The Worst Employees and Biggest Slackers in Pop Culture History

Wayne & Garth

Aside from The Blues Brothers, Wayne's World is the most successful SNL sketch to transition to film, thanks to Mike Myers' and Dana Carvey's performance as Wayne and Garth. After their show is bought out by a major TV corporation, the babe-loving metalheads figure out how to party on by doing the bare minimum.

Cheech & Chong

Dimwitted, clueless, and perpetually high, Cheech and Chong are the two most notorious slackers in history. The '70s and '80s were dominated by these guys, both of whom starred in stoner flicks like Up in Smoke, Nice Dreams, Things are Tough All Over, and Cheech and Chong's Next Movie.

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The More You Know

  • Surfaces near the equator move much faster than those in other locations on Earth.
  • Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.
  • Roughly 600 Parisians work at the Eiffel Tower each day.
  • Glitter is so unique it can be used as forensic evidence if matching glitter is found at the crime scene and on the suspect since glitter often goes unnoticed by the suspect.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.