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August 28, 2024

In many ways, Tom Hanks was like the Forrest Gump of Forrest Gump.

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Gene Kelly

CRACKED.COM singin' in the Rain Gene Kelly shot that iconic scene with a 103-degree temperature. Despite being sick, Kelly convinced the director not to send him home without doing at least one take. That was all that was needed. — Source

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The Nightmare Before Christmas

CRACKED COM The Nightmare Before christmas Each minute of movie took around one week to film. Since each second of film consists of 24 frames, each character had to be posed 24 times per a single second of footage. This is why this holiday classic took over three years to complete. — Source

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CRACKED.COM The Exorcist A cast member turned out to be a serial killer. Paul Bateson was hired to play a radiologic technologist. Не would be eventually convicted of murdering a film journalist, and was implicated in a number of unsolved slayings during the 1970s. — Source

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COLNARO stanley Kubrick loved White Men can't Jump. The lauded director counted this basketball comedy among his favorite films. Goes to show that even the most celebrated auteurs can enjoy jokes about Los Angeles streetballers. GRACKED.COM — Source

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Fight club COMES David Fincher hid starbucks cups everywhere. If you pay attention, you 'Il notice that there's a cup in nearly every shot. Fincher did this as a commentary on corporate success (and for funsies). CRACKED.COM — Source

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South Park

south Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut Exactly 399 curse words are uttered during the movie. Trey Parker and Matt Stone wanted to make their R-rating worth their while. They topped off their swearing count at 399 because 400 would have given the movie an NC-17 rating. CAKES Drinkis CHOCO CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM The Lord of the Rings Police nearly arrested viggo Mortensen for swinging his sword. New Zealand police noticed Mortensen training, and cars were called in with sirens blazing. After an explanation, he was released and signed autographs. — Source

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Batman Returns

Batman Returns Michelle Pfeiffer had to be vacuum sealed into the catwoman suit. The tight-fitting outfit was one of the most uncomfortable experiences ever for Pfeiffer. They had to powder me down, help me inside, and then vacuum-pack the suit, she said. GRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM All the President's Men The washington Post's offices were a near perfect recreation. Shooting on location at the newspaper's offices was not feasible. So the place was painstakingly recreated, including cluttering the desks with scraps of paper donated by actual Post reporters. — Source

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Romeo + Juliet The hairdresser was kidnapped. Hair stylist Aldo Signoretti was kidnapped and held for ransom. Makeup artist Maurizio Silvi paid the ransom outside a hotel, and the kidnappers threw Signoretti out of the car, breaking his leg in the process. The total ransom amount? $300. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Batman Returns

CRACKED.COM Batman Returns Danny Devito got bitten by a monkey. The monkey was trained to deliver a letter to the Penguin, but instead leapt at him and bit him on the crotch. Fortunately for DeVito, the Penguin costume had extra padding in the area. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Interstellar The movie turned christopher Nolan into a corn farmer. Since he didn't want to use CGI, Nolan decided to grow a crop of his own for shooting. It ended up growing so well that he was able to turn the produce around for a profit when the movie was done. — Source

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Dallas Buyers Club

CRACKED.COM ... Dallas Buyers club The makeup budget was $250. The makeup to transform Jared Leto and Matthew McConaughey into AIDS patients was less than the cost of a modern video game console. The movie was nominated for an Oscar in makeup and hair styling. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Forrest Gump Tom Hanks paid to get the movie finished. When the production was running out of money, Hanks (who really believed in the project) decided to pay for it in exchange for a larger percentage of the box office. It paid off, as he got $65 million in profit. — Source

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CRACKED COM The Lord of the Rings sean Bean climbed steep hills dressed as Boromir. Bean is afraid of heights and planes, so he would take nearly 30 minutes to climb to the shooting location in full costume rather than take a five-minute helicopter ride. — Source

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The three richest people in the US hold more wealth than the bottom 160 million Americans. GRACKED.COM Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Jeff Bezos collectively hold more wealth than the bottom 50% of the domestic population. Roughly a fifth of Americans have zero or negative net worth. — Source

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You are about 1 centimeter taller in the morning than you are at night. CRACKED.COM As we go through the day, the cartilage in our knees and spine slowly compresses causing us to shrink a little. — Source

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It takes about a week to make a single jelly bean. GRAGKED.COM The candies have to do a lot of resting between steps, including being put into molds, being steamed and misted with sugar, and panned with more sugar to build a shiny coating. — Source

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The Giant South African Earthworm can grow up to 22 feet long and weigh 3.3 pounds. CRACKED.COM The worms are described as appearing out of the soil two to three times a year, and no domestic animal will touch them. — Source

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By the age of 60, most people have lost 50% of their taste buds. CRACKED.COM You are born with 9,000 taste buds, and between the ages of 40 and 50, the number of taste buds decreases, and the rest begin to shrink. — Source

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Catfish have taste buds all over their body, and their senses rival that of sharks. GRAGKED.COM A catfish is able to locate desirable food sources while avoiding bad-tasting materials in the water, even determining the direction of its food, all because it is a living, swimming tongue. — Source

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Honeybees have a type of hair on their eyes. CRACKED.COM As honey bees fly, the hair on their eyes catches the wind to help them figure out direction and speed while traveling. — Source

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Tasmania has the cleanest air in the world. CRACKED.COM The air is so clean in fact, that the region bottles and sells its air and water as a counterpoint for areas impacted by heavy pollution. — Source

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Gold

The streets of Victor, Colorado were once paved with gold. GRACKED.COM The gold rush hit the Pikes Peak area in 1890, and transformed the ranching community into a bustling town with 500 gold mines. — Source

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Tibet

Buddhist monks in Tibet are not allowed to be reincarnated without permission from the Chinese government. CRACKED.COM The law, which is under the State Religious Affairs Order No.4, was created to insult the Dalai Lama and hinder his influence on the public. — Source

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Moscow weathermen can be fined for inaccurate weather forecasting. CRACKED.COM In 2005, Mayor Yuri Luzhkov proposed fining the city-funded weathermen when their forecasts are wrong. This was the same mayor that dispatched cloud-seeding planes to the skies. — Source

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The 7-11 Double Big Gulp holds about twice the capacity of the average adult human's stomach. CRACKED.COM In 2012, 7-Eleven changed the size of the Double Gulp from 64 ounces to 50 ounces because they were too wide at the bottom and did not fit beverage holders in cars. — Source

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Producing a single frame of Sulley In 'Monsters, Inc' took about 12 hours. CRACKED.COM Sulley had a staggering 2.3 million strands of hair, and each strand had to be animated. — Source

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Butterflies are so named because of their poop. CRACKED.COM When butterflies metamorphose, their first poop upon emerging from the chrysalis, called meconium, is brightly coloured, often yellow or orange. — Source

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Only 1 out of 700 identity thieves gets caught. D M D «Х packagi as lè e 294e185 CRACKED.COM Many cyber-criminals reside outside the nations where their victims live, which then requires close coordination and cooperation between police forces in different countries. — Source

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