40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia You Can’t Trust Any Further Than You Can Throw
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All that code Cypher was staring at in The Matrix? Just a bunch of sushi recipes.
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The Little Mermaid
![Terrible Movie Merchandise The Studios Didn't Think Through - Mmmm ... Little Mermaid fish nuggets!](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/8/3/2/754832.jpg?v=2)
The Simpsons
![The weirdest and most reclusive Simpsons writer is a patient at Calmwood Mental Hospital. John Swartzwelder, the writer responsible for some of the gr](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/1/8/680318.jpg?v=2)
Morty Seinfeld
![SEINFELD Jerry's Dad CRACKED.COM PHIL BRUNS BARNEY MARTIN Bruns played Morty in season 1, but was passed over for the crankier Martin.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/4/5/1011445.jpg)
J.K. Rowling
![Vladimir Putin likened himself to J. K. Rowling's experience getting canceled. Putin lamented that Rowling should have to face criticism for her opinions given that her books were sold in the hundreds of millions around the world. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/1/7/1030317.jpg)
Cops
![Cops was literal police propaganda. Cops always purported to show the rough, gritty reality of police work- but behind the scenes, cops themselves ran the show for their own PR. Police departments had to okay everything that was aired, and had a say on the final cut of each episode.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/0/6/768606.jpg)
Parks and Recreation
![Right-Hand Foils Parks and Recreation Ron Swanson/ Ann Perkins to Leslie Knope Ron is the total opposite of Leslie except for their shared love of nature and breakfast food. Ann helps Leslie find grounded solutions to her problems and goals. Both are there as powerful supports to an otherwise wildcard main character. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/9/7/872197.jpg)
Spider-Man
![CRACKED.COM SPIDER-MAn Many people know that there was almost a very different Green Goblin mask, but not why. Amalgamated Dynamics created and tested the mask on the right, but were told by Raimi that he didn't think it would be believable for a mask to move as precisely as it did. You know, in the movie about the teenager who gets superpowers after being bitten by a radioactive spider.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/4/5/859945.jpg)
The X-Files
![CRACKED.COM The X-Files kept dumping on Gillian Anderson. Fox apparently saw Scully as Mulder's sidekick rather than his partner. For the first few seasons, Anderson was paid less money than David Duchovny, and also made to always walk behind him, never side by side. They tried to underpay her even for the show's revival in 2016.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/7/3/1151973.jpg)
Steven Crowder
![CRACKED STEVEN CROWDER WA BERATES HIS PREGNANT WIFE ON VIDEO. The conservative Christian podcaster yelled at his pregnant wife for not performing her wifely duties, and threatened her to f-ing watch it after she accused him of abuse. Не was upset that the state of Texas deems ER it legal for her to divorce him.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/5/2/898052.jpg)
The Matrix
![13 Cool Things You Didn’t Know About Movies (And Other Stuff) - The Matrix's code is a bunch of scrambled sushi recipes.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/9/5/756495.jpg?v=2)
Seinfeld
![THE REAL SOUP NAZI HATED seinFeld. His name is Al Yeganeh, and he claimed the show ruined his business. Not that the character was inaccurate. When](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/2/2/745522.jpg?v=2)
Bender
![UTURAMI Bender being a walking catchphrase factory was just stupid. In early seasons it was one thing- catchphrases pop up naturally from time to time](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/7/9/728679.jpg?v=2)
Steve Martin
![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS (1988) TWO CON MEN MAKE A WAGER TO SEE WHO CAN SWINDLE A WOMAN OUT OF HER RICHES FIRST. WHY IT WORKS: Steve Martin vamps and Michael Caine charms us as two of the most despicable men in comedy film history.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/5/3/828753.jpg)
William Ellis Green
![A burglar was caught after his 82-year-old victim drew a caricature of him. CRACKED.COM Australian cartoonist Wil- liam Ellis Green called the police after confronting the intruder, and produced a pen and paper to quickly capture his likeness. The criminal was soon appre- hended.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/4/875364.jpg)
