26 Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Saturday, December 6, 2025

Facts that show up to the brain party way too early
26 Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Saturday, December 6, 2025
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Your brain still decorating and prepping some little appetizers? It's okay, these facts can just kick it in the living room, right? They got all dolled up for this and weren't gonna just sit around their house for an extra hour. 

We know it's a bit of a faux pas, but they just got so excited to come share their random pop culture nuggets with you and your guests. Give them time and they're sure to be a real hit. Oh, and if you'd like, they can rifle some off while you're prepping. Their little knowledge tidbits are way better than this music your brain has on. No offense.

Doctor Who

Iconic by random chance Doctor Who's super-long scarf A lady named Begonia Pope created the fourth Doctor's scarf by using all the wool she was given, not having any idea how long the producers wanted the scarf to be. CRACKED

The Ski-Through McDonald's

Sweden has a ski-through McDonald's Donald's A ski resort has a McDonald's you can ski right up to. How very Swedish of them. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

The Cosby Show

COMEDY NERD Stevie Wonder once showed up as a guest star on The Cosby Show. The story is that Theo and Denise have a car accident involving Stevie Wonder, and he gives them a chance to visit his studio (yeah, it's kinda contrived, but it's a sitcom -that's how they work). CRACKED.COM

Chelsea Peretti’s Adult Swim Pilot

COMEDY NERD A comedy group that included Chelsea Peretti wrote an Adult Swim pilot in 2012. It was called Getting It Together, and it was about four women who somehow end up living in a tree house in Central Park. CRACKED.COM

Underwater

H.P. Lovecraft's original Cthulhu sketch appears in Underwater. - DRILL When Norah goes through Lucien's locker, she discovers drawings he had made concerning the underwater drilling site. Lovecraft's sketch of Cthulhu can be seen among them. CRACKED.COM

The Wizard of Oz

Margaret Hamilton had to eat through a straw for 16 hours a day while playing the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz. Her makeup was so heavy, she couldn't move her mouth. CRACKED.COM

Diamond Engagement Rings

The diamond engagement ring was invented by an ad campaign in the 1930s. Before that few Americans proposed with the precious stone, and the price of dia- mond was falling. Now, 3/4ths of American brides wear a diamond engage- ment ring, which costs an average of $4,000. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

True Blood

CRACKED.COM Worst TV Finales True Blood Bill coerces Sookie into killing him, so she can live a normal life - negating the show's themes of questioning such imposed notions of normality. True Blood began all edgy, and concluded like the happy ending to a Lifetime drama.

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

It's Always Sunny is the longest-running live-action sitcom. ball DENNY MUFFLER CENTE Despite this, it's only received three Emmy award nominations, all for stunt coordination. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED.COM

Unions

Illegal filmmaking Extras died in 1928's Noah's Ark. For the flood, cameraman Hal Mohr quit when director Michael Curtiz rolled his eyes at his safety concerns. Three extras died, another lost a limb, and a dozen suffered serious injuries, but Curtiz somehow escaped any legal repercussions. CRACKED

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Mayim Bialik

Mayim Bialik's Neuroscience Doctorate CRACKED.COM Sure the Big Bang Theory actors portray smart people, but some of them are actually smart. Like, neuroscience- doctorate-obtaining smart.

Source: UCLA 

The Shubert Brothers

ONE RICH FAMILY CREATED ALL OF BROADWAY THEATER CRACKED The Shubert brothers bought most of the theaters on Broadway when they were cheap, SO the modern theater scene grew from their monopoly.

Source: PBS

The Shawshank Redemption

TH E SHAWSHANK R E E P Scenes that take place in the prison are shot in shades of gray and in tight spaces to make viewers feel isolation and despair.

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