40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We’ve Been Slowly Pilfering From Our Parents and Refilling the Bottle With Water

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We’ve Been Slowly Pilfering From Our Parents and Refilling the Bottle With Water

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia to Collect Like So Many Pocket Monsters

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia to Collect Like So Many Pocket Monsters

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44 Random Bits of Trivia That Clearly Have No Business at Your Brain’s Dinner Party

These knowledgable little nuggets are rude as all heck

44 Random Bits of Trivia That Clearly Have No Business at Your Brain’s Dinner Party

April 07, 2025

It’s not your brain’s fault. It just wanted to entertain some distinguished guests, so it invited these facts over to help strike up some very interesting conversations. Little did it know that these facts, while very interesting, wouldn’t let anyone else get a word in.

Sorry brain, but we sort of understand where they’re coming from. When the facts are this good, who cares what anyone else has to say?

44

Garbage

Most of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is made up of commercial fishing debris. CRACKED.COM Fishing nets account for 46 percent of the trash in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, with the majority of the rest composed of ropes, oyster spacers, eel traps, crates, and baskets. — Source

43

Histeria!

The animated show Histeria! always included a quick gag. MAIN TITLES LYRICS MAIN TITLE DIRECTION TOM RUEGGER BOB DOUCETTE HISTERIA WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS ITS BELIEF THAT WAR IS BAD. Others included Lady Godiva's Wardrobe Provided by No One and Histeria! Is Drawn Before a Live Audience. CRACKED.COM — Source

42

Gary Busey

Gary Busey once complained on a movie set because Heaven didn't look real. egr Fou Children Не died and came back, apparently, and said he'd seen Heaven - and the movie's portrayal of it was totally inaccurate, he said. CRACKED.COM — Source

41

Danny DeVito

Danny DeVito wrote a pandemic-related comic (starring the Penguin). DeVito didn't just play the character - in 2021, he wrote a comic for DC where the Penguin (along with Catwoman, who is his lover here) commits the villainous act of, uh, stealing vaccines and inoculating the entire world against the pandemic. CRACKED.COM — Source

40

John Dillinger

PRISON ESCAPES DILLINGER ESCAPED VIA THE POWER OF ART. In 1934, John yes, that John Dillinger Dillinger was held in the supposedly escape-proof county jail of Crown Point, Indiana. But the jail wasn't equipped against, erm, somewhat talented wood carvers, because Dillinger whittled himself a fake gun that allowed him to threaten the guards enough to get real guns - and make a run for it. Truly a master craftsman. CRACKED.COM — FBI/Wiki Commons
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39

Confucius

Confucius' family tree is the longest recorded extant pedigree in the world. GRAGKED.COM There are 2 million regis- tered modern descen- dants, with major branches in Korea (where his family was invited in 1351) and Taiwan (where family members fled during the Chinese civil war). — How Stuff Works

38

Bedbugs

Bedbugs love our dirty laundry If they can't get to us, bedbugs prefer soiled, human-smelling clothes over clean clothes. So stop airing your dirty laundry while traveling, and seal your В.О. clothes up tight. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Source: Scientific Reports

37

Superbad

The house party from SUPERBAD CRACKED.COM was filmed half a block from the OJ Simpson murder house. H A today is - - and DA AIX - I - - - WRITER — Source: Your New 25 Favorite Weird Facts, Part 1

36

Anna Paquin

Big Actors Who Had Never Acted Before ANNA PAQUIN in The Piano Paquin got praise (and an Oscar) for her first movie role ever, at age 11. I had no idea what I was doing, she said years later - but her ensuing career proved that it wasn't a fluke. — Sources: Stuff, The Guardian

35

Lisa Kudrow

Jennifer Aniston's nickname for Friends co-star Lisa Kudrow is Floosh. Happy birthday my sweetest Floosh. I love you, Aniston captioned an Instagram post. CRACKED.COM — Source

34

Resale

Someone in New York State bought a Chinese bowl for $3 and sold it x for $2.2 million. They bought it at a tag sale and, a few years later, started getting curious about where it came from. So they had it assessed, and realized it was about 1,000 years old. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: Now You Know: 13 Facts That’ll Exert The Old Cerebellum

33

Boycotts

In 1963, the Bristol Bus Boycott was held to protest racist hiring practices. NO COLOUR BAR EVERY MAN BOYCOTT TRE FRIGHT BUSES COLOUR DOA At the time, the bus company in Bristol refused to hire Black drivers - but after an extended boycott, on 28 August 1963, they changed their policy. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Cool Facts To Make You Sound Smart And Informed

