40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We’re Padding Our Resume With in Case the A.I. That Scans It Is Bored

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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We’re Padding Our Resume With in Case the A.I. That Scans It Is Bored

Almost every pirate trope can be traced back to one old-school pirate movie.

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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We’re Padding Our Resume With in Case the A.I. That Scans It Is Bored

Metal Gear Solid V

METAL GEAR SOLID V GAVE AWAY ITS ENTIRE PLOT WITH THE SONG IN ITS TRAILER. CRACKED.COM The lyrics of Garbage's Not Your Kind of People acts as a huge plot synopsis, including Big Boss rebuilding his army, a plot against English speakers, and Big Boss actually being a medic in disguise.

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

IN STAR WARS: THe Force AWAKENS, A STRONG, INTELLIGENT WOMAN IS FINALLY CAST AS A MAJOR VILLAIN... AND THEN OUICKLY PORTRAYED AS BEING UNABLE TO DEFEN

Sonic the Hedgehog

There is a mysterious, human-sized statue of Sonic The Hedgehog sitting in the woods. The Sega World Kadoma theme park in Takao, Japan closed in 2005, and the park auctioned off whatever people could carry away. A homeowner named Mr. Kadeo bought the statue to serve as a landmark guiding visitors to his house from the road. CRACKED.COM

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My Love From Another Star

There's a Korean TV show about a 400-year-old alien who falls in love with a human woman. CRACKED.COM The show, 'My Love From Another Star,' is a huge hit in Korea and elsewhere; Chi- nese fans were hospitalized for binging on the woman character's favorite food: fried chicken and beer.

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George ‘The Animal’ Steele

GEORGE THE ANIMAL STEELE used to be a schoolteacher. If you are into wrestling, you knew The Animal as, well, an animal. But out of the ring, he ha

Han Solo

HAN SOLO'S HEAVY BLASTER PISTOL. CRACKED.COM At an auction in 2018, a blaster Harrison Ford used in Return of the Jedi sold for a whopping $550,000.

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Disneyland

BAD: YOU'RE IN THE LEAD CAR ON DISNEYLAND'S BIG THUNDER MOUNTAIN RAILROAD WHEN-IT DERAILS. WORSE: ONE OF YOUR FELLOW PASSENGERS IS KILLED. EVEN WORSE:

Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris could've been in That '70s Show. They wanted him to play Red Forman, but he said no because he couldn't make the schedule work. CRACKED.COM

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Pitch Perfect 2

PERFECT 2 PITCH THE WRITER HAD TO RUSH THE SCRIPT FOR THE SEQUEL. There were four years between Kay Cannon writing the first film and it actually coming out in theaters. For the sequel, however, the breakout success meant she had to write it fast-just as he had had her first baby. As Cannon put it, I was breastfeeding while I was writing scenes. CRACKED.COM

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Showdown in Little Tokyo

Kenner, in case we get killed, I wanted to tell you, you have the biggest d**k I've ever seen. SHOWDOWN IN LITTLE TOKYO CRACKED And on the off chance we survive, let's pretend we never had this conversation, 'kay?

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