The first song played on Virgin Radio was Born to be wild by INXS!
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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 first TV commercial showed a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.
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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 Jurassic Park, the T-Rex wasn't supposed to come through and break the glass roof of the explorer during the attack scene, subsequently producing the noticeably genuine screams from the children.
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On April Fool’s Day, 1976, the BBC convinced many listeners that a special alignment of the planets would temporarily decrease gravity on Earth. Phone lines were flooded with callers who claimed they felt the effects.
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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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In the original version of Cinderella the slipper was made out of fur, not glass!
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