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40 Imported Bits of Pop Culture Trivia That Are Well Worth the High Tariffs

Facts from other countries are paying the tariffs, right? Come on guys, right?!?!

40 Imported Bits of Pop Culture Trivia That Are Well Worth the High Tariffs

April 03, 2025

Finding facts from around the world is costly business. Sure, we could save us all a ton of money by only finding American facts, but we might run out of fresh facts pretty quickly. Venturing out into foreign lands and lesser-charted territories is the only way to keep beefing up our already beefy fact stockpile.

So you guys don’t mind footing the tariff bill on these imported facts, do you? Come on! Just look how great they are!

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Scott Thompson

Scott Thompson was Yahoo's CEO. Не claimed a bachelor's in computer science. His B.S. degree turned out to be BS, as came out during a shareholder struggle over seats on the board. The college he cited didn't even offer a computer science major when he would have gone there. CRACKED.COM

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Lightning

CRACKED GETTING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING It's really unlikely that you'll get hit by lightning in any given year - almost a one-in-a-million chance. Most people who do get struck by lightning make it out alive, with around 90% of them surviving. — Source

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Kanye

THE KANYE WEST FOUNDATION GAVE VERY LITTLE. GRACKED Started in 2007 to reduce high-school dropout rates, the charity shut down after it was discovered that, of the $570,000 raised, $0 went to charity. All of the money was used for administrative costs. — Source

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Sir Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton was a waiter. Until he got an undergraduate scholarship, he waited tables at Cambridge. CRACKED.COM — Source

36

Retirement

A German civil servant told his colleagues he did no work for 14 years as he retired in 2012. 1 The 65-year-old found out he was going to be out of a job due to cutbacks, so he sent an email to 500 of his fellow employees an- nouncing he hadn't done a thing since 1998. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Sears

Sears tried to scam the inventor of a quick-release ratchet. SEARS Peter Roberts sold his in- vention to Sears for $10,000 who said that it was not worth very much. Sears then went on to make $44 million selling it, so he sued them for fraud and was awarded $1 million. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source

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Wonder Woman

GRACKED.COM Wonder Woman had two secret identities in an unproduced series. In a pilot made in 2011, Wonder Woman was Diana Themyscira, CEO of a company that managed her own superhero image. And she was also Diana Prince, an employee at her own company. Apparently, just being two people didn't keep her busy enough. — Source

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Kodak

CRACKED.COM Kodak learned about secret nuclear tests by accident. In July 1945, Kodak started noticing that a sensitive film they made was fogged (covered with dark spots). As this was caused by radioactive contamination, they eventually figured out that the likely cause was that holy s#!t someone was setting off nuclear bombs. — Source

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Electricity

In Canada electricity is commonly known as Hydro. GRACKED COM — Source

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Rasputin of The Bronx

CRACKED 20 ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS Michael Malloy, a man from Donegal, Ireland, was known to some as The Rasputin of The Bronx. Не amazingly survived 20 attempts on his life in New York City, by five different people, who were all trying to get money from a life insurance policy. — Irish Central

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Pumping Gas

Gross and weird things before modern technology PUMPING GAS Since 1905, Americans have been able to pump their own gas. Before that, they had to buy it in cans and fill up themselves. ALL- PURPOSE GASOLINE and CAN CRACKED — Skitterphoto/Pixabay,
bpcraddock/Pixabay
Smithsonian Magazine

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The Crystal Skulls

BS Ancient Artifacts The Crystal Skulls Claimed to have been found in 1924, the Crystal Skulls were actually bought at an auction in 1943. And once put under a scanning electron microscope by an actual anthropologist, they turned out not to be 3,600-years- old, but just made during the 1930s with 1930s tech. Or maybe it's a cruel prank by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg just to laugh at us. CRACKED.COM — Rafał Chałgasiewicz/Wiki Commons
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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

CRACKED.COM SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD THE CREATOR MAKES A CAMEO. Scott Pilgrim comic creator Bryan Lee O'Malley can be briefly seen next to his collaborator and former partner Hope Larson in the bar scene, right after Sex Bob-Omb's performance at Lee's Palace. — Gage Skidmore/Wiki Commons,
Universal Pictures
Screen Rant
Reddit
Scott Pilgrim Wiki

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Tim Burton’s Batman

Tim Burton had no idea what was happening at the end of Batman. Jon Peters, one of the producers of Batman, came up with the idea of setting the climax on the roof of a cathedral. Peters changed the scene to include Basinger, who happened to be his girlfriend at the time, and despite the fact that the movie was over budget, approved the creation of a 38 foot model cathedral that cost $100,000 without telling Burton. UNION — Source: 14 Batman Behind-The-Scenes Facts (From The Movies and Shows)

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The Godfather

WE'RE A FAMILY! INT. h LIVING ROOM EVENTN - photograph of a pretty as MAN hand. which For It happened A happen 0912 adidas embraces. and Godfather' was disrupted by actual In 1971, production of'The A MALE I sat on a S mg goa pan wor ms.c Piece by mob boss Joe Colombo, who removed the word Mafia from the But the the MAN, CRACKED COM = S script, or replaced it with family or family business. — Source: 15 Embarrassingly Kooky Details From The World Of Organized Crime

25

Facebook Ads

White Wellbeing O PENTAK - I - Done paz Facebook ads capture their - - Adverting de Facebook nume maly Your people are here CRACKED.COM Facebook had a real problem with conservative extremist ads in 2020. After an ad for something claiming that White people make up just 8% of the world's popula- tion, so if you flood all white-ma- jority countries with non-whites, you eliminate white children for ever was noticed on the network, they scrambled to take it down. — Buzzfeed

