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Universal Studios initially planned to release Tokyo Drift straight to DVD, completely unaware it would spawn a billion-dollar soap opera with cars.
Universal Studios initially planned to release Tokyo Drift straight to DVD, completely unaware it would spawn a billion-dollar soap opera with cars. Test…
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Director James Cameron wrote the character of Jack Dawson entirely from his own imagination, completely unaware that a real man named J.
Director James Cameron wrote the character of Jack Dawson entirely from his own imagination, completely unaware that a real man named J. Dawson was actually…
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Hwang Dong-hyuk, the creator and director of the global phenomenon Squid Game, lost six of his actual teeth due to extreme stress while writing and developing the first season of the show over a period of ten years.
Hwang Dong-hyuk, the creator and director of the global phenomenon Squid Game, lost six of his actual teeth due to extreme stress while writing and developing…
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Tom Selleck was originally cast to play the iconic, whip-cracking archaeologist Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark, but CBS refused to release him from his contract for the detective show Magnum P.I.
Tom Selleck was originally cast to play the iconic, whip-cracking archaeologist Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark, but CBS refused to release him from…
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Friends executives originally wanted the rock band R.E.M.
Friends executives originally wanted the rock band R.E.M. to provide the theme song for their new sitcom, specifically requesting the track Shiny Happy…
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Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan fully intended to kill off Jesse Pinkman by the ninth episode of the first season to show that no character was safe; the writers' strike of…
Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan fully intended to kill off Jesse Pinkman by the ninth episode of the first season to show that no character was safe; the…
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Paramount Pictures actively developed a script in the 1970s for a Star Trek feature film where the crew of the Enterprise encounters an alien claiming to be Jesus Christ.
Paramount Pictures actively developed a script in the 1970s for a Star Trek feature film where the crew of the Enterprise encounters an alien claiming to be…
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Marcel the monkey from the hit nineties sitcom Friends was actually played by a female capuchin named Katie, and she was entirely written off the show because she kept throwing feces at the actors.
Marcel the monkey from the hit nineties sitcom Friends was actually played by a female capuchin named Katie, and she was entirely written off the show because…
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Terrifying roar of the original 1954 Godzilla was created by rubbing a coarse leather glove coated in pine tar resin against the strings of a contrabass, proving that the most…
Terrifying roar of the original 1954 Godzilla was created by rubbing a coarse leather glove coated in pine tar resin against the strings of a contrabass,…
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Quentin Tarantino actually financed his legendary independent film Reservoir Dogs by playing an Elvis Presley impersonator on an episode of the cozy geriatric comedy series The…
Quentin Tarantino actually financed his legendary independent film Reservoir Dogs by playing an Elvis Presley impersonator on an episode of the cozy geriatric…
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Twentieth Century Fox was so absolutely terrified by the spiraling, out-of-control budget for James Cameron's Titanic that they aggressively begged Paramount Pictures to split…
Twentieth Century Fox was so absolutely terrified by the spiraling, out-of-control budget for James Cameron's Titanic that they aggressively begged Paramount…
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Alfred Hitchcock used Bosco chocolate syrup to simulate blood in the infamous shower scene of his 1960 thriller Psycho because it showed up better than fake blood on black-and-white film.
Alfred Hitchcock used Bosco chocolate syrup to simulate blood in the infamous shower scene of his 1960 thriller Psycho because it showed up better than fake…
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Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid fifteen million dollars for his role in Terminator 2, and since he only spoke exactly seven hundred words, he earned over twenty-one thousand dollars per word.
Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid fifteen million dollars for his role in Terminator 2, and since he only spoke exactly seven hundred words, he earned over…
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Filmmakers behind the 1971 classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory created the famous chocolate river by mixing water with actual chocolate and cream.
Filmmakers behind the 1971 classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory created the famous chocolate river by mixing water with actual chocolate and cream.…
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Matt Groening decided to make the characters in The Simpsons bright yellow specifically to manipulate people who were rapidly flipping through television channels.
Matt Groening decided to make the characters in The Simpsons bright yellow specifically to manipulate people who were rapidly flipping through television…
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Disney aggressively trademarked the iconic auditory sequence of the Tarzan yell, making it one of the few entirely sound-based trademarks recognized by the federal government.
Disney aggressively trademarked the iconic auditory sequence of the Tarzan yell, making it one of the few entirely sound-based trademarks recognized by the…
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George Lucas owned an Alaskan Malamute named Indiana in the 1970s that directly inspired the creation of both the heroic archaeologist Indiana Jones and the towering Wookiee…
George Lucas owned an Alaskan Malamute named Indiana in the 1970s that directly inspired the creation of both the heroic archaeologist Indiana Jones and the…
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Estelle Getty played the octogenarian mother of Bea Arthur's character on The Golden Girls, despite actually being a year younger than Arthur in real life.
Estelle Getty played the octogenarian mother of Bea Arthur's character on The Golden Girls, despite actually being a year younger than Arthur in real life.…
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Bruce Willis appeared on the hit sitcom Friends completely for free because he lost a bet to Matthew Perry on the set of The Whole Nine Yards.
Bruce Willis appeared on the hit sitcom Friends completely for free because he lost a bet to Matthew Perry on the set of The Whole Nine Yards. Perry believed…
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Leonardo DiCaprio genuinely crushed a glass in his hand and bled all over the table during a climactic dinner scene in Django Unchained.
Leonardo DiCaprio genuinely crushed a glass in his hand and bled all over the table during a climactic dinner scene in Django Unchained. Instead of breaking…
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Blue meth used as a central plot device throughout the acclaimed series Breaking Bad was actually just blue rock candy supplied by an Albuquerque sweets shop.
Blue meth used as a central plot device throughout the acclaimed series Breaking Bad was actually just blue rock candy supplied by an Albuquerque sweets shop.…
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South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone produce almost every single episode of their animated series in exactly six days, going from a blank whiteboard to a fully broadcasted television show in less than a week.
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone produce almost every single episode of their animated series in exactly six days, going from a blank whiteboard…
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Paramount Pictures had to spend an estimated five million dollars to completely redesign the CGI model of Sonic the Hedgehog after the internet collectively dry-heaved at the…
Paramount Pictures had to spend an estimated five million dollars to completely redesign the CGI model of Sonic the Hedgehog after the internet collectively…
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Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of SpongeBob SquarePants, was a real-life marine biologist and science teacher who originally developed the iconic characters as an educational…
Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of SpongeBob SquarePants, was a real-life marine biologist and science teacher who originally developed the iconic characters…
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