After Disney threatened to sue three day care centers for unauthorized use of their characters, Hanna-Barbera gave them the right to use Universal characters as decorations.
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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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The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
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The scene in Skyfall where Daniel Craig is shaved with a classical razor lead to a 400% increase of straight edge razor sales.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger's voice, in the movie 'Hercules', was dubbed.
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In Ice Age, the drawings of characters during the end credit roll - and Sid's drawing of himself on a wall - were all done by the children of the animators.
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Kermit the frog delivered the commencement address at Southampton College located in the state of New York in 1996.
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