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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Wrote Down in the Middle of the Night and We’re Not Totally Sure They Make Sense Now

March 06, 2025

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Bill Nye

17 Unexpected Accomplishments of Famous People - Nye patented a new type of ballet shoe, which offers the toe more support. This must be how he realiz — Source: The Atlantic

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101 Dalmatians

At the end of 101 Dalmatians, the Dearlys buy a huge mansion and yard for the puppies to live happily ever after in. Their owners on the other hand, w

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Lizzie McGuire

Hilary Duff needed an acting coach on set of Lizzie McGuire. After filming the pilot, Disney hired an acting coach to help the children on set. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron was discovered by a talent agent when she was yelling at a bank teller. CRACKED.COM The teller had refused to cash a check the 19-year-old Theron needed to pay her rent. She got the attention of a talent agent behind her, who introduced her to casting agents and an acting school. — Source

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Jerry Seinfeld

If you weren't doing comedy, what would you want to do? Die. - Jerry Seinfeld

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Werner Herzog

CRACKED Death and snake venom on FITZCARRALDO In Werner Herzog's 1982 film, several indigenous extras were killed or injured. A logger was bit by a venomous snake, and had to cut off his own foot with a chainsaw to stop the poison from spreading. — Source

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Clint Eastwood

In 1986, Clint Eastwood was elected mayor of tiny Carmel, California. One of his first official acts was to repeal a city ban on selling ice cream cones. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers wouldn't let anyone wear green or purple around him. The Pink Panther actor was very superstitious of the two colors, and would storm off set if a member of the production crew were dressed in either hue. Sellers even had people search rooms he would stay in to make sure there wasn't anything resembling green or purple. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Sienna Miller

I think the more positive approach you have to smoking, the less harmful it is. Sienna Miller, apparently believing that emphysema is a state of mind CRACKED.COM — Source

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Tina Turner

CRACKED TINA TURNER WAS NOT A U.S. CITIZEN. Turner got married to her long-term partner, Erwin Bach, in July 2013, and became a Swiss citizen. She then officially gave up her U.S. citizenship at the U.S. embassy in Bern. — Philip Spittle/Wiki Commons
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That ‘70s Show

Red Forman 2.0... Dumbass! THAT 70'S SHOW CRACKED.COM In early episodes of That '70s Show, Red was firm, but he had more heart-to-heart real moments. Fan reactions to him calling everyone a dumbass, or threatening to put his foot in everyone's ass had the character mold into a one-note hardass. — Screenrant

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Titanic

CRACKED.COM TITANIC STUDIO HEADS WERE BAFFLED AT CAMERON'S PITCH FOR ROMEO AND JULIET ON THE TITANIC. They were like, 'Oooooohkaaaaaay-a three-hour romantic epic? Sure, that's just what we want. Is there a little bit of Terminator in that? Any Harrier jets, shoot-outs, or car chases?' I said, 'No, no, no. It's not like that.''' They said yes only because it was him. — Wikipedia

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Kevin Smith

kevin smith не almost made a documentary about Prince. Smith is known for making stoner comedies about how Lord of the Rings isn't as good as Star Wars - the perfect choice to come to Prince's house and make a documentary about him. Despite signing an NDA, he never actually got around to it. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Kevin Smith And His Movies

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TigerSharks

Sharks Movies & TV TigerSharks The show was the forgotten cousin of Thundercats and Silverhawks. Beyond just having essentially the same tropey characters as the other two cartoons, TigerSharks also shared several writers and voice actors with both of them. (If you are under 30, you probably have no idea what we're talking about.) CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Facts About Sharks in Movies & TV To Sink Our Teeth Into

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Fox

Hieroglyph An ancient Egyptian Game of Thrones that was ultimately scrapped by 350 Fox... for being too similar to Game of Thrones. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Wild TV Shows Never Seen (Because They Never Aired)

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Zoolander

Mugatu in Zoolander is named after a Star Trek monster. خمصة Star Trek's Mugato is a giant ape-like monster that showed up in the original series. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Movies With Cool Hidden Shout-Outs To Other Movies

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall

BREAK-UP MEDIA Forgetting Sarah Marshall I hate the cliche of the only way to get over someone is to get under someone else, but if it must be utilized, then this raunchy comedy is the gold standard. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Wrestler

THE WRESTLER CRACKED.COM The movie ends ambiguously, it's not clear if Randy The Ram Robinson survives the big leap off the ropes. Director Darren Aronofsky later explained that he does die from that. But he dies happy! — Source: 12 Movies That Everyone Misunderstands (And What They Mean)

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Tippi Hedren

Untrained lions ROAR CRACKEDG Hollywood power couple Tippi Hedren and Neil Marshall decided to use their own pet lions for the film, which went about as well as you might expect. Melanie Griffith was mauled on set, and needed reconstructive face surgery. — CBS News

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Independence Day

Independence Day 1997 113 10:02 BOGEY HAS LOCK CRACKED.COM Under threat of global annihilation, you pilot a fighter jet with one goal: blow the aliens to kingdom come. It's not the worst direction to take a schlocky summer blockbuster, but the problem is they don't deviate from the core gameplay through the 13 missions and by the end you're ready to sacrifice yourself like Randy Quaid. — Source: Games Radar

