Michael Jackson tried to buy Marvel Comics in the early 1990s so that he could play Spider-Man in his own movie.
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The first Ronald McDonald was Willard Scott in 1963.
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Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings because he didn't understand the script.
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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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The scene in Skyfall where Daniel Craig is shaved with a classical razor lead to a 400% increase of straight edge razor sales.
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The iconic roar made by Godzilla was produced by rubbing a leather glove across the strings of a double bass.
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Walt Disney was a high school dropout and he was fired by a newspaper editor because "he lacked imagination and had no good ideas."
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The first TV commercial showed a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.
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