November 28, 2022: Trivia Time!
"Drumstick" is a bastardization of "Drama Stick", a term coined in reference to the use of discarded turkey legs as stage props in 19th century productions. pic.twitter.com/loYSmR21zH
— Joseph Mallozzi
(@BaronDestructo) November 26, 2022
Former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu's favorite film was Babe: Pig in the City. He would attend public screenings of the film and openly weep at the part where the hero pig rescues a dog that has fallen into a canal – a rare emotional display for an East European strongman.
— Joseph Mallozzi
Most know that Viagra was a happy accident, the byproduct of a failed treatment for angina possessed of "interesting side effects", but few are aware that lip balm was originally created to treat anal fissures.
— Joseph Mallozzi
A swordless El Cid once bested a group of armed Valencian thugs by making impromptu but deadly use of a mounted swordfish and two stuffed hummingbirds.
— Joseph Mallozzi
In George Lucas's first draft of the script for Star Wars IV: A New Hope, the Luke Skywalker character was originally named Monticello von Hapsburg after a neighbor's dachshund, but the name was changed following a property dispute.
— Joseph Mallozzi
In 1993, gifted operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti was accused of profiting from three pictures purportedly copied from a how-to-draw book published in 1972. Years later, he courted controversy once again through his vehement insistence that he invented created Grape Nuts cereal.
— Joseph Mallozzi
When it first aired in 1968, 60 Minutes was originally titled 54 Minutes and Mostly Laxative Commercials. It featured profiles of presidential contenders Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey, a discussion on the nature of reality, and Mike Wallace singing Jumping Jack Flash.
— Joseph Mallozzi
The tomato was considered poisonous in America until Robert Gibbon Johnson ate one on the steps of the Old Salem County Courthouse in 1820. A month later, he'd make a show of consuming two more items long thought toxic and unfit for human consumption: oysters and Orange Fanta.
— Joseph Mallozzi
Prior to 1906, hot dogs were comprised of mostly pork testicles and balsa wood shavings. Now, thanks to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration, these ingredients may only compose no more than 14% of your average wiener.
— Joseph Mallozzi
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