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33 Pop-Culture Facts That Sing for Their Supper

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33 Pop-Culture Facts That Sing for Their Supper

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Maybe it’s none of our business, but it seems like pop-culture facts have provided your brain with enough information and entertainment over the years that they no longer need to sing for their supper. They sustain themselves on your brain’s attention, and they’re hungry, so just throw them a bone right now, would ya?

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Forrest Gump

TOM HANKS FORREST GUMP CRACKED.COM Brotherly Inspiration. Just before Forrest Gump, Tom's brother Jim Hanks starred in the obscure B-movie Buford's Beach Bunnies. His similar hairstyle, politeness around women, and key mannerisms bear clear resemblance to Forrest's.

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OK Go

OK Go was a pioneer in viral music videos. Their treadmill choreography in 2009's Here It Goes Again was a massive hit that led to their rube goldberg machine video for This Too Shall Pass. With a crew of 60 people, the machine synced up with the song itself and took roughly 60 takes to complete. CRACKED

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Peter Pan

Disney behind the scenes Peter Pan Neverland live They filmed some scenes on spare, bare sets, looking like a black box theater production. CRACKED.COM

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BoJack Horseman

BOJACK HORSEMAN Fans are well aware that visual gags are a staple of this show, and will often pause the show to spot all the gags. STOP PAUSING AND JUST WATCH THE SHOW BROKEN SNOW GLOBES D & ROLLED In Season 5 Episode 5, a possum can be (very briefly) seen holding up a shirt that reads, Stop pausing and just watch the show. GRACKED.COM

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The Amazing Spider-Man

CRACKED.COM Skateboard In the Amazing Spider-Man, this black guy attacks Peter Parker with a skateboard.... ...and then immediately turns into a white guy. Skateboard

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30 Rock

Alec Baldwin offered to take pay cut for the final seasons. Не took a 20% pay cut in order for the show to continue for seasons 7 and 8. BEHIND-THE-SCENES CRACKED.COM

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Witches

CRACKED.COM There are two theories for why witches wear pointy hats, but both say it's a symbol of hate. One theory says it comes from the Jewish hats Jews had to wear in the Middle Ages (when they were often associated with Satan). Another says it's from Quaker headgear (in the mid-18th century, when the myth of the witch started to spread in the U.S., Quakers were believed to practice witchcraft). — Source

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Amanda Seyfried

AMANDA SEYFRIED COLLECTS TAXIDERMY VAN She's been collecting since the late '00s to amass a small museum's worth of dead animals. — Source

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Elder Scrolls IV

Elder Scrolls IVis packed with NPCs. And they've got lives of their own. For example, this guy, Roderick Pierrane, is having an affair. If you follow him around, you'll catch him sneaking out of his house to sleep with another woman once a week. He's an inconsequential background character with no role in gameplay. CRACKED.COM http://uk.pc. gamespy.com/p/the-elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion/558955p4.html — Source

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Ghost

Bruce Willis turned down a role in Ghost, and Patrick Swayze got it. At the time, he said, I just didn't get it. I said, 'Hey, the guy's dead. How are you gonna have a romance? Famous last words. And this is the man who later went on to star in The Sixth Sense. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Jungle Book

2016's The Jungle Book took something from Saturday Night Live into the jungle. While Louie (played by Christopher Walken) sleeps, Mowgli goes through his things and finds a cowbell, which wakes him up. The whole thing is a nod to Walken's More cowbell SNL skit. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Realtor Scam

ES UNION A ES OF 2950 7 ARATESTA ICE EL DEV OP Kg 35926 12 2) L L 0582 Benjamin Ackerman scammed 620 his way 12 into a number of famous people's OEAME houses, including Usher and Adam L3 Lambert, by pretending to be a realtor. After casing the houses, he came back worth millions of dollars. and stole thousands of high-end stuff 12 CRACKED COM — Source

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Tom Cruise

All three of Tom Cruise's wives were 33 when they divorced from him. And each was 11 years younger than the last. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Above Suspicion

Christopher Reeve's last role was eerily prophetic. Reeve's last film before his accident follows a police officer who is paralyzed after being shot in the line of duty. Reeve visited a spinal cord trauma unit to prepare for the role, and famously commented it could happen to anyone. Above Suspicion CRACKED — HBO
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Jaguar Racing

In 2004, at the Monaco Grand Prix, Jaguar Racing put real diamonds worth approximately $250K apiece on the nosecones of its two cars in the race as part of a promotion for Ocean's Twelve. However, one of the drivers crashed on Lap 1 and lost his nosecone - and diamond - sparking a mystery that remains unsolved today. — The Drive

