33 Trivia Nuggets That Earned A Shot in Pop-Culture History

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33 Trivia Nuggets That Earned A Shot in Pop-Culture History
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It’s a big day here in the Cracked offices. We’ve got a special class of pop-culture fact graduates coming to the stage, so you better have your cameras ready.

We know we say that every fact list is special, but we’re usually just being nice. Those other lists pale in comparison. In the pop-culture realm, each one of these could be valedictorian, and we know they’ll all go on to do great things.

Futurama

COMEDY NERD Futurama has a Christmas episode that features a blood-crazed Santa. Due to a tragic programming error, the robot Santa from Xmas Story has turned from a benevolent bringer of gifts to a monster who goes on a killing rampage once a year. CRACKED.COM

Save the Last Dance for Me

save the last dance for me A ATLANTIC THE DRIFTERS Doc Pomus wrote this saccharine pop ballad... ...after watching his bride dance with everyone else at theirwedding. GRACKED COM Doc had polio.

The First Computer Mouse

The first computer mouse Douglas Engelbart's 1970 X-Y Position Indicator patent looks and sounds dopey as hell, but imagine how stunted society would be if we'd all been using trackpads for the last 50 years. CRACKED.COM

Spider-Man

SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Before Olivia Octavius is revealed to be Dr. Octopus, we get visual foreshadowing with her octagon- shaped glasses and office lights. Of course, the name was also a hint. CRACKED.COM

Teddy Bears

assoctution from 45 CASTA 1883 It contains The Teddy bear is Washington to Pier to honor the pres visible for future 8 named after Teddy Roosevelt. e uis Marx Wiley as American Presidents in Ministure ARE & CO The story goes that Teddy Roosevelt was on a bear hunting trip where he was failing to catch any bears. His assistant caught a bear and tied it up for Teddy to shoot- only for Teddy to refuse because he thought it was unsportsmanlike. CRACKED.COM

Friends

CRACKED FRIENDS РНОЕВЕ SAYS GOODBYE TO THE TRIPLETS. They got a lot out of the I'm having my brother's babies joke, but we see the weight of her gesture when she has to give them up. I wish I could take you home and see you everyday. Well, if you're gonna cry...

The International Space Station

CRACKED.COM Firefly is a part of the International Space Station's media library. Astronaut Steven Swanson brought DVDs of the space western to the ISS, and made it a permanent part of the station's entertainment options.

Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan CRACKED.COM She agreed to appear on a Russian talk show after breaking up with real estate mogul Egor Tarabasov -- if she was provided a private jet, a Russian visa, and a meeting with Putin. They... did not have her on.

Leave It to Beaver

Leave It to Beaver 1957 CRACKED.COM Although not quite the first show to feature a toilet (it was edited out for being too scandalous), it was the first show to show a toilet tank and certainly one of the first to even include a bathroom.

Breakdancing in the Olympics

Breakdancing has officially become an Olympic sport. 98 CALIFORNIA The first breakdancing event will be held at the 2024 Olympics in Paris -- it's part of the Olympic committee trying to get a younger crowd to tune in. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog was initially a rabbit. Developer Yuji Naka wanted to give the character a somersault attack, but later figured that it'd make zero sense for a rabbit to do so with its long ears, because it'd hurt itself while doing the attack. CRACKED.COM

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Ex-Nazis and Disney

TWO EX-NAZIS DESIGNED ICONIC DISNEY PARK LANDMARKS WALT DISNEY TAPPED EX- SS ENGINEER WERHNER VON BRAUN TO HELP DESIGN rax DISNEYLAND'S ROCKET To THE MOON. FORMER LUFTWAFFE INTERROGATOR HANNS SCHARFF INSTALLED MOSAIC MURALS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD AND EPCOT. CRACKED.COM

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Multiverse of Madness callbacks Much like Doc Ock, ScarWi brings the entire castle down to stop her own plan once she snaps out of it. Spider-Man 2 CRACKED.COM

Maude Flanders

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM THE SIMPSONS MAUDE FLANDERS IS KILLED OFF Maude dies in a sudden, unceremonial, and off putting t-shirt cannon mishap in the 11th season of the show. Although the show was built on cartoon violence like casual child abuse, the violent, undeserving end to the wife and mother was a confusing take. Unlike the not-actually-Skinner Armin Tamzarian, the show doesn't go back on the decision, and Maude was never seen again (except in flashbacks).

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Quentin Tarantino

Tarantino referenced (or just recycled) Kill Bill dialogue in Django Unchained. In Django, Stephen says That will be the story of you the exact line that Bill uses in Kill Bill to warn The Bride about Pai Mei. CRACKED.COM

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Spider-Man 3

33 Trivia Nuggets That Earned A Shot in Pop-Culture History

Bill O’Reilly

Bill O'Reilly witnessed all sorts of combat. In the Falklands, Northern Ireland, E Salvador ... News sites found he was lying. For example, he said he
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LeBron James

33 Trivia Nuggets That Earned A Shot in Pop-Culture History

Rick and Morty

Rick and Morty really, really rubbed it in for Jerry in Season 3. 55 Not only does the wind whisper loser when he's around, but spineless, insecure

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

The 1983 HE-MAN was syndicated AND THE developed MASTERS cartoon by Mattel OF THE UNIVERSE just to sell dolls (err... action figures). Reagan era dere

The Room

CRACKED.COM Greg Sestero's character Mark in The Room is named after Matt Damon. Oh hi, Mark! You read that correctly. Writer/director Tommy Wiseau mi

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