30 Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Saturday, November 15, 2025

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30 Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Saturday, November 15, 2025
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After this list, you're gonna be tempted to gab to your friends about these interesting little pop culture nuggets. If you find some restraint and keep this little vending machine hack to yourself, you'll be able to come back every day for more. 

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Grand Theft Auto

GRAND THEFT AUTO CRACKED.COM Grand Theft Auto, originally titled Race'n'Chase, struggled to find its identity during development. The game first gave players the option to play as law enforcing police, but after realizing playing as a criminal was more fun, they decided to lean into the mayhem the series became known for.

How To Marry a Millionaire

Forgotten Rom-Coms 1953 How to Marry a Millionaire Yes, this is a classic, but it still deserves a whole new audience. Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, and Lauren Bacall play three gold diggers focused on marrying three wealthy marks, but this pesky thing called true love interferes. Monroe appeared in even better films in this genre, but this is a wonderful showcase of her impeccable comedic talent. CRACKED.COM

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The Karate Kid

CRACKED.COM THE KARATE KID THE MONTAGE SONG WAS INTENDED FOR ROCKY III. Joe Esposito's You're the Best, used in The Karate Kid's montage, was going to be used in Rocky III before they chose Eye of the Tiger instead. (Also, both songs are stuck in your head now.)

The Lego Movie

Christopher Miller and Phil Lord threw a bunch of celeb voice cameos into The Lego Movie. Actors that Lord and Miller had worked with voiced Wally (David Franco) and Barry (Jake Johnson), Emmet's friends at the construction site, plus Superman (Channing Tatum), Green Lantern (Jonah Hill), and Abraham Lincoln (Will Forte). CRACKED.COM

Kevin Can Wait

CRACKED Kevin Can Wait insensitively killed off Erinn Hayes. Hayes played Kevin's wife Donna for all of Season 1, but was cast aside for Leah Remini. Fans were upset that her death was only mentioned in one line (that was capped with a corny joke), and the show was canceled shortly after. Sevent Form

The Domino’s/Papa John's Rivalry

Domino's managers allegedly burned down a nearby Papa John's In 2011, two Domino's managers were arrested for arson after their competition burned down. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

My Name Is Earl

GRAGKED DID EARL EVER FINISH HIS LIST? MY NAME IS EARL The entire plot involved his list of ways he's wronged others, and his attempts to make things right with everyone, but unfortunately, the show was canceled before he got a chance to finish it.

Arrival

CRACKED.COM p6) 19 your paspose Fress, M TOKORU In ARRIVAL Dr. Banks explains to Col. Weber all ARMY the nuances of language that make communicating with the aliens a slow, painstaking process. The scene is based on a similar explanation screenwriter Eric Heisser gave to the movie's producers, who just went, all that needs to be in the script.

Avalon 2001

VIRTUAL REALITY MOVIES AVALON 2001 THE SET DESIGN CONNECTS THE MOVIE TO 12 MONKEYS. The half steampunk, half cyberpunk VR chairs were inspired by La Jetée, a 1962 French cult film which was the base for Terry Gilliam's movie about a time- traveling Bruce Willis. CRACKED.COM

Death Proof

TEXAS T'TURNPIKEL IOS de lavida RESERVED Como LE FOR ITS TC CLERGY 49 DEATH PROOF Kurt Russell's shirt from Big Trouble in Little China hangs on the bar wall. CRACKED.COM

The Blair Witch Project

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS People thought The Blair Witch Project was real, and that the people in the movie actually died. CRACKED.COM Due to the marketing around The Blair Witch Project, which described the unknown actors as missing, presumed dead, many viewers thought they were really watching the final days of the people on the screen. The mother of actress Heather Donahue actually received sympathy cards from concerned audience members.

Gravity Falls

EASTER EGGSTRA JOKES AND MEANINGS Gravity KALLS SONG LACE THEME MYSTERY HACK 60 GIFTS SHA When played in reverse, the whisper in the opening song reveals the key to the cipher used in the end credits of that episode. Other keys can also be found throughout frames in the show. CRACKED.COM

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George Lopez

George Lopez was arrested in 2014 for public intoxication after falling asleep on a casino floor. But it's cool. The comedian explained he had tied on

Bewitched

Samantha Stevens' signature nose-twitch in Bewitched relied on a subtle visual effect. In any shot where you see Samantha twitching her nose, the footage is slightly sped up. CRACKED.COM

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