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Not all that long ago you had to bring the potato to make your Mr. Potato Head complete.

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George R.R. Martin

George R. R. Martin keeps referencing Gone with the Wind. Martin is a fan of Gone with the Wind, and works countless references into his work. It's not just Easter eggs, but complete characters and storylines-like the way that Sansa Stark's journey, beginning as a naive aristocrat hardened by war, mirrors Scarlett O'Hara's. CRACKED COM — Source

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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

The author of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer used the money to pay off his late wife's cancer bills by Robert L. May was a copywriter at a department store. Не was tasked to come up with a kid's book to give out to customers for free and created Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Since he was work-for-hire, May didn't receive any money for his incredibly famous character until he managed to convince the head of the department store to sign off the licensing to him, 8 years later. CRACKED.COM — Snopes

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Revenge of the Sith

COMMANDER CODY. MEET COMMANDO CODY. You were probably puzzled by the fact that there's a random clone trooper called Cody in Revenge of the Sith. He is a tribute to Commando Cody a hero from 1950s science fiction serials. CRACKED.COM — 12 Bizarre Inspirations Behind Star Wars Movie Characters

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George Clooney

While filming a torture scene for Syriana, George Clooney suffered a spinal injury that made him contemplate suicide. The injury caused him such sever

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The Heat

Jessica Chaffin's boobs were credited in The Heat, because the director thought it would be funny and fought for it. ESSICA GINA CHAFFID JESSICA CHAFF

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Apollo 13

The weightlessness in Apollo 13 is real. The sets were in a special plane that NASA uses to simulate zero-G on Earth (by going up and then down very, very fast). It took about 600 arcs (time when the plane goes up and then down), which was probably excruciating -- the plane was nicknamed the Vomit Comet for a reason. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Matthew Perry

MATTHEW PERRY'S SHOW SECOND CHANCE SHOWED THE CHARACTER IN HEAVEN WITH ST. PETER AND MUAMMAR GADDAFI. ACCORDING TO THIS SHOW, GADDAFI DIES ON JULY 29, 2011. Gaddafi ended up being killed on october 20, 2011. we'd say that's pretty close for a prediction made 24 years in advance. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment That Made Crazy-Specific, Crazy-Accurate Predictions

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Spirited Away

Spirited Away Hayao Miyazaki refused to pick up his Oscar for Spirited Away. Miyazaki anti-war stance kept him away from the U.S. at the time. I didn't want to visit a country that was bombing Iraq, he explained years later. — Source: Cartoon Brew
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Cindy Crawford

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30 Rock

John Lutz (Lutz) and Sue Galloway (Sue) are married in real life. So Lutz's girlfriend didn't live in Canada after all. BEHIND-THE-SCENES CRACKED.COM — FastCompany

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Macaulay Culkin

MACAULEY CULKIN THE PIZZA UNDERGROUND CRACKED.COM The one goof on this list but a legit band nonetheless. It's a pizza-themed Velvet Underground tribu — Pitchfork

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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Eric Clapton

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Are Part of This Complete Breakfast — Source

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Cloverfield

CRACKED There are super-speedy shots from classic monster movies inserted into Cloverfield, presumably in a bid to get viewers to subconsciously equate the monster with those from King Kong, Them! and The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms. — Source / Bloody Disgusting

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Murder on the Orient Express

Train movies 1974 Murder on the Orient Express While the 2017 version is good, this adaptation of the Agatha Christie murder mystery was nominated for multiple academy awards. As the title suggests, a murder takes place on a luxury train and famed detective Hercule Poirot is tasked to solve it. CRACKED.COM — IMDb

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Jeff Goldblum

Jeff Goldblum came up with one of the key moments in Jurassic Park. When the T-Rex breaks out, it was Goldblum's idea to have his character get the T-Rex to chase him so that the kids in the jeep can be rescued. CRACKED.COM — Source: CinemaBlend

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Mr. Potato Head

Mr. Potato Head used to be a real potato... that you had to provide. TRY НЕТ ВОД POTA E! BA Pie J F any poid Incla bod ma Originally MR the toy came with Lot to e stick into a had In 1964 potato you Mattel began providing the plastic potato body. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Green Goblin

Originally, the Green Goblin's name in Spider-Man was totally literal. They were going to directly copy the character's look from the comics, making him look like an amateur cosplayer. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Way Different

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The Fly

David Cronenberg hides behind a surgical mask in THE FLY. Cronenberg plays the gynecologist in charge of delivering a giant larva baby in Veronica's nightmare scene. CRACKED COM — Film School Rejects

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Barry Lyndon

Barry Lyndon While the movie doesn't recreate any articular painting, it does draw a lot of its visuals from 18th- century British artists such as Thomas Gainsborough, Joshua Reynolds, and William Hogarth. — Source: Phaidon

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Marvin the Martian

Movie and TV Aliens Looney Tunes Marvin the Martian was created as the opposite of Yosemite Sam. Animator Chuck Jones noticed that the loud, boisterous, violent Sam was getting outwitted by Bugs Bunny too easily, so he made a character that was soft-spoken, calm, and polite as a foil to Bugs. CRACKED COM — Source

