The first programme shown on BBC2 was Play School
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For each word he said in Terminator 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid $21,429.
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In the original version of Cinderella the slipper was made out of fur, not glass!
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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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