The first programme shown on BBC2 was Play School
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The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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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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Borat, when supposedly speaking in Kazakh with his partner throughout the film, was actually speaking fluent Hebrew.
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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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The first South Park episode was made with construction paper. It took 3 months to make.
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London's King's Cross railway station has a platform 9 3/4 in dedication to Harry Potter.
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