31 Pop-Culture Facts That All Pop Unlike the Stuff That Old Coot With the Glasses Sells

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31 Pop-Culture Facts That All Pop Unlike the Stuff That Old Coot With the Glasses Sells
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Game of Thrones

Iwan Rheon based Ramsay Bolton on Heath Ledger's Joker...and Dennis The Menace. Rheon said that doing all those horrible things with childlike glee simply worked for the character. Не also channelled Liam Gallagher's attitude and walking style. CRACKED.COM

David Fincher

Alien3 (1992) Director David Fincher clashed with producers, thanks to his on-set perfectionism and the studio's constant meddling. Fincher insisted on shooting in certain light and weather conditions exclusively, and rebelled against the studio's rushed schedule by saying they should shoot a large number of takes of a head exploding. Producer Ezra Swerdlow once said: I'll never forget Dave's complete devotion to the color of blood. CRACKED.COM

The Oddfather

THE ODDFATHER CRACKED.COM Vincent The Chin Gigante was the boss of New York's Genovese crime family, who wandered the streets in pajamas and mumbled incoherently for 30 years, in an elaborate act to avoid prosecution. The media dubbed him The Oddfather.

The Beyonce Phone

BUY NOW Beyoncé Beyoncé phone Tue Jan09 10:10AM In 2007, Samsung came out with a special B-Phone, designed by Beyoncé. It had a gold and SAMSUNG burgundy color scheme, a Beyoncé- themed startup screen, and you could get exclusive Beyoncé content. CRACKED

Political Ads in Ancient Rome

Ancient advertising Й VIN be USCI O EPECIONSS ROGANT NH Ancient political ads In Rome, people would write on the walls to show their support for political candidates. Some were just a few words, while others were more elaborate. One example: I beg you to vote for C. Julius Polybius for aedile. Не makes good bread. CRACKED

Harry Potter

Snape's costume in the Harry Potter movies... ...is the only one that stayed the same throughout the series. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

The Return of the Living Dead

THE YELLOWISH SMOKE DURING THE OPENING CREDITS WAS PRETTY TOXIC THE RETURN of THE LIVING DEAD. Apparently the only way to get yellow smoke was for the production team to use sulfur. It took a few minutes of pumping that smoke to give most of the people on set terrible headaches. CRACKED.COM

Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison said his parents were dead. They were alive-he just didn't like them much. Morrison's father did eventually try to mend the rift, reaching out to the singer and writing a supportive letter to a parole board after he was arrested for indecent exposure. CRACKED.COM

Charles ‘Old Hoss’ Radbourn

The first person captured on camera giving a middle finger was a Hall of Fame baseball pitcher. CRACKED.COM In 1886, an image was captured of Charles Old Hoss Radbourn flipping off a member of the New York Giants in a team photo.

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Soap

Soap was a 70s prime- time soap opera spoof. And it ended with Jessica about to be shot by a firing squad. Soap was a mostly lighthearted comedy that focused on shenanigans and convoluted plotlines. Yet the final episode of the final season concluded with major character Jessica Tate bracing for the incoming bullets. CRACKED.COM

The Avengers: Endgame

The Avengers: Endgame plot grew out of a throwaway comment. The Russo brothers couldn't figure out what to do with Thanos, as he was super powerful and could beat the Avengers easily. One day, producer Trinh Tran said Kind of really wish we could just kill him, which gave the Russos a totally new idea. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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JFK Meets Superman

JFK meets Superman (in 1964). CRACKED.COM Eagle-eyed readers may recognize that as the first year that JFK wasn't alive. Production was already underway when he was assassinated, and Lyndon В. Johnson gave DC the all-clear to print it posthumously.

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Watergate

Nixon's Watergate burglars were more incompetent than you thought. The famous break-in of the Democratic National Committee offices in the Watergate b

Rambo for Kids

Somehow, they turned Rambo into a kid-friendly Saturday morning cartoon. Not even the show's head writer could believe it got greenlit, but 1986's Rambo: The Force of Freedom ran a surprisingly long time - for a total of 65 episodes. CRACKED.COM

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