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42 Pieces Of Knowledge That Include 'It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia's Original Title

Glenn Close made it out of a cult

42 Pieces Of Knowledge That Include 'It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia's Original Title

April 01, 2025

We’re not gonna lie, these first few facts might be a little crabby. We had to wake them up to get to this list, and they weren’t happy about it. It’s hard because we feel bad about waking anyone out of a peaceful slumber, but we also know that you really want to read them right now.

We’ll get the coffee brewing, so you’ll definitely get some peppier facts down the line. Please just be patient while they peel themselves out of bed.

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Sydney Sweeney is killing it on TV, despite what some casting director said about her looks.

Sydney Sweeney is having a moment, appearing on some of the biggest TV shows around. This success is despite what a casting director once told her, that she would never be on TV because of her looks. CRACKED.COM — PaperMag

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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

The working title for the show was It's Always Sunny on TV Another name supposedly floated was, understandably, Jerks. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED COM — Source: Monsters and Critics

40

The Sun

CRACKED.COM The Sun's atmosphere extends far beyond Earth. So, basically we live inside the sun. — Source

39

E.T. and Star Wars

CROSSOVER EASTER EGGS E.T. AND STAR WARS E.T.'s startled reaction to Yoda implies what The Phantom Menace shows - that they belong in the same universe. CRACKED.COM — Source

38

The CIA

The American passenger and cargo airline 'Air America' was secretly operated by the CIA. AIR AMERICA AIR AMERICA WHOLE CRACKED.COM It supplied and sup- ported covert opera- tions in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, including provid- ing support for drug smuggling in Laos.

37

Fred Ott’s Sneeze

A 5 second film of Edison's assistant sneezing was the first to be copyrighted in the US. Fred Ott's Sneeze was released in 1894, distrib- uted by Edison Manufac- turing Company. It was displayed, at the time, through the means of a Kinetoscope. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

36

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie scared little kids while in costume on the set of Maleficent. One kid said, Mommy, please get the mean witch to stop talking to me. Her daughter, Vivienne Jo- lie-Pitt, who played young Aurora, was the only child who was not scared of her. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

35

Octopus

6 people die every year eating live octopus by choking on the suction cups.. Sannakji is a Korean dish that features a young live octopus cut into small pieces and served immedi- ately. It must be eaten very carefully as the octopus' legs are still moving when consumed. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

34

Flipping a Penny

CRACKED FLIPPING A PENNY When you flip a penny, it's more likely to land on tails than heads. That's because the penny's center of mass is slightly more on the heads side, making tails come up about 80% of the time. — Source

33

Napoleon's Wife

Napoleon's first wife performed a sex act that baffles modern historians. NNEst ft. S S They exchanged tons of extremely dirty letters, which mentioned, but never explained, something called a zig-zag. CRACKED.COM — Source

32

David Duchovny

DAVID DUCHOVNY IS A PUBLISHED NOVELIST. НЕ ALSO HOLDS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN LITERATURE FROM YALE. CRACKED.COM — Source

31

Pearl Harbor

A comic book foretold Pearl Harbor. CONSTATION National Comics #18 depicted an air assault on Pearl Harbor. It was released in November 1941-one month before the attack by Japanese airplanes. GRACKED COM — Source

30

The Pacific Ocean

All of the continents on Earth could fit inside the CRACKED.COM Pacific Ocean. — Source

29

The Maasai

The Maasai CRACKED.COM For the Maasai people of Africa, cow's milk is a staple of their diet, as well as the cow's blood. Before you criticize it, remember how much Four Loko you drank in college and ask yourself which one is healthier. — Source

28

Making A Space Sex Suit

CRACKED HORNY HISTORY MILESTONES MAKING A SPACE SEX SUIT In 2004, a special suit was designed for astronauts to wear in space. It had velcro strips that let two people attach to each other and to a surface, so they could explore different sexual positions without the lack of gravity getting in the way. — MSNBC/Wiki Commons,
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Australian Research and Space Exploration

