These Are the Facts We Only Know From Films

I bet when you were a kid some oldster told you TV would rot your brain. But, on the contrary, there are tons of facts I only know because I watched a ton of TV and movies growing up. For example, I am not what you would call a gear head, but I can explain how an independent rear suspension works and what “positraction” does thanks to the testimony of Mona Lisa Vito in the 1992 film My Cousin Vinny.

Here are just some of the bits of trivia folks probably only know because they had too much screen time growing up.