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Voldemort

CRACKED CO The flamboyant and chatty Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was a disappointing change from the first movie where Voldemort

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Kris Jenner

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Severus Snape

TIM ROTH WAS THE FIRST CHOICE FOR SEVERUS SNAPE. CRAN It's hard to picture anyone but Alan Rickman portraying Snape, but he wasn't the original choice

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Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

The action figure for Batman: Mask of the Phantasm spoiled the identity of the villain. Phantasm MASK OF THE PHANTAST BATmAn 1F BOISRTI S11 acag A Rct

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RoboCop

CRACKEDCOR ROBOCOP DICK JONES DOESN'T WASH HIS HANDS AFTER CLEARLY TAKING A DUMP. UNFORTUNATELY FOR BOB... DICK IS RIGHT-HANDED. Ewwww.

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American Beauty

... TELL US NOW. AMERICAN BEAUTY The award-winning movie stars Kevin Spacey pining after an underage person. Nina J. says it definitely doesn't hold up because it feels like, especially when you watched it as an underage girl, that those creepy guys are cool and if they assault you, you're going to be guilty. CRACKED.COM

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Dame Judi Dench

CRACKED DAME JUDI DENCH'S CONNECTION TO SHAKESPEARE. As a Shakespearean actor, her first ever role was as Ophelia in Hamlet. The play is set in Denmark's Elsinore castle (where Ophelia lived), and Dench's 10x great-aunt was a lady-in-waiting to the Queen of Denmark in that very castle. BFI LON FESTIVA — Source

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Kurosawa

Movie Briefcases Akira Kurosawa's High and Low The briefcase containing the ransom money for the child of Gondo's driver film not only represents actual cash, but Gondo's future. CRACKED.COM — Kurosawa Films, Toho
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Olaf

Obnoxious Sidekicks Frozen Olaf Luckily, the snowman was used so sparingly that he didn't pull focus from Anna and Elsa's story. Which makes you wonder - i if you don't need him, why bother having him in the first place? CRACKED.COM

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Long Shot

HONG KONG ACTION MOVIES THAT DAMN LONG SHOT Way before True Detective, Hard Boiled mastered the action long take. But the sequence only came about because the crew was exhausted, and wanted to finish shooting as quickly as possible. Desperation gave way to inventiveness, and then to movie history. CRACKED.COM — Sources: Wikipedia, Scene on YouTube

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Jackass

CRACKED COM Reality shows with dark sides Jackass and drug addiction The constant pain made the gang addicted to painkillers. Moreover, before the stunts they would only hang out to get drunk, and members even became hooked on cocaine or heroin. Add Ryan Dunn's death from drunk driving and Steve-0 doing coke tainted with HIV-positive blood, and it was an even more dangerous show than we thought. — More: 4 Classic Reality Shows With Dark Sides

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Stark Trek: Into Darkness

... TELL US NOW. STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS Adam M. says, The Enterprise is rushing back to Earth, then gets unexpectedly shot out of warp. They're now inside lunar orbit and falling into the planet's atmosphere. When exactly were they PLANNING on stopping if they were taken by surprise???? CRACKED.COM

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Chris Colfer

Same series, almost a different role GLEE CHRIS COLFER as Artie Abrams Colfer's audition changed the show entirely. After losing his audition for Artie, the character of Kurt Hummel was created just for him. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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Angus Young

CRACKED.COM I'm sick to death of people saying we've made 11 albums that sound exactly the same. In fact, we've made 12 albums that sound exactly the same. Angus Young - AC/DC — Source: 18 Unexpected (and Real) Quotes by Famous Figures

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Geico

CRACKED.COM MARTIN He's named after the advertising company who created him, but in Geico commercial lore he's had a book published with his name as The Gecko. — Source: Hot Cars

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R.L. Stine

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Wrote Down in the Middle of the Night and We’re Not Totally Sure They Make Sense Now — Source: 12 Creators Who Had Brilliant Cameos in Their Own Work

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Ambiguously Gay Duo

AMBIGUOUSLY GAY DUO WOULD HAVE BEEN LIVE-ACTION UNPRODUCED G CRACKED.COM SCREENWRITERS BOB SMIGEL AND STEPHEN COLBERT HAD NO INTEREST IN A MOVIE UNTIL THEY IMAGINED IT WITH REAL ACTORS. A FILM WITH VOICE ACTORS STEVE CARELL AND COLBERT DIDN'T HAPPEN, BUT A LIVE SKETCH WITH JON HAMM AND JIMMY FALLON — AV Club

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The Last Jedi

Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Way Different - In the final scene with Luke and Leia in The Last Je — Source: Film School Rejects

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Woody Guthrie

CRACKEDCO COM Woody Guthrie's THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND is taken to be a patriotic song. As they stdod there hungry, I stood there asking Isthisland made for you and me? It's a protest song. Guthrie THIS MACHINE. wrote it after getting sick of hearing Irving Berlin's 'God Bless America

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Ed Wood

The relationship between Ed Wood and Bela Lugosi CRAUI in Tim Burton's ENTNOD was a reflection of Burton's own relationship with Vincent Price.

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