36 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Toppled in the Town Square in a Big, Symbolic Show of Force

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36 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Toppled in the Town Square in a Big, Symbolic Show of Force
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36 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Toppled in the Town Square in a Big, Symbolic Show of Force

Jackie Wilson

ONE OF JACKIE WILSON'S BIGGEST HITS, 1958'S LONELY TEARDROPS, FEATURES THIS SOULFUL LINE: Lonely Teardrops MY HEART IS CRYIN', CRYIN'. on september 29, 1975, he sang the song live. Right when he hit the line, he had a massive heart attack. The crowd thought he was just acting. CRACKED.COM

Same Tables

Characters in sitcoms always have the same spot in a restaurant/pub conveniently reserved for them, everytime they walk in the door. How I Met Seinfeld Your Mother Rules of Friends Engagement - CRACKED.COM

Madame Tussaude

Madame HOLLYWOOD TussandS The real Madame Tussaude was spared from the guillotine, then employed to fetch its famous victims' heads and create death masks. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Lost Tropes

CRACKED.COM Lost Tropes Japanese products suck After World War II, a common trope was Japanese products being of inferior quality. The country seems to live in the future now, but hey, this made sense back then.

Hannibal

LOVE & MURDER HANNIBAL All Will Graham and Hannibal Lecter want is to kill each other. Because that's how much they love each other. It's like a Good Charlotte song. CRACKED.COM

Seinfeld

We're Never Again Going To Get A TV Episode As Watched As The 'Seinfeld' Finale. CRACKED.com 78 million Americans watched the final episode of Seinfeld live in 1998, six times as many as watched the Game Of Thrones finale in 2019 - one of the biggest TV events in recent memory. There were no seasons-long character arcs to close, no plot threads to tie up, it was still a just show about nothing. It captivated so many people that other TV stations didn't even bother to run programming during that time slot.

Zodiac

The Zodiac killer in David Fincher's 2007 film Z DIAC was played by 3 different actors based on actual descriptions CRAt from eye witness testimony. T

Maisie Williams

Maisie Williams is beloved for her role as Arya Stark on Game of Thrones. cRAgh She recently admitted that she only accepted the role so she'd have th

Louis Armstrong

Louis Satchmo Armstrong was a pioneer in jazz music. He popularized both scat and and solo improvisation, using his trumpet and voice as unique inst

Rock Hudson

In 1955, Phyllis Gates roarried Hollywood hunk Rock Hudson. Rock Hudson was gay. It turns out the pair had entered a lavender marriage, which is a s

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