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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London's King's Cross railway station has a platform 9 3/4 in dedication to Harry Potter.
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Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings because he didn't understand the script.
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In the original version of Cinderella the slipper was made out of fur, not glass!
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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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Shirley Henderson, the girl who played Moaning Myrtle (the ghost in the bathroom) was actually 37 years old when she played the character in the Harry Potter series.
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