For beer commercials, they add liquid detergent to the beer to make it foam more.
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The first guy to win Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (USA) used none of his lifelines until the final question, where he called his dad. During the call, he told his dad he didn't need any help on the final question, but he just wanted to let him know that he was about to win $1,000,000.
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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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Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club, prefers the movie version to his own novel.
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The iconic roar made by Godzilla was produced by rubbing a leather glove across the strings of a double bass.
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The first song played on Virgin Radio was Born to be wild by INXS!
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Before making Finding Nemo, the animation gurus at Pixar Studios had to take a graduate class in fish biology and oceanography.
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