Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
The Golem isn't a shriveled little man searching for his precious (that's Gollum, Shmoopers). It's a real (well, really mystical) supernatural creature from Jewish folklore. Golem means "shapeless mass" in Hebrew. (Source)
The jinn (that's plural of jinni) are beings of air or fire from Arabic mythology, popularized in A Thousand and One Nights. And none of them sound like Robin Williams. (Source)
You might have expected most of the residents of Little Syria to be Muslim, but in fact, they're Christian. Many of its residents fled Syria to avoid being drafted by the Imperial Army. (Source)