31 Trivia Nuggets From Pop-Culture History We Can’t Wait to Cash In

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31 Trivia Nuggets From Pop-Culture History We Can’t Wait to Cash In
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The feeling we have right now is something we figure bartenders get after a fruitful Saturday night rush. Knowing that we’re strolling over here to your brain with a fat wad of pop-culture nuggets has our head held high. 

And much like the bank teller when those bartenders slap all that cash on the counter, your brain is about to be quite impressed. Better yet, our deposit doesn’t have that beer smell and sticky coating of grenadine!

2 Fast 2 Furious

CRACKED COM 2 Fast 2 Furious John Singleton wanted to direct the sequel because he loved the original. Growing up in South Central L.A. ,Singleton was into the street race scene. In fact, he was reportedly jealous he didn't come up with the movie's concept. parco Enyce

Matt Damon

Matt Damon's crypto firm sent someone $10.5 million instead of $100, and they can't get it back. GRAGKED.COM Crypto.com didn't discover that millions of dollars had gone to an Australian woman until seven months later, at which point the money was either spent or transferred.

Exodus: Gods & Kings

EXODUS: GODS & KINGS CRACKED.COM Ridley Scott did not take the 2014 opportunity to right the wrongs of 1956's The Ten Commandments. After the backlash for slathering fake tan on Christian Bale (Moses), Joel Edgerton (Ramesses II), Scott said, A film led by 'Mohammad so-and-so' wouldn't get funding, highlighting the depressing reality for non-white actors.

Universal Soldier

The Jean-Claude Van Damme/Dolph Lundgren Universal Soldier series is a continuity nightmare but, perhaps uniquely in the straight-to-video sequel world, the more UNDER THEIR OWN COMMAND recent ones are the best - JEAN-CLAUDE DOLPH VAN DAMME LUNDGREN UNIVERSAL SOLDIER the seventh DAY OF RECKONING SCOTT ADKINS - (and final to date), Day of Reckoning, is genuinely awesome. CRACKED

The Forward Pass

The clumsy forward pass loophole FOOTBALL И CRACKED.COM Until 1978, anyone on the field could toss the football forward at any time, provided they made it look like an accident. Then the Holy Roller incident occurred - - John Madden's Oakland Raiders faux-fumbled the ball to each other until they bumbled into the endzone for a last-minute, come-from-behind victory.

The Grandpa Gang

A gang of grandpas stole $200 million in cash and jewels from an English bank. ii CRACKED.COM The Grandpa Gang, a group of men the oldest be- ing 76, committed the big- gest bank robbery in English history by climbing down an elevator shaft and drilling through a concrete wall.

The Hulk

Things that Guillermo del Toro almost did The Hulk Del Toro was rumored to direct a Hulk series, but with She-Hulk seeming to take up all the green big budget, this looks less and less likely. CRACKED.COM

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Stephen King

PEOPLE GET MAD WHEN HE'S HONORED CRACKED Some literary critics are never happy when someone SO popular wins awards, but legendary scholar Harold Bloom carried a particular grudge against him.

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Eagleheart

Eagleheart 2011-2014 CRACKED CON Conan O'Brien's production company produced this cop show parody about a crime fightin' US Marshal.

Dean Martin

Think that Dean Martin was a flirty drunk? It was just an act. BOIVEY His son revealed that Martin either had a weak scotch and soda or apple juice. G

Catch-22

If you enjoyed The Men Who Stare at Goats, you'll love Catch-22. It's George Clooney's second attempt at a war satire and this time he nails it. The m

This Is the End

CRACKED cO COM THIS IS THEEND Emma Watson was set to appear during channing Tatum's cameo scene as Danny McBride's gimp. However, the sight of Tatum i

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