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Planet of the Apes

Original VS. Reboot 1968 PLANET OF THE APES 2001 A direct reboot is rumored to be coming very soon, set in the same universe that began with Rise of the Planet of the Apes. 2010s CRACKED.COM

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Timmy Turner

Timmy Turner helped Sabrina drown a merman. Tara Strong has almost exclusively done VO work, playing slam dunk fan favorites like Timmy Turner and Harley Quinn. Some of her live-action work has been as an unseen voice, but she has a major role as Sabrina's weird English friend who

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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

Smart Dumb Comedies Harold & Kumar Go to a White Castle. It's easy to dismiss this classic as just dumb, raunchy humor- which isn't fair, because it is even dumber and raunchier. But it is also very upfront about subverting racial stereotypes, with the aim of showing racism for the idiotic nonsense it is. CRACKED.COM — Source: WhatCulture

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Lance Armstrong

Investing in Uber is what enabled Lance Armstrong to survive financially. Although he'd lost millions, his investment in Uber ballooned - when he invested, Uber's valuation was $3.7 million, and it later went to $120 billion. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Bugatti

The cost of an oil change for a Bugatti Veyron is $20,000. CRACKED.COM The car literally has to be split in half in order to get to the oil inspection area. This includes taking off the heads, inspecting inside the engine thoroughly, and checking to make sure that oil is being applied in key areas. — Source

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Pokemon

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS THE SMART AI ACTUALLY HANDICAPPED NPCS. DRAGONITE L62 HP: ING NIDOKING :44 HP: 82/ 159 159 Enemy DRAGONITE used AGILITY! ORAGKED.COM Computer controlled trainers prioritize Super Effective moves over all others, even if they do not deal damage. This would often result in these trainers spamming non-damaging moves while you safely chipped away at their health — Source: The Gamer

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Daniel Craig

When asked to be in a 2012 Olympic sketch with Daniel Craig as James Bond, Queen Elizabeth agreed immediately. Her only condition was to choose her line, which was, Good evening, Mr. Bond. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Shaun of the Dead

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM THE SUPERMARKET'S NAMED IN SHAUN OF THE DEAD WASN'T A RANDOM CHOICE. It's called Landis - an homage to John Landis, who directed the comedy-horror classic An American Werewolf in London. — Source

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Stranger Things

STRANGER THINGS INSPIRATIONS FIRESTARTER This was going to be a John Carpenter movie, but Universal went with Mark L. Lester instead after The Thing's commercial failure. Now, no disrespect to Lester (he has done classics like Commando), but he's no John Carpenter. CRACKED.COM — Source

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M&M’s

HALLOWEEN treats It would take around 2.4 BILLION M&Ms to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool. CRACKED.COM — Maxim Studio/Shutterstock, Marshmallowz/Shutterstock
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Coney Island

CRACKED.COM Coney Island is the site of a gruesome fire. SHOWING DIVERS AT WORK UNDER WATER 12 TONE HISTORICAL FASTESPAR EDUCATIONAL & AMUSING CONEY ISLAND'S BIGGEST FIRE DISASTER FIGHTING THE FLAMES AT DREAMLAND In 1911, flames engulfed Coney Island's grandest amusement park. Dozens of animals that were housed in the park were roaring loud enough that owners started shooting them to keep them from burning to death. One of the lions got out and ran through the streets with his mane on fire, and was shot 60 times before a fireman axed him down. — Source

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Rick Rubin

Puzzling decisions Rick Rubin's appendectomy Rubin was about to get his appendix taken out, but his doctor's advice didn't sit right with him, so he opened a book to a random page and it changed his mind - so he decided not to go through with the surgery. Wisdom, indeed. CRACKED — Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock,
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Evangeline Lily

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Toto

CRACKED.COM In The wizard of OZ, Toto made more money than the Munchkins. Hollywood has never been fair, but it's mind-boggling that the actors portraying the Munchkins were paid $50 per week, while Toto and his trainers got $125 per week. — Source

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George Carlin

George Carlín CRACKED.COM Electricity is really just organized lightning. Imagining lighting shuf- fling itself into an orga- nized little stream for our Vitamix is just fun (and smart). — Source: 15 More Jokes That Belong In The Comedy Hall Of Fame

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Judy Garland

Semi-Nude Serenades CRACKED.COM On a trip to Nassau, the manager re- called putting an intoxicated Garland to bed only to come back and find her on the balcony in her underwear, singing Over the Rainbow to a group of long- shoremen on the street below. It's hard to know what to do in that situation, whether to look away or simply accept the good fortune of a free Judy Garland show and applaud, but it seems the men did the latter. — Google Books

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Nicolas Cage

CRACKED $150 MILLION SPENT ON RICH-GUY KNICKKNACKS Nicolas Cage has splurged on a private island, a dinosaur skull, 15 homes, two castles, a huge burial tomb, shrunken рудту heads, a Lamborghini, a pet octopus, and the first Superman comic - all adding up to a whopping $150 million. — CNBC

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Adam McKay

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS ADAM MCKAY SINGS THE BOATS 'N HOES CHORUS. STEP BROTHERS The boats and hoes, boats and hoes part of the song was performed by the director. His lines were recorded over the phone, which is why the chorus sounds slightly muffled. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Minecraft

CRACKEDO The sounds Minecraft's ghasts make are the sound designer's vocalizations and the noises of his cat being disturbed in its sleep.

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Blackbeard

BLACKBEARD CARED ABOUT HIS CREW'S HEALTH. EDWARD TEACH.(BLACK BEARO). Wallint the Plank When Blackbeard took over Queen Anne's Revenge, he forced the

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He-Man

The 1983 HE-MAN was syndicated AND THE developed cartoon MASTERS by Mattel OF THE UNIVERSE just to sell dolls (err... action figures). Reagan era deregulation paved the way for toy companies to create product based programming aimed at children, basically allowing Saturday morning cartoons to become half hour commericals. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro His movies take years to write. Не writes and sketches out concepts by hand in small black notebooks, and only when they're near full does he start making the film in earnest. Не had the Pan's Labyrinth notebook for almost five years before the film was made! — Source: The Guardian

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Jimmy Carter

Presidential jokes Jimmy Carter after he left office: My esteem in this country has gone up substantially. It is very nice now when people wave at me, they use all their fingers. CRACKED.COM — U.S. Government
Reader's Digest

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Friday the 13th

'Friday the 13th' was nominated for a Razzie when it came out. 1980 marked the first Razzie awards, and its first 'Worst Picture' nomination with 'Friday the 13th.' The winner, though, was The Village People's disco movie, 'Can't Stop the Mu- sic.' CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Ricky Gervais

RICKY GERVAIS SEONA DANCING David Brent wasn't the only one with pop star dreams. Gervais formed Seona Dancing with a college mate. The duo's 1985 rel — Time

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Dragon Age: Origins

In Dragon Age: Origins, you can totally hook up. Right in front of all the characters. No matter what race or class you play, you'll have the chance t

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Banksy

When Banksy tried to trademark one of his paintings, the copyright office threw his own words back at him. They refused the trademark, saying he clearly didn't want to use it and only wanted to have rights over his work without using copyright. To drive the point home, they quoted — Source: BBC

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Guardians of the Galaxy

CRACKED.COM GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Dave Bautista needed to hit the sauna to get the makeup off each day. It took three hours for makeup artists to apply the body paint and tattoos onto Bautista's body, but the only way for him to get rid of it all was to sweat it off in a sauna. — Screen Rant

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Ghostbusters

STANT GHOSTBUSTERS Murricane Ghostbusters made the Murricane cocktail popular. It's a mix of bourbon, watermelon, and elderflower, and Dan Aykroyd supposedly gave it the nickname when he served it to Bill Murray. CRACKED — Columbia Pictures
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Mork & Mindy

Worst TV Finales Mork & Mindy After spending the entire episode chased through time by an alien trying to kill them, Mork and Mindy end up in a time vortex, lost in time forever. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Sarah Lynn

SARAH LYNN BOJACK HORSEMAN Bojack and Sarah Lynn shared substance abuse issues and daddy problems. Blame her heroin death on Bojack convincing his 9 — Bustle

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BoJack Horseman

CRACKED.COR It gets easier. Every day, it gets a little easier. But you have to do it every day. That's the hard part. But it does get easier. -monk

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Professional Laughers

Former mud wrestler Lisette St.Claire was the world's first 'laugher' wrangler in the television industry. CRACKED.COM Some of the current 'Pro- fessional Laughers' are so good at guffawing that they're secretly planted in audiences to get others to follow along. In 2012, laughers got $75 for a day's work. — Source

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Pearl Harbor

Awful Knock-Offs (US (2001) Pearl Harbor Yes, we're saying it: Pearl Harbor is a Titanic knock- off. It's an epic romantic movie set against the backdrop of a historical tragedy and with hot people trying to survive - and it came out when culture was still barely letting go of Titanic. Of course, Michael Bay is no James Cameron, and it shows. CRACKED.COM — Trailer on YouTube

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The MoMA

The MoMA hung a painting upside down for 47 days before someone realized INCORRECT CORRECT A visitor was one who caught the wrong orientation of Matisse's Le Bateau. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED COM — Source: Art Net

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Ryan Reynolds

PHONE FILMS 2010 BURIED Ryan Reynolds is trapped in a coffin, with nothing but a lighter and a cell phone. Не has 90 minutes until he runs out of oxygen and dies of suffocation. If that's not an intriguing premise, we don't know what is. CRACKED.COM — IMDb

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David Bowie

ASHES TO ASHES by David Bowie is the music video's first art piece. Bowie co-directed his 1980 video, which cost £250,000 to make (a massive price tag at the time). It was a prime example of how music videos can be interpreted as art, and allowed artists to do more than just film themselves playing their instruments. CRACKED — Source

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Zach Braff

Zach Braff THE RISE: As the main star, and narrator, in Scrubs, Braff solidified himself as a performer that could balance wit, vulnerability, and slapstick with ease. In the middle of the series, he broke out on the big screen with Garden State, which he wrote, directed, and starred in. THE FALL: Braff's next cinematic venture, the Kickstarter backed Wish I Was Here, wasn't a commercial or critical hit like Garden State. He went back to his TV roots with the 2018 series Alex, Inc., based off the popular podcast StartUp, but it was met with abysmal reviews. CRACKED.COM — Source: Looper

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Charlie Day

13 Fascinating Nuggets Of Movie And General Trivia - Charlie Day turned down the sitcom Life on a Stick to do It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. — Source: Business Insider

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