32 Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Here we are in the middle of the week again. It's time for optimism, even if the news doesn't lend itself to that. We're on the downward slope to the weekend, baby.
So here are some facts that run the vast gambit of pop culture history to get you feeling some Saturday on Wednesday. It's the kind of fun and fascinating information that elevates mood and stimulates the ole noggin.
And who knows, maybe you'll carry a few of these into the weekend, where you'll hopefully be having a righteous time in some social situation and can trot out a factoid in conversation that makes you sound like the supergenius you are.
Arrival
Katy Perry
Celebrity Colognes
Levi's
Gunther
Are We Having Fun Yet?
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For Your Eyes Only
What Movies Get Wrong
Step Brothers
Clerks
Al Green
Steven Van Zandt
Hook
Nomadland
The Innkeepers
The On-Set Conditions for Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Duolingo
Blockbuster
E.T. Video Game
Ernest Hemingway
Alfred Hitchcock
Source: Mental Floss
Hans & Franz
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Newman
Source: Showbiz CheatSheet
Monkey Island
Kumail Nanjiani
Source: Beta Male
The Handmaid's Tale
Jim Carrey on The Simpsons
Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
Source: Fast Company