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Faith No More

MIKE PATTON OF FAITH NO MORE HAS ONE OF THE WIDEST VOCAL RANGES IN THE HISTORY OF RECORDED MUSIC. CRACKED.COM OVER SIX OCTAVES. — Source: 14 Famous People With Superhero-Level Skills

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Catwoman

The Catwoman suit was incredibly uncomfortable BATMAN RETURNS It was the most uncomfortable costume I've ever been in, said Michelle Pfeiffer. They had to powder me down, help me inside and then vacuum-pack the suit. They'd paint it with a silicon-based finish to give it its trademark shine. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Batman Behind-The-Scenes Facts (From The Movies and Shows)

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Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey was hired by a country club in Texas to set up sand traps in a golf course. He was later given a gun to shoot armadillos when thos

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Death Wish 3

Death Wish III was renamed when a survey revealed half the US couldn't read Roman numerals. CRACKED.COM The title was changed to simply Death Wish 3 after the Cannon Group did a marketing survey. This didn't help the film with critics, however, and it was mostly negatively reviewed.

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Liz Lemon

30 Rock Liz Lemon Tina is just Fey. Start with the fact that Fey's first name is Elizabeth, and then consider that the show draws heavily from her stint as SNL's head writer. try to share as many of Liz's habits as possible SO it feels truthful. — Sources: NBC (via archive.org), Tina-Fey.org (via archive.org), Vogue

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Kal Penn

Kal Penn joined the Obama administration. HOUSE After campaigning for Obama, Penn was offered the role of Associate Director of the Office of Public Liaison. It's safe to say producers took it kind of hard: they had his character suddenly commit suicide with O explanation.

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Marisol Nichols

CRACKED.COM Riverdale's Marisol Nichols fights sex criminals in real life. In the lulls of her acting job, Nichols moonlights as an undercover agent, helping the FBI hunt down sex predators. It sounds like the premise for a TV show - so of course, it's been turned into a TV show by Sony Pictures Television. — Source

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Weird Al

Weird Al Yankovic would take dates to see The Naked Gun without telling them he was in it. CRACKED COM When he'd show up on screen emerging from that airplane, they just flipped out, especially when they realized he was wearing that exact same Hawaiian shirt. — Source

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Karate Kid

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Have Been Up Since Christmas, But We Don’t Have the Heart to Pack Them Away Yet — Source: Yahoo Movies

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The Marx Brothers

The Marx Brothers' 1933 movie Duck Soup was set in the fictional kingdom of Freedonia. When the movie was released, the mayor of Fredonia, NY, had this to say: I feel it is my duty as mayor to question your intentions in using the name of our city in your picture. To which the Marx Brothers replied: Your excellency. Our advice is that you change the name of your town. It is hurting our picture. CRACKED.COM — Source: Your New 25 Favorite Weird Facts, Part 1

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Toy Story 3

RM237 Velocistar237 U there? ORLDOK R237 The number 237 turns up over and over in Toy Story 3. A security camera has the model number OVERLOOK R237 — Source: 6 Mind-Blowing Easter Eggs Hidden in Famous Movies

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Madonna

Celebrity Items Sold in Auctions Madonna's Sexy Answering Machine Messages and Love Letters provided two audio cassette tapes of her saucy messages from his answering machine and 21 love letters up for auction in 2009, starting at $10,000. No word if it was sold because what creep would confess to buying something this private? CRACKED.COM — Source

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Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali avoided paying restaurant tabs by drawing on the back of checks. CRACKED.COM These drawings made the checks too valuable to actually cash, and many of the restaurants sold the drawings for much more than Dali actually owed them. — Source

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Hans Christian Andersen

CRACKED HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN was afraid of being buried alive Andersen was so scared of being buried alive that he left a note on his bedside table that said, I only look like I'm dead. — Thora Hallager/Wiki Commons,
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Skyfall

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Leonardo DiCaprio

Leo Dicaprio got violently sick while filming The Wolf Of Wall Street. IT WAS JONAH HILL'S REVENGE FOR THE BEATINGS. DiCaprio thought it'd be hilariou

24

Beanie Babies

BeAnie BABIES Founder TY WARneR GAVE A STRAnGER 20 GRAND FOR HER MeDICAL TReATmeNT. OF ABIES Warner was lost in Santa Barbara and pulled into a parkin

23

Street Fighter

Right-Hand Foils Street Fighter Ken Masters to Ryu W Ken wins trophies, enjoys life with a family, and comes from wealth. Ryu comes from nothing and lives the life of a lonely warrior. The two play nearly identically at the start of the Street Fighter series, but become stronger in different ways as the games go on due to their mutual respect and rivalry. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Charlie Kerfeld

Charlie Kerfeld Houston Astros CRACKED.COM Kerfeld wore number 37, and wanted everyone to know it: he requested a one-year salary of $110,037.37, and 37 boxes of orange Jell-O. — Source: 15 Suspiciously Specific Clauses In Pro Athletes' Contracts

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Julia Child

CRACKED.COM Julia Child created a shark repellent for the military. Long before cooking meals on TV, a young Julia McWilliams cooked up a shark repellent during World War II, commissioned by the U.S. Navy. A member of the OSS (proto-CIA) with top security clearance, she was stationed in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and China as the war went on. — Source

