Random TV Facts

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    The Simpsons are yellow because creator Matt Groening thought it was a good way to catch channel surfer’s attention when they saw a flash of yellow.
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    Mermaid Mockumentary
    Mermaid Mockumentary
    In 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.
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    Oprah Winfrey makes $10 per second.
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    Warner Brother's hated the name 'Beetlejuice', and urged Tim Burton to change it to something clever. Burton jokingly suggested calling the movie 'Scared Sheetless', and was horrified when the studio actually liked it.
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    The first video aired on MTV was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles in 1981.
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    Pokémon is Japanese for Pocket Monsters and Chinpokomon (the South Park parody) is Japanese for Penis Monsters.
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    It would take you a week to watch every episode of "The Simpsons" if each episode ran one after the other without stopping.
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    Hello Kitty Hospital
    Hello Kitty Hospital
    There's a Hello Kitty-themed hospital in Taiwan.
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