Wilson the volleyball, from the movie 'Cast Away', won an award for 'Best Inanimate Object'.
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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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Two surfboards left behind during the filming of “Apocalypse Now” are what gave birth to the Filipino surfing community.
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The most popular sport as a topic for a film is boxing.
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John Hughes shot The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off back to back to save money. He also used the same crew and sets, including the high school with the same posters on the walls.
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In 2012, 146 babies in the US were named Khaleesi.
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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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It would take you a week to watch every episode of "The Simpsons" if each episode ran one after the other without stopping.
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