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The Bourne Identity

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Ariana Grande

Before she was a superstar, Ariana Grande was known in the news as the РГЯ ерод. for getting struck by hockey BOCA KID GETS A PUCK AND ICE . Sport pucks, not once, but twice. ORAGKED.com

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Devil May Cry

CRACKED COM A bug from another game inspired Devil May Cry's iconic feature where the main character can suspend enemies mid-air using continuous attacks. Cool ! e During the development of Onimusha: Warlords, they discovered a bug that caused the enemy to stay floating when being attacked. They thought it was kind of cool and adopted it for Devil May Cry. — Source

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Yakima Canutt

Historical Firsts in The World of Stunts Yakima Canutt pioneered the industry Instrumental in modern day stunt techniques, he developed horse falls, wagon wrecks, and screen combat over four decades. Не received an honorary Oscar in 1966 for his stunt work, and for developing safety devices that revolutionized the profession. CRACKED — Source

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Taco Bell

CRACKED IN 2018, A MAN'S FIRST WORDS UPON WAKING FROM A COMA WERE TACO BELL. Doctors believe this was because he, um, wanted Taco Bell. EST 1 TAC B — KULLAPONG PARCHERAT/Shutterstock
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Frank Sinatra

SHADY TIES FRANK SINATRA AND THE MOB His close ties to Chicago mob boss Sam Giancana were well documented by the FBI, and many say that The Godfather character Johnny Fontane was clearly based on Sinatra. CRACKED — Capitol Records/Wiki Commons,
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Yesterday

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: 15 Of Our Favorite Songs (Have Surprising Backstories)

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Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner

celebrity Besties FO TER ALEY CENTER FOR TH FOR Friends for 70 years Mel Brooks + carl Reiner The two met in 1950, and often collaborated on various comedy projects. Prior to Reiner's death in 2020, Brooks would visit him every night and watch movies. FEE 87 CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Celebrity Besties, Bros, and Ride-Or-Dies We Had No Idea About

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The Walking Dead

Deleted scenes that weren't going to be in the movie The walking Dead Negan's Mass Murder All 11 of Negan's victims were filmed being murdered, to preserve the surprise. CRACKED.COM — Source: Moviefone

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Lickitung

LICKITUNG IS AN AKANAME GRACKED.COM With its acidic saliva, the akaname, or filth licker, tongue-massages dirty bathrooms clean, making sure to slop over every grimey corner. It's said to have been invented as a story to incentivize children to keep a tidy bathroom, assumedly because a tedious chore is nothing compared to a visit from the toilet demon. — CBR

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Shaq

Shaq has transcended mathematics. CRACKED.COM There is no answer to the Pythagorean theorem. Well, there is an answer, but by the time you figure it out, I got 40 points, 10 rebounds and then we're planning for the parade.

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Battlestar Gallactica

The goal of Battlestar Gallactica is to get back to Earth, somehow. The original series ends with them almost making contact. In the final scene, Apol — Source: 7 TV Finales That Went Out Of Their Way To Anger Fans

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The Wizard of Oz

THE WIZARD OF OZ, 1939 The Cowardly Lion's costume was made from real lion skin and fur. CRACKED.COM — Source: Bonhams

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Batman Forever

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Superman

SUPERMAN IS THE ULTIMATE AMERICAN SYMBOL. EXCEPT THAT HE'S NOT. Superman's success has nothing to do with hard work or the American way. Superman's po

25

The Da Vinci Code

CRACKED.COM THE DA VINCI CODE FOR MUCH OF THE STORY, BISHOP ARINGAROSA SEEMS TO BE THE MOST LIKELY CANDIDATE FOR THE MAIN ANTAGONIST. BUT ANY ITALIAN SPEAKER WOULD IMMEDIATELY NOTICE SOMETHING FISHY ABOUT HIS NAME. ARINGA ROSSA LITERALLY MEANS RED HERRING

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Iron Man 3

Panic ensued when a Missouri movie theater hired fake agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., complete with fake weapons, to storm a screening of IRON MAN 3... CRACKED COM less than a year after the theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado.

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Groot

Although Groot is among the heroes who are disintegrated by Thanos at the end of Avengers: Infinity War, fans believe that he is not quite dead yet. The handle of Thor's Stormbreaker axe is made of Groot's arm, and it is not shown to be disintegrating after Thanos has snapped his fingers. Не can be regrown from the Stormbreaker. CRACKED.COM

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Bridesmaids

Las Vegas scenes were cut because of The Hangover. Producer Judd Apatow didn't want the movie to be considered The Hangover: Women's Edition, so he cut all the Las Vegas scenes to prevent comparisons from critics. Too bad that many did that anyway. Bridesmaids CRACKED.COM — Source

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White Wilderness

MYTH Lemmings commit mass suicide. TRUTH Disney faked a scene in their documentary White Wilderness, where the myth derives from. CRACKED.COM — Source

20

Mario Brothers

L M Originally, Mario and Luigi were identical twins When Luigi was introduced in Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. his character was just the same as Mario, but green. L The Luigi we all love exists only because of the Super Mario Bros. 2 U.S. release, which was actually a reskin of an Arabian-inspired game called Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic. Luigi was redesigned to replace the tall, lightfooted Mama character from the original Japanese title. GRACKED.COM — Source

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Sarah McLachlan

Responding on Quora, Sarah McLachlan said that her song Angel is about the Smashing Pumpkins member who died of drug overdose in a hotel. A rush of empathy for his loneliness and isolation led her to write the song, now used in ASPCA ads. CRACKED.COM — Source

