34 Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Sunday, November 23, 2025

Cram these into your brain's knapsack on its way to school
34 Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Sunday, November 23, 2025
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Well, the bus is waiting outside, but your brain is still slamming Cheerios while tying its shoes, now isn't it? Unless you want to give it a ride to school this morning, you'll have to help it along by stuffing these into its book bag. You might be wondering why it'll need a random batch of pop culture facts, but what if there's a test on an actor's inspiration for a role, or a failed TV pilot, or some lyrics that got a band in some hot water? 

And even if there isn't, they'll at least help keep your brain entertained while its suffering through math or science class. Better hurry! We hear the bus switching gears from park to drive!

Adele

WEIRD WORLD Adele refused an interview with a TV host who hadn't listened to her new album. The host flew to meet her for the interview, and then had to turn around and fly back, CRACKED.COM

Breaking Bad

BREAKING BAD BECAME BIG ON NETFLIX. For most of its run, Breaking Bad was just another AMC show. It got most of its fanbase when the first four seasons were released on Netflix - and over Season 5, audience numbers climbed from just 2 million to 10 million. CRACKED.COM

The Right Stuff

Harry Shearer and Jeff Goldblum improvised everything in The Right Stuff. They had exactly zero written lines, and writer-director Philip Kaufman told them You and Jeff improvise. Hopefully it'll be a little funny. CRACKED COM

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King Kong

Peter Jackson secretly pays homage to the original King Kong. Jackson directed the 2005 remake of the classic monster movie, and chose to be one of th

AC/DC Lyrics

Cringey lyrics from the '80s AC/DC Let Me Put My Love Into You Don't you struggle. Don't you fight. Don't you worry. 'Cause it's your turn tonight. If the title of the song wasn't cringey enough, they really doubled down with a good ol' take on consent in the '80s. CRACKED

Deep Dish Pizza Origins

In 1943. someone at Pizzeria Uno in Illinois thought of making a pizza using a cake mold. They filled it up with all the toppings and sauce, and that's how the DEEP DISH PIZZA we know (and love?) was born. CRACKED

Vanilla Ice

Vanilla Ice TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES II CRACKED.COM 30 years before he was, extremely sadly, the crown jewel of the president's New Year's Eve celebration, Ice entertained another nearly-maskless mob of cultural relics when he led the infamous Ninja Rap.

Space Jam

Space Jam was created after a successful Super Bowl commercial. CRACKED.COM In 1992, Nike made a com- mercial where an animated Bugs Bunny played basket- ball with a real-live Michael Jordan. Warner Brothers decided to turn it into a whole movie since it was so well received.

(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction

CRACKED.COM Keith Richards literally composed (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction in his sleep. Richards woke up in the middle of the night, recorded about 30 seconds of the song on a tape recorder, and then fell back asleep. In the morning he didn't remember any of it, until he played the recording.

Swimming

Sports Reinvented SWIMMING: VEGAS STYLE In 2019, some of swimming's biggest names competed in the International Swimming League. At Mandalay Bay Events Center, under flashing lights, pulsating music spun by an on-deck DJ, the winning team split $100,000. CRACKED

Tinker Bell

CRACKED.COM Peter Pan Tinker Bell is an actual tinkerer. That's where her name comes from.

‘Rob’ = Hard Pass

Mac from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia wasn't supposed to be named that. They were actually going to name him Rob (just like Rob McElhenney, who plays him). CRACKED.COM

Marvel Passed on DC Characters

CRACKEDCON MARVEL PASSED ON THE CHANCE TO BUY DC'S CHARACTERS. DC Comics wasn't doing well in the early '80s- SO they thought they'd just license thei

War Dogs

While Miles Teller plays David Packouz in the biographical comedy drama War Dogs ... .. the real Packouz makes a cameo appearance in a retirement home

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