26 Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Sunday, December 14, 2025

A little bit of this and a little bit of that of facts that fit every flavor profile.
26 Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Sunday, December 14, 2025
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The best kind of food experiences are the ones where you get to eat a little bit of everything. This is why I prefer to dine out with people that all like to share and pointedly avoid those who like to order their own entrees for themselves. It's so much more fun to fill up on a variety of foods than on a single item. 

The brain, much like the stomach, gets hungry as well. And sometimes, it craves a little bit of this and a little bit of that – a charcuterie board of facts, trivia, and knowledge. If your brain is feeling a bit peckish, you're in luck.

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26 Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Sunday, December 14, 2025

McDonaldland Characters

The McDonaldland characters aren't original -- they're just ripoffs. C McDonald's lifted everything from H.R. Pufnstuf, one of the most popular kids' TV programs in the '70s. It was so brazen, McDonald's got sued. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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KFC’s Nail Polish

CRACKED KFC'S EDIBLE CHICKEN-FLAVORED NAIL POLISH. FTS FINGER LICKIN ITS FINGER GOOD и LICKIN GOOD DI Two flavors, Original Recipe and a bright orange Hot and Spicy, were introduced in 2016. To accentuate their finger lickin' good slogan, they instructed celebrities, bloggers, and social media stars in Hong Kong to lick their freshly painted nails.

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The Microwave Myth

MYTH: MICROWAVE COOKING DESTROYS THE nuTRIenTS in FOOD. 8 8:8 8 - - Start UNA FACT: ACTUALLY, IT PRESERVES THem. Because microwave cooking often consists of less heat and shorter cooking times than more conventional cooking methods, it actually does the least amount of damage to the nutrients in your foods. CRACKED.COM http //www.health.harvard. edu/staying-healthy/microwave-cooking-and-nutrition

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Letterboxd

LETTERBOXD HAS A CUSTOM STAR RATING FOR PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE. Portrait of a Lady on Fire 2019 - Watch Like Watchlist Rate Instead of normal stars, they have fire icons. CRACKED.COM

Letterboxd has a lot of little Easter eggs for different movies. The freakiest one is that the creatures from Gremlins appear on your phone between midnight and 1 AM if you shake your phone! I have been scared by them multiple times.

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The Cowardly Lion Costume

The Cowardly Lion costume sold for over $3 million The Wizard of Oz costume (which featured real lion skin) was found in a MGM warehouse and fetched a pretty penny in 2014. CRACKED.COM

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Pac-Man

Pac-Man gobbles up stuff because its creator thought women were totally into eating. Arcades at the time were filled with violent sci-fi games that mostly attracted boys, and Toru lwatani wanted to attract more women, so he began designing a game for them. First he thought fashion or romance themes

She was right; as a woman, I can confirm that we are really into eating. 

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The Office

CRACKED CO The placement of the office in Scranton, PA turned the once-struggling former coal city into a tourist attraction. The fandom has brought t

Ed Sheeran

Photograph by Ed Sheeran was written impromptu--and within 10 minutes. He was messing around with the laptop of Johnny McDaid of Snow Patrol when he f

Halloween

ONE OF THE BEST HORROR MOMIES OF ALL TIME WAS MADE IN ABOUT A MONTH. HALLOWEEN It took John Carpenter and Debra Hill ten days to write the screenplay,

Ray Charles

What'd Say was improvised. LIVE. Ray Charles said he and his band had run out of material with another 20 minutes still left to play. He told his gr

Bohemian Rhapsody

In order to get a role in Bohemian Rhapsody, Ben Hardy said he was a drummer. He was not. Hardy knew nothing about the instrument before he signed on

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