The first TV commercial showed a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.
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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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The first South Park episode was made with construction paper. It took 3 months to make.
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When Liam Neeson was asked about the potential for another Taken sequel, he responded "I don't think there'll be a 'Taken 3'. She can't get taken again. That's just bad parenting."
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In 2000, Pope John Paul II gave his blessing to the Pokémon franchise, saying the games did not have "any harmful moral side effects" and were based on "ties of intense friendship."
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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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Before making Finding Nemo, the animation gurus at Pixar Studios had to take a graduate class in fish biology and oceanography.
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Before The Simpsons, Matt Groening drew cartoons for Apple computers.
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