29 Pop Culture Trivia Nuggets That Are Legal Tender In Your Outlaw Town

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29 Pop Culture Trivia Nuggets That Are Legal Tender In Your Outlaw Town
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But thankfully pop culture trivia nuggets can put food on the table and a roof over your head. So don't be afraid to read these babies and cash'em in if you need to. 

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A-ha

A-ha's TAKE ON ME blended live action and animation. Director Steve Barron and animators Michael Patterson and Candace Reckinger used a technique called rotoscoping, which involves tracing over live-action footage, frame by frame. Four months and over 3,000 drawings later, they had arguably the most iconic music video of all time. CRACKED

Diddy Kong Racing

DIDDY KONG RACING PLAYER SELECT 1 CRACKED.COM When game studio Rare needed more time to develop Banjo-Kazooie to compete with Super Mario 64, they pushed the generic title Pro-Am 64 for a Christmas release. There were concerns the IP wasn't strong enough and may hurt sales, so at the last minute assets were changed to the more familiar Diddy Kong.

Promising Young Woman

CRACKED.COM PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN The director purposely cast nice guy actors. Emerald Fennell cast Adam Brody, Max Greenfield, and Chris Lowell due to their past screen appearances as nice characters to help sell the reveal when their movie characters were... Well, not nice.

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Freaks and Geeks

BUSY PHILIPPS AND JAMES FRANCO DIDN'T GET ALONG CRACKED COM Philipps says that Franco was a bully and physically assaulted her on-set.

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Lightning McQueen

Cars' Lightning McQueen is an homage to a Pixar animator who passed away. His name was Glenn McQueen, and he worked at Pixar from 1994 to his death in 2002. Pixar also dedicated its 2003 movie (Finding Nemo) to him. CRACKED.COM

Superbad

BEHIND-THE-SCENES SUPERBAD FACTS Seth Rogen said no effing way to PG-13 GRACKED.COM According to one count, Superbad uses the F word 176 times. Watering it down wasn't an option, even when the studios pressed hard for a cleaner version. We were just like, 'No, says Rogen.

The First Stunt Safety Precautions

Historical Firsts in The World of Stunts The first safety precautions 1923 I I IV ESTIC E S I в 1 Hollywood realized their stars' worth and took precautions. Ironically titled Safety Last! the 1923 film's iconic clock scene used stunt doubles, safety nets, harnesses, and camera tricks to pull off Harold Lloyd's dangle from a skyscraper. CRACKED

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David Arquette Knits

celebrity Hobbies M ON STUPVES David Arquette little CERDO restarch loves to knit. Alv Edular The Scream star and occasional pro wrestler learned to knit from his grandmother.. He's so good that he graves the cover of Celebrity Scarves 2, a knitting book that raises money for breast cancer research. CRACKED.COM

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Lost Silent Movies

Due to fire, decay, negligence, or deliberate destruction, AP 75% T ط 500 of all American CRACKED.COM silent movies no longer exist.

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Snoop Dogg and Anime

CRACKED.COM CELEBRITY ANIME FANS SNOOP DOGG The Doggfather not only digs Naruto, but also claims Neptune from the Hyperdimension Neptunia JRPGs as his waifu. Не also rapped for the soundtrack of Afro Samurai.

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Alicia Vikander's Ballet

ALICIA VIKANDER's Ava is a robo-ballerina. While the main robotic character in Ex Machina never dances, Vikander still drew from her ballet background to give Ava her uncanny, mechanical body language.

Source: Wired

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29 Pop Culture Trivia Nuggets That Are Legal Tender In Your Outlaw Town

Dune

Dune was turned down by over 20 publishers, who believed SF readers only like short stories. But Chilton, a small publisher of trade and hobby magazin

William Daniels

William Daniels was a beloved teacher on Boy Meets World. And he schooled the Hoff as a talking car. Daniels, who played Mr. Feeny, was the voice of

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