27 Trivia Nuggets Whose Only Ingredient Is Pop-Culture History

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27 Trivia Nuggets Whose Only Ingredient Is Pop-Culture History
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Have you ever picked your own strawberries and thought, “What kind of grocery store garbage have I been eating all this time?” You may have thought strawberries were supposed to be white on the inside, but that farm-fresh red thing proved you wrong. 

You’re about to get that same wake-up call here today. Once you pluck these juicy pop-culture berries, you’ll wonder how your brain ever stomached any of that other nonsense.

Lucy Lawless

Battlestar Galactica Lucy Lawless turned down the part of Ellen Tigh. Lawless was the first choice for the character, but she went, I don't play anyone's wife. That's boring. She was much more excited later, when she was offered to play a Cylon. CRACKED.COM

Back to the Future

Back to the Future 12 1 9 AXIS 5 7 6 Doc Brown is apparently a fan of Harold Lloyd. Не owns a recreation of the iconic image of Lloyd hanging from a clock in Safety Last! - as Doc himself will end up doing. CRACKED.COM

The Good Place

EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES The real philosophers In the series finale, modern philosopher Todd May and UCLA professor Pamela Hieronymi make appearances as Chidi's students.They were both consultants on the show. The Good Place CRACKED.COM

Fitzcarraldo

CRACKED Death and snake venom on FITZCARRALDO In Werner Herzog's 1982 film, several indigenous extras were killed or injured. A logger was bit by a venomous snake, and had to cut off his own foot with a chainsaw to stop the poison from spreading.

Seven Samurai

Best Movies Ever Seven Samurai The samurai were originally just six. Kurosawa's plan was to tell the story of six honorable and serious samurai, which he and his writing team soon realized just sounded boring. So they added Toshiro Mifune's non-samurai, and allowed him to bring some improvisation to his character. ç٥ CRACKED.COM

The Spectacular Spider-Man

Adult jokes in children's movies The spectacular spider-Man spider sperm After Spider-Man's web catches Black Cat's hand, she warns him in a flirting tone, You better not get your goop in my hair. CRACKED.COM

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Maybe the Dingo Did Eat Her Baby

CRACKED IN THE '90S, PEOPLE RELENTLESSLY MOCKED A WOMAN WHO CLAIMED A DINGO ATE HER BABY. ... ... including Seinfeld. However, the woman was proven right in 2012, when a court ruled that a dingo did in fact eat her baby.

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Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog has a shout-out to Apocalypse Now. It's when Dr. Robotnik uses a piece of metal to shave his head -- that's a nod to Colonel Kurtz. CRACKED.COM

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In Bruges

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM IN BRUGES (2008) AFTER A KID ENDS UP AS COLLATERAL DAMAGE DURING A JOB, A HITMAN HIDES OUT IN BELGIUM AWAITING HIS BOSSES' NEXT ORDERS. JEAN VAREYCI WHY IT WORKS: A debauched black comedy that uses the quaint city of Bruges as a backdrop for the mayhem.

Hybrid Cars

Hybrid cars are fuel-efficient and better for the environment. Except when they don't save fuel or the planet. Putting aside the environmental damage

Rick and Morty

BEHIND-THE-SCENES SFACTS THE SHOW STARTED AS AN R-RATED. PARODY. Rick Mory A Rick and Morty's first versions appeared all the way back in 2006, in Justin Roiland's The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti- a raunchy parody of Back to the Future that was meant to poke fun of

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Insane Fandom

Actors Who Got Some WTF Responses From The Public - Game of Thrones’ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau was once asked for his picture...while he was naked in a gy
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Deliverance

Rabun County, Georgia DELIVERANCE CRACKEDcO COM Lots of fans who trekked to the rural area where the movie was filmed actually thought the locals were backwoods monsters, as portrayed in the film, and treated them as such.

Incognito Mode

Incognito mode isn't just for NSFW activity. O0 If you're borrowing a friend's device, use it to log on to your online accounts to avoid logging them

Hilary Swank

BVLGAR CRACKEDOON (000 A Hilary Swank competed in swimming in the Junior Olympics, and was ranked the fifth all-round gymnast in her state.

Pokemon Go

While playing Pokemon Go, instead of a Pikachu... Riss PIo hon This woman found a dead body under a Wyoming bridge. CRACKEDCON

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