30 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Went in for a Hug Instead of a Handshake

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30 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Went in for a Hug Instead of a Handshake
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Billy Joel

WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE BILLY JOEL After messing up a verse live, Billy Joel said in concert, It's the same thing verse after verse ... Just the words change. It's one of the worst melodies I ever wrote. CRACKED

Martin Luther King

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Quantum of Solace

30 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Went in for a Hug Instead of a Handshake

Aladdin

The magic carpet in Aladdin wasn't 2D-animated. It was done in CG, and they drew the pattern on paper before turning into a texture for a 3D object. That was super expensive at the time, and Disney chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg wan't happy about paying so much for a bunch of squiggles. CRACKED.COM

Predator

Unclean water on PREDATOR They shot the 1987 movie in the jungles of Palenque, Mexico, and many of the cast and crew got sick with travelers' diarrhea because of the unpurified water. Kevin Peter Hall said, Predator wasn't a movie, it was a survival story for all of us. CRACKED

Manny Ramirez

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The Chipmunks

UN-PUNK PUNK MOMENTS ALVIN, SIMON, AND THEODORE GO PUNK! The Chipmunks have always been known for their hardcore punk roots, but their 1980 album Chipmunk Punk didn't actually feature any punk songs. They simply punkified Tom Petty's hit Refugee and Blondie's Call Me. Unpunk to the max. A CRACKED For ДЕН

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Philip Seymour Hoffman

Performers Bookends First episode / Last Episode Philip Seymour Hoffman At his start, Hoffman guest starred in an episode of Law & Order. His final role was as Plutarch Heavensbee in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay. CRACKED.COM

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Beast

CHARACTERS TURNING INTO MONSTERS BEAST TURNS INTO A CAT-LIKE BEAST, THEN A GORILLA-LIKE BEAST They give weak story reasons sometimes, but Hank McCoy is given a different look to change things up aesthetically every handful of years. The Wolverine- haircut furball strongman to lion-face furball to were-gorilla are just some of the transitions. WOR CRACKED.COM

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Seinfeld

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Joseph Simmons

JOSEPH SIMMONS RUN-DMC CRACKED.cO Run simmons was a founding member of RUN-DMC. The group disbanded in 2001, as Simmons had felt another calling as a preacher. He got ordained and changed his moniker to Rev. Run.

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Oasis

CRACKED CON According to his brother Noel, Liam Gallagher pulled out from a 1996 Oasis tour at the very last minute because his wife called and asked

King Kong

Peter Jackson secretly pays homage to the original King Kong. Jackson directed the 2005 remake of the classic monster movie, and chose to be one of th

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