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February 02, 2025

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Coolio

Coolio CHOPPED CRACKED.COM After time had expired, Coolio snuck a lemon under his arm and armpit-farted some zest onto his beef and broccoli. It was... well-documented, to say the least, but Penn Jillette called him out nonetheless. — Source

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Pitch Perfect

THE MOVIE IS BASED ON A NON-FICTION BOOK. Journalist and former senior editor at GQ Magazine Mickey Rapkin researched competitive collegiate a cappella, and the result was the 2008 book Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate a Cappella Glory. PITCH PERFECT CRACKED.COM — Wikipedia
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Young Justice

Canceled? Really? YOUNG JUSTICE Dubbed One of the most infamous cancellations in animated TV history, Cartoon Network canceled the high-quality show because it wasn't selling enough toys for Mattel. When Mattel canceled the toy line, it ended financing for the show. CRACKED — Cartoon Network
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Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez doesn't like to be distracted by horrible colors. Her dressing-room rider requests a white white flowers, white tables, white room, drapes, white candles, white couches and tepid water. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Yoda

Yoda the little green Jedi master puppet might seem bizarre. But he was almost a lot weirder. George Lucas originally intended Yoda to be played by a real monkey wearing a mask and carrying a cane. Appreciate the puppet more, you should. CRACKED.COM J.W. Rinzler, 2007.The Making of Star Wars. — Source

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Matt Groening

Matt Groening removed his name from one episode DEVELOPED By JAMES L. BROOKS Sam Simon Groening was so upset with The Critic crossover inclusion in A Star is Burns that his name doesn't appear in the opening credits. CRACKED.COM — Source: CBR

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Joe Maganiello

celebrity Hobbies Joe Maganiello Z 20 loves D&D. 5 8 2 9V The towering Magic Mike star spends his free time playing Dungeons & Dragons in his gaming room. Не hosts a regular game with other actors and writers. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves Не often turns preparation for roles into hobbies. Не learned how to surf for Point Break, kung fu for The Matrix, and tactical shooting for John Wick, among other skills that turn into things he does for leisure between filming movies. CRACKED.COM — Mental Floss

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Food Wars

Comic and Cartoon Food Anything from Food Wars If you have ever seen the anime, you definitely have had your mouth water at how deliciously drawn all of the food is. It helps that the food is apparently so good that you'll burst with sexual pleasure. CRACKED.COM — Source: CBR, MR OPPAI/YouTube

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Colin Trevorrow

Colin Trevorrow got fired from The Rise Of Skywalker before JJ Abrams took over. The official statement was pretty dry - Lucasfilm just said that their visions for the project differ. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Soda Popinski

Punch Out!! CRACKED COM Soda Popinski was originally named something much more overtly offensive: Vodka Drunkenski. — 15 Video Games That Had To Change Bizarre Details (In Different Countries)

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School of Rock

BEHIND-THE-SCENESE FACTS Jack Black made a personal plea to LED ZEPPELIN CRACKED.COM He videotaped an appeal, filmed in front of a huge crowd, asking Robert Plant and the boys for permission to use Immigrant Song in the film. It may seem corny but it worked, says Black about nailing the audish. The moral of the story is: Don't be too proud to beg. — Ultimate Guitar

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Schitt’s Creek

EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS CRACKED.COM SCHITT'S CREER Alexis' first and last words to Ted. When Ted meets Alexis and tells her she's the most beautiful woman in town, she says, I'm sure there's like another girl... .somewhere. When they decide to break up in the final season, Ted tells her that he doesn't think he'll ever meet someone like her again. To which she replies: I'm sure they'll be like, some other woman. . Somewhere. — Source: 16 Easter Eggs And Hidden Meanings In 'Schitt's Creek'

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Entourage

Entourage Vinny heads underwater to make a splash. Vincent Chase stars in a fictional adaptation of Aquaman in Season 2, directed by James Cameron and featuring Mandy Moore and James Woods. CRACKED — Source

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Charlie in the White House

CRACKED Unfinished works Charlie in the White House Roald Dahl started writing this book in 1978. It was supposed to be the third book in the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory series. — Paramount Pictures,
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Kenny McCormick

There's a fruit fly gene that's named after Kenny from South Park. TRASH Fruit flies that have a bad version of it die two days after they've gotten a specific bacteria. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers

VERONICA CARTWRIGHT IS ACTUALLY FREAKING OUT AT THE END OF INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS. From deep space... eebl Imssion of the Bodly Smtchers af th

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American Psycho

Bret Easton Ellis thinks the movie American Psycho was just unnecessary. American Psycho was a book I didn't think needed to be turned into a movie. I think the problem with American Psycho was that it was conceived as a novel, as a literary work with a very unreliable narrator at the center of it and the medium of film demands answers, said Ellis. CRACKED COM — Source

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Disney

The Walt Disney Company is the second largest purchaser of explosive devices, right behind the U.S. military. CRACKED.COM The Walt Disney Company is the largest consumer of fireworks in the world, with extravagant firework displays occurring every night. Disney keeps its numbers top secret, but some estimate they spend between $45,000 to $50,000 on explosives per show. — Business Insider

