John Hughes shot The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off back to back to save money. He also used the same crew and sets, including the high school with the same posters on the walls.
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The first video aired on MTV was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles in 1981.
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Rather than use CGI, Tim Burton had 40 squirrels trained to crack nuts for Charlie & The Chocolate Factory.
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In 1997, Kevin Smith was hired by Warner Brothers to write the script for a Superman movie. He was forced to write Superman without the power of flight and he had to fight a giant spider. The movie would’ve starred Nicolas Cage.
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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 couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
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It would take you a week to watch every episode of "The Simpsons" if each episode ran one after the other without stopping.
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In 2012, 146 babies in the US were named Khaleesi.
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