40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Got an Expensive Glow-Up and Are Now Embarrassingly Excited for Their High School Reunion

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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Got an Expensive Glow-Up and Are Now Embarrassingly Excited for Their High School Reunion

Imagine training your whole life to become a pitcher in the major leagues, then getting benched because you stabbed yourself in the tummy trying to open your brand new Happy Gilmore DVD.

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Avengers: Endgame

In addition to the Cap VS Cap fight in Avengers: Endgame we almost got a Thor vs Thor one too. There were plans to have Lebowski Thor fight his form

Coca-Cola

IN 1994. Coca-COLA TRIED TO APPEAL TO GEN XERS WITH OK SODA, DISTINGUISHED MORE BY ITS DRAB, GRIM CAN DESIGNS THAN BY ITS ODD, CITRUSY TASTE WHICH REA

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Matt Damon threw a lot of money away to do The Bourne Ultimatum. Damon says James Cameron offered him a 10% cut of the box office if he came on board

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The Artist vs. The Karate Kid

WHEN THE KIDS CHOICE AWARDS CRACKED GOT IT MORE RIGHT THAN THE OSCARS nickelodeon THE ARTIST THE KARATE KID Which would you rather watch: Jackie Chan or a pretentious, 2011 black&white silent film?

Adam Eaton

Adam Eaton Pitcher, San Diego Padres Diloles 24 CRACKED COM When trying to open a double-DVD set of Backdraft and Happy Gilmore, Eaton accidentally stabbed himself in the stomach.

The Neverending Story

TELL US NOW. The Neverending Story helped Sara K. get a handle on depression. The Great Nothing was easier to beat when I remembered a single grain o
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Back to the Future

Back to the Future credits Johnny В. Goode to Marty Mcfly. JOHNNY В. GOODE Performed by MARTY McFLY with the STARLIGHTERS Produced by BONES HOWE The actual vocal performance in the movie was done by the singer Mark Campbell. CRACKED.COM

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Tank Girl

CRACKEDOON TANK GRL got a chilly reception, but really stands out as a fun, silly comic movie that was ahead of its time. Lori Petty, Ice- and Malcolm

Kids at the Movies

In the 1910s, people thought kids who liked movies would be sickly adults. DRAPERITE since LACE CONTAINS TURE. IST RUGE BOB THE K CLASS adidas PESOS 10 DONE NADD FOR REEDCRAF Apparently, going to the theater often would rob them of exercise needed for healthy growth. CRACKED.COM

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Bryan Cranston

Bryan Cranston was suspected of a very real murder CRACKED.COM When he worked in a restaurant as a young man, he would repeatedly joke that he wanted to murder the head chef. When that guy actually was murdered, the police asked his coworkers if there was anyone who ever, maybe, expressed a desire to kill him? Cranston, obviously, fit the bill.

The Fifth Element

CRACKED.COM THE FIFTH ELEMENT IN A SCENE FEATURING PARASITES ON AN AIRPLANE, BY THE WAY THEY ARE SHAPED AND VIBRATE, ANY KID CAN TELL YOU THEY'RE MADE

William H. Macy

MTEY MEN never got much love from critics or audiences. It was too far ahead of its time, lampooning a genre that didn't really exist when it came out

Superman

POST-SUPERMANRETURNS, WHAT HAPPENS TO CLARK'S SON? Having been abandoned by his father for the second time, he now has good reason to bear a grudge ag

The First Tweet Ever

Jack Dorsey sold his/Twitter's first tweet as an NFT for over $2.9 million. The tweet, which says, just setting up my twttr, was first posted by Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square, on March 21, 2006. The tweet itself will continue to live on Twitter, but the winning bidder would own the NFT, CRACKED.COM whatever that means.

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Phil Jackson

PHIL JACKSON CRACKED.COM I don't mean to say as a snide remark toward a certain population in our society, but they have a limitation of their attention span, a lot of it probably due to too much rap music going in their ears and coming out their being.

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