In real life, Pocahontas was 11 years old when she met John Smith - he was 28.
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Rather than use CGI, Tim Burton had 40 squirrels trained to crack nuts for Charlie & The Chocolate Factory.
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The first programme shown on BBC2 was Play School
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A 1997 comedy movie by the name of “Trojan War” made only $309 in ticket sales. Its budget? 15 million.
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Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear trousers.
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Before The Simpsons, Matt Groening drew cartoons for Apple computers.
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Warner Brother's hated the name 'Beetlejuice', and urged Tim Burton to change it to something clever. Burton jokingly suggested calling the movie 'Scared Sheetless', and was horrified when the studio actually liked it.
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Heath Ledger asked Christian Bale to actually beat him for the interrogation scene in the Dark Knight.
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