25 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History For Wednesday, December 24

Come, gaze into the orb and uncover hidden pop culture truths.
25 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History For Wednesday, December 24
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Do you ever think about how your phone is basically a real life enchanted relic? With a single glance into its glowing screen, you can communicate with someone across the globe, revisit moments from the past, or witness events unfolding miles away. Ask it a question, and it answers instantly! If you have doubts about its response, and it will usher you into a vast, invisible library in another, non-physical dimension, where you can sift through knowledge at your leisure.

So go ahead and peer into your pocket-sized crystal ball… and uncover some hidden pop-culture lore, one fact at a time. 

Gravity Falls

Gravity Falls' Latin gibberish contains scathing pop culture criticism. The fake Latin incantation Dipper uses to enter Stan's mind includes the phras

Ancient Egypt

CRACKED.COM EYELINER WAS AN OLD-TIMEY FORM OF SUNGLASSES. Ancient Egyptians were among the first to wear eyeliner. They didn't do it to look fabulous (although they probably did), but to reduce the sun's glare. There's also evidence it was effective at preventing bacterial infections.

Bathing in Medieval Times

Everyone in HISTORY THE medieval times smelled awful. Actually, they were way into bathing. Contrary to popular belief, medieval people actually lik

Pulp Fiction

JOHN TRAVOLTA BE PULP FICTION CRACKED.COM After 70s hits like Saturday Night Fever and Grease, John Travolta had multiple flops in the 80s that saw his career dwindling. The role of Vincent Vega in Tarantino's 1994 phenomenon Pulp Fiction catapulted him back on the A-list, and lead to a string of hits.

Source: Looper

Godzilla in Jurassic Park

Apparently, Godzilla ravaged the world of Jurassic Park. In The Lost World: Jurassic Park, there's a shot of terrified Japanese businessmen running fr

Ant-Man and the Wasp

A deleted scene from Ant-Man and the Wasp shows how Janet Van Dyne survived. She used the communications technology in her helmet to talk with the inhabitants of the Quantum Realm, allowing her to navigate their society. CRACKED.COM

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Female Astronaut Program

There was a female astronaut training program in the '60s. The Mercury 13 program was run by William Randolph Lovelace I, the doctor who also ran the

Source: Cnet

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25 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History For Wednesday, December 24

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