Two surfboards left behind during the filming of “Apocalypse Now” are what gave birth to the Filipino surfing community.
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The first TV commercial showed a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.
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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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The first song played on Virgin Radio was Born to be wild by INXS!
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Warner Brother's hated the name 'Beetlejuice', and urged Tim Burton to change it to something clever. Burton jokingly suggested calling the movie 'Scared Sheetless', and was horrified when the studio actually liked it.
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One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television!
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In Ice Age, the drawings of characters during the end credit roll - and Sid's drawing of himself on a wall - were all done by the children of the animators.
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