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Ghostbusters

The abduction scene in GHS STBUSTERS was actually goofy as hell. They just made three guys kneel out of frame with hairy gloves on. CRACKED.COM

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Manuela the Tortoise

Missing Pet Tortoise Found In Attic 30 Years Later-Still Alive And Well. GRACKED.COM Manuela the tortoise had been missing since 1982, and her family assumed the tor- toise had wandered away from home, never to be seen again. She was found in a cluttered attic, in the box of an old wooden speaker. — The Dodo

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Fourth of July Movies Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Congressmen walked out of the movie. When the movie premiered in front of congressmen, senators, and Supreme Court justices, a third of them walked out. Senate Majority leader Alben W. Barkley said the movie makes the Senate look like a bunch of crooks. Imagine that. CRACKED.COM — Source: Wikipedia, Mental Floss

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E.T.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 CRACKED.COM As one of the first movie tie-in games ever, it had nothing to be compared against, and yet it still sucked. The insanely rushed 5-week development time resulted in shockingly ugly visuals, even for the time period, and confusing gameplay that has nothing in common with the movie. — Source: NPR

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Pretty Woman

Pretty Woman Pretty Woman's original script wasn't all shopping montages and bubble baths. In the first screenplay, Edward was also trying to get Vivi — Source: Cracked

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Disney World

Disney World totally changed its disability policy (in response to abuse). It used to allow disabled people to go to the front of lines but disabled tour guides would take abled guests with them (charging hundreds of $ for it). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: NBC

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The Great Train Robbery

COMPOSITING 1903 CRACKED.COM Edwin Porter's The Great Train Robbery was a pioneering film that used innovative matte shots to composite two separate images, creating a realistic effect. — PBS / Shutterstock

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Michael Jackson

AT A GLANCE EMINEM In 2007, Michael Jackson bought Eminem's entire catalog In 2004 Michael Jackson tried to get his Just Lose It video taken down, which features Eminem dressed as MJ. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Guardian

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Jack Dorsey

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey bought 10 million surgical masks for prisons. They were sent through Meek Mill and Jay-Z's criminal justice organization REFOR — Source: CBS News

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Japanese Internment Camps

Japanese internment camp residents lost $400 million in property Around 120,000 people with Japanese ancestry were ripped from their homes and imprisoned. Congress only provided $38 million in reparations and then $20,000 to surviving individuals 40 years later. CRACKED.COM — Source

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David Beckham

David Beckham's whole body £100 MILLION CRACKED.COM That's close to $200 million. In 2006, it was likely the most expensive insurance policy in the history of devastatingly handsome athletes. — Source

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Killer Polar Bear

In 2013, 69-year-old Canadian Bill Ayotte attacked a polar bear with a shovel to save a stranger. They were both seriously injured, but survived, and — Source: Toronto Star

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Famke Janssen

Cis Portrayals of Trans Characters Nip/Tuck Famke Janssen as Ava Moore Ava's transness is discovered during an attempted rape by one of the main character's because her vagina is too short. — Source: Nip/Tuck Wiki

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Ben-Hur

The epic historical drama Ben-Hur (1959), which won 11 out of 12 Oscar nominations was the third adaptation of the book Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. The first attempt was made in 1907, which presented a fifteen minute silent CRACKED COM short film focusing on the chariot race. The local firefighters played charioteers, with their horses pulling the chariots, instead of the usual fire wagons. — Source

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Mark Ruffalo

Jocks playing dorks MARK RUFFALO was a successful wrestler in junior high and high school, but he put his singlet away when he discovered acting his senior year. Wrestling helped him develop determination and perseverance which have been beneficial for his acting career. CRACKED — Marvel Studios
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Harry Potter

Harry Potter caused people to get owls as pets (not a good idea) The Harry Potter movies coincided with an explosion of owls being adopted as pets - and then abandoned, because really, what they hell were they thinking. It got so bad that at some bird sanctuaries, 90% of all owls were captive-bred. — More: 5 Movie Lessons (That People Were Dead Wrong About)

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Maine

Did you know that Maine has an official state cat? It is, as the name suggests, the Maine Coon. Maine also has an official state cat lady. Her name is Tabitha and her house smells TERRIBLE. CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 Fun Facts Guaranteed To Stimulate At Least One Synapse

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Bette Davis

Bette Davis owned a nightclub in Hollywood for US servicemen and women where everything was free. CRACKED.COM The Hollywood Canteen was a place for troops to have fun before embark- ing on tour, and other ce- lebrities would regularly volunteer to serve food or perform. — Source

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Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey got his big break because he wanted free booze. In the early '90s, McConaughey took a date to a Hyatt hotel in Austin, as the bart — More: 5 Ding-Dong Ways Actors Got Iconic Roles

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Bacardi

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Dax Shepard

CRACKED TMI! KRISTEN BELL nursed Dax Shepard like a baby. Suffering from mastitis (a milk buildup in the breast duct), she said, I really need you to suck this out. We could talk about it, we could be weird about it, or you could just go ahead and nurse.' Не was pulling out and spitting into this cup, and... Не spits, he doesn't swallow. That's what I figured out. — Tinseltown/Shutterstock
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Nintendo