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Sonic Youth

BEHIND-THE-SCENES SFACTS The kids recorded at a studio owned by SONIC YOUTH CRACKED.COM We would go from set every day to to rehearse at the Sonic Youth studios, says Весса (Posh Spice) Brown. Black would come along to jam. We felt like rock stars, says Kevin (Spazzy McGee) Clark, pledging allegiance to the band of Mr. Shneebly. — Source: 29 Easter Eggs And Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Iconic Comedies

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The Hunt for Red October

The Hunt For Red October 1991 2 02 7 SCRACKED COM No one can say for sure if it was in the 30-year-old game's best interest to not even attempt to digitize Sean Connery onto the SNES, but the submarine side-scrolling shoot em' up doesn't make up for this shortcoming by doing anything interesting or fun. — Source: 17 Of The Worst Games Based On Movies

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Mars Attacks

Mars Attacks is secretly Christmas-themed. PROP DAY The skeletons are bright green or bright red because the movie was scheduled to be released for Christmas. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Scintillating Now-You-Know Movie Facts and General Trivia

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To Die For

Forgotten Indie Movies From the '90s 1995 To Die For '90s Gus Van Sant gave us My Own Private Idaho and Good Will Hunting, but this one deserves way more love. It features Nicole Kidman as a sociopathic social climber trying to make it in the news business, an insanely awesome '90s cast, and a soundtrack with classical music and death metal. Come on. CRACKED.COM — Watch the Trailer

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Duke Nukem Forever

'Duke Nukem Forever' had the longest development period for any video game. CRACKED.COM Officially announced on April 28th, 1997 by devel- oper 3D Realms, it took 14 years and 43 days for the game to be released (on June 10th, 2011). It has a 5.5/10 rating on IGN. — Guinness

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Marilyn Monroe’s Dog

CRACKED.COM Marilyn Monroe Frank Sinatra gave her a dog. She named the little Maltese Terrier Mafia Honey. The dog went to Sinatra's secretary after Monroe's death (and died run over by a car, which sounds like a total mafia hit job). — Source: Famous Dogs in History

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Marilyn Monroe’s Movies

CRACKED.COM Marilyn Monroe She did almost 30 movies. Her first movie was 1947's Dangerous Years. Her last, 1961's The Misfits. In between, her best works include Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Monkey Business, Some Like It Hot, Bus Stop, and The Seven Year Itch, — Source: Wikipedia

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Sailor Moon

CRACKED.COM Dumbest censorship cousins Sailor Moon's English dub covered lesbian lovers Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune as cousins. — Source: The Mary Sue

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Jack in the Box

Jack in the Box is going to experiment with burger-flipping robots. GRACKED.COM The company is launching a pilot program that will test Miso Robotics' Flippy 2 and Sippy robots to see how much help the automatons can offer busy staff who may want to spend more time with customers. — Engadget

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DJ Kool Herc

DJ KOOL HERC 1520 SEDGWICK AVE. - CRACKED.COM Before you change the game, you need to first create the game. On Aug 11, 1973, DJ Kool Herc did just that with a block party at 1520 Sedgwick Ave in the Bronx. Using two turntables, Herc isolated the breakbeats of popular records, creating what he called The Merry-Go-Round. This innovation is considered the origin of hip hop music. — Source: history.com
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Chuck E. Cheese

Chuck E. Cheese's existence was an accident. PIZZA TIME CHUCKECHEESES Nolan Bushnell was planning on creating a coyote mascot for his pizza place that was initially called Coyote Pizza. Bushnell then bought a coyote costume, but they received a rat costume instead. They just went with it. CRACKED.COM — Source: These 47 Facts Will Make You A Walking History Channel

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30 Rock

The set for Werewolf Bar Mitzvah took 3 days to build. Tracy Jordan Werewolf Bar Mitzvah An Evening with Tracy Jordan Geffen Records It was only on screen for 6 seconds. BEHIND-THE-SCENES CRACKED.COM — New York Times

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Marvel/DC Crossovers

The first Marvel/DC crossover was The Wizard of Oz. By a coincidence, both publishers were working on comic book adaptations of The Wizard of Oz at th — More: 5 Times Marvel And DC Ripped Each Other Off (By Accident)

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Robin Williams

ROBIN WILLIAMS RIDDLER CRAGKEDCON Williams was practically begging to be cast in Nolan's Batman films. Chris, call me, I'll do anything. I could be a — Syfy

4

Dr. Seuss

Chuck Jones and Dr. Seuss worked together in WWIl. PRIVATE SNAFU They met working on the Private Snafu cartoons, which showed soldiers what they absol — Source: Vulture

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The Force Awakens

Skellig Michael, Ireland THE FORCE AWAKENS CRACKED COM The UNESCO World Heritage Sight served as Ahch-To, the planet where Rey found Luke sucking off thala-sirens, but overtourism is now threatening local bird habitats.

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Seinfeld

SEINFELD Elaine gets a gun. sigprp In The Bet, Elaine purchases a gun on a dare. However, despite getting the green light, the cast and crew refused — Source: EW

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