12 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Wired to the Politicians Who Keep Texting Us for Cash

Indian Creek is an island off the coast of Florida populated exclusively by billionaires (including Bezos). It has advanced security and armed guards to make sure residents don’t have to interact with the riffraff outside, but they have no infrastructure to handle their own sewage. It currently shoots it through neighboring Surfside, and has refused a request for $10 million to help build up Surfside’s sewers.

The news outlet has promised to be more “mindful” amid fallout surrounding an article that blatantly spoiled a major plot point in the headline. Be forewarned: The Deadline article linked here saves the spoiler for the second paragraph.

Hawking made three appearances on The Simpsons, using his actual voice synthesizer to record his lines. The only time he pushed back on a script was to request that he never be shown drunk.

Jimmy John’s rewards members have access to a two-part smut novel called The Blade and the Brine, narrated by America’s sexiest forehead haver, Walton Goggins.

In 2024, the leaders of the pack were Dr. Seuss ($75 million), Freddie Mercury ($250 million) and Michael Jackson ($600 million).

That was the company’s slogan in the ‘90s, but they’ve recently endorsed Cooper Flagg, the number one overall pick in this year’s NBA draft. Flagg grew up in a small town near a New Balance factory, and the company wooed him with a video from the workers at that factory.

Its new movie Elio banked just $21 million at the box office in its opening weekend. 2023’s Elemental held the record before that, at $29 million.

Metallica teamed up with Red Cross to do a multi-city blood drive, offering up a free T-shirt and the ability to watch a stage being built for an upcoming show. The event in Denver broke the city’s single-day blood drive record.

For the first time ever, the NBA, MLB and NHL Finals or Playoffs MVPs are all Canadian.

The rapper has been tapped to play Balrog, the character originally known as M. Bison but whose name was changed in America so as not to anger Mike Tyson.

Because the studio didn’t think he could shoulder a comedy, he got 40 percent of the revenue made by the movie Twins, which has worked out to more than $40 million so far.

A contestant was given the Final Jeopardy prompt, “In 1896 the Vassar-educated wife of this man wrote, ‘Thousands of dollars may be paid for a copy of Shakespeare.’” The wife in question was the contestant’s Great-Great-Great-Aunt Emily --- who she was named after.