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I love a good fun fact, especially the kind that makes you stop and say, “Wait, what?” I even write a weekly post full of them, because there’s always some strange or surprising detail hiding in history or pop culture. And, honestly, it’s because finding out something new about a movie, song, or celeb you thought you knew everything about is both fun and a little mind-blowing.<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Recently, I came across a Reddit thread where user icey_sawg0034 was looking for fun trivia when they asked: “What was a pop culture fun fact that made your jaw drop?”<\/span><\/h2>\n

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The thread quickly turned into a fun collection of surprising tidbits about movies, music, TV, and more. So here are some pop culture facts that made people’s jaws drop when they first heard them:<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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1.<\/span>“That J. R. R. Tolkien first created the language, and then created one of the most popular worldbuilding around it. For a long time, I believed it to be vice versa, and was really surprised to learn that, and that made me respect him more.”<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Related: 31 Rare Photos Of Old Hollywood Stars That Made Me See Them In A Totally New Light<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2.<\/span>“Nintendo is older (1889) than Bram Stoker’s Dracula<\/i> (1897).”<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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3.<\/span>“The director of The Human Centipede<\/i>, Tom Six, also directed the first ever season of the original and first Big Brother<\/i> in the Netherlands.”<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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4.<\/span>“The X-Files<\/i>, Law and Order SVU: Special Victims Unit, Homicide: Life on the Street, The Wire, Luther, and Arrested Development<\/i> all share a universe. And what connects them all? Detective John Munch.”<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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5.<\/span>“Dolly Parton was an uncredited executive producer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/i> (for both the movie and TV series), and both Dolly and the titular character, Buffy Summers, share the same birthday (January 19th).”<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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6.<\/span>“Dolly Parton wrote ‘Jolene’ and ‘I Will Always Love You’ within a few days of each other. She was GOING THROUGH IT.”<\/span><\/h2>\n

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7.<\/span>“Christopher Lee witnessed the last public execution by guillotine in France. (Among other things, he had a wild life.)”<\/span><\/h2>\n

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8.<\/span>“I knew that the omegaverse started in the Supernatural<\/i> fandom, with roots in Star Trek<\/i>. What I didn\u2019t know was that the first omegaverse fanfic was about the actors Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki.”<\/span><\/h2>\n

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9.<\/span>“The lead singer of Toto, Joseph Williams, is John Williams’ son.”<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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10.<\/span>“Janis Joplin recorded ‘Mercedes Benz’ in one take, a cappella, and died three days later.”<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Related: I’m Sorry, But Unless You’re Over The Age Of 46, You’re Not Passing This ’80s Final Lyrics Quiz<\/strong><\/p>\n

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11.<\/span>“Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. paid for Julia Roberts’ birth.”<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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12.<\/span>“Freddie Prinze Jr. was on the writing team of the WWE<\/i>. His wife, Sarah Michelle Gellar, has said he’s also written for television shows under a pen name.”<\/span><\/h2>\n

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13.<\/span>“Marlene Dietrich had an affair with both Joe Kennedy, Sr., and his son, John F Kennedy. Reportedly, JFK asked if she had ****** his dad, and she lied.”<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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14.<\/span>“The Stuart Little<\/i> movie was co-written by M. Night Shyamalan.”<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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15.<\/span>“Dermot Mulroney (My Best Friend’s Wedding, New Girl, Shameless<\/i>) is not only an actor, but is also an accomplished cellist. He’s worked on scores for a few popular movies and also had his own band. I heard a passing comment on a radio show about it and at first didn’t believe it. But, yeah. He’s so unassuming, and yet here he is, rocking classical arts.”<\/span><\/h2>\n

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16.<\/span>“Barry Manilow wrote the jingles for State Farm (‘Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there’) and Band-Aids (‘I am stuck on Band-Aid \u2018cause Band-Aid\u2019s stuck on me’).”<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Related: 33 People Who Beat The Odds So Hard It Feels Like A Glitch In The Simulation<\/strong><\/p>\n

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17.<\/span>“Helena Bonham Carter’s ancestry is wild, to the point that the Bonham Carter family has its own page on Wikipedia. She’s also distantly related to the British royal family, if I remember correctly.”<\/span><\/h2>\n

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18.<\/span>“Lucille Ball helped get Star Trek<\/i> on the air. After a failed first pilot, she helped finance a second one to make sure they got their show.”<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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19.<\/span>“Julia Child was an intelligence officer with the OSS (precursor of the CIA) during WWII. Among other things, she was part of the team that developed a shark repellent. It was used to coat explosives so they could be used against U-boats without sharks interfering\/setting them off. She met her husband in the OSS, and he encouraged her to pursue her interest in cooking, eventually becoming her partner and producer in her TV career.”<\/span><\/h2>\n

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20.<\/span>“Vera Farmiga from the Conjuring<\/i> franchise is the lead singer\/co-founder of a metal band, the Yagas, and they\u2019re actually pretty **** good.”<\/span><\/h2>\n

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You can read the original thread on Reddit.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Note: Some responses have been edited for length and\/or clarity.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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