27 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History That Could Power The Starship Enterprise

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27 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History That Could Power The Starship Enterprise
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Since you Trekkies know how much power it takes to get the ol' Starship Enterprise up and running, we need your help explaining it to non-Trekkies (or whatever it is you call them).

We really think these amazing pop culture facts need to be seen by everyone in this galaxy and whatever other galaxies Kirk and the gang dip over to. Thanks in advance for your service. Live long and prosper and whatever other nerd stuff we're supposed to say here from the show.

We'll see our way to the brig. Maybe McCoy has some Romulan Ale (See, we have some chops).

The Thing from ‘Fantastic Four’

CRACKED.COM Fantastic Four The Thing is a clobberin' Jack Kirby. Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg) put a lot of himself into Benjamin Jacob Grimm. Among other things, they both had rough upbrinings as Jewish boys in Manhattan's Lower East Side, and are fond of cigars.

The Meg

RUBY ROSE'S WARDROBE NEARLY CAUSED HER TO DROWN FILMING THE MEG. FUNCOS TRUULE DAMK - MINISTOR The actress said she STATHAM WILSON adidas DIAD CURTIS was dressed in layers to protect from the cold, making swimming very difficult. Then Rose's shoes began filling up with water, dragging her to the bottom of the tank. She drank a lot of THE MEG water before safety THE - RUS 300 divers had to pull COMING - BEER her up. CRACKED.COM

The Exorcist

A background actor in The Exorcist was a real-life serial killer. Paul Bateson, a real-life X-ray technician, confessed to killing, dismembering, and tossing the bodies of gay men into the Hudson River in 1977. CRACKED.COM

Phyllis Diller

Phyllis Diller started comedy at 37 After working as a homemaker, Diller wrote ads for a radio station. She quit her job to be a stand-up, before she had ever been on a stage. She would go on to have an incredibly successful 50 year career. CRACKED.COM

Rocky and Rambo

CRACKED Stallone jumped between Rocky and Rambo in the '80s. Between 1976 and 1990, he made 5 Rocky movies and 3 Rambo movies. Between 1982 and 1985, the first 2 Rambo movies dropped between Rocky III and IV.

The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer

THE SECRET DIARY OF DESMOND PFEIFFER 4 stayed mostly unread EPISODES CRACKED A freed black slave is the serious butler to a wacky version of President Abe Lincoln - need we say more?

Austin Powers in Goldmember

CRACKED COM AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER MICHAEL CAINE THOUGHT THE MOVIE WAS SPOOFING HIM. Before agreeing to play Austin's father, Caine thought Myers was being cheeky and portraying his character from the British spy film The Ipcress File.

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The Episodes Jerry Seinfeld Would Redo

Jerry Seinfeld would redo a bunch of Seinfeld episodes, if he could. Не doesn't believe in regret, he says, but if you forced me or you gave me a time machine, yeah, there's a few - I would fix some things. CRACKED.COM

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Love, Death & Robots

Released in 2019 David Fincher and Tim Miller announced their own version of Heavy Metal in 2008. As the rights had been snatched when Netflix got interested, their animated sci-fi anthology was named LOVE, DEATH & ROBOTS.

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Deliverance Fever

Deliverance created tens of thousands of new river boaters (and killed some). Before Deliverance, a few hundred people paddled down the Chattooga rive

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27 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History That Could Power The Starship Enterprise

Dexy's Midnight Runners

DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS IS NAMED AFTER DRUGS. SKE E19 The band, which you might remember from the song Come On Eileen, took its name from Dexedrine,

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