26 Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Monday, December 15, 2025

Fun facts to read at breakfast like the back of a cereal box.
26 Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Monday, December 15, 2025
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As a kid, the best part of breakfast was getting to read the back of your cereal box. Well, actually, it was probably the immediate hit of dopamine from the spoonful of sugar in the shape of tiny fruit, miniature cookies, and rainbow marshmallows just minutes after waking up… but let’s pretend for a moment that it was the cereal boxes. 

Those things were downright entertaining. They had everything from colorful crossword puzzles, to breakfast-themed word searches, to brand trivia. If you want that same kind of vibe, you’re in the right place. And our trivia covers much more than the first meal of the day.

Jason Isaacs

Jason Isaacs basically came up with Lucius Malfoy's whole appearance Harry Potter According to Isaacs, Lucius was originally supposed to wear a pinstr

SpongeBob SquarePants Has A Better Ring...

COMEDY NERD SpongeBob Squarepants wasn't always SpongeBob - he was SpongeBoy. But they had to change the name for the dumbest reason ever: a mop company had already copyrighted it. CRACKED.COM

Disney Movie References

DISNEY MOVIES USED LIVE ACTION REFERENCE SCENES. For Cinderella (1950) and Sleeping Beauty (1959), Audley provided her voice and her physicality for t

Anti-Paparazzi Clothing

CRACKED cO Celebrities have now started wearing Anti-Paparazzi clothing. Parts of the cloth are made of reflective materials which light up under a fl

Iggy Pop

lggy Pop is a proto-punk rocker known for his antics. Not as well-known: His appearance on Star Trek. In 1998, Iggy played the Vorta Overseer on Star

Twin Peaks

Angelo Badalamenti composed Laura Palmer's Theme from Twin Peaks on the spot. WEOME TWIN PEAKS Population 31201 One day, Badalamenti was sitting at

Ratatouille

Disney - PIXAR RATATOUILLE (rat.a.too.ee) In Ratatouille the chefs have scars and burn marks on their arms, just like many real chefs.

Corned Beef in Space

Someone smuggled a corned beef sandwich into space. The astronaut got in trouble, but the sandwich is now in a museum. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Eminen's Parents

AT A GLANCE EMINEM Eminem's parents were in a band called Daddy Warbucks. WORLD Debbie Nelson was in a band with Marshall Bruce Mathers, Jr. for a brief time before their split. Nelson was more into Talking Heads and Stevie Nicks than Hip Hop. CRACKED.COM

Source: NME

The Ramones

Johnny Ramone might have invented punk rock as we know it, but he wasn't into the rock 'n' roll lifestyle in the least. After concerts, when the rest

Will Smith

Will Smith starred in The PrND ooooe of fBel-Air because he owed the IRS $2.8 million. Smith became a Hip Hop star at a young age, which led to some r

Burger King’s Red Burgers

In 2015, Burger King Japan introduced special, limited edition red burgers. Aka Samurai Chicken and Aka Samurai Beef were served on a red bun (colored with tomato powder) with a slice of red cheese and a special ANGRY Sauce made from miso paste and chili. GRAGKED.COM

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