The first TV commercial showed a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.
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The name for Oz in "The Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."
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Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club, prefers the movie version to his own novel.
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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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During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur' a small red car can be seen in the distance.
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Peter Cullen, the voice actor who voices Optimus Prime, also voices Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh.
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The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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