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Ashlee Simpson

ASHLEE SIMPSON OCTOBER 23, 2004 CRACKED.COM I feel SO bad my band started playing the wrong song and I had no excuse SO I had to do a hoedown! (Actually, someone played the wrong vocal track for Ashlee to lip-sync, SO she panic-danced before slinking offstage.) — ET Online

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Katy Perry

CRACKED 2017 S Katy Perry was denied entry to China. At a 2015 concert, she'd worn a dress printed with sunflowers, the symbol of the Taiwanese resistance. It was likely an innocent coincidence, though she also wore the Taiwanese flag, but she probably didn't know what that was, either. — Tinseltown/Shutterstock
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The Shawshank Redemption

The sewer escape in The Shawshank Redemption didn't smell foul. It smelled delicious. Since even a committed actor like Tim Robbins won't crawl throug

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Eric Andre

CRACKED ERIC ANDRÉ WAS STARSTRUCK BY CONAN O'BRIEN'S GOOD LOOKS. André was really taken aback by how attractive O'Brien was, and he felt himself getting flustered during their conversation. Specifically, he said he became moist. — Source

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Comics

PLEASE CLOSE POWER GIRLS BOOB WINDOW FINE! CRAGKED LEAVING ASIDE THE OBVIOUS CHEESECAKE INCLINATIONS. THE BOOB WINDOW IS DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUIS! ONE WOULDN'T. WANT. TO BE NEAR CATWOMAN'S CLAWS IN THIS GET-UP. ANOTHER POTENTIAL' HAZARD: SUNBLIRN.

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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Bad Goon Groups to Work For 1 Putties Mighty Morphin Power Rangers You're just derpy clay people. Derpy, derpy clay people that can be taken out by white belt-level karate moves and take orders from a boss that never stops screaming ever. Oh God, Rita, please just stop screaming. CRACKED.COM — More: Villains Wiki
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Disney

The documentary White Wilderness captured lemming mass-suicides in action! WHAT THEY LEFT ouT Contrary to what the textbooks say, lemmings don't jump

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Family Matters

Characters that weren't supposed to last Steve Urkel on Family Matters Jaleel White's nerdy neighbor was only supposed to be for one-off appearances, but got so popular with viewers that he eventually became the central character of the entire sitcom! CRACKED.COM — ABC
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Nintendo Wii

April Fools's jokes that became real Wii I - POMICS Nintendo wii GameSpot published a joke article about how the Nintendo Revolution (i.e. the Nintendo Wii) would dominate sales as soon as it came out. And then, uh... Oops? CRACKED.COM — Source: GameSpot, Slate

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Dragon Ball Z

Broly First appearance Dragon Ball Z: Broly- The Legendary Super Saiyan (1993) The most powerful Saiyan, a bit dumb, tall. Most recent appearance Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018) CRACKED.COM — Source: Wikipedia

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Cheers

... TELL US NOW. CHEERS Kate R. says, Sam was this super cool ladies man. As an adult, I rewatched it and was nothing but horrified by the obscene misogyny and complete disregard for consent...all played for laughs. CRACKED.COM

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The Terminator

Final Action Scenes 1984 THE TERMINATOR All these years later, we still gotta love the fact Kyle and Sarah manage to blow up the Terminator in a giant ball of gas and fire - only to see it's still going like nothing happened. What ensues is a claustrophobic chase inside a factory, some creepily dodgy stop-motion, and Sarah Connor becoming the badass she was meant to be. CRACKED.COM — Watch it on YouTube

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Steve Urkel

Most kids aren't parented by their neighbors. CRACKED.COM Steve Urkel and Kimmy Gibbler are constantly at their respective neighbor's house, and learn more life lessons from them than their own parents. Carl even (unsuccessfully) teaches Urkel how to drive. — YouTube / Chron

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Batman Begins

Easter Eggs Batman Begins Bruce Wayne calls his party guests two- faced friends - and ends up having a literal two-faced friend in the sequel. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Movie Easter Eggs (Just in Time for Easter)

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January Jones

This mullet-rockin' '80s-swaggin' 9-year-old kid you're looking at... ...is the beautiful January Jones! CRACKED.COM — Source: 34 (Unrecognizable) Famous People

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Terry Gilliam

Terry Gilliam started working on The Man who killed Don Quixote in 1989. It took him 29 years to finish. Delays included legal disputes, natural disasters and the deaths of two lead actors. It earned less at the U.S. box office than Lost In La Mancha, a documentary about Gilliam's troubled first production. CRACKED.COM — Source: 17 Celebrity Vanity Projects That Imploded Gloriously

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Cameron Crowe

CAMERON CROWE apologized for casting Emma Stone as an Asian-American character. LO co. ake After much controversy about his decision to cast Stone in — The Verge

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House of Cards

House of Cards 2017's Grenfell Tower tragedy The similarities between the deadly fire at Grenfell Tower and a 1993 episode of the BBC's series are chilling, with both scenarios featuring a gas explosion in a run-down tower block, and the UK government facing accusations of neglect. CRACKED — BBC, Natalie Oxford/Wiki Commons
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Hall and Oates

STRANGE PHONE NUMBERS YOU CAN CALL RIGHT NOW Call 1-719-266-2837 ...to hear some classic songs by Hall and Oates. This is the Callin' Oates hotline. CRACKED.COM — Source

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