27 Pop-Culture Facts That Are Camping Out Tonight If You Wanna Come

These’ll help get your brain out of its comfort zone
27 Pop-Culture Facts That Are Camping Out Tonight If You Wanna Come
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We know that your pampered brain doesn’t like roughing it, but think about what it’s missing out on! While it sits all stagnant in your skull, the world of pop-culture facts is just passing it by.

Sure, it’ll probably come back smelling like bonfire smoke, but one night under the stars with these facts will do it some good.

A Rat Pack Biopic

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM IN AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE, ADAM SANDLER STARRED IN SCORSESE'S RAT PACK BIOPIC. Sandler was supposed to be Joey Bishop, one of Sinatra's cronies (with John Travolta as Sinatra) - but the movie got put on the back burner when Scorsese went to make Gangs of New York, and never got picked up again.

The Black Cauldron

One of the only acknowledgments of The Black Cauldron in Disneyland is in Tokyo. GRACKED COM Tokyo Disneyland once hosted a Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour, featuring encounters with classic Disney vil- lains, ending with the Horned King.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

The squirrels in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory were real, trained animals. They gathered 40 squirrels (some were raised on set and some others taken from squirrel rescues or people's homes) and spent eight weeks training them for the scene. CRACKED.COM

Iron Man

I am Iron Man. Robert Downey Jr. improvised the film's ending line. Years later, an editor would come up with the idea to have it come back in Endgame. CRACKED.COM

Pet Sematary

Eight different Maine Coons PET SEMATARY (2019) CRACKED.COM Director Kevin Kölsch wanted his spooky cat to mimic the cover of the original Stephen King novel, but Maine Coons can pretty much only learn one trick each. For each action, they had to bring in a new cat and let it sniff around and get acclimated: They were like this pack of divas on set.

Dazed and Confused

Richard Linklater never made money on anything to do with Dazed and Confused. Не waived his rights just so he could pay for the soundtrack, and the movie took in $8 million (against a $6.9 million budget) anyway. CRACKED.COM

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Grandmaster Flash

Hip-hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash loves collecting souvenir mugs from his travels. His collection CRACKEDCON consists ofbetween 5-000 and 7.000 mugs.

Trading Places

The Dukes' failed attempt to corner a market in Trading Places actually happened. The Hunt brothers created a silver shortage by hoarding the precious

Nike

Nike's raised sneaker treads were invented with a waffle iron. Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman realized the pattern left by his waffle iron would make f

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