20

Fast Five

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Sylvester Stallone

Sly Stallone broke his finger on the Escape to Victory set by trying to block legendary footballer Pele. The WWII football epic featured actual soccer players, and Sly said What a butt-kicking I got! I still have a broken finger from trying to block a penalty by Pele. At one point, Pele used a ball like a cannonball and steel-tipped WWII boots t-yrying to block that ball left Sly with a broken finger. CRACKED.COM — Source: BBC

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It’s Pat

In the mid-90s, Quentin Tarantino rewrote what turned out to be one of SNL's worst movies. Hers His It's Pat was a comedy based on an SNL sketch about a character whose gender was uncertain - and they got Tarantino, of all people, to rewrite the script. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Interesting Facts To Impress Others With

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The Purge

THE PURGE (2013) is a boring slog with generic characters and cheap jump scares that fails to properly explore its intriguing premise by keeping the s

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Michelle Rodriguez

CRACKED MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ'S MULTIPLE DUIS. In 2007, she was sentenced to 6 months in jail for failing to complete her community service obligations, stemming from a string of 3 drunk driving offenses in 2004. — Source

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Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey GOLDMEMBER CRACKED COM Before his career-ending career-ending penchant for sexually assaulting minors in the entertainment industry came — Source: YouTube

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John Goodman

Forrest Gump The novel's author wanted John Goodman as Forrest. Other actors who were considered were Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Sean Penn, and John Travolta. Travolta regrets not doing it, even though the movie he was in instead was Pulp Fiction. CRACKED.COM — Wikipedia

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Edge of Tomorrow

TIME LOOP MOVIES LIVE. DIE. REPEAT. EDGE OF TOMORROW AUDIENCES WEREN'T SURE WHAT THE MOVIE'S TITLE WAS. The tagline on the posters was about the same size as the title, leaving many confused about what the hell the movie was called. We're not saying it was this that stopped it from being a true hit, but it's not exactly the best marketing decision, either. CRACKED.COM

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Michael Ovitz

An art dealer cheated Michael Ovitz out of the proceeds from the sale of his art. TI citi Y C 92Y ti iti Ovitz sold two artworks through him, but never got any money back - it turned out that the dealer was just operating a Ponzi scheme. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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The Simpsons

EXPRESIDENTS took a hard pass ORACKEDCOM Not only did Ford, Carter, and Reagan not appear on the show, two of them ghosted the producers. Only Reagan had the courtesy to formally reject the cameo offer. — DVD commentary, The Simpsons: The Complete Fourth Season

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Billy Crystal

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Have Been Up Since Christmas, But We Don’t Have the Heart to Pack Them Away Yet — Source: RetroJunk

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Scott Bakula

TIME LOOP MOVIES SOURCE CODE JAKE GYLLENHAAL'S DAD IS VOICED BY SCOTT BAKULA. When Gyllenhaal's character phones his dad (who thinks his son is dead), the dad is played by Bakula as a shout out to his TV show Quantum Leap. Bakula even repeats his classic line, oh, boy. CRACKED.COM — Sources: IMDb, Movie Scene (via YouTube)

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Rowdy Roddy Piper

ROWDY RODDY PIPER could really play the bagpipes. It wasn't just part of his wrestling persona- Piper was a real piper from a very young age. And, being all out of bubble gum, he kicked ass at it, doing well in international competitions. CRACKED.COM — Source

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TLC

CRACKED TLC TOOK THEIR LABEL EXEC HOSTAGE (AND GOT WHAT THEY WANTED). 1990s all-female band TLC at one point kept the president of their record label hostage until they could get a better deal in their contracts. It worked. Lef TL FANN IS LC mmm 'RO SCRUBS THE BIGGEST SELLING FEMALE TRIO of ALL TIME RETURNST ALBUM INCLUDES SMASHES TM GOOD OT BEING BAD. SILLY но AND UNPRETTY LION WORT — Source

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Allison Mack

CRACKED ALLISON МАСК RECRUITED GIRLS FOR HER CULT LEADER. The Smallville actor recruited women who would be severely mistreated by NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere. She faced sex trafficking charges but negotiated a plea deal for the lesser charge of racketeering. She served 2 years in prison, and Raniere got 120 years. — NY Times / Variety

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Sesame Street

Sesame Street teaches the alphabet and other kid stuff. It was banned in Mississippi when it came out. The problem? Sesame Street's portrayal of racia

4

White Wilderness

HEARD HOW LEMMINGS FOLLOW EACH OTHER OFF CLIFFS? WHIWWAIDDERNESS THAT'S A MYTH, STARTED BY DISNEY. The Disney nature documentary White Wildemess depic

3

The Big Lebowski

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Tom Holland

Tom Holland learned on social media that he was Spider-Man. After a grueling seven months of auditioning, Holland finally learned that he landed the part - not through a call from his agent, but while scrolling on Marvel's Instagram account, just like any random person. Only later did the studio reach out to him. our ENGLISH Instagram 2 Continue CRACKED.COM — Source

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Amy Adams

AMY ADAMS & DAVID O RUSSELL CRACKED.COM There could be a whole list for o Russell. In 2014, Amy Adams and David o Russell clashed on American Hustle. Adams said that he made her cry with his process of shouting at actors mid-scene. Не was hard on me, that's for sure, she told GQ. I was really just devastated on set. She has no intention of working with him again. — Source

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