27 Pop Culture History Moments That String Together Into A Wild Ride

Ooh, your brain doesn't even know what it's in for!
27 Pop Culture History Moments That String Together Into A Wild Ride
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Can your eyes somehow keep a secret from your own brain? We're hoping to give it this list of amazing pop culture facts as a sweet surprise. 

Ugh! Your eyes delivered that info directly to your brain, didn't it? Why can't they be more like ours and take in zero information while we're reading?! At any rate, we hope you enjoy this fine curated list from across the expanse of pop culture history. We've been at this awhile and have amassed a pretty serious library. It's also a library you most certainly not expected to stay quiet in. The louder the better. 

Qui-Gon Jinn

Qui-Gon Jinn's communicator was called a Hush-98 Comlink. In our galaxy, it's called a Gillette Sensor-Excel for Women. Which explains why his beard was so neat. CRACKED.COM http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Hush-98_comlink

James Cameron

Aliens (1986) The Terminator script was responsible for James Cameron coming on board. While searching for a writer to do the sequel, development executive Larry Wilson came across Cameron's script, and couldn't put it down. It was electrifying. I put the script on David's (Giler) desk and said, 'This is the guy. GRACKED.COM-

Teen Titans

GRAGKED.COM R Teen Titans The theme song hinted at the episode's tone. Longtime fans of the show noticed that if the theme was in Japanese instead of English, that episode would be more wacky and comedic than usual.

Roswell

Roswell fans saved the show by mailing Tabasco sauce to the network. When the WB drama Roswell was about to be canceled after one season, the fans organized a mass mailing of Tabasco sauce bottles to the network. And they were successful(ish), as UPN picked up the show for another season. CRACKED

Haunting Paranormal Encounters

New Jersey Nets player Deron Williams saw a UFO during Hurricane Sandy. When the power went out, he was looking outside the window, and he saw a green flash crossing the sky - it looked like a UFO, he says. CRACKED.COM

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Kat Winslet's Oscar

Kate Winslet keeps her Oscar in the bathroom. CRACKED.COM Winslet won the Best Ac- tress Oscar in 2009 for The Reader, and keeps it so that her guests can hold it and make acceptance speeches in the mirror without feeling self-conscious.

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Behind-the-scenes Drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer RIGS charisma carpenter was written out because she got pregnant (according to her). That was reportedly her latest in a long line of sins against regime head and Buffy god Joss Whedon. CRACKED.COM

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Steve Rannazzisi's Lie

STEVE RANNAZZISI LIED ABOUT BEING IN THE WORLD TRADE CENTER ON 9/11. In 2015, The League star came clean and admitted that he came up with the story to get people to like him after moving from New York to Los Angeles. CRACKED.COM

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The Katy Perry Conspiracy

THE CONSPIRACY: Katy Perry is JonBenet. CRACKED.COM THE THEORY: Perry is a mere 6 years older than JonBenet, and their parents look kinda similar. You connect the dots.

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'Polly' by Nirvana

POLLY BY NIRVANA This brooding classic is based on a news article the band read about a Tacoma woman that was kidnapped from a concert. ؛ In order to escape, the woman began to come on to her kidnapper until he let his guard down. Then she got away. Krist Novoselic said the story really hit Kurt Cobain hard. CRACKED.COM

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Reality TV

The First Reality TV Show 1956's Queen for a Day had women take turns talking about their struggles. One was crowned the winner, seated on a throne, a

Metallica

CRACKEDcO Metallica's THE GOD THAT FAILED isn't a call to Devil worship. Lhear faith in your cries Broken is the promise, betrayal It's about James Hetfield's mom. Frontman Hetfield's mother passed away from breast cancer after refusing any medical treatment due to her religious beliefs.

Snow White

Dopey in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs doesn't talk because Disney couldn't find a voice actor they liked. Their original idea was for Dopey to talk

Silver Surfer

CRACKED COM Before getting superpowers and living on Earth, SILVER SURFER lost both his parents to suicide on his utopian home planet, Zenn-La. His mo

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