Mental Floss

POP CULTURE









Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta in Grease (1978).

Shot a budget of $6 million budget, 'Grease' made nearly $400 million at the box office—making it one of the highest-grossing musical movies of all time.

Roger Cormier


Fox/Warner Bros.

Burt Ward didn't have anything to fear from villains: The show itself did a pretty good job of nearly killing him.

Jake Rossen