The Simpsons are yellow because creator Matt Groening thought it was a good way to catch channel surfer’s attention when they saw a flash of yellow.
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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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People actually live in the Mos Eisley set from Star Wars.
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The filming of the movie 'Titanic' cost more than the Titanic itself!
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The name for Oz in "The Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."
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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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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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For beer commercials, they add liquid detergent to the beer to make it foam more.
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