AN A DE GUARDE ж FB Nintendo existed while Jack the Ripper was terrorizing London. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Thanks for Nothing

CRACKED IN 1894, A GERMAN MAN HEROICALLY SAVED A SMALL BOY FROM DROWNING IN A RIVER. Only for that little boy to turn out to be Hitler. — Source

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The Last Crusade

CRACKED CO COM At the end of THE LAST CRUSADE, Indiana Jones and his friends ride away from the grail temple, leaving the cup unguarded on a ledge. Yo

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White Wilderness

The documentary White Wilderness captured lemming mass-suicides in action! WHAT THEY LEFT OUT Contrary to what the textbooks say, lemmings don't jump off cliffs. The documentarians found this out the hard way, and wound up throwing the lemmings off the cliff to get the scene. CRACKED.COM http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/femmings.asp — Source: 22 Historical Stories That Left Out The Best Details

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Game of Thrones

In Game of Thrones, Margaery is known for her flattering fashion choices and using her looks for political gain. WHICH MAKES THE BURRITO DRESS SHE WEA

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Usain Bolt

A footrace (or talon-race) between Usain Bolt and a wild turkey might be closer than you think. Wild turkeys can run up to 25 mph, VS Bolt's top speed of 27. If they cheat and fly? They burn him at 55 mph. CRACKED.COM — Source: 12 Fun Facts Guaranteed To Stimulate At Least One Synapse

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Side Effects

CRACKED.COM Movies that switch genres mid-story 2013 Side Effects At first, the movie is a gripping drama about family crises and depression. Then a tone-shifting murder happens, and it all becomes a tense Hitchcockian thriller with De Palma-influenced coolness added on top. Of course, Steven Soderbergh pulls off the million plot twists and genre switches like it's no big deal. — Open Road Films, Endgame Entertainment
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Life of Pi

NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED. Animals were harmed, or even died, while filming movies such as Life of Pi and The Hobbit. Those got the American Humane Association's seal of approval anyway, so as not to upset Hollywood types. CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Marketing Lies Somehow Still Seen

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Nathan Bedford Forrest

CONFEDERATE GENERAL NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST CRaun was the first grand wizard of the KKk. In 1869 he renounced his involvement and tried to shut down th

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Groucho Marx

Groucho Marx began his career with a murderer. 14-year-old Groucho started out as part of a group called The Leroy Trio, headed by one Eugene Leroy - who became a wanted man years later for brutally murdering his wife. (Young Groucho was lucky - Leroy and his partner just left him stranded in Colorado.) CRACKED.COM — Source

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Hoki

MEET HOKI. YOU MAY HAVE EATEN IT WITHOUT KNOWING IT. This ugly fish, also known as blue grenadier, is used by McDonald's in their Filet-O-Fish sandwich. CRACKED.COM — Source: 26 Foods You Wouldn't Eat If You Knew How They're Made

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Dune

The Easter egg Jason Momoa snuck into Dune for his son. For his climactic fight in the movie, Momoa included moves from the native Filipino martial art, Kali. Не specifically chose these moves because his kid practices Kali, too, and said it was his way of signalling to his son. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Hatshepsut

She adopted male pronouns GRACKED.COM Because there was no Egyptian phrase for Her Majesty, Hatshepsut was addressed as His Majesty. Depending on the situation, the female pharaoh used both male and female pronouns but was regarded politically as an honorary man. — Source

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Bong Joon-ho

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKED.COM THE HOMES OF THE TWO FAMILIES WERE BUILT FROM SCRATCH. PARASITE Bong Joon-ho had the production build them because he wanted to have full control over both houses. The Park family home is actually located in the middle of nowhere- the surrounding neighborhood is entirely CGI. — Source: 15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Bong Joon-ho Films

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Medical Miracle

MIRACLE OR MEDICAL MYSTERY? YOU DECIDE. A woman at James River Church in the Ozarks said that in March 2021, after some people prayed for her, her amputated toes grew back. Lord, we see what you've done for others' little piggies... CRACKED — Source

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Big Van Vader

Awesome Wrestling Masks Big Van Vader While Vader is also known for his facial jockstrap, his most awesome mask is his smoke-spewing entrance mask, which looks like a Xenomorph mixed with a wooly mammoth. This makes him more terrifying than Darth Vader ever was. CRACKED.COM — WWE

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Pirates

Pirates stopped the U.S. from adopting the metric system. Trying to standardize measurements, Thomas Jefferson attempted to import the metric system in use in France. But the ship bringing the reference units to America was blown way off course by a storm, ending up in the Caribbean where British privateers raided it. — More: Pirates Are Why America Doesn't Use The Metric System

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DNA

We still don't know what 98% percent of our DNA is supposed to do. JUNK DNA oc Scientists haven't still figured out what all this junk DNA does: som

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Marriage

The more expensive your wedding, the more likely you are to get divorced. CRACKED.COM In a 2014 study of 3,000 married couples, Emory University discovered that couples who spent more than $20,000 on their wedding are roughly 46% more likely to get divorced than couples who spent $5,000-10,000. — The Atlantic

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