EntertainmentMind-BlowingThe janitor from Scrubs was originally a figment of J.D.'s imagination.1411k13 years ago
ScienceInterestingRecycling a single glass jar saves enough energy to power a television for up to 3 hours.1311k16 years ago
EntertainmentMind-BlowingWatching every episode of The Simpsons back-to-back would take about 12 days of non-stop viewing—over 293 hours across 801 episodes.981k14 years ago
EntertainmentWeirdIn 2005, German TV channel RTL aired a show called 'Sperm Race' where male contestants donated sperm samples that were then raced toward an egg under a microscope. The man whose sperm reached the egg first won a red Porsche Boxster.694k12 years ago
EntertainmentWeirdIn 2012, Animal Planet aired a two-hour mockumentary called "Mermaid: The Body Found" that many viewers found so convincing, they overwhelmed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with phone calls demanding the truth about the existence of mermaids.205k11 years ago
TechnologyWeirdIn 1987, a Chicago TV station had its broadcast interrupted by a pirate signal that shows a man in a Max Headroom mask mumbling and being spanked with a fly swatter. Despite investigations by the FCC and FBI, this became the only known incident in which a hacker interrupted a major TV broadcast without getting caught.153k12 years ago
AnimalsWeirdTravis was a chimpanzee who socialized with humans since birth. He could log onto a computer to look at pictures, watch TV using a remote control, brush his teeth, feed hay to his owner's horses, water plants, and learned the schedule of passing ice cream trucks.111k11 years ago
EntertainmentWholesomeThere was a cable network called The Puppy Channel that, for 3 years, broadcast only broadcast footage of puppies playing.41k12 years ago
EntertainmentMind-BlowingJerry Seinfeld turned down US$5 million per episode, for 22 episodes, to continue the Seinfeld show for a tenth season.31k11 years ago
TrendingEntertainmentMind-BlowingIn 1994, the Friends cast each made $22,500 per episode. Warner Bros. tried to negotiate with them individually. The cast refused. They bargained as a group or not at all. Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer voluntarily took pay cuts so all six earned equally. By the final season: $1 million per episode each. They still earn $20 million a year each from reruns. The show ended 22 years ago.5 days ago