The first video aired on MTV was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles in 1981.
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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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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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Oprah Winfrey makes $10 per second.
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The first South Park episode was made with construction paper. It took 3 months to make.
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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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In the cartoon "The Jetsons", Jane Jetson is 32 and her daughter Judy is 16, which made Jane a teen mum.
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More than 3000 people auditioned for Afghan model in 2009. Only 10 were women.
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