31 Random Facts That Are Like Pizza Toppings for Your Pop-Culture Brain

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31 Random Facts That Are Like Pizza Toppings for Your Pop-Culture Brain
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That plain brain is about to get all kinds of flavorful goodies sprinkled all over it. And like pizza itself, please don’t tell us that you actually prefer plain cheese like some 6-year-old. If so, it’s time to grow up, kiddo. 

Broaden your brain’s taste palate with this wide variety of pop-culture goodies. If not, no pop-culture ice cream for you tonight!

Game of Thrones

The arena where the Viper and the Mountain fought looks very different in real life. ads HAPPY It's an amphitheater at the abandoned Hotel Belvedere, in Dubrovnik, Croatia, and if you went there today you'd just see this big, colorful mural. That's the crest of Hajduk, a very popular local football club. CRACKED.COM

Bones

CRACKED John Francis Daley was beaten to death over a scheduling conflict. Dr. Lance Sweets was killed in the Season 10 premiere because Daley tried to juggle the show and directing a National Lampoon's Vacation remake. Не said, I really did feel like I was losing a part of me, and to see him die in such a grim way was shocking. BONES

The First CGI Character

CGI CHARACTER 1985 CRACKED.COM In 1985, Young Sherlock Holmes was the first full-length movie to feature a completely computer-generated character, which was achieved through the use of computer graphics by animator John Lasseter.

Squid Game

WEIRD WORLD South Dakota teachers played a ridiculous, Squid Game-type game. They had to scramble to grab dollar bills, which would go towards funding their classrooms. The game's sponsor apologized afterwards. CRACKED.COM

Seinfeld

TBS speeds up reruns of Seinfeld by 7.5% to fit in two more minutes of ad time. CRACKED.COM

Thriller

Michael Jackson's THRILLER is so much more than a music video. In December 1983, the 13-minute short film was solely responsible for increasing MTV's ratings tenfold. It is the only music video to be inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress for being culturally, historically or aesthetically significant. CRACKED

The X-Files

PAMELA ANDERSON COULD HAVE BEEN AGENT SCULLY. CRACKED.COM FBI Gillian Anderson revealed in an interview that Pamela Anderson (no relation) was the producers' initial choice for the skeptical Dana Scully. Apparently the producers were banking on Pamela's experience and Baywatch popularity. Can aliens run in slow motion? We'll never know.

Terrible Predictions About the Internet

50 THE INTERNET 5 DECEMBER 1995 CompuServe Internet Services AHBENET - - The - - Insurance - f I - - Resource WI - Marketing a iw I и M CRACKED.COM I predict the Internet will soon go spectacularly supernova and in 1996 catastrophically collapse. -Robert Metcalfe, the inventor of Ethernet. Не said he'd eat his words if he were wrong. And so he did, sticking a magazine page in a blender then eating the goop with a spoon.

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Roman Hair Influencer

A beauty YouTuber helped us learn more about how Roman women did their hair. She couldn't recreate a Roman hairstyle using hairpins, so she researched ancient texts and discovered that Romans actually used sewing needles and thread to keep their hair in place. Her findings were accepted as an article in The Journal of Roman Archaeology. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN, 2018 The young Donnas' costumes are made of the same fabric as the bedroom's curtains. There's even cut-outs in the curtains, implying the characters made their wardrobe from them. CRACKED.COM

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The Metaverse Party That Bombed

CRACKED EU COMMISSION SPENT $500K ON A METAVERSE PARTY FOR 6 PEOPLE. The EU Commission's attempt to engage young people in its policies through a virtual party on the metaverse platform failed spectacularly when only six people showed up, despite spending £332,000 ($500,000) on it. WEAR Nik where is the gala? 1 thought Nik the concert is just the same DI spin H PARTY same music fect place to meet nd enjoy some music crowd and take a Nik is anybody out there? know you can ny be useful to see that wondering E from up dose Derrick and Pilar seep

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John Astin

CRACKED BREAKING HIS ARM CHANGED JOHN ASTIN'S LIFE. After breaking his arm, John Astin decided to pursue a career in academics. Then he got the chance to play some unusual roles, which led him to become an actor (despite not fitting into any preconceived notions of what actors should look like).

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Janeane Garofalo

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM JANEANE GAROFALO UPERNA NEW YORK OTTERY THE DEASEMENT ID OFFS W FUNERAL FOR A FRIENDAS SUPERMAH DRIMITY BYTESI SUPERGIRE One comedy legend dates another and it turns out...eh, OK. Janeane plays Jerry's identical soul mate whom he proposes to then mutually hates starting in The Invitations in season 7.

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Mitsubishi

CRACKED When Mitsubishi wanted to showcase its first production car, they had to build a replica from memory. None of the original 22 units are accoun

Batman and Bruce Wayne

The disguise is BRUCE WAYNE CRACKED.COM BATMAN IS THE TRUE PERSONA. TO THROW OFF SUSPICIONS, BRUCE IS A JERK - - SELF- CENTERED, SEEMINGLY STINGY, AND A WOMANIZER. WHEN BRUCE WAYNE IS OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE, HIS PERSONALITY IMMEDIATELY RETURNS TO THAT OF THE BATMAN.

The Godfather

The actors in The Godfalher had their bodies rigged with tiny explosives. James Caan, who played Sonny Corleone, was covered in 147 explosive squibs,

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