TV and Film Facts

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    The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
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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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    Ming-Na Wen, who portrays The Cavalry on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., was also the voice of Mulan. And she’s 50 years old.
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    Mermaid Mockumentary
    Mermaid Mockumentary
    In 2012, Animal Planet aired a two-hour mockumentary called "Mermaid: The Body Found" that many viewers found so convincing, they overwhelmed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with phone calls demanding the truth about the existence of mermaids.
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    There was a cable network called The Puppy Channel that, for 3 years, broadcast only broadcast footage of puppies playing.
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    Harry Potter's Tom Riddle Has a Different Name Depending on Which Language the Book Is In
    In the Harry Potter series, Tom Riddle has a different name depending on which language the book is in, in order to preserve the anagram in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
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    For each word he said in Terminator 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid $21,429.
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    The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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