There was a cable network called The Puppy Channel that, for 3 years, broadcast only broadcast footage of puppies playing.
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The Muppet Show was banned from Saudi Arabian TV because one if its stars was a pig.
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In 2000, Pope John Paul II gave his blessing to the Pokémon franchise, saying the games did not have "any harmful moral side effects" and were based on "ties of intense friendship."
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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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The first programme shown on BBC2 was Play School
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For beer commercials, they add liquid detergent to the beer to make it foam more.
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The actor playing The Mountain in Game of Thrones Season 4, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, was only 25 years old at the time of filming.
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Shirley Henderson, the girl who played Moaning Myrtle (the ghost in the bathroom) was actually 37 years old when she played the character in the Harry Potter series.
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