26 Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Thursday, December 4, 2025

Museums haven't always been around; the closest things to them back before the 19th century were cabinets of curiosities. Basically, rich people would hoard all sorts of natural specimens, man-made objects, and exotic items, then occasionally show them off to their other rich friends. Much like modern museums, the objects found in these private collections were also stolen and carried off to far away lands to be ooh'd and ahh'd at. 

If you'd like to do your vey own oohing and ahhing, or would like to make someone else exclaim with wonder, then you've come to the right place. This cabinet of curiosities doesn't house shrunken skulls or brains in jars of formaldehyde; instead, it has invaluable pop culture knowledge for your reading pleasure.