32 Trivia Nuggets We Plucked From Obscurity to Place in Pop-Culture History

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32 Trivia Nuggets We Plucked From Obscurity to Place in Pop-Culture History
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Until now, pop-culture tidbits have just been scattered around the globe all willy-nilly. Tracking them down was really hard until we recently had the bright idea to gather them up and organize them in lists. Much like real historians do with those history textbooks you’d scribble in back in high school. 

Hopefully you’ll appreciate this batch of pop-culture history enough to keep the cap on that pen of yours.

The Shining

THE FINGER WIGGLING WAS DANNY LLOYD'S IDEA. THE SHiNiNG Lloyd came up with Tony's finger- talking during his audition, and Kubrick liked it enough to keep it. CRACKED.COM

American Psycho

AMERICAN PSYCHO (TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE) Patrick Bateman's VHS viewing CRACKED.COM gives a clue to the next chain of events.

Shakespeare

CRACKED.COM SHAKESPEARE MAY HAVE HAD SYPHILIS. The Bard's later work is peppered with endless references to syphilis, and it's a pretty good bet that that's because he had it. Syphilis was commonly treated with mercury back then, and Shakespeare had several signs of mercury poisoning, such as tremors (as evidenced by his wonky signature) and alopecia.

Stevie Nicks

Stevie Nicks is the only woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. Once for being a member of Fleetwood Mac, once for her solo career. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Cars

MOT2I9 95 RUS 95 In Cars, when Not Chuck leaves, Lightning McQueen wonders how he'll find anyone else who can fill him up with gas. Later on, he gets stuck in Radiator Springs because the locals have siphoned his gas tank and just keep giving him daily gas rations. CRACKED.COM

Kristen Wiig

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM KRISTEN WIIG WROTE AN SNL SKETCH ABOUTTONY AND JOAN HAWAII, PI. And Lorne Michaels rejected them - Tony was kind of an Italian womanizer, and Joan Hawaii PI was, well, a Hawaiian Private Eye who, as Wiig said, kayaks everywhere.

Barack Obama

CRACKED SEINFELD WAS BRIEFED ON WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST OBAMA. For Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Seinfeld was only allowed to drive with the president on the White House grounds. To actually get the coffee, they had to be driven in Obama's bulletproof motorcade.

A Christmas Story

In December 2004, Brian Jones received an email from his wife alerting him about an eBay auction for this home in Cleveland. Brian immediately made an offer on the home and owned it 24 hours later. Two years later, with the house restored to its more familiar former exterior, he opened it to the public as A CHRISTMAS ST RY House &museum Oh, and 'Randy' gives tours there CRACKED.COM

Brie Larson

Apparently, Captain Marvel star Brie Larson is also into archery. She posted about it on Instagram, showing off her archery target and saying My hobby appears to be taking up new hobbies. CRACKED.COM

The Virgin Suicides

THE VIRGIN SUICIDES The photo Mr. Lisbon takes before the prom telegraphs the way each of the remaining sisters will commit suicide. From left to right: Lux looks like she's holding a cigarette; Lux will be found dead with a cigarette in her hand. Therese's eyes are closed, as if she is asleep; Therese will overdose on sleeping pills; Mary coughs just after the photo is taken; Mary will stick her head in the gas oven. Bonnie is adjusting something behind her neck; Bonnie will hang herself. CRACKED.COM

The First Full Frontal Nudity in Movies

The first full frontal nudity. 1916 CRACKED.COM Annette Kellermann was an Australian swimmer who broke barriers by wearing a scandalous one-piece bathing suit (instead of pantaloons). She later had a robust, nautical-themed film career, including her nude turn in A Daughter of the Gods.

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The $12.6 Million Mickey Mantle Baseball Card

CRACKED TRADING CARD: $12.6 MILLION A Mickey Mantle trading card from 1952 recently sold for an incredible $12.6 million, setting a new record for the most expensive trading card ever.

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American Horror Story

DR. ARDEN FROM AMERICAN HORROR STORY WAS PLAYED BY TWO DIFFERENT CROMWELLS. James Cromwell first portrayed the character on AHS: Asylum, and when the younger version of the character later appeared on AHS: Freak Show, he was played by his son, John Cromwell. CRACKED.COM

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Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

HEATH LEDGER got help from famous friends IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS Ledger was only halfway through filming when he unexpectedly passed. His unfilmed scenes featured his character on the other side of a mirror, sO his reflection was played by Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell.

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The Star Spangled Banner

13 Little Things You Didn’t Know About Movies And A Bunch Of Other Subjects - The Star Spangled Banner only became the U.S. national anthem in 1931.
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Warwick Davis

HARRY POTTER Warwick Davis While primarily playing Professor Flitwick, Davis also voiced Verne Troyer's portrayal as the banker Griphook, and eventual

28 Days Later

In 28 Days Later, Murphy wanders through a totally empty London. That wasn't a set. It was actually London. The filmmakers got the scene by shooting i

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