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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Kermit the frog delivered the commencement address at Southampton College located in the state of New York in 1996.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger's voice, in the movie 'Hercules', was dubbed.
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The janitor from Scrubs was originally a figment of J.D.'s imagination.
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Michael Jackson tried to buy Marvel Comics in the early 1990s so that he could play Spider-Man in his own movie.
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The Muppet Show was banned from Saudi Arabian TV because one if its stars was a pig.
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Eminem was offered the lead role in the 2013 sci-fi movie, Elysium. He was interested but he turned it down due to one major condition not being met; Elysium would have to be shot in his hometown, Detroit.
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Rather than use CGI, Tim Burton had 40 squirrels trained to crack nuts for Charlie & The Chocolate Factory.
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