The first TV commercial showed a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.
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John Swartzwelder, a writer for the Simpsons, used to write episodes while sitting in a booth at a coffee shop "drinking copious amounts of coffee and smoking endless cigarettes". When California passed an anti-smoking law, he bought the diner booth and installed it in his house.
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Two surfboards left behind during the filming of “Apocalypse Now” are what gave birth to the Filipino surfing community.
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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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All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
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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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