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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In Mel Brooks' 'Silent Movie,' mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role.
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In the original version of Cinderella the slipper was made out of fur, not glass!
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The first Ronald McDonald was Willard Scott in 1963.
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Heath Ledger asked Christian Bale to actually beat him for the interrogation scene in the Dark Knight.
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The first programme shown on BBC2 was Play School
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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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