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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Hope Our Girlfriend Will Find Romantic, Because That’s All We Got Her for Valentine’s Day

February 10, 2025

We were this close to a Prince-anchored The Fifth Element, but his stupid music career got in the way.

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Sean Connery

CRACKED.COM SEAN CONNERY I don't think there is anything particularly wrong about hitting a woman - - although I don't recommend doing it in the same way that you'd hit a man. An openhanded slap is justified - if all other alternatives fail and there has been plenty of warning. — People

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Brett Ratner

ELLIOT PAGE 4TOP LTON GAS In 2017, Page revealed that director Brett Ratner outed him during the filming of X-Men: The Last Stand. The disgraced director allegedly told another actress to fuck her to make her realize she's gay. Page was only 18 at the time and still struggling with — The Guardian

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Mission: Impossible 6

Tom Cruise broke his ankle on a take in Mission: Impossible 6 and kept filming. During a stunt, he accidentally hit a wall with his foot and immediately knew he broke it, but he really didn't want to do it again so he carried on. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Fosters

INSTEAD WATCH OF THIS This Is Us The Fosters A multigenerational family drama that will give you whiplash from all the horrible things that happen to

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Spider-Man

A PROFESSOR SPIDER- OCTOPUS WAS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED. G R Before Sam Raimi took over, Spider-Man went through a lot of hands, including James Cameron' — From 7 Terrible Early Versions of Great Movies.

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Yellow Peril

YELLOW PERIL ISN'T JUST SOME FICTION THING-IT HAS REAL-LIFE CONSEQUENCES. Historically, the idea that Asians or Asian Americans are a menace has caused hate, exclusion, and even murders. It's way easier to be violent or hateful to someone you don't see the same as you, Shang-Chi's screenwriter Dave Callaham said. We knew we wanted to change that stuff. — Source: Inverse

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Angel

CRACKED.COM Buffy the vampire slayer Angel wasn't a vampire at first. When he first showed up, no one knew what the deal was going to be with this brooding twink. — Source: Screen Rant

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Snow White

In Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, CARATS 20 CARATS the dwarfs mine diamonds everyday. But what do they do with them? Why aren't they rich?

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Alien

Ridley Scott was fifth in line to direct Alien. Scott was about to start working on Tristan and Isolde, but after seeing George Lucas's Star Wars, he felt he needed to do something different. Then the script of Alienlanded on his table. CRACKED.COM — Deadline

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Tomb Raider

ALICIA VIKANDER'S TOMB RAIDER STUNT DOUBLE... FLEUR VAN EEDEN. SCARIEST STUNT: I was doubling on a Bollywood movie shot on a moving train in Swakopmund (Namibia). Dressed as a ninja, I had to do fight scenes on a train going 60kms/hr and then jump onto a horse. I was emotional afterwards. OTHER NOTABLE MOVIES/TV SHOWS: Mad Max: Fury Road, Black Sails, Claire Danes' stunt double in Homeland. CRACKED.COM — Source: And Now, A Tribute To 16 Gnarly Stunt Doubles

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American Horror Story

Best: Moira the ghost maid who would appear young or old depending on who she interacted with. AMERICAN MURDER HOUSE HORROR STORY Worst: FREAKSHOW Con

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Gremlins

Gremlins The origins of Gremlins- Part I The GREMLINS FROM THE WALT DISNEY PRODUCTION A ROYAL AIR FORCE STORY BY Flight Lieutenant Roald Dahl RANDOM HOUSE New York The word gremlin originated from war lore and was said to be mischievous little creatures who caused Royal Air Force planes to malfunction. Soon, the Germans also claimed to have gremlins messing with their planes. Roald Dahl, who served in the RAF, helped popularize this term by writing and publishing The Gremlins in 1942. CRACKED.COM — Source: GamesRadar

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Mean Girls 2

WORST SEQUELS EVER MEAN GIRLS 2 At the end of Mean Girls the Plastics realize they're, well, mean girls, and we even see Regina George becoming a better person-so of course, the crappy sequel had to ditch all that. The only continuity between both movies is Principal Duvall, played by the great Tim Meadows (God bless his soul). CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Facts About Some of the Worst Sequels Ever

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Scooter Braun

Scooter Braun's brother has founded over 150 schools. MISE OMISE LS9 РЕ IS PR Adam Braun started out with just $25 and the dream of giving children an education. Thanks to his business acumen and social medial skills, he raised millions through his nonprofit, Pencils of Promise. He's now built more than 150 schools in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Not that it compares to being on Time's 100 most influential people list for squabbling with Taylor Swift. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Wild and Crazy Guys

BEWARE THE BULGES OF TWO WILD AND CRAZY GUYS MARTIN/ACKROYD CRACKED.COM STEVE HAD THIS CHARACTER, THE CONTINENTAL GUY, SAYS ACKROYD, AND I HAD THE 'SWINGING' CZECH WHO WAS TRYING TO TALK LIKE AN AMERICAN, TRYING TO HAVE THE ACCENT, THE CLOTHES. so WE TOOK HIS CONTINENTAL GUY AND MY CZECH GUY AND WE FUSED THEM INTO THE CZECH BROTHERS. — Source: 35 Bonkers Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The History Of Saturday Night Live

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The Good Place

EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES Bad Janet The costume was inspired by Olivia Newton-John's clothing at the end of Grease. The Good Place CRACKED.COM — Source

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Television

MYTH: SITTING CLOSE TO THE TV HURTS YOUR eyes! FACT: THERE'S no science TO BACK THAT UP. If there is a correlation between bad eyesight and sitting too close to the TV set, it's the other way around: People who sit close to the set do so because they already have poor vision. Staring at a screen for long periods of time can make your eyes tired and irritated, but that's because when you focus super hard, you forget to blink. CRACKED.COM https://www.aao.org/eyecare-america — Source

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The Black Cauldron

Fantasy movies The Black Cauldron Tim Burton worked on the movie. His scenes are probably in the Disney vault, as they were cut by the artistic geniuses of upper management. This is lame even for you, Disney. CRACKED.COM — Source: CBR

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Jackie Chan

CRACKED.COM Jackie Chan His Hong Kong home has secret rooms. When your movies have grossed around US$5 billion worldwide, you can afford some luxuries, like maze- like secret rooms within secret rooms. This was a childhood dream inspired by the Batcave.

