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36 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Need to Keep in Separate Cages During Mating Season

June 14, 2025

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Disney

Disney was supposed to build another theme park near Washington, DC. They even secretly bought up 10,000 acres of land for it, but it didn't work out because the proposed theme - American history - was too controversial. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Incredible Hulk

MCU Phase One Easter Eggs The Incredible Hulk The Leader Samuel Sterns, one of the Hulk's greatest villains, helps Bruce Banner attempt to cure himself-before being forced to help create The Abomination. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Easter Eggs in Phase One of the MCU

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Pamela Anderson

Jon Peters dumped Pamela Anderson 11 days after they got married. And it was after they'd gotten married in secret. And it was over text message, just to make it extra worse. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Oscars

During the 2016 Oscars, a Los-Angeles website praised Oprah's tattoo on Twitter... Except it wasn't Oprah. Total Beauty Follow contently @TotalBeauty We had no idea @Oprah was #tatted, and we love it. #Oscars It was Whoopi Goldberg. Timed during a boycott over the lack of diversity in Hollywood, the tweet sparked outrage. @TotalBeauty apologized and offered to donate $10,000 to the charity of the mistaken celebs' choice. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Huge Social Media Gaffes By Huge Companies

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SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants CRACKED Dani L. explains that she banned the sponge because kids should be old enough to understand that, while stupid can occasionally be funny, it was not something to aspire to. My basic rule of thumb was that they would be allowed to watch it when they were old enough to get stoned with their friends.

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Blur

Dave Rowntree is a lawyer BLUR CRACKED.COM Не started up an animation company and even became a pilot, before embarking on his most exciting journey: being a paralegal: I've done some amazing things with Blur, but that, for me, was more interesting. Не was inspired to complete law school and become a criminal lawyer.

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Stephen King

Stephen King can't stand Kubrick's version of The Shining. King called the movie a big, beautiful Cadillac with no engine inside it, saying Kubrick didn't quite get Jack Torrance's descent into madness, and left the character with absolutely no arc at all. CRACKED.COM

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The 40-Year-Old Virgin

The 40 Year-Old Virgin Al partido de fútbol. In the film, Jane Lynch's character recounts the first time she had sex, and how her Guatemalan lover sang to her afterward. What she sings, roughly translates to: When I clean my room I can't find anything Where are you going in such a hurry? To the soccer game. CRACKED.COM

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Starsky & Hutch

Starsky & & Hutch was based on two real-life NYC cops. CRACKED.COM Lou Telano and John Sepe went undercov- er as Hasidic Jews, gay lovers, and fe- male nurses in the 1960s and 1970s. — Source

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Pulp Fiction

Mia Wallace from 'Pulp Fiction' is, technically, a Disney princess. CRACKED.COM Miramax was owned by Disney from 1993 to 2005, which means that the film was, in a way, a Dis- ney movie. — Source

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Pixelon

CRACKED.COM Pixelon was the (fake) Netflix of the '90s. Pixelon was the hottest startup in Silicon Valley. There were just a couple wrinkles: The whole show was run like a cult by a fugitive con man, and their video streaming tech was fake. Their only accomplishment was to reunite The Who for the site's stupidly lavish launch party. — Source

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Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie was investigated by MI5 over a book about code breaking. She wrote a novel in 1941 about WWII code breaking featuring a character named Major Bletchley, un- aware that there was a then-secret code-breaking facility in Bletchley Park. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Lady Gaga

LADY GAGA FEARS SOMEONE MIGHT STEAL HER CREATIVITY WITH SEX. In a 2010 interview, Lady Gaga shared that she was celibate for an unusual reason: I have this weird thing that if | sleep with someone they're going to take my creativity from me through my vagina. Well, she did say it was a weird thing, didn't she? CRACKED COM — Source

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Katy Perry

CRACKED.COM Katy Perry used to pretend she was Zooey Deschanel. Newly arrived in Los Angeles in 2002, a teen- aged Perry really enjoyed the club scene - and would often herself off as Deschanel to be itted into clubs. I had no money, and I had no clout, I had nothing, and sometimes I would pose as to get into the club, Perry itted in 2020. — Source

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Capone-N-Noreaga

CRACKED RAP DUO CAPONE-N- NOREAGA MET IN PRISON Back in 1992, Victor Noreaga Santiago met Kiam Capone Holley in Greenhaven Prison, serving time for unrelated attempted murder cases. Their first album, 1997's The War Report went Gold, and they're often considered one of the best rap groups of all time. — Warner Bros. Records

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Chuck E. Cheese

CRACKED FAMILY ALBUM They were a family band that was only used temporarily, for very good reason. The Osmonds from hell were only installed briefly at restaurants in three states that were experiencing animatronics shortages (?), but one look at their giant black eyes makes you wonder why they were made at all. Probably something ritualistic. — Showbiz Pizza

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Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Aqua Teen Hunger Force had five different titles. Aside from ATHF, the show was called Aqua Unit Patrol Squad, Aqua Something You Know Whatever, Aqua TV Show Show, and Aqua Teen Hunger Force Forever. CRACKED.COM — Mental Floss