27

Wetter Water

FIREFIGHTERS EMPLOY WETTING AGENTS TO MAKE WATER WETTER. PR 1 MSA SA MS MSA NE CRACKED 0 These chemicals reduce the surface tension of water, making it easier to spread and allowing for better absorption into objects, earning the term wet water. — Firehouse

26

Beary Interesting History

CRACKED COCAINE BEAR The body of a 200-pound black bear that overdosed on cocaine in 1985, nicknamed Pablo Eskobear or Cocaine Bear, is now a tourist attraction at the Kentucky for Kentucky souvenir shop in Lexington. — El Pais

25

Donald Sutherland

CRACKED DONALD SUTHERLAND ROSE FROM THE DEAD. In 2021, the 86 year old died for 4 seconds due to his bout with spinal meningitis. Despite this, he bounced back for multiple releases in 2022 and 2023. — Express

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24

The Golden State Killer

CRACKED THE GOLDEN STATE KILLER Joseph DeAngelo, a 74-year-old ex-cop, pleaded guilty to being the Golden State Killer, who committed assaults and murders in California 40 years prior. It took law enforcement decades to solve the crimes, which were linked through DNA they'd finally retrieved from his car door. — The Guardian

23

Sex Pistols

UN-PUNK PUNK MOMENTS THE SEX PISTOLS ADMIT THEIR REUNION IS FILTHY LU NK? CAL - andy THY U A CASH GRAB The e over show Sex PiSTOLS FILTHYLLICRE LIVE entrap THE For 1996's Filthy Lucre Tour, Johnny Rotten told fans, We still hate each other with a vengeance, but we found a common cause, and that's your money. CRACKED — Anefo Nationaal Archief/Wiki Commons,
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22

Edward VIII

Sick burns by distinguished people King Edward VIII, British monarch from 1936 and later known as the Duke of Windsor, was famously quoted as saying, The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children. CRACKED — Freeland Studio/Wiki Commons
Oxford Reference

21

The Statue of Liberty

The star-shaped base of the Statue of Liberty was originally a fort built to defend against the British. CRACKED.COM Construction of Fort Wood on the island in the shape of an 11-point star began in 1806 and was completed in 1811, protecting New York from British invasion in the upcoming conflict. — NPS

20

Glenn Close

Glenn Close was raised in a cult. Close's parents joined the Moral Re-Armament, a right-wing religious cult, when she was seven and she was in it up until she was 22. The actress says the experience had a profound impact on her life, and that for years after she wouldn't trust any of her instincts because all her beliefs had been dictated to her. CRACKED.COM — Source: 36 Bananas Facts About Fav Celebs

19

Joan Rivers

Joan Rivers THE TONIGHT SHOW CRACKED.COM Joan Rivers was a permanent guest host on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show... until she launched a competing show, The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers, on FOX. Her ban lasted until Jimmy Fallon invited Rivers back on in 2014 to play Karaoke Pictionary or whatever. — Source: 19 Celebs Who Got Themselves Banned From TV Shows

18

The Incredible Hulk

DARK DELETED SCENES SARGIA THE INCREDIBLE HULK MILA - BRUCE BANNER THREATENS TO MURDER WOMEN. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry, Banner warns a group of sorority girls who don't want to pay him (a fake pizza delivery person). CRACKED.COM — More: 7 Deleted Scenes That Would've Ended Superhero Franchises

17

Pulp Fiction

The Gimp in Pulp Fiction is a kidnapped hitchhiker. According to Quentin Tarantino, the Gimp is a hitchhiker or somebody that picked up seven years ago, and then trained until they broke him. Maybe the reason why that's not mentioned is because it's dark AF, even for this movie. — More: 5 Famous Films' Side Characters With Effed Up Backstories

16

Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand keeps her clothes, shoes, furniture, and other stuff in a fake mall in her basement. She said I have a lot of stuff, and instead of storing it just in a basement, why not make a street of shops that would house these things? CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Famous People With (Unknown) Super Weird Hobbies

