While filming a guest appearance on Star Trek TNG, Stephen Hawking was taken on a tour of the USS Enterprise set. When he saw the Warp Core, he paused, and said “I’m working on that.”
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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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The iconic roar made by Godzilla was produced by rubbing a leather glove across the strings of a double bass.
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There is a cup of coffee in every scene of the movie Fight Club.
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HBO passed up "The Walking Dead" because they thought it was too violent. They also passed up "Breaking Bad" and "Mad Men".
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If the runway in the final action scene of Fast & Furious 6 was real, it would be at least 26 miles (42km) long.
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