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February 19, 2025

Roald Dahl was a pretty awful guy. Like, “would probably have a cabinet position in 2025” level awful.

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Bruce Lee

Did you know that BRUCE LEE was a dancing champion, as well as a martial arts one? He won the Hong Kong Cha Cha Championship in his teens, shortly before moving to San Francisco. — Source: Hong Wrong

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Dracula

Dracula is much hairier. CRACKED.COM Bela Lugosi's 1931 portrayal has an iconic look, but the 1897 novel describes him as having massive eyebrows, bushy hair, and a heavy mustache. — BBC / IMDB

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Thor: Ragnarok

Hela in Thor: Ragnarok is a makeover of a different character. In the comics, Hela was never Thor's sister who escaped imprisonment in another realm - that actually describes Angela. Created by Neil Gaiman and Todd McFarlane for Spawn, Angela was later bought by Marvel and turned into Odin's first-born daughter. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Random Facts to Flex Your Knowledge Muscles

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Batman

WHEN BATMAN LOSES ZUR-EN-ARRH After being drugged and attacked, Batman loses his entire memory and devolves into the homeless, multi- colored Batman of Zur-En-Arrh. CRACKED.COM — Source: CBR

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Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt's brother helped millions gain access to water. Doug Pitt is an expert in how to effectively drill for clean water, and has worked with a nonprofit organization to bring clean water to almost 2 million people in East Africa. Не was also named the first Goodwill Ambassador for Tanzania, which is objectively a much more important accomplishment than winning an Oscar for acting. Not that his brother would know what that's like, either. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Spider-Man

Deleted scenes that would've changed everything spider-Man: NO way Home Peter Parker would still be known to be spider-Man. In this rumored alternate ending, Peter Parker's friends and enemies still know that he's the one (of three) and (not) only Amazing Spider-Man. — Source: Screen Geek

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Sharon Stone

SHARON STONE BASIC INSTINCT It was the leg cross heard 'round the world and Stone says she was tricked into it. My director said, 'Can you hand me yo — Independent

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Jeremy Renner

JEREMY RENNER CRACKED.COM In 1995, Renner played trouble-making stoner Mark Dags D'Agastino in National Lampoon's Senior Trip. His I know you like me scene is pretty cringe-worthy, but he landed more TV shows before a breakthrough as Jeffrey Dahmer in the 2002 movie Dahmer. — Source

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The Matrix

PHONE FILMS 1999 THE MATRIX A now-classic sci-fi where Keanu Reeves realizes the entire world is a mass deception by rogue AI. The movie features a lot of phone booths and cell phones being used as markers and a means of transportation in and out of the Matrix. CRACKED.COM — IMDb

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Seinfeld

BEHIND-THE-SCENESPACTS THE MAIN CAST OF SEINFELD HATED WORKING WITH THE ACTRESS THAT PLAYED SUSAN, LEADING TO HER BEING KILLED OFF. GRACKED COM Heidi Swedberg was, by all accounts, a lovely person, but the cast had a hard time getting in sync with her on the show. After Julia Louis-Dreyfus shared some screentime with Swedberg, she remarked to Larry David, Don't you want to just kill her? — Source

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Pretty Woman

The original ending for Pretty Woman was really, really dark and depressing. It was supposed to end with Julia Roberts' character being thrown out of a car in a dirty alley, with money thrown on top of her, before the car drove off. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Milana Vayntrub

LILY AT&T Milana Vayntrub has developed a legion of creepy fans as AT&T sales commando Lily Adams. More recently, she joined the Marvel universe as the voice of lighthearted superhero Squirrel Girl. — Comic Book Resources

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Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl Victim-Blamed Jews CRACKED.COM Meanwhile, Roald Dahl had a lot to say specifically about Jews, implying that their lack of generosity toward non-Jews naturally provoke ani- mosity and calling them submis- sive because he would have a go at taking one of the guards with me to the gas chambers. Yes, Roald Dahl and Mark Wahlberg have something in common. — New Statesman

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David Bowie

DAVID Bowle was recruited to be English CRACKED.COM British celebrities were needed for The Regina Monologues episode, but the Thin White Duke couldn't find time in his busy schedule. Luckily, Prime Minister Tony Blair had some open dates on his calendar. — Source: 15 Potential Simpsons Cameos That Didn’t Become Reality

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Pamela Anderson

Pamela Anderson secretly got married to her bodyguard. And they did it on Christmas Eve 2020, on the grounds of her home in Canda. CRACKED.COM — Source

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American Psycho 2

American Psycho 2 wasn't supposed to be American Psycho 2. When Mila Kunis signed up for a slasher movie, she had no idea it was an American Psycho sequel - -because no one did. It wasn't until production kicked off that the producers decided to connect the two films. — More: 5 Trash Sequels That Failed Beloved Films

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SNL

SATIRIZATIONS of modern monsters JEFFREY EPSTEIN went to hell on SNL. Adam Driver's portrayal of Epstein has some bite, but the writing picked low-hanging fruit with lines like I'm just hanging, and To me, the devil is a woman my own age. BITING CRACKED — NBCUniversal
Saturday Night Live/YouTube

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Citizen Kane

THE SLED FROM CITIZEN KANE. oepu RrOSeUN Sa In 1982, Steven Spielberg bought the iconic Rosebud sled for $55,000 (around $150,000 today). He views t — Washington Post

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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

Movies altered after the release Then vs. Now Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End The forgettable third Pirates featured 20 minutes of Chow Yun-fat goodness, but those party-poopers in China thought his character insulted their country and trimmed ten minutes off the movie. Seriously, what is the big d- no, wait, OK, we see it now. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Shining

