TV and Film Facts

    Random TV and Film Facts

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    On April Fool’s Day, 1976, the BBC convinced many listeners that a special alignment of the planets would temporarily decrease gravity on Earth. Phone lines were flooded with callers who claimed they felt the effects.
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    Forrest Gump Novel
    Forrest Gump Novel
    In the “Forrest Gump” novel that the movie is based on, Forrest goes into space with NASA. Upon return, he crash lands on an island full of cannibals. He only survives because he beats the head cannibal at chess everyday.
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    Toy Story 2
    Toy Story 2
    During development at Pixar, Toy Story 2 was accidentally deleted, but was recovered by an employee who saved the movie to her computer at home while on maternal leave.
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    It would take you a week to watch every episode of "The Simpsons" if each episode ran one after the other without stopping.
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    Road Runner
    Road Runner
    In 1980, the coyote finally caught the road runner. He then asks the audience "Now what do I do?"
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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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    There was a cable network called The Puppy Channel that, for 3 years, broadcast only broadcast footage of puppies playing.
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    In Jurassic Park, the dinosaurs are only on the screen for 15 minutes. The movie is over two hours long.
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