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The Omen

Harvey Stevens was cast in The Omen because he kicked the director in the crotch. Director Richard Donner wasn't sure if Stevens could pull off the scene where, as Damien, he has to fight his own mother- so in the audition, Donner told him to come at him. Stevens charged — Source: 6 Crazy Auditions That Landed Actors Their Famous Roles

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Barack Obama

CRACKED.COM THE BOYS BARACK OBAMA IS A FAN. The former U.S. President stated in an interview that he likes how The Boys turn superhero conventions on their heads to lay bare issues of race, capitalism, and the distorting effects of corporate power and mass media. — Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Blackfin Icefish

The Antarctic blackfin icefish has no scales, white blood, and transparent bones. GRACKED.COM Instead of red blood cells or hemoglobin pigments for transporting oxygen, oxygen simply diffuses into their cir- culating blood plasma from the frigid seawater thanks to the fish's enlarged gills and smooth skin. — Quanta Magazine

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Wolseong Palace

SOUTH KOREA WOLSEONG PALACE In 2017, archaeologists found the remains of a middle-aged couple and a young woman. It's thought that they were sacrificed as part of a ritual to protect the palace when it was built. CRACKED — Rei Imagine/Shutterstock
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Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin was the adorable Little Tramp of the silent film era. In 1972 he received an Honorary Academy Award for the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century. Не continues to be held in high regard, and his work is often ranked among the greatest films of all time. THE CRAZY: Не used to throw custard pies at naked women. Chaplin invented the casting couch in the sickest way possible. He'd audition actresses by having them strip naked so he could mime-fondle them. Then he'd pelt them with custard pies. CRACKED.COM

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Jamaica

CRACKED.COM Everybody knows that Jamaica is a stoner country, right? Nope! Jamaica strictly banned all forms of marijuana use until 2015. Even now, they allow only 2 ounces per person. In comparison, Colorado legalized marijuana sooner than Jamaica! — Source

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Jell-O

Consumers accustomed to Jell-0 as a fruity dessert were disgusted when coffee flavor was introduced in 1918. CRACKED.COM Chocolate, cola, and celery fla- vors were also giggly blun- ders. — Mental Floss

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Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart was a soccer phenom, in college. If he hadn't broken his knee, he would have gone pro. Stewart's old team at the College of William & Mary — Source: Moment

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Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon 1925 - 2001 JACK LEMMON The Oscar-winning actor wanted his gravestone to read like the intro credits to his final work: JACK LEMMON in

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The Moon

The Moon isn't a cold chunk of rock-it has an intensely hot core, just like Earth. And also just like Earth, its solid inner core actually sits inside a molten outer core. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Secret Recording Plan Backfires

RECORDING THAT'S NOT ALLOWED! YOUR OWN ARREST A woman from Massachusetts was arrested in 2014 and accused of illegally recording her own arrest- unlawful wiretapping was the specific charge. She had secretly switched on the voice recorder on her phone and put it in her bag. Voice Recorder 00:05:36 Stop recording CRACKED — ERIK Miheyeu/Shutterstock,
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Ancient Rome

A form of revolt in ancient Rome involved commoners letting the elite fend for themselves. CRACKED COM In Secessio Plebis, when the ruling class of Rome would become too cor- rupt or unjust to the com- moners, the commoners would band together and evacuate the entire city. — Source

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Merck

In 2004, Merck was forced to pull Vioxx off the market and pay a huge settlement for heart-related side effects. The news media wrung its hands over the evils of Big Pharma. 25 mo Moxx VIOXX Tablets) (Rotecoxib Station, MERCK&CO.,HC WHAT THEY LEFT OUT Vioxx was incredibly effective for pain- SO much so that patients hoarded their supplies when they learned of the recall- and only slightly more dangerous than aspirin. CRACKED.COM ::/www.nytimes merck-agrees-to-pay-950-million-in-vioxx-case.html? r=0 — Source: 22 Historical Stories That Left Out The Best Details

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Moths

This feathery coil is a tongue. It's on a moth. Not all moths have elongated tongues, but those who do use them to snag nectar from deep within flower

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Idris Elba

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Howard Stern

Howard Stern THE TONIGHT SHOW CRACKEDOON Stern was banned after his tension with Leno, a mutual dislike, came to a head with a Tonight Show appearance — Source: Collider

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Sexuality

Research shows bisexuality isn't a phase In a 10-year study, researchers showed bisexuality in women to be a distinct sexual orientation, not an experiment or transitional phase before lesbianism, as stereotypes believe. CRACKED.COM — Source: ScienceDaily

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Taika Waititi

Taika Waititi was supposed to direct a live-action Akira movie slated for 2021. But before production on the movie even managed to get started, Warner Bros. apparently changed their mind and just pulled the plug on it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Retail

Retail stores have cluttered, crowded aisles to slow you down. The longer you linger, the more you'll shop. The more you shop, the more you'll spend. GRACKED.COM — Source

21

Frogs

Wood frogs can hold their pee for up to eight months Wood frogs have microbes in their guts that recycle urea, allowing them to avoid peeing all winter. CRACKED.COM — CBC

20

Harambe

Most of Harambe's family was killed- by accident. GRACKED.COM Harambe's mother, only full brother, and two of his half siblings were killed when a tub of wet chlorine tablets left by a space heater created toxic fumes that blew into their enclo- sure. — Source

