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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Accidentally Built on Top of an Ancient Cemetery

April 02, 2025

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The Beatles

CRACKED.COM Paul McCartney was afraid he was plagiarizing Yesterday. After dreaming up the melody, McCartney wasn't sure it was actually his creation. For a time he went around asking people in the business if they had heard it before. I thought if no one claimed it after a few weeks then I could have it, he said. — Source

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Star Trek

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Roseanne

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The Full Monty

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Nope

DE SCHAPIDS KING COR Jordan Peele Nope hints at real-life horror. The movie references The Horse in Motion by Eadweard Muybridge, who was a total creep. OK, we'll buy that the hundreds of naked photos he took was to study human movement-but murdering a guy is definitely much harder to justify. CRACKED.COM — More: Jordan Peele's 'Nope' Trailer Reminds Us Of The Dark Side of Film History

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New Truck

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Chadwick Boseman

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Richard Linklater

Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise was based on an encounter he'd had. SHONEN KNIFE He'd met a woman, Amy Lehrhaupt, and spent a night with her-and he eventually turned the memory of that into Before Sunrise. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan Two surrendering soldiers speak Czech, not German. Please don't shoot me! I am not German, I am Czech, one of them pleads. This is true to life, as many Eastern Europeans were forced to fight on the German side during World War II. CRACKED.COM — The Independent

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Step Brothers

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS MOST OF THE CAST ACTUALLY SANG IN THE MOVIE. STEP BROTHERS All of the songs performed in the movie were actually performed by the actors themselves. Adam Scott was the only person whose voice had to be replaced by a ssional. CRACKED.COM — Consequence & Vulture

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Doctor Sleep

easter eggstra meanings and references DOCTOR SLEEP At times, Dan's wardrobe mirrors that of his father in Kubrick's film. Said Flanagan: They were similar but ultimately different. Jack is present in a lot of Dan's wardrobe in his mannerisms at times, but Dan is still his own man. GRACKED.COM — Vanity Fair

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Bill Murray

Bill Murray cut Harold Ramis out of his life. GROUNDHOG DAY The two had been good friends since appearing together in Ghostbusters, but the relationship deteriorated while Ramis had to direct his old friend. Murray was throwing one of his sregularly-scheduled tantrums when Ramis grabbed by the shirt collar — Source: Vulture

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Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman played one of Hannibal Lecter's victims in Hannibal. He was the guy who was barely left alive, with his face messed up beyond all recognit — Source: 7 Movies That Secretly Hid Big Actors Under Special Effects

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American Vandal

THE QUESTION: AMERICAN So... who drew VANDAL the dicks? THE ANSWER: Christa Carlyle, duh. Even though the mockumentary never answered the question dir

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Star Wars

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Johnny Depp

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Joe Viterelli

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Total Recall

It took 15 puppeteers to operate Kuato in Total Recall. The mutant leader puppet weighed 85 pounds, and needed 15 different people to operate its hands, eyes, and mouth, among other features. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Spider-Man

Adult jokes in children's movies The spectacular spider-Man spider sperm After Spider-Man's web catches Black Cat's hand, she warns him in a flirting tone, You better not get your goop in my hair. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Scott Weiland

ICONIC '90s FRONTMEN STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Scott Weiland Stone Temple Pilots were one of the most successful bands of the '90s, selling over 40 million records. Frontman Scott Weiland was in and out of rehab, and in 2015 (at the age of 48) he passed away from an overdose on cocaine and other substances. CRACKED — Marañón/Flickr
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Home Improvement

Home Improvement CRACKED.COM After 8 seasons, we did get to see Wilson's face. You could argue it went out on a high note and went way too long. The ratings had slipped dramatically in the last few seasons, losing nearly 60% of its au- dience. On average, 15 million view- ers were tuning in, but the series fi- nale on May 25, 1999 brought in 35.5 million viewers. — Source: 15 Sitcoms That Knew When It Was Time To Quit (And Those That Didn’t)

