32 Bits of Trivia We Left Out for Santa Claus, But With This New Knowledge He’s Become Overqualified for His Job and He Quit Mid-Gig
Proving that life is just a little weirder than you thought
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We have no experience with any other universe, so it’s hard to judge how strange ours really is. From giving it a quick glance, it does seem pretty strange though, right? Like, here on Earth, we can capture movement and sound with magic boxes then, if we’re interested enough in those movements and sounds, we can use other magic boxes to find information on the people whose movements and sounds were captured. What?!?!
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![CRACKED FAN STUNTS Fans want MICHAEL KELLY to choke them. The House of Cards star said that when girls ask for pictures, they say, Can you just do it with the Stamper face and, like, put your hands around my neck like you're choking me? I know it's creepy, but I do it because it makes their day.'](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/9/0/974890.jpg)
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![CRACKED FAN STUNTS MARGARET CHO's jacket twin. One time this guy made me a satin white jacket that he had drawn my face on the back of. Не had made two, one for him and one for me. Не just gave me mine and walked away. I think he just felt embarrassed by it. I still have the jacket and I love it.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/8/974888.jpg)
![CRACKED FAN STUNTS A naked guy noticed WILL FORTE. Не said that a naked guy in the shower asked if I was the guy from SNL and made a point of pointing his penis in my direction as he asked. Не really jutted it out there. (We're hoping this was at the gym, and not in his house.)](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/7/974887.jpg)
![CRACKED FAN STUNTS A woman changed her name to Mrs. KANYE WEST to impress the rapper. In 2012, Kanye superfan Linda Resa changed her name to Mrs. Kanye West. She had multiple tattoos of him on her arm and buttocks, but thought this would really get his attention.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/4/974884.jpg)
![CRACKED FAN STUNTS NORMAN REEDUS got a breast implant in the mail. She said she read an interview, and I sounded depressed. I wasn't. I think I just came off that way. Не now lets his phone rest on it in his trailer.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/6/974886.jpg)
![CRACKED FAN STUNTS A fan insisted MATT SMITH looked like her hedgehog, then kissed him. Не said he was accosted by a fan who held up a picture of her pet hedgehog, insisted that he was an exact replica of it, then kissed him before security jumped in.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/5/974885.jpg)
![Lucy Lawless is a huge fan of criminal justice. And wherever she goes, she likes to attend trials. I spend a lot of time in the courthouse of whatever city I am at, says Lawless. She calls it a way to educate herself on what's happening in the communities her acting takes her to. She also hangs out with with court officials, for fun. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/8/974878.jpg)
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![Johnny Depp has a room full of fancy Barbie dolls. Не reportedly uses them to test new voices. Не originally collected them for his daughter, and when she lost interest, he couldn't bring himself to get rid of them. Не has a number of limited-edition Babies, like Beyonce, Paris Hilton, Marilyn Monroe, and Audrey Hepburn. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/3/974883.jpg)
![Clint Eastwood squints because his eyes are sensitive to light. Shooting in bright light for the Fistful of Dollars trilogy only highlighted the effect. At the time he wasn't even thinking about how it would look on camera. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/2/974882.jpg)
![I'm feeding the fish. Mr. Rogers made it a habit to say out loud when he was giving his finned friends food because he received a letter from a young blind fan who would cry if she thought he forgot. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/6/974876.jpg)
![CRACKED COM Marilyn Monroe's signature sexy whispery voice was a strategy to decrease her stutter.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/4/974874.jpg)
![Matthew McConaughey was hired by a country club in Texas to set up sand traps in a golf course. Не was later given a gun to shoot armadillos when those critters began eating the grass at the golf course. GRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/9/974879.jpg)
![Grey's Anatomy actor Patrick Dempsey used to be a professional juggler. Не even joined and won second place in a national juggling competition. In turn, this landed him his first acting job. GRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/5/974875.jpg)
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