15

Snails

A single animal species has a skeleton that's part metal. It's the scaly-foot snail, a critter found on hydrothermal events deep in the ocean, and its shell and scales (i.e. its skeleton) are partly made out of iron sulphides. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Intriguing, Now-You-Know Things About Movies (And More)

14

Luca

Pixar's Luca is kind of based on the director's own childhood in Italy. PESCHERIA Enrico Casarosa says that he was inspired by how he'd spent his childhood in Cinque Terre with a friend, Alberto, who was a troublemaker. CRACKED.COM — Source

13

Chris Rock

IN 1999, CHRIS ROCK OPENED HIS HBO SHOW BY JOKINGLY SAYING O.J. SIMPSON VISITED TO PROMOTE A VIDEO. DIANT KIII MY Wife! But If I DID, Here's How I'd Do It ITS TITLE: I DIDN'T KILL MY WIFE... BUT IF I DID, HERE'S HOW I'D DO IT. in 2007, simpson really did release I DID IT D.J. SIMPSO a book called If I Did It, about the murders of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman. Не even planned a TV special called O.J. simpson: If I Did It, Here's HOW it Happened. IFE DID IT CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment That Made Crazy-Specific, Crazy-Accurate Predictions

12

Star Trek

Who was WAH CHANG? Chang made the tribbles with fake fur Stuffed with foam rubber. Or rather, he didn't make them-he hired someone else to craft the 500 tribbles required to shoot the episode. It was the last thing Chang did for Star Trek - his services weren't required again after the middle of Season 2, presumably because of budget cuts. — Sources: Memory Alpha (Tribbles), Memory Alpha (Wah Chang)

11

Mindy Kaling

COMEDY NERD House of Mirth is a book that Mindy Kaling really, really enjoyed reading. ONT ILM EST It's actually her favorite book that she read for school - as she says: I read that in 9th grade, and that book completely changed my life. CRACKED.COM — Source

10

Cats

A CAT WAS BURIED ALIVE AND CAME BACK HOME A cat was hit by a car and buried. The owner swears it was cold and lifeless. Five days later, the cat shows up, suffering only from a broken jaw and ruined eye. CRACKED.COM — Source: ABC News

9

The $60,000 Coupon Loophole

The $60,000 coupon loophole CRACKED.COM Norbert Verswijver, the Robin Hood of couponing, has math'd his way into entire shipments of frozen food, which he donates to the less fortunate. He also once found a small print oversight that allowed him to spend 60 cents on $60k worth of electronics. — Source: 5 Insane Ways People Trolled the System (And Won)

8

Jared Kushner

1st place in the SHKRELI AWARDS Jared Kushner's task force for turning lst a life- saving initiative place into a bidding war. FEMA'S Project Airbridge, led by Kushner, was intended to quickly bring personal protective equipment to the U.S. during the pandemic. Except that the supplies didn't go where they

7

Ancient Bullet

15 Weird Cases That Walked Into Doctors' Operating Rooms - A 77-year old woman lost consciousness, and when doctors checked her out, they saw she’d ha — Source: Reuters

6

Georgia

The state of Georgia wanted you to pay to fully know the LAW. - While the text of the law itself wasn’t copyrighted, relevant annotations added by th — Source: The New York Times

5

Tomatoes

Never store tomatoes in the fridge. They lose their flavor when their temperature drops below 50F. CRACKEDOON

4

Burger King

For one day in 2015, Burger King rolled out a fragrance called Flame-Grilled, for customers in Japan. IT cost around $42, and reportedly BURGER KING s

3

Spiders

A major museum in Helsinki is infested with venomous, nearly unkillable spiders from South America. dia They've been there since the 1960s, and nobody

2

The Fault in Our Stars

CRACKEDCON FAULTu THE IN OUR STARS mun 45 In the book, Augustus Waters has another girlfriend, Caroline Mathers, who dies from brain cancer before he

1

Dating

You might think that women are pickier than men. (But that's only because guys are traditionally the ones who make the first move.) In an experiment w

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