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White Christmas was written by a Jewish composer. CRACKED.COM After finally finishing White Christmas, Irving Berlin sup- posedly said, Not only is it the best song I ever wrote, it's the best song anybody ever wrote! Bing Crosby's 1947 record is the best selling single of all time. — Source

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A card-counter developed an algorithm for horse race betting. 8 7 CRACKED.COM Bill Benter developed an algorithm for betting on Hong Kong horse races that earned him nearly a billion dollars. In 2001, he won $13 million from one bet. — Source

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There is a cremated mummy from 3,800 years ago buried in Vermont. CRACKED.COM The mummy of Amum-Her-Khepesh-Ef was in a museum attic for 60 years, but a curator was worried student pranksters would dig it up if buried whole, so the mummy was burnt in a furnace in 1950. — Source

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One of Jupiter's moons is larger than a planet in our solar system. GRACKED.COM Jupiter's moon, Gany- mede, is larger than Mercury and would be classed as a planet if it were orbiting the Sun rather than Jupiter. — Source

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Vincent Van Gogh's entire career was only 9 years. CRACKED.COM Vincent Van Gogh didn't start to paint until the age of 28 and only started drawing at the age of 26. In the 9 years, until his death at 37, he painted over 800 paintings. — Source

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Samuel Colt gave a custom gold inlaid revolver to the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. GRAGKED.COM The inventor informed him that the Russians were buying his pistols. The Turkish ordered 5,000 pis- tols. Colt neglected to tell the Sultan that he had used the same tactic with the Russians. — Source

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The Cast Away screenwriter stranded himself on an island for research. III IIII CRACKED COM William Broyles Jr. took the writing pro- cess seriously, and when a volleyball washed up on shore, it became the inspiration for Wilson. — Source

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WIX WONDER WOMAN General Erich Ludendorff actually existed. While the thing involving the Greek god of war wasn't real (probably), Ludendorff was actually a general in the German army during World War I. Unlike the movie version, the real Ludendorff resigned and fled to Sweden. CRACKED.COM — Source

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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. — Source

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CRACKED.COM GODZILLA Godzilla was allegedly named after some big dude. According to director Ishiro Honda, Gojira (westernized as Godzilla) was a nickname for a large man that worked at Toho's publicity department. Gojira came about when two people argued whether he was as big as a gorilla or as a whale (kujira). — Source

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NOMADLAND The majority of the cast were real people. The characters in the movie are actual nomads playing fictionalized versions of themselves. If you look at the credits, you'll see that most of their characters were named after themselves. CRACKED.COM — Source

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OSMOSIS The movie inspired the National Buffalo Wing Festival. The festival didn't exist in real life when Bill Murray's character wanted to attend in the movie. Buffalo native Drew Cerza made it a reality in 2002. CRACKED.COM — Source

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HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA The movie went through six directors. It was first helmed by Anthony Stacchi and David Feiss before Jill Culton, who was followed by Chris Jenkins and then Todd Wilderman. Genndy Tartakovsky ended the movie/hot potato, and saw the project to completion. CRACKED.COM — Source

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MORTAL KOMBAT (1995) It took eleven people to bring Goro to life. The four-armed champion required six puppeteers and four technicians (plus the stuntman stuffed into the suit). CRACKED.COM — Source

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MULAN Mulan had two voices. Ming-Na Wen voiced the character during the speaking scenes, and Tony Award-winning Lea Salonga provided the singing voice. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM THE PRINCESS BRIDE André the Giant was too big for his horse. A pulley system was devised to lower the huge guy onto the horse without putting too much weight on the poor beast's spine. — Source

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THE GOOD DINOSAUR Arlo's movements were based on elephants. Since you can't exactly look at the way a living dinosaur walks, the animators mimicked the movements of elephants for the main dino character. CRACKED.COM — Source

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by SNOPPON DOGMA Jason Mewes took the role seriously due to Alan Rickman. Mewes didn't want to anger an actor of Rickman's caliber by being his usual slackish self, so he went out of his way to learn his lines. CRACKED.COM — Source

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DUNE Hans Zimmer turned down Tenet for this. Zimmer is a long-time collaborator of Christopher Nolan, but he is also a huge Dune fan. So he chose to work on Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Frank Herbert's novel rather than Nolan's movie. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BULWORTH Warren Beatty needed Cornel West's opinion before releasing the movie. Beatty was concerned about how the movie would be received by black audiences, and wanted its intended message heard, so he arranged a private screening for the professor and civil rights activist. West gave the film a thumbs up. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM CRAZY RICH ASIANS The Mahjong scene is a nod to The Joy Luck Club. The encounter doesn't happen in the book, but the director wanted to pay homage to another Hollywood film that featured an all-Asian cast. — Source

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DIE HARD Bruce Willis did the movie due to a pregnancy. At first, Willis couldn't take the part of John McClane due to his commitment to Moonlighting. That changed when his Moonlighting co-star Cybill Shepherd announced she was pregnant, and the series paused production. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM 13 GOING ON 30 It's one of Ariana Grande's favorite movies. Grande loves the movie so much that she references it in her video for thank u, next. She said on Instagram that she used to watch the movie every night before bedtime. — Source

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