40 Sturdy Bits of Trivia That Would Be on the Bottom of Any Fact Pyramid

You’ve built yourself a fine brain there, but we’re starting to see some cracks in the foundation. You skimped on those beastly cinder-block facts in the beginning didn’t you? Tsk tsk.
See, like in any project, you have to know where to cut corners. We do it all the time, and the Cracked higher-ups never seem to notice. Unless they do and are quietly building a case to fire us as we speak. Oh man, we guess it’s time to start upping our game around here.
Anywho, here’s a solid fact base so the rest of the facts in your head don’t topple like a house of cards.
Little Tikes

Josta

Independence Day

Sources: People, The Making of Independence Day, by Rachel Aberly, Volker Engel (via Google Books)
Wes Craven

NBC Fans

The Human Genome Project

Adele

George Lucas

Sliced Bread

India

Tony Hawk

The Novice Tree

Leeches

Chris Pine

The Thief Who Made Himself Dinner

Hawkeye

Mean Girls

Assassin Bugs

Wind Turbines

Ken Jennings

Bacteria

Fred Taylor

Money

The Stasi

Ancient Structures

Debt

Coincidences

Clarence Thomas

Honey Bees

Source: onekindplanet
Warren Zevon

Source: 21 Eerily Specific Pop Culture Predictions That Came True
Tamagotchi

Rick James

Ant-Man

The Godfather

Source: Movie Locations
Caffeine

Source: WebMD
Astronauts

Shazam

BiC

Christmas Stockings
