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    Main Spongebob Characters Inspired by Seven Deadly Sins
    Each of the main characters in Spongebob Squarepants was inspired by one of the seven deadly sins.
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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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    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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    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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    95% of people feel uncomfortable when the TV volume is an odd number.
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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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    The Power Rangers command center is a real building located in a California University.
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