Random TV Facts

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    In 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.
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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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    HBO passed up "The Walking Dead" because they thought it was too violent. They also passed up "Breaking Bad" and "Mad Men".
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    The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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    95% of people feel uncomfortable when the TV volume is an odd number.
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    44% of kids watch television before they go to sleep.
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    Ming-Na Wen, who portrays The Cavalry on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., was also the voice of Mulan. And she’s 50 years old.
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    Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart had no idea how to play chess when they appeared in X-Men 2.
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