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The Coen Brothers

CRACKED.COM The Coen Brothers and their movies Their editor is not a real person. All their movies except for three have been edited by Roderick Jaynes. But there is no such person. The Coens grew tired of seeing their names on title credits and invented a pseudonym. Jaynes has even been nominated for two Best Editing Oscars. — Screen Rant, Wikipedia

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Tony Hawk

- - I - Tony Hawk spent ten years working on mastering the landing on a 900. While he could pull off the two and a half spins since 1989, he couldn't properly land after doing them. After ten years, and several lost teeth, broken ribs, and concussions, he pulled it off at the 1999 x Games. CRACKED COM — Source: 21 Celebs That Work Harder Than People Know

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Batman

Batman has a second secret identity. In the comics, Matches Malone was a gangster who died while trying to kill Batman-and who happened to look exactly like Bruce Wayne. So sometimes Wayne glues on a fake mustache and passes himself off as Malone to infiltrate the criminal underworld. CRACKED.COM — Source: Fun Facts For Your Brain To Munch On

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Lauren Graham

To get her role in Bad Santa, Lauren Graham had to hump a chair. I can still remember how terrified I was at the Bad Santa audition. I had to hump a chair ...O humped a chair. Among other things. I had to do basically everything that my character does. And a lot of it is very... visual, she said. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Chihiro’s Actress

Spirited Away Chihiro is also Lilo and Samara. In the movie's English dub, Chihiro is voiced by Daveigh Chase, who also played Lilo in Lilo & Stitch, and Samara Morgan in The Ring. — Source: Daveigh Chase/IMDb

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Deadpool

The Deadpool opening scene was inspired by a Philips commercial. Carousel was a 2009 ad for Philips Cinema 21:9 LCD televisions. CE GRACKED.COM — Film School Rejects

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Michael Caine

Holiday Movies The Muppet Christmas Carol Micklewhite A shop was given the name Micklewhite's, after Michael Cane's given name Maurice Micklewhite. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Adam Sandler

CANTEEN BOY ADAM SANDLER CRACKED.COM Sandler specialized in characters that were losers. Canteen Boy's having a rough day today. I feel like people will respond to it because they know people like that. I'd rather write about... people who have a tough time. It's more interesting than a winner. — LA Times

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The Matrix

Cypher is the Matrix character who kills half of Morpheus' crew in one fell swoop. the His name means devil. Cypher is short for Lucifer, and because of that has been used for numerous movie villains through the years. CRACKED.COM — Source: 32 Ace Facts About Famous Characters

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The Shining

easter eggstra meanings and references THE SHiNiNG Dopey in Danny's room In the beginning of the film we see the cartoon of Dopey from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, but later on that sticker disappears. It signifies Danny's change from dopey to enlightened. CRACKED.COM — The New Yorker

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Superbad

BEHINO-THE-SCENES FACTS SUPERBAD McLovin had to do his sex scene in front of HIS MOM CRACKED.COM Because I was 17, for legal reasons my mother had to be on the set. It was real awkward. Afterwards we didn't talk about it; we still don't, says Mintz-Plasse. Now, I'm 19 SO my mom doesn't have to be in the room when I have sex, thank God. — Cheatsheet

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Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando never wanted to be a sex symbol. CRACKED COM He based the role of Kowalski on some real-life macho jagoffs he knew. So he was forever tormented that his purposefully chode-ish character was seen as an achetypal sexy outlaw: He had the kind of brutal aggressiveness that I hate. — Source: 5 Famous Actors Who Hate Their Most Iconic Roles

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Soap

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Pitch Black

Pitch Black came from a discarded Alien 3 script. Several scripts were written for Alien 3 before David Fincher took over. One of those was turned int — Source: Tor.com

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Guiding Light

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Warner Bros.

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The Rock

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Pink Floyd

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21 Jump Street

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