36 Trivia Nuggets We Panned Out of A Stream Under the Mother Lode of Pop-Culture History

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36 Trivia Nuggets We Panned Out of A Stream Under the Mother Lode of Pop-Culture History
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When panning facts out of a long stream of pop culture, it’s impossible to catch them all, which is a thorn in our sides, but we’re slowly starting to be okay with it. When we took our fact-finding oath, we promised to strive to bring you every single pop-culture fact on the planet, and we took that very seriously. 

The Cracked higher-ups seem to be okay with one solid handful at a time, so we guess we’ll have to be okay with it too.

Katherine Heigl

KATHERINE HEIGL GREY'S ANATOMY CRACKED.COM She withdrew her name from awards consideration, claiming she wasn't given the material to warrant a nomination. She probably would have won five or six if those Emmy-nominated writers weren't holding her back.

Futurama

THE VERY TITLE OF FUTURAMA IS A NERDY EASTER EGG. Futurama was General Motors' futuristic exhibit in the 1939 New York World's Fair. In that same fair, the public got an early taste of television-a technology largely developed by Philo T. Farnsworth. CRACKED.COM

Adult Jokes in Kids Shows

Adult Jokes in Children's Entertainment Batman Roxy Rocket This Batman villain is just .. wild. A bombshell that rides around on a rocket, basically getting her rock(et)s off the entire episode. CRACKED.COM

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The Fonz

Fonzie wasn't even billed in the opening credits. The Fonz was written as a clichéd bully, and Henry Winkler outright refused to play him that way. The producers let him have his way, so Winkler went on to turn a bit part into an uber-cool dude who quickly overshadowed the HAPPY DAYS show's real protagonists. CRACKED.COM

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Creedence Clearwater Revival has the most #2 hits without ever making #1. CRACKED.COM Between 1969 and 1970, the band scored five #2 singles on the Billboard Top 100 -Proud Mary, Bad Moon Rising, Green River, Travelin' Band, and Lookin' Out My Back Door - but never #1.

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Blade

CRACKED.COM MCU Phase Four and Legacy BLADE Rumor has it Marvel wants original Blade Wesley Snipes back for an undisclosed role

The Lord of the Rings

PETER JACKSON CAMEOS IN ALL OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS MOVIES. CRACKED.COM Jackson appeared as a villager in The Fellowship of the Ring, a Rohirrim Warrior in The Two Towers, and a Corsair killed by Legolas in Return of the King.

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Street Fighter

COMBOS WERE INVENTED BY ACCIDENT. Special moves (like the Shoryuken) were at first very hard to pull off, as you had to do several things at the exact same time. So the developers tried to open up the time window a little bit - and as a side effect, it was suddenly possible to perform a quick series of connected moves.

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Rihanna

Rihanna's Diamonds took 14 minutes to write. (The producer said, That's insane.) It sold 3.5 million copies.

Max Scherzer

CRAOE MAX SCHERZER, BASEBALL'S HIGHEST-PAID PITCHER, WILL EARN $37.5 MILLION IN 2019. This season, he played 27 games, pitched 172.1 innings, and thre

Fred Taylor

CRACKED cO In 1998, NFL player Fred Taylor handed over his $3.6 million signing bonus to his agent William Tank Black. Black then invested the money

Michael Bay’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

TSENANGMUTANT NINJA TURTLES Many people complained about the look of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 2014. It could have been SO much worse. R

Fast-Food Salads

Salad carries more health risbs than meat. Because vegetables are grown in the soil, they are exposed to pathogens that can only be billed. by cooking

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