNITED LEGAL AND TENDER PRIVATE STATES OF AM PUBLIC FOR ALL DEBTS L 7774 L WASHING 902L SERIES 2009 Eg Since 2008, the US Treasury has printed around 25 billion dollar bills, whereas Hasbro prints 30 billion bills for their Monopoly games CRACKED.COM every year. But to be fair, only 43 million of those are ones. — Source

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Vin Diesel

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Denzel Washington

COMEDY NERD Once upon a time, Denzel Washington himself auditioned for SNL. Не was apparently really good and, Amy Poehler says, I don't know how he didn't get it. And I don't know how we did. CRACKED.COM — Source

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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: 15 Random Facts to Make Your Life More Factual and/or Random

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The Flintstones

Adult Jokes in Children's Entertainment The Flintstones Barney's New Head While looking for a costume, Fred makes a joke about Barney getting a costume with a second head. Barney jokes back, Why do I need three of 'em? CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Price Is Right

A contestant in a wheelchair won a treadmill. The Price is Right In 2015, after wheelchair-bound Danielle Perez won a treadmill, she said, It's hilarious. It's so funny. I have no feet, I'm in a wheelchair, I can appreciate the delicious irony that is being gifted something I have absolutely no use for. CRACKED — Source

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Samsung’s Hypnosis Service

CRACKEDCON In 2017, Samsung released a hypnosis service called Unspoil Me. Unspoil me Experience your favorite TV series as ifit were the firsttime.

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Ridley Scott

ALIEN Ridley 2 Scott CRACKED.COM Scott (specifically, his hands) played the part of Putrid, Pulsating Egg Sac just before John Hurt gets facehugged. — 22 Surprising Celebrity Appearances Everybody Forgets About

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Robin Williams

J.K. Rowling stopped Robin Williams from playing Hagrid in the Harry Potter films. CRACKED.COM Williams wanted to play a role in the series, with Warner Bros. even pushing producers to cast as На- grid. It's hard to imagine the role being played by anyone but the incompara- ble Robbie Coltrane. — Source

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Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali KO's Superman. GRACKED.COM It turns out that Superman actually took a fall - which is messed up-in order to thwart an alien invasion - which is pretty cool of him. — Source

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The Office

COMEDY NERD GRAGKED.COM Michael Can't Ride A Bike The Office On Benihana Christmas Michael rides his bike into the office to donate in the toy drive. However in the season 7 cold open for The Sting, Michael doesn't know how to ride a bike. — Source: 16 Plot Holes In 'The Office'

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Airplane II

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I Love Lucy

The First Live Studio Audience SHARP I Love Lucy beat All In The Family to the punch by 20 years. CRACKED.COM

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Sleepaway Camp

'80S HORROR CLASSICS SLEEPAWAY CAMP THE GRASS WAS PAINTED. While the movie is set in the middle of summer, it was actually shot in early fall, so green spray paint was applied to the grass in order to make it look season-appropriate. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Appa

BEHIND-THE-SCENESp FACTS APPA IS HALF BISON, HALF MANATEE, HALF MIYAZAKI TRIBUTE. Bryan Konietzko loves manatees, and studied them closely while designing the sky bison. The extra legs are a tribute to the catbus in Hayao Miyazaji's My Neighbor Totoro. — Source: Avatar: The Last Airbender (The Art of the Animated Series)

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Mulan

In Mulan, a song spells out how Mulan will win. The villagers sing, A girl can bring her family great honor in one way, by striking a good match. La

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Gerard Butler

Gerard Butler is sorry for his terrible attempt at an Irish accent on screen. 0 He tired to do an Irish accent in PS I Love You, which went terribly. The way I see it, I made a terrible botch of the accent once, so it can't get any worse as a leprechaun, he said when he talked about Movie 43 (in which he plays a leprechaun). CRACKED.COM — Source: Daily Record

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Friday the 13th

CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE SCARY MOVIES EVAN PETERS marks his calendar for FRIDAY THE 13TH It was one of the first horror films he ever saw as a kid, and it stuck with him. CRACKED.COM — Source: Parade
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Milton Berle

MILTON BERLE APRIL 14, 1979 Saturday Night Live CRACKED.COM Lorne: I knew we were heading for disaster from minute one. Besides begging for a standing ovation during his monologue, Berle also used his dressing room to reveal himself to writer Alan Zweibel. Не just takes out this - this anaconda. It was enormous. — Source: 35 Bonkers Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The History Of Saturday Night Live