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Undertaker

The shortest main event was less than nine minutes long. SummerSlam 1994 The Undertaker faced the Undertaker (never change, pro wrestling) in a mirror match that lasted eight minutes and 57 seconds bell-to-bell (but if you were to watch it, you'd swear that it was longer than the Lord of the Rings trilogy). CRACKED.COM — Sources: WhatCulture, WWE/YouTube

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Emily Litella

THE EVOLUTION OF EMILY LITELLA GILDA RADNER CRACKED.COM THE OH, THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT. NEVER MIND ENDING WAS CUTE FOR ABOUT A YEAR, SAYS WRITER ALAN ZWEIBEL. BUT НЕ AND GILDA WANTED TO TRY SOMETHING NEW. ON LITELLA'S NEXT APPEARANCE, JANE CURTIN ATTACKED, CALLING HER AN INSULT TO THE INTEGRITY OF JOURNALISM. EMILY LITELLA'S ONE-WORD REPLY: BITCH. — Source: 13 More Behind-the-Scenes Beginnings of Iconic SNL Characters

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Horror Tropes

TIRED HORROR TROPES THAT STILL WORK HITCHCOCKIAN STYLE Not really a trope, but Hitchcockian inspiration still permeates the horror genre up. Examples include X, A Quiet Place, Get Out, and of course, Scorsese's homage to all things Hitchcock, Shutter Island. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

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The Chronicles of Narnia

The wolves in The Chronicles of Narnia had to have their wagging tails edited out. In order to appear appropriately menacing, the wagging tails of the dogs and wolves in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe had to be replaced with CGI doggie butts. CRACKED.COM — Animation World Network

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Guardians of the Galaxy

Deleted scenes that weren't going to be in the movie Guardians of the Galaxy The lineup The scene is included in a slightly malformed version of the film, including the story that they called themselves the Guardians of the Galaxy. CRACKED.COM — Source: YouTube

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Goodfellas

The Funny how? line in Goodfellas came from a real encounter. Something like that happened to Pesci -- when he was younger, he told a mobster he was serving in a restaurant that he was funny, which the mobster didn't like. Не told Scorsese about it, and Scorsese put it in but didn't add it to the script, so that the other actors would be genuinely surprised. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Fun, Now-You-Know Facts To Stimulate Your Brain

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Star Wars

J.J. ABRAMS' TEACHER INSPIRED MAZ KANATA. The character of Maz Kanata, who provided inspiration for Rey, was herself inspired by J.J. Abrams' English teacher, Rose Gilbert. Abrams calls her timeless and wise. CRACKED.COM — 12 Bizarre Inspirations Behind Star Wars Movie Characters

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Poker Face

Poker Face by Lady Gaga The singer revealed the song is surprisingly about her bisexuality. The lyrics are about her hooking up with a man but fantasizing about being with a woman. CRACKED.COM — Music

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Solo

The train sequence in Solo involved putting the actors on a real train. Well, sort of-it was a 50-foot train car that was mounted on a rig. CRACKED COM — Source

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George Steele

CRACKED.COM = m V GEORGE THE ANIMAL STEELE used to be a schoolteacher. If you are into wrestling, you knew The Animal as, well, an animal. But out of the ring, he had a master's degree and used to teach at a high school. — 24 'Wait-A-Minute-What?' Celeb Facts

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Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker learned the language Kiswahili for The Last King of Scotland. He also spent 3 and a half months doing extensive research in Uganda, learned to play the accordion, and put on over 50 pounds. CRACKED.COM — Source: CBS

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Jon Heder

Starring in Napolean Dynamite will only earn you 000 Jon Heder initially only made $1000 for the titular role (but obviously made more once it became a box office hit). CRACKED.COM — Source: Looper

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American Pie

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO... Blink-182's monkey AMERICAN PIE CRACKED.COM If you need a monkey in your film, Crystal is your girl. She's appeared in The Hangover Part II, as well as every Night at the Museum and Eddie Murphy Dr Dolittle. — Source: IMDB

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Who Framed Roger Rabbit

EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS ROGER Who fromed RABBIT Down the rabbit hole A for TIME GOOD CALL WONDERLAND VET WELS is ALLYSON BEST THE BE. To There's a bathroom scene where Eddie walks past an inscription on the wall reading: For a good time call Allyson 'Wonderland. The best is yet to be. CRACKED.COM — L.A. Times

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Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart R M Fhirrmr MOTHER'S DAYI CRACKEDCO In early 2019, Martha ed Canadian weed company Canopy Growth as an adviser, whatever that means. The company went through 2 CEOS in the next year, SO... maybe that? She does have several branded bundles on the site, including the Martha Stewart — Source: Canopy Growth

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Eddie Murphy

The first pick for Winston in Ghostbusters was Eddie Murphy. EDDEMORE They changed the script at the last minute when Ernie Hudson was cast-- original — Source: 7 Characters Clearly Designed For (Different) Famous Actors

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The Shining

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Malcolm McDowell

THE ACTOR: Malcolm McDowell THE ROLE: Alex in A Clockwork OrAnGE WHY HE McDowell said he didn't HATED IT: get what people liked about the film, and re

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The Flaming Lips

THE FLAMING LIPS releasedd a special Christmas tree decoration in 2009 - a silver trembling fetus. Frontman Wayne Coyne Coyne described it, as thou

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