GoodFellas
![40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia You Can’t Trust Any Further Than You Can Throw](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/5/9/799059.gif)
Insidious Six
![CRACKED.COM spider Man Animated sinister insidious six The word sinister was too scary, so this alternate name was chosen.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/7/844297.jpg)
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Kevin Smith
![Actors who played themselves DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATION Kevin Smith Kevin Smith appeared as Kevin Smith - except as single man, to make out with a character on one of his favorite shows. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/3/2/842532.jpg)
Source: Degrassi Wiki
Jeff Goldblum
![In Independence Day, Jeff Goldblum's line Must go faster! Must go faster! during the mothership escape is an in-joke. He says the exact same thing a](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/7/761267.jpg)
Source: FilmSchoolRejects
Independence Day
![Most of the sets for Independence Day were built in the same hangar where Howard Hughes built the Spruce Goose. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/4/3/821643.jpg)
Source: 13 Now-You-Know Bits of Trivia About Movies, History, Celebrity Weirdness, And More
Napoleon Dynamite
![BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Napoleon started as the student film PELUCA CRACKED.COM Jared Hess wrote and directed the 9-minute short as a class assignment at BYU film school, with the quirky lead a combination of me and my brothers' most dorky moments growing up. In this version, Napoleon's name is Seth. Check it out on YouTube!](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/7/0/799670.jpg)
Ewan McGregor
![Ewan McGregor could have been in Stranger Things. The show was originally supposed to last just one season, so they wanted well-established stars as the adult leads to generate hype they floated McGregor's name, and also Sam Rockwell's, for the Jim Hopper role. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/0/0/777600.jpg)
Source: CheatSheet
Reba McEntire
![Country music star Reba McEntire was supposed to be in Titanic. She turned down the role of The Unsinkable Molly Brown because she was touring and had a lot of people on the payroll, so it went to Kathy Bates. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/3/5/788035.jpg)
Source: Entertainment Weekly
Christian Bale
![Actorvs Character Christian Bale and acting itself When I love it, I love it. When I hate it, I just can't. It's disgusting, this vanity-fuelled profession. I can't stand the people and I hate them all, and I hate the films. And then I'll find something and I'll go, 'Yeah, forget everything I just said. I want to go back in.' CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/2/0/895320.jpg)
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Dragnet
![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM DRAGNET IS THE ONE WHERE TOM HANKS RAPS Fine, Dragnet wasn't a sitcom. But it did get the big-screen comedy treatment with Tom Hanks and Dan Ackroyd. Hit up YouTube and watch the two stars do a very 80s rap. Is this where Chet Hanx got inspired for White Boy Summer?](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/5/0/3/809503.jpg)
Ant-Man and the Wasp
![In a scene in Ant-Man and the Wasp, we see huge Duracell batteries in Hank Pym's lab. Pym couldn't connect the lab to the main power grid, so that exp](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/4/5/750145.jpg?v=2)
Idris Elba
![IDRIS ELBA HID HIS ENGLISH ACCENT TO LAND HIS ROLE ON THE WIRE. CRACKED David Simon said, This is about Baltimore. I don't want to see no non-Americans for any of these roles. The casting director loved Elba as Stringer Bell, and told him to speak American to Simon. Simon was impressed that he couldn't detect his English roots at all.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/1/6/898916.jpg)
Assassin’s Creed
![The ASSASSIN'S CReeD Easter egg that's killing players in FAR CRY 6. In Assassin's Creed, players sometimes perform the leap of faith move from high-up structures and fall into a bale of hay while an eagle gives a screech. In Far Cry 6, there's a structure that's been tricking people to do the same, what with the hay below and the uncanny eagle screech. Only, it doesn't end happily like in AC. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/5/7/797057.jpg)
