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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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 first video aired on MTV was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles in 1981.
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The first TV commercial showed a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.
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Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club, prefers the movie version to his own novel.
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Two surfboards left behind during the filming of “Apocalypse Now” are what gave birth to the Filipino surfing community.
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