The first TV commercial showed a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.
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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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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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The janitor from Scrubs was originally a figment of J.D.'s imagination.
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Before making Finding Nemo, the animation gurus at Pixar Studios had to take a graduate class in fish biology and oceanography.
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Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club, prefers the movie version to his own novel.
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The first South Park episode was made with construction paper. It took 3 months to make.
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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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