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 scene in Skyfall where Daniel Craig is shaved with a classical razor lead to a 400% increase of straight edge razor sales.
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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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It costs around 2.75 million dollars to make an episode of The Walking Dead, and it pulls in 11 million in commercial revenues for a profit of 8 million an episode
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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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The first Ronald McDonald was Willard Scott in 1963.
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In real life, Pocahontas was 11 years old when she met John Smith - he was 28.
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People actually live in the Mos Eisley set from Star Wars.
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