The first programme shown on BBC2 was Play School
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The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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Borat, when supposedly speaking in Kazakh with his partner throughout the film, was actually speaking fluent Hebrew.
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Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear trousers.
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God is the only Simpsons character to have five fingers on each hand.
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In 2000, Pope John Paul II gave his blessing to the Pokémon franchise, saying the games did not have "any harmful moral side effects" and were based on "ties of intense friendship."
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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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