That might be why it was posted. Someone mentioned the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon. But is there a word (other than meme) for the concept of a mass media reference obliquely triggering a resurgence in interest in a non-current topic? You see this often on reddit, especially in TIL posts.

They did. I had to look it up too. Thing is I knew what it was, at least I did when I was young. I’m old now and I have forgotten many things.