32

The Big Bang Theory

THE BIG BANG THEORY Carrie Fisher CRACKED.COM This appearance was, bizarrely, the first time she ever met Star Wars co-star James Earl Jones. — 22 Surprising Celebrity Appearances Everybody Forgets About

31

Ally McBeal

In Season 4 of ALLY McBEAL Ally was going to marry her boyfriend Larry, played by Robert Downey Jr. But just before the wedding episode was shot, RDJ went and got busted for drugs. Не was swiftly shown the door, and Ally remained unmarried. — Source: CBR

30

Fandom

Being a hardcore fan can be bad for your esteem. There's nothing wrong about being a fan of something, and it can be for you in moderation. If fandom becomes too large a part of your identity, your sense of self-worth will take a hit when your heroes release — More: How Being A Stan Can Wreck Your Self-Esteem

29

Sharks

BABY SAND TIGER SHARKS EAT THEIR SIBLINGS IN THE WOMB. What starts as a two dozen embryos results in two dominant baby sharks. After that, the babies — Source: Smithsonian

28

Brains

Human babies are helpless. Especially compared to other animals. 2 3ces (3/Bt) 3V3t + 1Sin 3 And it's all because of our giant brains. Because of our

27

Yahoo!

CRACKED Tumblr - Home t of Fandom Memes tumblr. Search OPEN 4.4 17+ No75 ***** - - What's New version History 101 adidas thanks to choising Tumblr a place to connect with others over shared interests Preview YAHOO! In 2013, Yahoo acquired Tumblr for $1.1 billion, but the platform struggled to become profitable and was eventually sold to Automattic for $3 million in 2019.

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26

Sony

The earliest Sony Walkman models had two separate headphone jacks labeled guys and dolls. SONY AUTO REVERSE 20PRESETS AVLS ISUAR MANGTE TUNING 2 3 5 4 CRACKED.COM In addition to two head- phone jacks, it featured a button where the two people listening could talk to each other, or sing along with each other, on a microphone. — Source

25

Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran wrote Afire Love for his grandfather, who never really knew the singer due to Alzheimer's disease. Не began writing the song two weeks before his grandfather passed away. CRACKED.COM — Source

24

Lord of War

The filmmakers of Lord of War used a real stockpile of over 3,000 AK-47s because it was cheaper. CRACKED COM New Zealand director Andrew Niccol said, I bought 3000 Kalashnikovs and then sold them back at a loss. I wouldn't make a very good arms dealer. — Source

23

Sarah Thomas

Sarah Thomas is the NFL's only female official. CRACKED.COM Thomas earned a basket- ball scholarship to the University of Mobile, ranking fifth in the school's history, and graduated with a degree in communications. — Source

22

Whale Sharks

Nukes helped US learn that whale sharks can live over 100 years. The vertebrae of whale sharks have a ring build- up, kind of like trees-but it wasn't known how long those rings take to grow. Cold War nuclear tests helped solve the puzzle-by locating a spike of radioactive isotopes in the vertebrae, we can more easily calculate the growth rate. So ... hooray for nukes? CRACKED.COM — Source

21

Incan People

Incan people tied knots in rope to keep records. GRAGKED.COM Called quipu, the types of knots and their loca- tion relative to the top of the cord would modi- fy the meaning of the apparatus. — Source

20

IKEA

IKEA has its naming system because its founder was dyslexic. IKEA Ingvar Kamprad was not only dyslexic, but had a hard time remembering strings of numbers that item codes usually consisted of, so he came up with a naming system. For example, bookcases are named after professions, outdoor furniture after Scandinavian islands, rugs after Danish and Swedish towns and cities, and so on. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

19

The Score

Marlon Brando walked around pantsless. THE SCORE CRACKED.COM Brando had it out for director Frank Oz. Не would only take direction from him via a third party, called him Miss Piggy, and showed up to set Donald Duck-style, so Oz couldn't film his whole body. — Source

18

Maritime Disasters

The biggest maritime disaster in the US happened on the Mississippi River. In the 19th century, the steamboat Sultana sank, killing over 1400 people. Today, its remains lie below a soybean field - 37 feet under it, in fact. CRACKED.COM — Source

17

Glenn Close

Glenn Close's father helped contain the Ebola outbreak in Zaire. During the '70s, Dr. William T. Close was the personal physician of former DRC President of Mobutu Sese Seko. In 1976, the Ebola virus broke out in the village of Yambuku, and Dr. Close used his connections to round up helping hands and medical equipment, ensuring the containment of the deadly virus. CRACKED.COM — Source

