Two surfboards left behind during the filming of “Apocalypse Now” are what gave birth to the Filipino surfing community.
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In 2000, Pope John Paul II gave his blessing to the Pokémon franchise, saying the games did not have "any harmful moral side effects" and were based on "ties of intense friendship."
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The first Ronald McDonald was Willard Scott in 1963.
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The first TV commercial showed a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.
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More than 3000 people auditioned for Afghan model in 2009. Only 10 were women.
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Shirley Henderson, the girl who played Moaning Myrtle (the ghost in the bathroom) was actually 37 years old when she played the character in the Harry Potter series.
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Borat, when supposedly speaking in Kazakh with his partner throughout the film, was actually speaking fluent Hebrew.
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James Bond has killed 150 men and has slept with 44 women since the first movie came out in 1962.
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