28 Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Thursday, December 11, 2025

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28 Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Thursday, December 11, 2025
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When people think about strategies to stay young, they might first think of wearing sunscreen to prevent sun damage on their skin, of stretching more often to maintain mobility, or of resistance training to slow muscle deterioration. However, the mind also needs some exercise to keep it alert, active, and well, young! 

One of the best ways to do this is by cultivating a sense of curiosity. Approach the world with childlike wonder. Ask “why?” Seek answers! Be willing to learn and try new things. A fun place to start is right here with this curiosity-inducing list of pop culture trivia. From celebrities, to behind-the-scenes, to science and history, there's a little bit of everything for the curious mind.

Avatar: The Last Airbender

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS AANG WAS GOING TO HAVE A FULL HERD OF SKY BISON. the AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER Bryan Konietzko pictured Aang as shepherding 20 bison. But then his partner Mike DiMartino said, Where are we going to put all of these giant creatures in every episode? CRACKED.COM

Belly Buttons

AN ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM LIVES IN YOUR BELLY BUTTON. The average belly button hosts 50 or so species. Each person's belly button bacteria differentiates to such a degree even scientists are confused as to how. CRACKED COM

Michel Lotito

Over two years, Michel Lotito ate an entire Cessna 150 Airplane C-GNBL Mr. Eat Everything ate 9 tons of metal througout his life. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

I tell people about this all of the time. He also ate bikes, shopping carts, and TVs, among many other items.

Mental Floss

Cambium

Lost in the woods with no food, and you're (gasp!) a vegan? No worries, you can always eat tree bark! Peel back the crusty outer bark and eat the nutr

Just like Bambi.

Michael Jackson as Professor X

He was almost Professor X CRACKED.COM X-Men very nearly featured Michael Jackson as Professor X, and Janet Jackson as Storm.

Source: Den of Geek

X-Men: First Class

There are plenty of miniskirts in X-Men: First Class, set in 1962. They were invented two years later.

The X-Files

The stars of The X-Files despised one another. David Duchovny says they were monsters. Duchovny blames the show's insane hours and often bizarre lo

Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka

One celebrity family wins Halloween every year. Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka have been nailing themed costumes with their children Gideon and

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp sees being famous as similar to living like a fugitive. He says every move in his life, even things as simple as checking in and out of a

Fan Mail

Johnny Depp, Rob Lowe, Michael J. Fox and other celebs have used a fan mail answering company. Sylvia Spanky Taylor, president of Spanky Taylor Inc.

Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe attended Comic- Con in a full Spider-Man suit AND spoke in an American accent so nobody would know it was him. CRACKED.COM

This fact has got me re-thinking every American-sounding Spider-Man that I've come across in my lifetime.

Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield

While dating, Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield hid their faces behind notes 3 aathanisin Grad Mernime .HSPeakr Ae' 1J aa SU listing charities that need

Glenn Close

Glenn Close was raised in a cult. Close's parents joined the Moral Re-Armament, a right-wing religious cult, when she was seven and she was in it up u

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