I learned about the painting “Whistler’s Mother” from the film “Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie”
Stuff like that
Respectable information that you gleaned from a less respectable source
This, from the Mr Bean Wikipedia page has fully done me:
Mr. Bean is a childish and selfish buffoon who brings various unusual schemes and contrivances to everyday tasks. He rarely speaks, and when he does, it is generally only a few mumbled words which are in a comically low-pitched voice. He also does not like people taking his things. Mr. Bean often seems unaware of basic aspects of the way the world works, and the programme usually features his attempts at what would normally be considered simple activities, such as going swimming, using a television set, redecorating, or going to church. The humour largely comes from his original (and often absurd) solutions to problems and his total disregard for others when solving them, his pettiness, and occasional malevolence.[1]
marckee
#6
Learnt about dust and wind from Bill & Ted.
Also, the fall of communism in eastern europe from Wayne’s World.
NickDS
#8
Most things I learnt from comic books, video games or songs.
For example Mediterranean meaning the middle of the Earth from Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.
Apparently Scrubs is actually a fairly good source of knowledge about how hospitals work.
Also weirdly there’s an Infowars video which does a fairly good job of explaining communism.