John Swartzwelder, a writer for the Simpsons, used to write episodes while sitting in a booth at a coffee shop "drinking copious amounts of coffee and smoking endless cigarettes". When California passed an anti-smoking law, he bought the diner booth and installed it in his house.
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All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
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HBO passed up "The Walking Dead" because they thought it was too violent. They also passed up "Breaking Bad" and "Mad Men".
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London's King's Cross railway station has a platform 9 3/4 in dedication to Harry Potter.
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Jon Heder was paid only $1,000 for his role in Napoleon Dynamite.
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There was a cable network called The Puppy Channel that, for 3 years, broadcast only broadcast footage of puppies playing.
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The iconic roar made by Godzilla was produced by rubbing a leather glove across the strings of a double bass.
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The actor playing The Mountain in Game of Thrones Season 4, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, was only 25 years old at the time of filming.
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