The Star Wars Holiday special debuted on November 17, 1978, and it was…not what fans had in mind. The first 15 minutes showed Chewbacca’s family (without Chewbacca) arguing in Wookie language, without subtitles.
Candy canes – they aren’t just available in peppermint anymore. Also, make sure to check out the other food trivia we’ve covered in the past.
Think you’ve got the answer? Keep reading to see if you nailed it.
The answer we are look for is not Led Zeppelin.
The stories of how three current TV shows were cancelled before they aired. We can explain.
In 1996, Joel and Ethan Coen’s comic-laced, Midwestern crime drama Fargo won two Academy Awards, one for the Coens for Best Original Screenplay and one for Frances McDormand for Best Actress. In 1997 CBS commissioned a pilot for a TV version. Marge Gunderson – McDormand in the film, Edie Falco in the show, years before she won Emmys for The Sopranos and Nurse Jackie – is still quite pregnant and still solving murders. It maintained the original’s quirky flavor, but CBS did not order the pilot to series.
Think you know the answer to this question? Who had a hit single with “Stairway to Heaven”? Come back tomorrow to see if you’re right.
Here’s some interesting and random trivia about Ringo Starr, the funny Beatle.
For many comedians and actors, being offered a spot on SNL is a big break and the culmination of everything they’ve worked toward. Not these people.
Have you spotted any roaming hordes of drunken Santas in your town this holiday season? If so, then you’ve witnessed one of the newest and strangest holiday traditions: SantaCon.
The third and final part of the fantasy trilogy is in theaters now. Here’s some random facts about the source novels and the movies, too.
Who is el caganer? If you’re not familiar with this Christmas character, he’s a peasant usually added to nativity scenes in Spain. He’s typically dressed in traditional clothing like robes. But, unlike Mary, Joseph, or the Three Wise Men, he’s, well…always depicted squatting, with his pants around his ankles and having just left a large turd on the ground. (El Caganer translates to a slang term that means, in more indelicate language, “the guy who poops.”)
All are forms of precipitation, and all involve the temperature being cold enough for these little balls of ice, or very, cold water, to fall from the sky. But how do you tell them apart?
When a company introduces a new product, they try to hold on to being the one-and-only manufacturer of that product for as long as possible, even introducing more technology to keep other companies out of the game. Someone always finds a way to beat the system.
Hanukkah, the festival of lights, is an eight-day Jewish celebration that occurs every winter. It’s celebrated by millions of people, so we don’t know why these people seem to have no idea about it.
Following our recap of weird football rules, here are 4 weird pro basketball rules.
Will Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota follow up his Heisman win with a long, successful NFL career like Roger Staubach, Tony Dorsett, or, uh, O.J. Simpson…or wind up on a list like this one?
Oranges used to just be oranges…until Cuties came along and branded them. In 2004, Cuties debuted in the Western U.S and in the East Coast in 2011).
Looking for random trivia about this year’s Grammy nominees? Here are some interesting facts about the top honor in pop music.
Continuing our Christmas world tour, the holidays are celebrated a bit differently in Scandinavia. Here is how they celebrate Christmas in Sweden and Scandinavia.
