Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings because he didn't understand the script.
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The first Ronald McDonald was Willard Scott in 1963.
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One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television!
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Heath Ledger locked himself in a hotel room for a month to prepare for his iconic role as the Joker in The Dark Knight
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All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
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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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The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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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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