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Friends

EASY BUCK$ 20 years later, the Friends residuals are still rolling in. Yes, they all worked a lot in their 10 season run, but since Warner Bros. continues to make $1 billion in residuals each year, their contract to receive 2% of that brings each friend $20 million per year. CRACKED — Warner Bros. Television
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Lorde

Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'connor CRACKED.COM chose the name LORDE because of her fascination with royals and aristocracy. As Lord seemed too masculi

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The Fifth Element

But it was specifically designed for none other than Prince. According to Besson, Valerian_Movie 648 points 3 years ago It was written for Prince. I m

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Scott Aukerman

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM Scott Aukerman fought Secret Wars. SECRET WARS J RNAL The host of Comedy Bang! Bang! brings a comic book sensibility to his funny stuff, trying to harness the kind of imagination and emotions that Jack Kirby and Stan Lee had when they were creating the Marvel Universe when I'm writing comedy too. — Fast Company

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Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin Brolin was in the running to play Batman in Batman V Superman but would go on to say, We indirectly talked about it, but we never got to the point because I wasn't the guy for him. I'm really glad it didn't happen. I haven't thought twice about it. CRACKED.COM — Source: Comic Book Movie

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Jay-Z

Jay-Z apologized for his lyrics (because his mom made him). After his beef with Nas got out of control, Jay-Z said this happened: Mom put in a call and said, 'That went too far.' So I was like 'Okay, okay, okay. I'll go shut it down. CRACKED.COM — Source: CheatSheet

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Howard Stern

Suddenly, Howard is protecting his PERSONAL LIFE TALAWARD STERN CRACKED.co The man famous for turning his ex-wife's miscarriage into a comedy bit now has his guard up. I began to protect certain things in my personal life, says Stern. Some things became precious and off-limits. — NPR

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Prince of Persia

In Disney's Prince of Persia the main character, who is supposed to be MiDDLE-Eastern, is played by Jake Gyllenhaal. tisney PRINCE OF PERSIA PTHESANDS

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Steven Universe

CHARACTERS TURNING INTO MONSTERS STEVEN UNIVERSE'S STRESS AND TRAUMA TURN HIM INTO A KAIJU Steven never had the time to process what happened to him in the previous seasons, which snowballs and transforms him into a giant pink dragon creature. CRACKED.COM — Cartoon Network
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Jamie Foxx

CRACKED JAMIE FOXX Ray Ray Charles' life is explored in Taylor Hackford's 2004 film, which follows his journey from birth to the mid-1960s when he overcame addiction and achieved success. — Source

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Hulk Hogan

Hulk Hogan BAYWATCH all CRACKED.COM Hulk, Macho Man Randy Savage and Ric Flair take their kayfabe to the mean beaches of LA to duke it out over... a gym for troubled kids, I guess? Doesn't matter, no one tuned in for the plot. — Source: 14 Unforgivably Gratuitous TV And Movie Cameos

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Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston started doing drugs more heavily once she got a kid. After her daughter Bobbi Kristina Houston was born, she and her husband would stay at home for days in their pajamas and just get high. CRACKED.COM — Source: Vanity Fair

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Ocarina of Time

When re-releases of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time omitted Islamic chanting from the Fire Temple's music, Nintendo was accused of pandering to p

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X-Men

In X-Men, Magneto wears his dorky helmet to prevent Xavier from finding him. Nothing stops Xavier from finding Magneto by locating his henchmen.

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The Hobbit

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Neville Longbottom

How does Neville Longbottom go from zero to hero? Не gets a new wand. In the Harry Potter universe, a wand must choose its owner, not the other way around. At first, Neville has trouble because he uses his dad's wand. When, during the battle in the Department of Mysteries, the wand breaks, a new wand chooses him, and he becomes a badass wizard. CRACKED.COM

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The Beastie Boys

THE BEASTIE BOYS' FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT WAS A JOKE. They wrote it as a gag song, making fun of annoying rock anthems. When the song was published, they released a video that was meant to be a parody. The irony was lost on fans and it was a big hit. CRACKED.COM http://www.npr.org/2011/05/06/136019762/the-fresh-air-interview-the-beastie-boys — Source

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Beanie Babies

The creator of Beanie Babies was charged with tax fraud. The billionaire creator Ty Warner had to pay a $100,000 fine but no jail time (?!) for hiding millions of dollars. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Elliot Page

ELLIOT PAGE JUNO Juno rejects Madison as a possible baby name because it sounds a little gay, and Page regrets the joke. It wasn't something I tota — Bustle

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Kill Bill

KILL BILL Michael Parks In Volume 1, he plays Texas Ranger Earl McGraw. In Volume 2, he's elderly pimp Esteban Vihaio. CRACKED.COM

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Jon Favreau

Famous People’s Voices (Secretly) In Your Favorite Movies - Jon Favreau voiced the stop- -motion character in the opening credits of Elf — Source: Film School Rejects

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