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 name for Oz in "The Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."
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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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Jon Heder was paid only $1,000 for his role in Napoleon Dynamite.
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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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Jason Earles played as a teenager in Hannah Montana, but he was actually born in 1977.
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The first South Park episode was made with construction paper. It took 3 months to make.
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The first guy to win Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (USA) used none of his lifelines until the final question, where he called his dad. During the call, he told his dad he didn't need any help on the final question, but he just wanted to let him know that he was about to win $1,000,000.
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