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 Muppet Show was banned from Saudi Arabian TV because one if its stars was a pig.
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Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear trousers.
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The most popular sport as a topic for a film is boxing.
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Kermit the frog delivered the commencement address at Southampton College located in the state of New York in 1996.
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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 programme shown on BBC2 was Play School
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