The first TV commercial showed a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.
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Eminem was offered the lead role in the 2013 sci-fi movie, Elysium. He was interested but he turned it down due to one major condition not being met; Elysium would have to be shot in his hometown, Detroit.
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In 2012, 146 babies in the US were named Khaleesi.
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The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
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Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear trousers.
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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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Jerry Seinfeld turned down US$5 million per episode, for 22 episodes, to continue the Seinfeld show for a tenth season.
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