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NBA

When TV saves lives (or destroys them) 1111 13 NBA basketball In 1996, the Menendez Brothers were given life sentences for killing their parents. Before they were arrested, they were seen at an NBA game, which was captured on a basketball card. This card revealed the events that led up to their arrest. CRACKED — Wiki Commons
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Aaron Paul

Producers didn't let Aaron Paul audition for the role of Francis. MALC THe IN LM MIDDLE On Malcom in the Middle, Bryan Cranston and Paul could have been coworkers a lot sooner, but they rejected him even though he desperately wanted it. CRACKED.COM — Source: 17 (Forgotten) 90's Things

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Dumb and Dumber

Movie Briefcases Dumb and Dumber Returning the briefcase is the quest of the film (even if the money inside was replaced by IOUs). CRACKED.COM — New Line Cinema
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15

The Office

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM Pam Skipped Her Favorite Sport UHME Rafe 12 صه omes.c m Pam The Office In the Season 4 episode Job Fair Pam reminisces about pretending to have PMS so didn't have to play volleyball. However, in Company Picnic Pam is a Volleyball master and says Maybe I played a little in Junior High, and High school, maybe a little in College, and went to Volleyball camp most summers. — Source: 16 Plot Holes In 'The Office'

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Wolverine and Jean Grey

weird Age Gaps in Movies X-Men wolverine & Jean Grey Well over a century old, Logan has been smitten with Jean since she was a teenager. CRACKED.COM

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Steven Universe

Shows about mental illness STEVEN UNIVERSE POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER After being in so many fights and disasters, Steven's body begins to change whenever he encounters stress, occasionally manifests as a cactus. CRACKED.COM — Source: Bitch Media

12

The Ambiguously Gay Duo

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM WE NEARLY GOT AN AMBIGUOUSLY GAY DUO AS A FULL-LENGTH MOVIE. A G It was supposed to star Jimmy Fallon and Alec Baldwin, but things just didn't work out - apparently, the stumbling block was the ownership of the characters. — Source

11

Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl drew on his school experiences for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Не and a bunch of boarding school classmates were test subjects for Cadburys -- they got new chocolates each year, and were asked to review them. That got Dahl thinking about what chocolate factories and the process for inventing new chocolates must be like. CRACKED.COM — RoaldDahl.com

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Jim Henson

Jim Henson dreamed of opening a nightclub in the 1960's. CRACKED.COM The experimental nightclub Cyclia would have featured images and videos projected onto walls, synced up to music to create a holistic experience. The nightclub never came to be, but Henson did record a lot of the visuals that would have been used, some of which were posthumously released by his company. — Source: 14 Facts That Will Make People Love And Fear You

9

Coffee Talk

COFFEE TALK WAS NOT A MOVIE, DISCUSS UNPRODUCED CRACKED.COM BUT IT WAS A SCREENPLAY AT ONE POINT. MIKE MYERS (WHO MUST HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A DOZEN OF 'EM) WAS DEVELOPING A SCRIPT, BUT THE PROJECT WAS AXED AFTER THE JOYLESS FAILURE OF OTHER MID-90S SNL FILMS. NO BIG WHOOP. — New York Magazine

8

First Man

The crew of First Man created an outdoor lunar surface set in a quarry. Complete with fake sunlight that gave them sunburn. Light bulbs that can re-create the look of the sun on the moon don't exist, SO filmmakers had to commission a new type that was twice as bright as the brightest one made for film shots. The first time they used it, it blew up after an hour. CRACKED.COM — 26 Movie Effects That Look Like CGI, But Nope

7

Black Widow

BLACK WIDOW David Harbour explained that his character the Red Guardian's chest tattoo is a pretty intricate Russian prison tattoo that initially looked a bit too much like the Nazi eagles, so they added the parapets. The tower parapets represent the amount of time a person has spent in prison. CRACKED.COM — Source, Harbour Interview

6

The Longest Suspension Ever in the NHL

Longest Suspension NHL CRACKED.COM Professional concussion deliverer Billy Coutu was suspended for life when he tried to beat the sh*t out of the exact wrong person: the referee.

5

The Shining

SCATMAN CROTHERS HAD LONG WANTED TO BE DICK HALLORANN. Crothers read the novel before the adaptation happened, and thought that Hallorann would be a great character for him to play. He was disappointed when Kubrick chose to kill him. — Sources: Scraps from the Loft

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Breaking Bad

breaking bad would not go the way of mulder and scully CRACKED c FIRST SEASON LAST SEASON Why did Breaking Bad end when its popularity was at its peak? Creator Vince Gilligan learned from his experience on X-Files: You don't want to leave the party too late. You want to leave — Showbiz Cheat Sheet

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Ed Helms

F10M WA BARIETONB OEBL 5KE GRS 1051 ICEANIS HANDLE VEAS HANGOVER ED HELMS IT UNET removed his real dental implant FOR THE HANGOVER. CRACKED ON

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Frozen

NDIor Frozen's Let It Go was allegedly a ripoff of Chilean artist Jaime Ciero's song Volar. Ciero sued Disney and the songwriters, claiming clear

1

William Atherton

WILLIAM ATHERTON PLAYED WALTER PECK IN GHOSTBUSTERS. AND PEOPLE KEEP PICKING FIGHTS WITH HIM. It turns out that it is possible to be too good of an ac

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