Because of South Park’s Scientology episode, the Church of Scientology hired people to spy on Matt and Trey to find something on them to use for blackmail. The Church became frustrated when their investigation turned up nothing but the fact that they’re pretty normal people.
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The first Ronald McDonald was Willard Scott in 1963.
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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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People actually live in the Mos Eisley set from Star Wars.
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Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club, prefers the movie version to his own novel.
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There is a cup of coffee in every scene of the movie Fight Club.
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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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