The Worst Employees and Biggest Slackers in Pop Culture History

Gina Linetti

Gina Linetti was too obsessed with social media and her phone to pay much attention to her job on Brooklyn Nine-Nine. She says numerous times that she doesn't value her colleagues as people. The only reason she has a job in the first place is thanks to Jake, who she knew from childhood.

Barney Fife

This deputy on The Andy Griffith Show would have fared quite poorly anywhere other than Mayberry. His shortcomings only came to light when the real danger was present—a rare occasion in the North Carolina town. Although Barry saw himself as a  hero, it was simply a delusion. Fortunately for the citizens of Mayberry, every day was a slow day.

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The More You Know

  • In 1993, San Francisco held a referendum over whether a police officer called Bob Geary was allowed to patrol while carrying a ventriloquist’s dummy called Brendan O’Smarty. He was.
  • The sun and moon appear to be the same size in the sky because of an astonishing coincidence: the moon is 400 times smaller but 400 times closer.
  • The Eiffel Tower was inaugurated the same year Nintendo was founded.
  • The smallest unit of measurement in the universe is the Planck length.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.