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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In real life, Pocahontas was 11 years old when she met John Smith - he was 28.
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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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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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When Liam Neeson was asked about the potential for another Taken sequel, he responded "I don't think there'll be a 'Taken 3'. She can't get taken again. That's just bad parenting."
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More than 3000 people auditioned for Afghan model in 2009. Only 10 were women.
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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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Because of South Park’s Scientology episode, the Church of Scientology hired people to spy on Matt and Trey to find something on them to use for blackmail. The Church became frustrated when their investigation turned up nothing but the fact that they’re pretty normal people.
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