29 Pop Culture History Trivia Nuggets That Look Great On The Mantle Of Your Mind

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29 Pop Culture History Trivia Nuggets That Look Great On The Mantle Of Your Mind
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Better clear off that dusty old portrait of your family, because you're gonna need room for these prestigious pop culture facts. We just knew your brain would want to display them proudly, so we dressed each of them up in their Sunday best, and found the most expensive photographer in the game. He has his own studio, great lighting and even a little wooden box he'll kick across the floor for a man to stand on that's shorter than his wife.

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Vin Diesel vs. Dwayne Johnson

Behind-the-scenes feuds Fast & Furious franchise Vin Diesel vs Dwayne Johnson The big baldies have not gotten along. For the eight movie, they wouldn't even shoot together. More recently, Johnson found slimy that Diesel tried to publicly guilt him into returning to the franchise by invoking Paul Walker's name. CRACKED.COM

George of the Jungle

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE GOT IN THE SWING OF THINGS For some reason, Brandon Fraser was the go-to guy for cartoon-to- comedy movies. Not only was he George (scoring as a goof who can talk to apes), he also starred in major dud Dudley Do-Right.

Gilligan’s Island

CRACKED.COM Gilligan's Island was almost rebooted in the '90s (with more cannibalism). According to James Gunn, Charlie Kaufman managed to get a Gilligan's Island reboot greenlit, with the starving castaways killing and eating each other. The project was nixed by Gilligan's creator Sherwood Schwartz.

Kurt Vonnegut

Wear sunscreen. Kurt Vonnegut We all know the Vonnegut commencement speech that inspired the Baz Luhrman song, right? It was actually a 1997 column by Mary Schmich for The Chicago Tribune. CRACKED.COM

J.J. Abrams

ELLO ASTY IS A BEASTIE BOYS TRIBUTE. PUIL beastie boys: hello nasty REMASTERED EDITION INCLUDES: Bonus disc of b-sides unreleased tracks PARENTSU ADVISORY EXPURIT CONTENT Beastie Boys fanboy J.J. Abrams decided to name one of the Resistance pilots in tribute to them. Не did so by removing the first letters from their 1998 album Hello Nasty. CRACKED.COM

Roseanne

BEHINO-THE-SCENES FACTS ROSANNE BARR DISPLAYED A LIST OF HER ENEMIES ON THE DOOR TO HER DRESSING ROOM ON ROSANNE. CRACKED.COM Not trying to hide her aggravation to- wards the crew, Barr prominently dis- played a memo addressing THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE FIRED IF THEY'RE NOT NICE TO ME. This included, EVERYBODY... ALL PRODUCERS, ALL WRITERS, ALL SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

One highly unlikely comedy duo.

Funny Celeb Commercials BRUCE WILLIS & FRED ARMISEN Hug it Out For this Honda Super Bowl ad, Willis actually delivers a powerful car safety message that asks viewers to appreciate the people closest to them. It slowly pans out to reveal Armisen tightly hugging Bruce, and his quirky, overzealous smile gets us every time. CRACKED

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A boxer refused to leave the ring after a loss at the Olympics.

A South Korean boxer refused to leave the ring after he lost at the Olympics. Byun Jung-il lost his ban- tam weight match at the Seoul Olympics in 1988 and refused to leave the ring for over an hour. Offi- cials eventually turned out the lights in the auditorium until he left. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

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Dancing

HUMANS ARE THE ONLY PRIIMATE WHO CAN DANCE Although other animals, like birds and seals, can synchronize their movements to a beat, our closest relatives cannot. CRACKED.COM

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29 Pop Culture History Trivia Nuggets That Look Great On The Mantle Of Your Mind

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Milo Ventimiglia

Milo Ventimiglia has a crooked mouth because of dead nerves. ISION IO R MUSE LEVI RADI He didn't know about it until he saw himself in an interview wh

The Matrix Franchise

The producers of The Matrix franchise tried to own the rights to Jet Li's martial arts moves. 000 1010 Jet Li was offered the role of 100 Seraph which

Gaming

STUDIES SHOW neArLy HALF OF ALL VIDEO GAmeRS ARE women, YET women MAKe UP OnLY 21% OF GAme DEVELOPERS. Ben Also, women in the industry are more likely than their male counterparts to face issues such as wage disparity, harassment, and simply not being taken seriously as a professional.

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