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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The first Ronald McDonald was Willard Scott in 1963.
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Before The Simpsons, Matt Groening drew cartoons for Apple computers.
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In 2005, there was a TV show in Germany called “Sperm Race” where contestants’ sperm was raced towards an egg. The winner got a Porsche.
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The janitor from Scrubs was originally a figment of J.D.'s imagination.
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Oprah Winfrey makes $10 per second.
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