The Shining and The Empire Strikes Back were shot in the same studio. They were shot at the same time, too - and when The Shining had to stop using a stage after a fire, it borrowed a new one from Empire. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Real Housewives

The Woman Yelling at a Cat meme has a dark backstory. I H The woman is Taylor Armstrong in The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills - and she's yelling at fellow cast member Camille Grammer, for spreading rumors about the suicide of Armstrong's former abusive husband. The cat's indifference doesn't look as hilarious in context, does it? CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ben & Jerry’s

Ben & & Jerry's was originally supposed to make bagels and not ice cream. Partly to kind of commemorate that, Ben&Jerry's launched limited-edition ice cream bagel sandwiches decades later (called Ice Ice Bagels). CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Last Crusade

In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the floor crumbles as Indy misspells Jehovah with his foot. then he clings on letters that are also wrong. Th

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Michael Jackson

Cringey Cameos Men in Black 2 ANTAROTICA - 2 - f - - Democracy - abo4 Michael Jackson Considering what we now know about Jackson, this cameo (pretty much the only thing we remember about the movie) comes off as super icky - but it already was back then, when the child abuse allegations were a bit too abundant and convincing. CRACKED.COM — Source: Clip on YouTube

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Game of Thrones

THE LANNISTER CHILDREN ACTUALLY GET ALONG FINE while cameras aren't rolling.

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Marriott Hotels

Marriott GRAY COM began as a tiny A&W root beer stand. 3120 dt Shoop Tht COFEE HOTAMALES ROOT BEER CH7LT CON CARNE The family expanded their business

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Quibi

CRACKED Quibi failed... because of Covid? They spent 1.8 billion dollars to create big budget, ten-minute episodes with Hollywood stars. After it flopped, founder Jeffrey Katzenberg said I attribute everything that has gone wrong to coronavirus. Sure Jeff, no one consumed video during the pandemic. — Source

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Roger Corman

out III space beyond nED the sizzling sun... in TERRIFYING in color!! UNKNOWN worlds! Roger Corman Не made a sci-fi movie with Francis Ford Coppola (sort of). In 1962, Corman hired Coppola to Americanize the Soviet film Nebo Zovyot. Coppola was charged with redubbing the movie, erasing any anti-American propaganda, and even adding a monster fight scene. The result was called Battle Beyond the Sun. CRACKED.COM — Source: Wikipedia

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Chris Farley

Cousins CRACKED.COM Chris Farley was the first cousin of Jim Farley, the CEO of Ford Motors. — Detroit Free Press

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Titanic

In the movie Titanic, William Murdoch is a murderer - but he was a hero. In the movie, Murdoch (the First Officer) not just committed murder, but eventually killed himself, while in reality, he organized the launch of the lifeboats on the Titanic's starboard side and went down with the ship. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Angelina Jolie

CRACKED Angelina Jolie started flying because her toddler thought planes were cool. When her three-year-old son Maddox was interested in planes, she said, If I could actually fly a plane by the time he's four, I'll be like Superman to him. She got her pilot's license less than a year later, in December 2004. — Gennaro Leonardi Photos/Shutterstock,
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Heath Ledger

Performers Bookends First episode / Last Episode Heath Ledger The Dark Knight actor got his start as an Orphan Clown in Clowning Around as a child, and was last seen in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus shortly after his untimely passing. CRACKED.COM — Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Lionsgate
Clip on YouTube
IMDb

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Lewis Wilson

DID YOU THINK ADAM WEST WAS THE FIRST LIVE-ACTION BATMAN? BA 1943 SERIAL WILSON, VERSION OF N BATMAN. LEWIS THE (PLEASE IGNORE THE EARS) GRAGKED.COM — Source

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Amy Poehler

CRACKED.COM Amy Poehler getting pregnant completely altered the shooting schedule of PARKS AND RECREATION. The first six episodes of Season 3 (the Harvest Festival arc) were rushed before Poehler's pregnancy became too apparent. The arc was quickly wrapped up once the show resumed production months later. — Source

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Jurassic Park

Original Directors James Cameron's Jurassic Park Cameron said his take on Michael Crichton's novel would've been Aliens with dinosaurs. But would that work? Some Jurassic Park sequels have tried it, but then again, they weren't by Cameron. Still, we doubt he would have given his sci-fi action version the history- making sense of wonder Spielberg achieved. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Transformers

Michael Bay and his movies Transformers Linkin Park asked to be featured. The band met Megan Fox at an aftershow, and they told her they had heard about the film and wanted a song of theirs in it. As a result, What I've Done plays during the end credits. CRACKED.COM — Source: IMDb
Image Credit: DreamWorks Pictures

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie actually tied the knot in secret. And it happened before their official wedding in France. Angelina said: Before the wedding in France with the kids, Brad and I were already married in California. As Americans, we couldn't marry legally in France. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Before Midnight

Movie Trilogies The Before trilogy Before Midnight is maybe a bit too bitter (we just want Jesse and Céline finding happiness together, you know). The 1995 original, Before Sunrise, is a surprisingly smart and sweet romantic comedy, a film so unique we just smile at the thought of new generations rediscovering it. And Sunset is just magnificent. That ending? Swoon. CRACKED.COM — More: Wikipedia
Image Credit: Columbia Pictures

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Power Rangers

CRACKED.COM Power Rangers It was a non-union show. All the contracts of cast and crew were non-union. According to Black Ranger Walter Jones, you could make more at McDonald's. — Source: HuffPost

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