Source: Kotaku
Judy Garland
![She Was Constantly Setting Herself on Fire CRACKED.COM Garland had a habit of passing out with a cigarette in her hand, which led to at least two fires, one in 1953 in which she barely escaped the flames when her husband carried her out of the burning bedroom and then a few years later when she suffered burns to her legs af- ter her nightgown caught fire. Even in her delirious state, she managed to quip to her manager, I better wear tights.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/9/7/867097.jpg)
Ernest Borgnine
![Ernest Borgnine says to crank it til you make it LIVE CRACKED COM When asked about the secret to his longevity, the 91-year-old first said I don't dare tell you.. ..before daring to tell us. Apparently forgetting how microphones work, he leaned in and whispered in the host's ear: I mastabate](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/2/6/774826.jpg)
Source: YouTube
Spider-Man
![SPIDER-MAN FELL HARD WHEN HE WENT BROADWAY CRACKED Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark's top-level crew and complicated stunts gave it a $75 million budget, five times costlier than any show at the time - it lost $60 million of that.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/9/9/783199.jpg)
Source: Vulture
Peloton
![Peloton pulled its Chris Noth ads after sexual assault allegations. ЕЕ STS NKEY 47 RZWALD DRY GIN CRACKED.COM Because his character Mr. Big dies after riding a Peloton, Peloton cheekily used Chris Noth in their ad. Shortly after, 3 women accused him of sexual assault, and Peloton quickly pulled the ad. Не was also dropped from The Equalizer film.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/9/9/901199.jpg)
Gladiator
![Gladiator filmed at Fort Ricasoli in Malta. In 1807, soldiers there mutinied against the British. As food ran out, most fled, leaving just five inside. Before the British stormed the place to capture them, they managed to set fire to the powder room, which blew up, taking out half the fort. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/0/7/801307.jpg)
RoboCop
![Robocop is a fine arts scholar. Well, not Robocop (how cool would that be, though?), but Peter Weller (which is only slightly less cool). In 2004, Wel](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/0/0/646400.jpg?v=2)
Goodbye Earl
![Goodbye Earl THE (FORMERLY DIXIE) CHICKS CRACKED.COM Killing an abusive husband with your best friend is empowering, but this revenge tale gets creepy when the singer keeps asking Ain't it dark wrapped up in that tarp, Earl?](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/3/7/878337.jpg)
Dr. Mindbender
![Dr. Mindbender As shirtless as he is tall, this former orthodontist turned evil after he tried to reduce dental pain in his patients. I UNDERSTAND YOUR RESERVATIONS. THAT'S WHY I HAVE PROVIDED FOR AN ADDITIONAL DEMONSTRATION... First appearance ...UNDER G.I. Joe: A Real CONTROLLED CONDITIONS! American Hero #44 (1986) Most recent appearance G.I. Joe: Renegades (2010-2011) CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/1/3/842013.jpg)
Source: Marvel Database
KORN
![KoRn bought a custom H. R. Giger mic stand. CRACKED COM Frontman Jonathan JDevil Davis pulled some serious Hot Topic sh*t and had the sci-fi artist](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/6/6/763766.jpg)
Celine Dion
![Celine Dion needed a $2 million humidifier. She had Caesar's Palace install a humidifier above the stage during a three-year residency, to keep the de](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/5/9/763759.jpg)
Source: Time
3LW
![Wonder what happened to 3LW? Ever seen Cheetah Girls? Two of the 3LW girls went on to become a part of the Disney Channel Original Movie's girl group The Cheetah Girls. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/9/3/780993.jpg)
Jim Rash
![Jim Rash (Dean Pelton in Community) was Amateur Porn Guy in a 2002. movie.. 5 FOOD That was his character's name in One Hour Photo, and his scene was shot in one night in a deserted building made to look like a Walmart or CVS. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/4/7/783847.jpg)
Source: Vulture
Steve Irwin
![CRACKED AUSTRALIANS WANT STEVE IRWIN ON THEIR MONEY. After the Queen passed away, Australians started suggesting some of their most beloved Aussie celebs to take her place on the country's banknotes. Steve Irwin was a popular pick.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/9/0/1167190.jpg)