Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart had no idea how to play chess when they appeared in X-Men 2.
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You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
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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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The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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Oprah Winfrey makes $10 per second.
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On April Fool’s Day, 1976, the BBC convinced many listeners that a special alignment of the planets would temporarily decrease gravity on Earth. Phone lines were flooded with callers who claimed they felt the effects.
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Before The Simpsons, Matt Groening drew cartoons for Apple computers.
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