31 Pop Culture Trivia Nuggets That Gleam Like The Sun

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31 Pop Culture Trivia Nuggets That Gleam Like The Sun
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Today, this list of pop culture facts comes with a not-so-serious warning. Yes, they shine bright enough to potentially blind you, but is that really such a bad thing? When it comes to visually taking in the best pop culture tidbits in history, what's a few decades of sightlessness? You've got four other senses, don't you?

And hey, since you're so dedicated, we'll even start making audio recordings of our fact lists that also somehow smell like strawberries just for you.

Rocky and Adrian

Rocky and Adrian's lovely first date owes its magic to the movie running out of money. RE VISITOR THE IMPROVISATION: Rocky's ice rink date scene was supposed to have 300 extras. But the movie burned through cash too fast, so Rocky and Adrian had to be in an empty ice rink. THE RESULT: A surprisingly intimate atmosphere that made for one of the best ever movie first dates. CRACKED.COM

SNL

LAURIE METCALF TWO-TIME TONY WINNER CRACKED.COM METCALF DESCRIBES HER SNL TENURE AS A WHIRLWIND FIVE DAYS. SHE NEVER MADE IT TO AIR AND DESPITE HER SUCCESS ON STAGE, 'ROSEANNE, AND 'LADYBIRD,' SHE'S NEVER HOSTED. I WOULD HAVE NIGHTMARES ABOUT IT BEFORE AND AFTER.

E. coli From Chipotle

CHIPOTLE Е. coli OUTBREAKS CHIPOTLE E-COLI MEXICAN GRILL CRACKED.COM In 2007, Kansas City University food safety professor Dr. Douglas Powell warned that Chipotle was a ticking time bomb for a food borne illness outbreak. Не was proven right in 2015 when 55 people contracted Е. coli, and 21 were hospitalized.

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Doctor Doom in 'Fantastic Four'

Roles Almost Played by Nicolas Cage Fantastic Four DOCTOR DOOM Back in the halcyon days of the early 2000s, Nicolas Cage was cast as ultimate villain Doctor Doom-burned face, magic user, dictator. Is there a better role for Cage? CRACKED.COM

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Iron Man in 'Iron Man'

31 Pop Culture Trivia Nuggets That Gleam Like The Sun

Saved by the Bell

Saved by the Bell FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE A Disney show Quirky kids called Good marry in Vegas, Morning, Miss having become Bliss, about a super ho

Cheech Marin

Richard VCheechl! Marin got his stage name the moment he was born. When his uncle saw baby Marin in the crib, he said that the future comedian looked

Cut Scenes in Star Trek II

IN STAR TREK I: THE WRATH OF KHAN, SCOTTY LOOKS VERY UPSET BY A BOY'S DEATH. AND NO WONDER. IT WAS HIS NEPHEW. Scenes establishing they were related w

Pepsi

Farmers in India used soda as a form of pesticide. schmack Geschmack Maximater Zucker Foro Maximalize Zero Zucker Geschmack Maximalar Zero Zucker Geschmack Maximaler Zero Zucker pepsi MAX pepsi Zero Maximaler Zucker Geschmack MAX pepsi Maximaler Zero Zucker Geschmack MAX C Maximaler Zero Zucker Geschmack In 2004, farmers in India used Pepsi CRACKED.COM M and Coca Cola instead of pesticides because they were cheaper and got the job done just as well.

Tippi Hedren

Illegal filmmaking Alfred Hitchcock terrorized actors and birds) on The Birds. Hitchcock pelted actress Tippi Hedren with live birds (injuring and killing the birds), and force-fed whisky to seagulls to get them to stay still for longer. Hedren was hospitalized, and he ruined her career when she refused his sexual advances. CRACKED

Batman Returns

Michelle Pfeiffer won't put a bird in her mouth (again). CRACKED.COM Pfieffer horked up a real, live bird in Batman Returns, but in the intervening years has realized I could have gotten a disease.

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31 Pop Culture Trivia Nuggets That Gleam Like The Sun

A Confiscated Piano

A Polish pianist had his grand piano confiscated at JFK Airport. CRACKED.COM Krystian Zimerman was go- ing to play at Carnegie Hall shortly after 9/11 but his Steinway grand piano was confiscated and later de- stroyed because the glue smelled like explosives.

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The Lord of the Rings

NICOLAS CAGE ALMOST PLAYED ARAGORN. CRACKED.COM Cage was offered the role in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but turned it down claiming family obligations, because the shoot was scheduled to take place over three consecutive years. Cage's accent work alone would have been breathtaking.

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A Star is Born

June on HBOMAX June 1 A star is Born Several people in Bradley Cooper's life are also in the life of hischaracter. His ear doctor, his best friend from grad school, and even his dog play their real-life roles. CRACKED.COM

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Kellyanne Conway Did Stans Up

KELLYANNE CONWAY Conway delivered cringey comedy competing at 1998's D.C.'s Funniest Celebrity charity event. Her that's-50-90s set featured rib-ticklers about Ally McBeal and Monica Lewinsky. She went on to do funnier work in the Trump administration.

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John Blyth

CRACKEDO COM Kung Fu actor John Blyth Barrymore grew up in a well': known Hollywood family and had access to a huge variety of drugs throughout his te

Stormzy's Scholarship

CRACKED In 2018, British rapper Stormzy launched a Cambridge scholarship for black students. The Stormzy Scholarship covers tuition and a maintenance

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