25 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History For Monday, December 22nd
You know the average Joe these days has a better quality of life than most of history's kings? Just think about it – we have access to clean drinking water, functioning sewage systems, anaesthesia, and food and spices from all over the world at all times of the year. We might take these things for granted now, but they were rare luxuries reserved only for the nobility for most of human history.
You may not have an army at your command or dozens of servants attening to your each and every need, but you do have something much better: this list of pop culture facts that no historical figure would have been able to dream up.
The Powerpuff Girls
The Futurama Theorem
Karahan Tepe
Did I Do That?
They tried stealing a phrase from LifeAlert commercials instead of coming up with something on their own? That's a choice.
Emma Watson
New Caledonian Crows
John Lennon's Long-Lost Guitar
Source: Rolling Stone
Marilyn Monroe's White Dress
Source: BBC
Mascots
They look straight-up related to each other like relatives.
Emma Stone and Farmville
Forget skinny jeans and pumpkin spice, this is the true mark of a Millennial.
Source: Vulture, The Guardian
The Mummy
Source: Reuters
Coming to America
Source: New York Times
Scarface
The Ramones
I Am Lord Voldemort
Did French kids expect Voldemort to break out into song after this reveal?
Star Trek and Agriculture
Did Star Trek predict this, or did real life scientists gets inspo from their favorite show?
Soul
Nope
Serenity
Shrek
Does this make Shrek a Christmas movie?
Joey from Dawson's Creek
Taylor Swift and the number 13
Source: Buzzfeed
Gremlins
And that's why they're so cute!
Source: Sun-Sentinel
101 Dalmations
Source: Disney