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 names of Popeye's four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye!
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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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One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television!
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Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings because he didn't understand the script.
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Jason Earles played as a teenager in Hannah Montana, but he was actually born in 1977.
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According to legend, there's a Superman in every episode of Seinfeld.
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