16

Scotchgard

CRACKED ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERIES WATER- REPELLENT CHEMICALS Back in the 1950s, Patsy Sherman and Samuel Smith had a bit of a surprise when a synthetic latex mixture they were working with in the lab spilled and splattered onto a canvas tennis shoe. It created a water repellent effect, which they called Scotchgard. — Chrystian Barros da Silva/Shutterstock
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15

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

CRACKED THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR JANET HUBERT Janet Hubert got let go from The Fresh Prince because of bad blood, apparently. They did some heinous, horrible things to me... Will and Alfonso, especially Alfonso. Не said that I was crazy and nobody wanted to go to lunch with me, she said. — Huffpost / Cheat Sheet

14

The Middle Ages

OLD-TIMEY DEADLY HAZARDS GETTING OUT OF THE HOUSE The Middle Ages were dangerous; highway robbery was common, and people were unprotected on the roads. Strangers were seen as a threat, so leaving home was risky. CRACKED — Public Domain
Cambridge Core

13

Bob Dylan

Music memorabilia that sold for top dollar BoD Sylans (in dressed Juling Once upm A time You area the beme a Time is your prile. Didn't you? People calles you're you thought - You used to (20g) about Everybody that with hangin' out Now you don't talk So love Now you don't seem to proud Abouthrungtibe here most How dirsit feel i Like How dees it feel The of yer own Rolling complete uhknown Stop Relling Start You want to the best schools Allright Mits loboly Sknown you of to But quitures f got juiced is it Not you're 90442 have — Alberto Cabello/Wiki Commons, Moments in Time
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12

Christian Bale

CRACKED Christian Bale hated working on Thor: Love and Thunder because it required a lot of green screen work. Не found the experience to be very monotonous and was not able to differentiate between different stages. — MovieWeb

11

Astronomers

An astronomer hand drew sunspots every day for 40 years. The detailed drawings, by Japanese astronomer Hisako Koyama, aid researchers in studying solar cycles and the sun's magnetic fields. CRACKED.COM — Source: PBS

10

Airplane!

The writers of Airplane! spent $60,000 on a practical joke. They bought a racehorse, named it All Pink, and told the jockey to ride close to the inside rail rather than trying to win, all so they could hear the announcer say ...and it's All Pink on the inside! They tried it with three horses over four years, and pulled it off in 1993. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Bizarre Pranks Pulled By Famous People

9

The British Navy

In 2016, the British Navy admitted that its destroyers were breaking down in the Middle East because it was too warm. The destroyers, which cost over $1.3 billion each, had gas turbines that wouldn't work in water that's as warm as the Persian Gulf's. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Now-You-Know Facts (About Movies And Other Stuff)

8

Into the Spider-Verse

Nic Cage took inspiration from Humphrey Bogart in Into the Spider-Verse. ВК DE Не said, My character's Spider-Man Noir. He's really Peter Parker from the '30s. I tried to channel those noir films with Bogart, and have those kinds of sounds that he might make with Cagney, or Edward G. Robinson, that kind of way of talking.OM — Source

7

Wizard of Oz

There are four known pairs of Dorothy's red slippers, worth up to $3 million Leonardo DiCaprio helped the Academy Museum purchase the most expensive pair of Wizard of Oz artifact. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Hollywood Reporter

6

Joker

When Arthur climbs into his fridge in Joker, that was all Joaquin Phoenix. They just set up cameras and lighting around the set so he could do anything he wanted and it would look good, and he climbed inside the fridge. CRACKED.COM — Source: IndieWire

5

Elvis

Elvis' first appearance CRACKED.COM Louisiana Hayride was a wildly influential country music show out of Shreveport, Louisiana. Elvis made his television debut on the show in 1955, but only the audio survives.

4

Mikhail Youzhny

A tennis pro slices his own forehead open Russian tennis player Mikhail Youzhny was frustrated with his performance in a 2008 match, and decided to give himself a hard reset by bashing his own head repeatedly with his racket. And it worked! He won the match. — Source: YouTube

3

Men in Black

The worms in Men in Black are speaking Huttese... ...or at least a form of Quechua, which fans say Jabba's language is based on. NOW YOU KNOW

2

Predator

44 Random Bits of Trivia That Clearly Have No Business at Your Brain’s Dinner Party

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Pilots

The colorful, bright balls hanging on power lines prevent aircraft crashes. Power lines are very, very hard to see clearly from flying aircraft, so th

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