25 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History For Wednesday, December 17

A tasty breakfast buffet of flavorful facts from all over the place.
25 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History For Wednesday, December 17
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Hear me out: the breakfast buffet is the best part about traveling to a new country. Before you even set foot outside to go on a guided tour of the historical parts of the city, before you get a chance to gaze upon the local architecture, and before you even have time to look up the area's traditional cuisine, you get to sample something of the culture as soon as you wake up. Just by going down stairs in your PJs, you learn a lot about a place by observing what even counts as breakfast. Soup? Noodles? Salad? A full dessert table? 

You can also learn quite a bit about pop culture by checking out this buffet of facts. There's a little bit of everything – science, history, celebs, movies, and more.

Nick Offerman

AND THE EMMY DOESN'T GO TO: NICK OFFERMAN & SCIENCES ARTS OF TELEVISION ACADEMY The Emmys totally ignored Offerman's legendary comedic performance as

The Flinstones

TTE CRACKEDCO FUNTSTOMES Rosie O'Donnell, an actress known for playing loud characters, was chosen to portray the mild- mannered Betty. Unsurprisingly

Jim Gaffigan

JIM GAFFIGAN WAS A WALK-ON PLAYER FOR A BIG TEN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL TEAM. PURDUE 60 Gaffigan played for the Purdue Boilermakers after walking on the t

Music and Cheese

A study says that hip hop makes cheese taste better. CRACKED.COM Researchers found that the music had an impact on the strength of the smell, taste, and flavor of the cheeses. A group of food professionals declared that the cheese ex- posed to A Tribe Called Quest tasted best.

I need to try the cheese that is constantly exposed to my favorite music…

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The King of the Hill Album

There's an official King of the Hill album. CRACKED They put out an album of southern rock covers by some popular country music stars, including Willie Nelson and Sheryl Crow, as well as some of the characters themselves.

I wonder if this made it onto anyone Spotify Wrapped this year?

Roman Toilet

A heavily used but intact wooden Roman toilet seat was dug up in England. It's older than Hadrian's Wall (so, at least 1,900 years) and is the only we

Firefly

CRACKED.COM Firefly is a part of the International Space Station's media library. Astronaut Steven Swanson brought DVDs of the space western to the ISS, and made it a permanent part of the station's entertainment options.

Whoever's in charge of the library's contnents knows what's up… 

Source: Showbiz CheatSheet

Ice Cream

Astronauts didn't really eat astronaut ice cream, or space ice cream, in space. It was created by Whirlpool for NASA's Apollo missions, but records apparently don't clearly show NASA ever actually took it to space. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Because even though it's a really fun little gimmick at a science museum, it's a pretty disgusting treat.

Source: CNET

Blaise Pascal

17 Unexpected Accomplishments of Famous People - Pascal is famous for his work in math and physics. He also invented the world’s first bus service. Th
Source: Wired

Eyesight

You need good eyesight, to become an astronaut. And if you stay in space too long, you might lose it. Out in space, there's no atmosphere to protect y

Quentin Tarantino

QUENTIN TARANTINO COLLECTS BOARD GAMES The director collects film and TV-related games. John Travolta once said, All wanted to do was spend the evening playing board games of my old movies. CRACKED.COM

Imagine playing Scene-It of a movie you starrted in with Quentin Tarantino and he knows it better than you.

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Matthew Perry

Gaming Celebrities Matthew Perry loves Fallout so much he got carpal tunnel. Chandler from Friends is a huge fan of the series, especially Fallout 3. So much so that he had to take a break for his wrist to heal. CRACKED.COM

Now, that's dedication! Beware of repetitive wrist movements, friends.

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