The Simpsons are yellow because creator Matt Groening thought it was a good way to catch channel surfer’s attention when they saw a flash of yellow.
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In the original version of Cinderella the slipper was made out of fur, not glass!
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The first TV commercial showed a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.
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The first song played on Virgin Radio was Born to be wild by INXS!
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In 1997, Kevin Smith was hired by Warner Brothers to write the script for a Superman movie. He was forced to write Superman without the power of flight and he had to fight a giant spider. The movie would’ve starred Nicolas Cage.
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One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television!
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Walt Disney was a high school dropout and he was fired by a newspaper editor because "he lacked imagination and had no good ideas."
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The first programme shown on BBC2 was Play School
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