26 Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Monday, November 17, 2025

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26 Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Monday, November 17, 2025
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Maroon 5 - From “She Will Be Loved”

GRACKED IT'S NOT ALWAYS RAINBOWS AND BUTTERFLIES. IT'S COMPROMISE THAT MOVES US ALONG. MAROON 5 His recent actions sully this one, but Adam Levine tells us that relationships start out cutesy, but take compromise to go the distance. Compromise... Like her accepting your infidelity.

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Insensitive Celebs

In 2017, Gigi Hadid was pulled from a Victoria's Secret fashion show in China due to a video of her making slant-eyes while holding a Buddha cookie. T GRACKED.COM

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Steven Universe

April Fools's jokes that became real steven Universe Uncle Grandpa crossover On April Fools' Day, Steven meets up with Uncle Grandpa in a non-canon episode... which later turns out to be canon, as it has a reference to Steven being a diamond (not known then) and being the first time he ever uses his powers on purpose. CRACKED.COM

Slash

CRACKED.COM Slash loves playing pinball. GUNS N BOSTE 712 HD KING .... BALL Не keeps three pinball machines in his house, and often switches them out with one of the five others he has in storage.

Brokeback Mountain

Inconspicuous CGI Brokeback Mountain Yup, the first thing in our minds when we think of this movie is heavy CGI (and only that, because we don't feel like crying, OK?). Seriously, trees, clouds, mountains, flocks of sheep, entire sceneries were digitally constructed and composited. CRACKED.COM

Super Troopers

HIG The Bullet-Proof Cup Scene from Super Troopers was filmed outside of a real prison. During filming, the actual prisoners gathered in the yard and started to verbally harass the nearly naked Steve Lemme. GRACKED.COM

Millionaire Hot Seat

Khaled El-Katateny MILLIONAIRE HOT SEAT CRACKED.COM This self-described Alpha Male bragged in interviews after his win that he'd gleaned the answers by watching the body language of the host: I didn't play the game, I played the man. Producers decided it was both not against the rules, and probably a sad little lie.

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The Number of Haunted Houses in Operation

There are more haunted houses in the U.S. than Targets. ©TARGET CRACKED.COM The Haunted House Association estimates that there are more than 2,700 haunted houses in operation in the United States, compared to 1,956 Targets.

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A collegiate band has two platinum records.

The University of Southern California's Spirit of Troy is the only collegiate band to have two platinum records. They have performed at the Oscars, the Grammys, on Fleet- wood Mac's Tusk, for five U.S. Presidents, and at the fall of the Berlin Wall. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

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Taylor Swift

WEIRD WORLD Scientists named a new species of millipede after Taylor Swift. Discovered in the US state of Tennessee, the Nannaria swiftae - or Swift Twisted-Claw Millipede - was ascribed the name by Hennen because he is a big fan of Swift. CRACKED.COM

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Doctor Who

The Fourth Doctor's huge scarf was the result of a misunder- standing. Doctor Who head costume designer Jim Acheson wanted the Fourth Doctor to have a

Homer

Homer Simpson works at the nuclear power plant. And he nearly was also Krusty the Clown. Simpsons creator Matt Groening originally planned for it to b

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