11 Mind-Blowing Facts That Sound Completely Made Up But Are Actually 100% True

1.

The original name for Google was “Backrub.”

3.

Butternut squash was invented in the 1940s.

4.

Tim Burton and Winona Ryder would have secret meet-ups to discuss what a Beetlejuice sequel could be about for almost 15 years.

5.

The term “computer” actually predates the machine.

6.

Beautyblender (the egg-shaped makeup application sponge) was created because of the TV show Girlfriends.

7.

Christopher Robin, the little boy in the Winnie-the-Pooh stories, was based on a real child.

8.

Scrooge McDuck comic inspired the iconic boulder-rolling scene in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.

9.

Crystal Pepsi was actually not the immediate flop we think it was…well, at least at first.

10.

The iPod’s name was inspired by the iconic 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey.