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Katy Perry

CRACKED.COM KATY PERRY'S RIDER INCLUDES PARADOXICAL INSTRUCTIONS TO HER DRIVERS. THE RULES INCLUDE: A) DRIVER MUST STAY BEHIND STEERING WHEEL AT ALL TIMES B) THE DRIVER WILL NOT START A CONVERSATION W/THE CLIENT. C) THE DRIVER WILL NOT TALK TO THE CLIENTS, GUESTS, OR FANS. D) THE DRIVER WILL NEVER ASSUME, ALWAYS ASK 1F IN DOUBT. THE LEGALLY BINDING 45 PAGE CONTRACT ALSO INCLUDES THE INSTRUCTIONS: Do NOT STAIR AT THE BACKSEAT THRU THE REARVIEUW MIRROW. — Source

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Michael Bay

The Ninja Turtles were almost aliens in Michael Bay's 2014 movie, but were saved by fan complaints. Michael Bay told the world that in his new movie t

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Early Websites

Some absolutely huge websites were 199 launched 19HM in the '90s. 1999 1995 1997 1994 MNK Sep 14:00 Rosage Beerbaben Verlauf SIN - II +th Camal Now - - 1 منا Google Disney Google Deutschland IMDb (1993), EBay (1995), Amazon (1994), GeoCities (1994), Netscape (1994), Yahoo! (1995), AltaVista (1995), ICQ (1996), Hotmail (1996), Google (1998), and Napster (1999). CRACKED.COM NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s — Source

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Marvel

MARVEL SUPERHEROES vs. STREET FIGHTER There's a pervert in the Japanese version of Marvel Superheroes vs. Street Fighter. He's an older man named Norimaro who dresses like a schoolboy. Не spends his time trying to take Chun-Li's picture. If you beat the game with him, he steals her panties. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Severus Snape

13 Surprising Facts About Movies And, Like, Life In General - Snape's costume never changed in any of the Harry Potter films. — Source: Yahoo! News

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George Lazenby

George Lazenby basically tried to be Sean Connery to get cast as Bond. Не not only got Sean Connery's haircut, he also bought one of Connery's old suits, all to make an impression. CRACKED.COM — Source

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When Harry Met Sally

Meet Cute When Harry Met Sally Of course the meet cute in the Platonic ideal of the romantic comedy is perfect. Sally gives Harry a ride from Chicago to New York, and the brilliant Nora Ephron-penned script has them talking about sex, Casablanca, and sex in Casablanca, and they soon realize they can't stand each other. Well, she can't stand him, he just wants to hook up. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Rick James

Rick James once got a custom drawing by Salvador Dali, but he ruined it. Dali sketched him at a party on a napkin, and gave it to James. James left it in his shorts, forgot about it, and went swimming in them the next day. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Cable Guy

The dark power of the internet. The Cable Guy The Cable Guy is a dark comedy about pop culture obsession and toxic friendships, with Jim Carrey playing a rubber-faced fartsmith who foreshadows the power of the internet and its possibilities. CRACKED — Source

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Seth Meyers

Children's books written by celebrities Seth Meyers TEL I'm Not Scared, YOU'RE Scared! pictures by Rob SayeghJr. I'm Not Scared, YOU'RE Scared! by Seth Meyers The talk show host wrote a story about an anxiety-ridden bear who has to overcome his fears so they don't rule over his life. (No word of a sequel book with the Charmin Bears to discuss toilet training dread.) CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Green Goblin

CRACKED.COM The Green Goblin was originally a demon. Stan Lee envisioned Spider-Man's foe as an ancient demon found in an Egyptian sarcophagus. Steve Ditko just ignored Lee's idea, and drew the Goblin as a guy in a costume. — Source

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Peanuts

The Little Red-Haired Girl in Peanuts was inspired by Charles Schulz's ex. Her name is Donna Mae Johnson, and she worked in the accounting department at Art Instruction, Inc. in Minneapolis, where she met Schulz, who worked as a cartooning instructor. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Last of Us

THE LAST OF US Easter egg in the prologue that everybody missed. It took seven years for people to discover that, after completing a series of specific and somewhat convoluted actions, a cordyceps-infected ant will appear on Joel's TV screen. GRACKED.COM — Source

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John Lennon

WHEN JOHN LENNON SAID WE'RE MORE POPULAR THAN JESUS. CRACKED Dubbed the Beatles Boycott, his offhand remark led to protests, album burnings, death threats, and since they feared for their safety, it effectively ended their touring career. What hasn't been said about Jesus since then? Lookin' at you, South Park. — Source

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Being John Malkovich

A drunken extra hucked a beer can at Malkovich's bean. BEING JOHN MALKOVICH CRACKED.COM Some extras got ripped and decided to do a drive-by while the scene was live. Malkovich's reaction (pissed off) is genuine. — Source

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Trey Parker and Matt Stone

Akward Awards 2000 OSCARS TREY PARKER and MATT STONE Parker and Stone went to the Oscars wearing dresses and had taken LSD. It had such a big impact on Stone that he's stayed away from LSD since. CRACKED — Alamy
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John Ritter

Performers Bookends First episode / Last Episode John Ritter Ritter made his TV debut on the Burt Reynolds detective show Dan August, and his last recorded performance was the voice of Great Uncle Stew on Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up. CRACKED.COM — Everett Collection/Shutterstock,
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Jerry Seinfeld

