The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
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Kermit the Frog is left-handed.
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The first programme shown on BBC2 was Play School
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Heath Ledger locked himself in a hotel room for a month to prepare for his iconic role as the Joker in The Dark Knight
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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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The first Ronald McDonald was Willard Scott in 1963.
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