31 Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Friday, November 14, 2025

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31 Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Friday, November 14, 2025
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It's Friday, people. That means it's time to wrap the workday up early and get to the weekend. 

To that end, we're setting you up with a slate of great facts from across the expanse of pop culture history. They're great to trot out at any social function you might be a part of or just to peruse as you whittle away at five o'clock.

Either way, they're stellar. We hope you have a stellar weekend, too. We plan on kicking back, probably having a second drink, and seeing where the weekend takes us. It's a safe bet Culvers figures into it at some point.

Black Hawk Down

CRACKED.COM BLACK HAWK DOWN It was the first war movie after 9/11. Oddly, it was also the last war movie released before the start of the War on Terror.

Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. 1E 0 CRACKEDC After getting booted from Ally McBeal for repeated run-ins with the law, he was really reaching for his Next Big Thing

Joe Russo

JOE RUSSO IS IN SEVERAL OF HIS MCU MOVIES. CRACKED.COM Russo played a doctor in The Winter Soldier, a corpse in Civil War, and one of the survivors attending Captain America's meeting group in Endgame.

Rin Tin Tin

Rin Tin Tin, a German shepherd, almost won the first Oscar for best actor. The Academy be- lieved that this new idea of handing out these Oscars could possibly be damaged by the first Best Actor being a dog. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Swingers

In one scene in Swingers, sirens can be heard from the state troopers arriving to shut down filming. CRACKED.COM Avram Ludwig pretended to have a phone call with the producer who had a permit in front of one trooper, with the producer on the other end of the call not knowing what he was talking about.

The Boston Bruins

The Bruins team up on a Rangers fan CRACKED.COM When a spectator reached over the glass and whapped a Bruins player with a rolled up magazine, the entire team retaliated. They hopped the barrier one by one and beat the tar out of the magazine guy and anyone who came to his aid.

Annabelle Comes Home

BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2019 ANNABELLE COMES HOME The set for the third Annabelle installment was so spooky, a priest had to intervene. A piano bench would move by itself, door knocks would be randomly heard, and performers saw shadowy figures on the set. CRACKED.COM

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Raider Sloth

EASTER EGGS IN '80S MOVIES The Goonies SLOTH WAS AN ACTUAL OAKLAND RAIDER. Sloth wearing an Raiders t-shirt was a cheeky reference to the fact that Sloth's actor, John Matuszak, was a defensive end for the team from 1976 to 1982. CRACKED.COM

Source: 9GAG

Talladega Nights

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS We're going to need ANOTHER KNIFE TALLADEGA NIGHTS CRACKED.COM THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY The knife in the leg is a bit that in no way serves the story, but we thought it was funny, says director Adam McKay. The scene got SO many laughs on set that they decided to blow it up by adding a second knife. Suddenly it's the funniest set piece in the movie.

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Casino

Robert De Niro was actually throwing out real dollar bills in Casino, not props. who In the casino scene, he's tossing actual $50 and $20 bills, which made things complicated - they had to go Everybody freeze! the moment filming stopped. CRACKED.COM

Source: GQ

Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi was going to end on a bittersweet and poignant note. Han would get in killed in battle mid-movie, Leia would become queen (and be pretty unsure about it), and Luke would walk away into the sunset. CRACKED.COM

Source: AVClub

Community & Cougar Town

EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS COUGAR TOWN CAMEOS community In season 2's Critical Film Studies, Abed tells Jeff that he was once an extra on the set of one of his favorite shows, Cougar Town. Sure enough, Abed was featured during the show's second season finale. And, during Community's second season finale, Laurie and Travis had their own cameos when Greendale won the paintball game. CRACKED.COM

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Leprechaun

Jennifer Aniston Before Rachel Green, Aniston was just green when she starred in the cheesy horror flick Leprechaun. CRACKED COM

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