John Swartzwelder, a writer for the Simpsons, used to write episodes while sitting in a booth at a coffee shop "drinking copious amounts of coffee and smoking endless cigarettes". When California passed an anti-smoking law, he bought the diner booth and installed it in his house.
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Because of South Park’s Scientology episode, the Church of Scientology hired people to spy on Matt and Trey to find something on them to use for blackmail. The Church became frustrated when their investigation turned up nothing but the fact that they’re pretty normal people.
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Before The Simpsons, Matt Groening drew cartoons for Apple computers.
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Wilson the volleyball, from the movie 'Cast Away', won an award for 'Best Inanimate Object'.
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For each word he said in Terminator 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid $21,429.
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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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In Jurassic Park, the T-Rex wasn't supposed to come through and break the glass roof of the explorer during the attack scene, subsequently producing the noticeably genuine screams from the children.
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