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Eddie Redmayne

Eddie Redmayne had to audition for Elizabeth I. Не claimed he knew how to ride a horse. Не didn't, so first time he tried, he nearly fell off and died. Elizabeth's Tom Hooper later directed Redmayne again in Les Miserables and inserted a gratuitous horse scene purely out of revenge. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Head-Scratching Lies (Told By Famous Actors)

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Karate Kid

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Are a Great Substitute for Eye of Newt in a Pinch — Source: Entertainment

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Lex Luthor

Symbiotic Relationships Justice League Unlimited Lex Luthor & Brainiac Two of Superman's greatest villains get merged into an anime techno squid/golden android with the ruthless logic of Brainiac and the imaginative magnetism of Lex Luthor. An actual threat to the Justice League, which is kinda rare. CRACKED.COM — DC Animated Universe

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Fantasia

Movies altered after the release Then vs. Now Fantasia Disney ceded to the woke mob-in 1969. Fantasia is a masterpiece, but it also has black centaurettes as servants, attending to the white centaurettes. Yikes. By the late-'70s, the sequences began being edited out of all subsequent releases. CRACKED.COM — Source

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North By Northwest

Alfred Hitchcock's North By Northwest is a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps. Not only do both films have the same general plot - the iconic s — Source: The New Yorker

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Marlon Wayans

EASY BUCK$ Marlon Wayans is still being paid for two Batman movies he wasn't in. Не was cast as Robin in Batman Returns, but they scrapped Robin from the script. It was a two-movie deal that paid him $100,000, and gives him residual checks to this day for that movie and Batman Forever (even though Chris O'Donnell played Robin.) CRACKED — Jaguar PS/Shutterstock,
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Justice League

Movies That switched Directors Justice League JOSS whedon zack snyder After a personal tragedy and numerous production issues, Snyder left the movie to Joss Whedon - who drove the DCEU into the toilet. CRACKED.COM — Source: Flickering Myth

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Futurama

FUTURAMA Having a main His look, his voice. character'is main and his backstory bit be absurdly were all great, obnoxious isn't and he was clever, i

13

Dairy Queen

Dairy Queens in Texas have a different menu Dairy Queen Dairy Queen was Some Texas-specific products include the Hungr-Buster and the Dude Chick'n Fried Steak Sandwich. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Guy Fieri

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Are a Great Substitute for Eye of Newt in a Pinch — Source: NY Times

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Liar Liar

Liar Liar has a surprising Jim Carrey cameo. At one point, Carrey shows up in the background as Fire Marshall Bill, his character from the sketch seri — Source: BuzzFeed

10

Nintendo

Nintendo sold more Switch consoles in its first year than Wii U consoles in its entire lifetime. N SINTENDO SWITCH NINTENDO SWITCH In late 2017, the Nintendo Switch was the fastest sell- ing console in US history, and in November 2018 it was the fastest selling of all the 8th generation con- soles in the US. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Blade Runner 2045

EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS THE WASP BLADE AUNNER AND THE BEE 2049 In the first film, Rachael is tested with a prompt about she a wasp crawling on her arm, and says she'll kill it. In the sequel, bee a crawls on K, and he barely reacts. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

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Burger King

Burger King's Burger Pizza In a clear publicity stunt (that we are continuing to help hype, so it's effective), a 2,500 calorie pizza-sized burger was only available in New York because New Yorkers aren't snobs about their pizza or anything. CRACKED.COM — Source: The 16 Grossest Fast-Food Products (That Were Discontinued For Good Reason)

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The Office

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM Pam Skipped Her Favorite Sport UHME Rafe 12 صه omes.c m Pam The Office In the Season 4 episode Job Fair Pam reminisces about pretending to have PMS so didn't have to play volleyball. However, in Company Picnic Pam is a Volleyball master and says Maybe I played a little in Junior High, and High school, maybe a little in College, and went to Volleyball camp most summers. — Source: 16 Plot Holes In 'The Office'

6

KFC

KFC bath bombs KFC x VILLAGE VINGUARD - dock - GRACKED.COM In 2017, KFC Japan offered bath bombs that would make your skin smell just like the decadent fried flesh offered by your favorite poultry murder syndicate. — Source

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Spider-Man

HAHHAHA- HAHAHA! IT'S A SPIDER !! IN THE MANGA VERSION OF SPIDER-MAN, SPIDEY FANTASIZES ABOUT LETTING EVERYONE DIE. THEN НЕ CHUCKS HIS SPIDER-MAN OUTFIT INTO THE RIVER AND QUITS. CRACKED.COM http://www.mangatank com/manga/spider-man/v1/c3/6-15 — Source: 28 Cringeworthy Comic Book Storylines the Movies Left Out

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Jack Nicholson

JACK NICHOLSON WAS KUBRICK'S FIRST CHOICE TO PLAY JACK TORRANCE. Stephen King didn't like him, though. He thought Nicholson made Jack look deranged to begin with, undermining the point that he was just a regular guy before the Overlook. — Sources: The Guardian, Salon

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Superpowers

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E.T.

E.T. is about as family- oriented as an alien can get. Yet the movie was banned in Scandanavia. Kids from Sweden, Finland, and Norway were banned from

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Community

Every scene in Season 1 of Community takes place on campus. Dan Harmon says it was me raining on the writers' parade, saying, 'Trust me, we have to keep the camera on the campus because it pays off later. NOW YOU KNOW: COMMUNITY CRACKED.COM — Source: 21 'Community' Expert-Level Facts

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