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Leprechaun

Leprechauns are traditionally nasty little guys. CRACKED.COM Said to be of horrific parentage, with an evil spirit for a father and a degenerate fairy for a mother, the repugnant little elves are considered malicious tricksters that like to drink and cast curses out of spite. — Folklore

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Bones

The insufferably smart Dr. Brennan from Bones tells Booth that his parietal lobe can't have anything to do with his poor marksman skills. In real-life

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30 Rock

30 Rock's gay bomb was real. It isn't just some absurdist joke - it really happened. In 1994, the U.S. Air Force commissioned a laboratory to experiment with pheromones and aphrodisiacs as a weapon, to cause homosexual 2 F - I J - I I 1 I I I I I Y I . do I I , i I I ي . 1 ! 2 I I 1 E I . the I 2 & I 1 I : I 1 a I behavior among the enemy. PENTAGON REJECTS SO-CALLED GAY BOMB - - - - - - Yuman - — Source

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Spitting Image

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM Spitting Image This political and pop culture satire show ran for 18 seasons beginning in 1984. The show was revived back in 2020 and now features scenes with Trump typing a tweet using only his distended anus. — Source: Spitting Image Ep.1

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Chuck E. Cheese

CHUCK e. CHeese IS THe mouse MASCOT FOR KIDS, GAmes, & PIZZA. не STARTeD OUT A CIGAR- CHOMPING, PANTSLESS RAT. WHEW, IT TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH... / WAS RUNNING OUT OF INSULTS LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET HOME. WHERE ARE WE? DON'T BE SO-0-0 MEAN TO-0-0 BABY... CHUCK! SHUT UP ALREADY!! In Rat Tales, the comic book about Chuck E.'s adventures, he's snarky and sleazy, and his singing is so terrible that it actually destroys the restaurant. CRACKED.COM http://www.showbizpizza.com/info/promo/ptt/ptt_rattales.pdf — Source

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General Zod

There is nothing negative to about Man of Steel say that hasn't already been said hundreds of times. And yet, General Zod reciting his purpose after r

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Jeremy Cowart

Celebrity Crowdfunding JEREMY COWART's second attempt: same goal, smaller checkbook. The celebrity photographer relaunched a Kickstarter campaign to raise seed money for his humanitarian-focused hotel concept, with a new goal of $300,000 to $400,000. The previous campaign fell short of its $2 million goal. CRACKED — Via The Tennessean
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Doctor Who

In 2009, Doctor Who got a spinoff, K-9, that it had almost zero connection to. A different network produced it, so they couldn't even mention Doctor Who -- and they had to redesign K-9, because they didn't own the character's design either. CRACKED.COM — Source: Vulture

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Soul Man

CRACKED BLACK FACE CAN'T BE YOUR ENTIRE PLOT ANYMORE. SOUL MAN In the 1986 movie, a spoiled white kid pretends to be black to nab a Harvard scholarship exclusive to black students. It does raise awareness of prejudice and racism, but all the blackface made it wildly offensive, even for 1986 standards. — Source

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Predator

The shot of Arnie and his team crawling with binoculars in Predator was super hard to pull off. They needed a crane and a remote control camera to film it, and it took three hours. CRACKED COM — Source: FilmSchoolRejects

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Conan O’Brien

CONAN O'BRIEN GRACKED COM Conan seemed genuinely anguished over charges that he and his staff stole material. Не settled out of court to avoid a potentially farcical and expensive jury trial in federal court over five jokes that don't even make sense anymore. — Source

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A Confederacy of Dunces

Many attempts have been made to A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES by John Kennedy Toole, who killed himself at 31 to the big screen. The lead role was offered t

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The Legend of Zelda

MacGuffins The Legend of Zelda THE TRIFORCE Most of the games in the series feature Link needing to assemble the Triforce at one point or another during the main quest, but it's just an excuse for Link, Zelda, and Ganon to get into conflicts. CRACKED.COM — Zelda Wiki

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American Strays

Crime Movies That Want To Be Pulp Fiction 1996 American Strays Three stories converge in a small diner in this road crime movie full of quirky criminals, trunk shots, and lame dialogue. Looks like Eric Roberts and Jennifer Tilly couldn't make the cut to be in an actual Tarantino movie, and had to settle for this C-tier rip-off. At least Luke Perry would eventually be in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. CRACKED.COM — Video Detective/YouTube

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Hard Target

lean-Claude Van Damme was such a badass in Hard Target! That greasy mullet though, not SO much. CRACKED.COM

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