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM The Swiss Army. Never been involved in a war in 200 years. It's a lucky thing. Did you ever see this little Swiss Army knife? Corkscrews, bottle opener, nail file. You don't want to go to war with this little thing. Jerry Seinfeld — Source: 14 Jokes That Belong In The Comedy Hall Of Fame

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Terminator 2

James Cameron and his movies Shooting Terminator 2 caused him a permanent injury. Не has a piece of shrapnel lodged in his forearm from a pyrotechnics explosion that happened while filming the movie. CRACKED.COM — AskMen

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Nancy Kerrigan

NANCY KERRIGAN MARCH 12, 1994 CRACKED.COM Time Magazine called Kerrigan's hosting gig a supremely awkward performance. At least she didn't get kneecapped. — Source: 14 SNL Hosts That Were The Worst

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Mr. Burns

The way Mr. Burns answers hís telephone is a callback to the original invention. CRACKED.COM Of course Mr. Burns is so old that he would an- swer his phone the way Alexander Graham Bell thought people should when he first invented it: Ahoy, hoy! — Yahoo

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Michael Che

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM MICHAEL CHE PITCHED A RACIALLY SPECIFIC JOKE ABOUTTHE AVENGERS FOR SNL. And, well, it didn't air. As he describes it, it was about the Avengers accidentally killing an unarmed Black teenager, and for obvious reasons, there's no way that's going on . — Source: 13 Rejected Saturday Night Live Sketches We'll Never Get To See

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Pushing Daisies

... TELL US NOW. PUSHING DAISIES Tom D. says, It was such a fantastic and quirky show. It's a shame because the writer's strike at the time killed it, but it was so much wittier than anything else on TV at the time. Nothing to this day really captures that same wit. CRACKED.COM

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Pocahontas

Remember the heroic story of Pocahontas? That never happened, and that wasn't her name. Her true name was Matoaka, although she commonly went by Amonute. Pocahontas was a nickname meaning naughty child. The Powhatan Nation denies the story of Pocahontas rescuing John Smith as garbage made up by Smith, and their romance as Disney nonsense. When the tribe complained, Roy Disney called the movie responsible, accurate, and respectful. CRACKED.COM http://www.powhatan.org/pocc.html — 21 Historical Figures Everybody Gets Wrong

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Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks

Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks FRANKENSTEIN 40th Anniversary CL NESE EATRE AX There might be nothing sweeter than their 80-year friendship, which included eating and watching Jeopardy! together every night. Together, they performed the Grammy-winning comedy routine The 2000 Year Old Man. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Guardian

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Voltorb

VOLTORB IS A TSUKUMOGAMI GRAGKED.COM Some tools and other inanimate objects in Japanese folklore may acquire a spirit if enough time has passed, becoming a tsukumogami, or tool kami. In the games, Voltorb is said to have a connection to the introduction of Poké Balls, and if it were a tool kami that would mean it couldn't exist before the devices were invented. — Source: 16 Pokémon We Didn’t Know Had Mythical Origins

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Dr. Robotnik

Sonic the Hedgehog's Dr. Robotnik was originally a human-egg hybrid. Не suffered a lab accident that bathed him and a rotten egg in a nearby fridge in chaos energy, turning him into a mutant in which human and egg combined. CRACKED.COM — Fandom.com

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Batman v. Superman

Everybody hates on Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. But it made $873 million, and its $166 million Easter Weekend opening was the highest ever. CRACKED.COM — Source: 23 Wildly Successful Movie Failures

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New York, New York

New York, New Yark Robert De Niro caused the movie's iconic theme to exist. New York City owes its unofficial anthem to De Niro's meddling. He found the intended song too weak, and pretty much embarrassed director Martin Scorsese into requesting: a new one. — Source: The New York Times

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The Star Wars Holiday Special

IT WASN'T A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL.
Life Day is a Wookiee version of Thanksgiving, not Christmas. The show was broadcast in November 1978, a few days befor — Source: Vanity Fair, StarWars.com (archived)

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Mr. Rogers

Speaking Freddish Two writers on the show called the show's required precise language Freddish and went on to create a parody pamphlet detailing t

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The Phantom Menace

DARTH MAUL ISN'T JUST AN PRODLICTION EVIL SITH. THE PHANTOM MENACE MLEDIA He's also an aspiring director that likes to make sure the camera is set up

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The Legend of Zelda

Link from The Legend of Zelda got his name because he was supposed to travel to the future. According to Miyamoto, the Triforce fragments were origina

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Miles Teller

Miles Teller got his scars from a car accident in college. He still has two little pieces of gravel embedded in his face, which would cause more scarr

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The Mask

In The Mask, this is what the scamming mechanics' storefront looks like before The Mask shows up. AUTO NUINISHIO FIiSHIne RIPLEVS 12 SHOCK est SLNR OF

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The Office

CRACKED CO The placement of the office in Scranton, PA turned the once-struggling former coal city into a tourist attraction. The fandom has brought t

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Dave Grohl

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Archer

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Glenn Close

For Glenn Close Guardians of the Galaxy was a means to an end. She agreed to appear in the blockbuster in order to have financial security while she m

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From Russia With Love

lauded FROII RUSSIA Frequently as the best Bond film of all time - it's stylish, clever, WITH ICE exciting, almost flawless.... .right up 007 until th

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