24

Arby’s

A child porn investigation revealed an Arby's worker peeing in milkshakes. ml GRACKED.COM A night manager told po- lice he urinated in the milk- shake mix for sexual grati- fication at least twice. In- vestigators are seeking anyone who bought a milk- shake at that location. — The News Tribune

23

Dave Navarro

DAVE NAVARRO 1998 CRACKED.COM After shooting UP some heroin at a Playboy Mansion orgy, the Jane's Addiction musician tried to use the syringe to write his name on the wall in blood. This earned him a lifetime ban from the house. — Source: 15 Epic Feats of Partying by Famous People

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22

Crime Rates

One of two Massachusetts maximum security prisons is closing. This is a milestone reflecting falling crime rates and sentencing reform, with the state's inmate population at a 35-year low. CRACKED.COM — Boston Globe

21

Puzzles

Tobey Maguire's hobby is competitive puzzling, which is just what you'd think. Apparently, it involves a group of people splitting up into small teams and trying to solve the same puzzle, racing against the clock to finish it. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrity Hobbies That Don’t Get A Lot Of Coverage

20

American ‘Emperor’

America had a (self-proclaimed) emperor. In 1859, San Francisco resident Joshua Abraham Norton decided the government was a sham and crowned himself Norton I, Emperor of the United States. No one ever obeyed his mandates, but he managed to get his profession listed as Emperor in the city directory (and became a tourist attraction). CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Random Facts To Share With The World At Large

19

The Mandalorian

Mando's ship in The Mandalorian is a practical effect, not CGI. They built a miniature and filmed it, just like in the old days. They were just going to make a model for lighting reference, but the idea soon grew. CRACKED.COM — Source

18

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving CRACKED.co .COM Thanksgiving ! celebrate as we it today was established in 1941, coincidentally only one year after America's favorite turkey supplier first trademarked the name Butterball. It's true that a meal took place in 1621, but like most meals, it was pretty much a one-off thing. There were a few local celebrations held on varying dates, but people were generally too poor or busy running revolutions to bother with another holiday. — Source: 20 Facts That Change How You Picture Historical Events

17

Black Mirror

Bryce Dallas Howard gained 30 pounds for one episode in a TV show. It's the Black Mirror episode Nosedive, and she says she did it to show her character's insecurity is because she's not comfortable in her own skin. CRACKED.COM — Source: CinemaBlend

16

Citizen’s Arrest

WEIRD WORLD A guy threatened to make a citizen's arrest of a principal with zip - ties. It was because of the school's decision to quarantine a student he knew, and somehow he live-streamed everything on his business' Instagram. CRACKED.COM — Source: KVOA

15

Fruit Flies

In fruit flies, slow sperm actually does pretty well and outcompetes fast sperm. Sperm cells attempt to eject their rivals after each mating, and long and slow sperm cells are better at staying around and ejecting their rivals. CRACKED.COM — Source: Syracuse University

14

Britney Spears

The British navy used Britney Spears' songs to scare off Somali pirates The navy chose Spears' hit songs Oops! ...I Did It Again and ...Baby One More Time to ward off the pirates because of the pirates' dislike of western culture. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: The Guardian

13

Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock got a guy to pick up a red-hot piece of metal from the ground. On a movie set, he heated up a coin on an open flame, then told a dude (who didn't see what Hitchcock was doing) to pick it up. He did, and got burned badly. CRACKED.COM — Source: Google Books

12

Howard Stern

No more ripping celebrities like ROSIE 0 DONNELL HOWARD STERIC CRACKED.COM Stern regrets nasty encounters with guests like O'Donnell. I was brutal and at some point I realized how much I admired her. She's a fabulous comic, she's brilliant... I said on the air that she's brave, which was hard for me to do because I spent SO many years bashing this woman. — New York Times

11

Ben Franklin

Benjamin Franklin's education ended at age 10. The celebrated Founding Father was only formally educated for two years. He would help found what would become the University of Pennsylvania, despite not having a formal college education himself. — Source: Britannica

10

Meghan Markle

Meghan Markle was a briefcase model on Deal or No Deal 2 $500,000 The former actor was on 34 episodes, slightly overlapping with Chrissy Teigan. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED COM — Source: Bravo!

9

The Hobbit

The Hobbit filmmakers kind of duped Evangeline Lilly. After having been in a long-running love triangle on Lost, she wanted them to promise they would — Source: Yahoo!

8

Bobcat Goldthwait

Bobcat Goldthwait THE TONIGHT SHOW GRACKEDOON With a name like Bobcat Goldthwait, you either become a comedian or a bounty hunter. Goldthwait was bann — Source: Collider

7

The Office

INato. Why did The Office's Michael Scott change from an unlikable jerk into a big silly goofball? Season 1, Episode 2 Season 2, Episode 1 Because of

6

Shill Bidders

Love bidding in online auctions? Careful not to fall prey to shill bidders. BID BID BID BID T Shady online sellers will use another account to bid on

5

Spotify

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The costumes of 1990's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles almost kept it from getting made. THE IMPROVISATION: The producers couldn't get actors to wear the

3

Blood

CRACKED COM BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER. Is interpreted quite differently in an early Arab version of the proverb. BROTHERS IN THE COVENANT OF BLOO

2

Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando was super into playing the drums. He actually patented several drum-related inventions. Brando was an avid drummer, and holds four diffe

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