Rather than use CGI, Tim Burton had 40 squirrels trained to crack nuts for Charlie & The Chocolate Factory.
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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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In real life, Pocahontas was 11 years old when she met John Smith - he was 28.
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The janitor from Scrubs was originally a figment of J.D.'s imagination.
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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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In Jurassic Park, the dinosaurs are only on the screen for 15 minutes. The movie is over two hours long.
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The first song played on Virgin Radio was Born to be wild by INXS!
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C3PO is the first character to speak in Star Wars.
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