What’s your favorite movie? Or do you prefer getting stuck into a series? Either way, here are interesting facts about the best (and worst) films & TV shows ever released!
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Film & TV Facts
A doctor in Germany diagnosed a medical case all other doctors failed to after observing symptoms he had seen in an episode of “House.”
In the Titanic movie, crew member William Murdoch shot a passenger and then took his own life. In real life, he went down with the ship while filling lifeboats and saving lives.
The kookaburra is native to Australia and New Guinea; its calls are often used as sound effects in movies for jungles in Africa or South America.
The phrase “To Protect and Serve” is not codified in law but is merely the motto used by the LAPD and popularized by Hollywood.
All the battles in space in Star Wars should be completely silent, as space is a vacuum, and sound doesn’t travel through it.
All of the sweaters Mister Rogers wore on his show were hand-knitted by his mother. He said he loved wearing them because they always made him think of her.
In 1971, a pizzeria owner made a movie about the Zodiac killer and hosted a premiere in San Francisco, hoping the real killer would show up and be caught.
Silent movie actors were initially not given on-screen credit for fear that they would become famous and subsequently demand higher wages.
Season 9, episode 17 of “The Office” was supposed to act as a backdoor pilot for a spin-off series about Dwight Schrute, but NBC didn’t pick it up.
Red Solo cups are a typical souvenir to bring back from the United States. The novelty comes from the cups being used in many party scenes in movies.
The audience members on “Judge Judy” are paid actors, and to attend a filming of the show, the actors need to be members of the Screen Actors Guild.
The concept of a rocket launch having a countdown originated from Fritz Lang’s 1929 movie “Woman in the Moon,” where the countdown was used to increase tension.
“Seinfeld,” “Mad About You,” and “Friends” all share the same universe. A Seinfeld character sublets an apartment from a main character on Mad About You, who later appears on Friends.
There are two species of African spiders named after “The Dude” from The Big Lebowski. They are called “Anelosimus biglebowski” and “Anelosimus dude.”
Star Wars was re-released in the Navajo language in 2013, making it the first motion picture to be translated into a Native American language.
Of the 9,000 Blockbuster stores that existed in the early 2000s, there’s only one Blockbuster left in the world, located in Bend, Oregon.
Saturn’s moon Mimas bears a striking resemblance to the Death Star from “Star Wars” thanks to an enormous crater called the Herschel Crater.
In 2015, 69,278 people signed a petition to rename the Australian dollar to “Dollarydoo,” a nod to an episode of The Simpsons.
Throughout “Gilligan’s Island,” it was never disclosed whether “Gilligan” was his first or last name, although off-screen sources state his full name was “Willy Gilligan.”
Steven Spielberg denied a salary for directing “Schindler’s List.” He also refuses to autograph any materials related to the film.
Snoop Dogg’s real name is Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., and his nickname came from his mother, who thought he looked like Snoopy from “Peanuts.”
A nickelodeon was a type of early movie theater that charged 5 cents (a nickel) for admission and was the precursor to modern cinema.
