The first programme shown on BBC2 was Play School
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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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Judge Judy makes $45 million a year.
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Jerry Seinfeld turned down US$5 million per episode, for 22 episodes, to continue the Seinfeld show for a tenth season.
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In real life, Pocahontas was 11 years old when she met John Smith - he was 28.
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The first TV commercial showed a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.
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The mask used by Michael Myers in the original 'Halloween' was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.
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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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