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Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh's gun sold for $182,000 The weapon believed to be used in his suicide sold for double what was expected. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Art Net

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Calendar Clash

The calendar was a hot-button political issue. In the 1500s, Pope Gregory XIII commissioned a new calendar to fix serious inaccuracies in the one then in use - and threw the world into turmoil. Non-Catholic countries refused to use the new calendar, seeing it as a tool of Papal domination. Russia and Greece in particular resisted it until the 20th century. — More: For Centuries, We Had Different Calendars (Because People Disliked The Pope)

17

George Clooney

George Clooney does not use Twitter-for one reason. I can have a drink or two at night; I don't need to have an apparatus that, in a drunken joke, even, I could say something, go to sleep, and wake up in the morning and my career be over, he says. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Law & Order

LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT Robin Williams GRACKED.COM Williams plays an audio engineer who does voices to scam people over the phone, and later give himself an alibi. — 22 Surprising Celebrity Appearances Everybody Forgets About

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The Batman

'The Batman's new Joker Barry Keoghan made a fan film to play Nightwing. Keoghan, who describes himself as a huge fan of DC, spent a long time lobbying to play either Robin or Nightwing. Keoghan shot a fan film in 2018 where he plays Nightwing, just to show that he could, even learning some martial arts and gymnastics to make the part more convincing. CRACKED.COM — Source

14

Wrapping Paper

Hallmark created wrapping paper to sell more paper Hallmark gets a lot of blame for creating unncessary holiday traditions, but it's historically accurate to blame wrapping paper on them. In 1917, Rollie and Joyce Hall were running out of tissue paper so they started selling paper used to line the inside of envelopes, and it took off. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Atlantic

13

Elder Scrolls IV

Elder Scrolls IVis packed with NPCS. And they've got lives of their own. For example, this guy, Roderick Pierrane, is having an affair. If you follow him around, you'll catch him sneaking out of his house to sleep with another woman once a week. He's an inconsequential background character with no role in gameplay. CRACKED.COM http://uk. .pc gamespy.com/p/the-elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion/558955p4.html — Source: 21 Unnoticed Game Details That Were Insane Work

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Pulp Fiction

Mia Wallace from 'Pulp Fiction' is, technically, a Disney princess. CRACKED.COM Miramax was owned by Disney from 1993 to 2005, which means that the film was, in a way, a Dis- ney movie. — Source

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St Jude’s Hospital

St Jude's Hospital, which has treated thousands of children with cancer, is not religiously affiliated. ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL PARKY TROBAS TOTYPES LICE CRACKED COM As a starving actor, Danny Thomas had made a vow: If he found success, he would open a shrine dedicated to St. Jude Thaddeus, the patron saint of hopeless causes. — St. Jude

10

Bees

A secret Soviet weapon turned out to be bee poop. When a yellow substance began raining down on Vietnam after the war, making locals sick, the U.S. accused the Soviet Union of using chemical weapons. Then a Harvard analysis discovered it was feces dropped by airborne bees. (The sickness was actually caused by all the malnutrition and other nasty stuff in the aftermath of a long war). — More: Mass Panics That Look Waaaay Different In Retrospect

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Alex Trebek

Alex Trebek's wardrobe was donated to an organization for the homeless. After he passed away, his suits and other articles of clothing were given to The Doe Fund, which made them available for homeless people to wear for job interviews. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Water Jets

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Cameron Diaz and Snoop Dogg

Celebrities who were high school buddies Cameron Diaz and Snoop Dogg They had some friends in common at the Long Beach Polytechnic High School, where Diaz was on the cheerleading squad. Snoop says he never asked her out because she was younger than him. CRACKED.COM — Source: Yahoo Entertainment

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Trees

CRACKED It's nice when things aren't surprising. The biggest tree in the world is a massive sequoia, just as it should be. Nicknamed General Sherman, it resides in Sequoia National Park (as it should) and has almost two tons of just leaves. — Source

5

The Civil War

A Civil War battle stopped so the soldiers could watch a fistfight. In the Battle of the Wilderness, a Confederate and a Union soldier hiding in the same gully began to duke it out after trying, and failing, to capture each other. Soon, both sides stopped firing and got closer so they could cheer on their dude. (The Union guy lost, and got captured.) CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Historical Facts That Don't Get Mentioned

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Benedict Cumberbatch

CRACKED.COM CELEBRITY PARENTS AND KIDS HANGIN' ON SET SHERLOCK Sherlock Holmes' parents are played by Benedict Cumberbatch's own real-life parents, Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham. They're trained actors... and they were available, Cumberbatch said. — Source: Access

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Cockroaches

NC homeowners are being offered $2k to release 100 cockroaches in their homes. GRAGKED.COM The Pest Informer said the process will allow it to study a specific pest con- trol technique. The study will take about 30 days and will require techni- cians to film the process. — CNN

2

Stars

CRACKED A DISTANT STAR BEHAVING STRANGELY The star KIC 8462852, 1,480 light-years away from us, is strange because it dims by up to 20 percent at random times, and stays dark for days. This made people think that maybe the star is surrounded by an alien structure collecting energy from it. — Source

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Rhinos

Clara the rhinoceros inspired songs, poems, and fashion In the 18th century, Clara toured Europe to the delight of many people who had never seen a rhino before. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Mental Floss

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