The NFL is recognized as an "entertainment" business rather than a sport, and they can legally fix the outcome of games. @googlefactss #sports #entertainment

Every restaurant from Season 1 and 2 of Kitchen Nightmares has closed.

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At the end of the South Park episode “Trapped in the Closet” All the names on the credits read either “John Smith” or “Jane Smith” due to Tom Cruise’s and Scientologists’ reputation of suing people.

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George R.R. Martin’s idea for Game of Thrones began with his pet turtles. He said, “I decided they were all knights and kings…and I made up stories about how they killed each other and betrayed each other and fought for the kingdom. So, Game of Thrones, actually began with turtles.”

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The Dothraki language used in Game of Thrones was designed to sound like Arabic to the untrained ear, or a mix between Spanish and Arabic to anyone who knows Arabic.

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The cartoon “Ed, Edd n Eddy” was created on a dare.

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Jim Caviezel, the actor who played Jesus Christ in “The Passion of the Christ”, was struck by lightning during the film shoot on the set.

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The modern day “pirate accent” we know comes from Robert Newton’s portrayal of Long John Silver in the 1950 Disney adaptation of Treasure Island. Before that, there was no universal”pirate accent”

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The reason all videos are subtitled on Netflix is because the National Association for the Deaf filed a class-action lawsuit against them in 2010.

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MASSIVE is a software package used to generate thousands of actors with their own Artificial Intelligence. It was used to generate the battle scenes in the Lord of the Rings films.

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A lot of that weird creepy music in horror movies is performed on one unique instrument called a waterphone.

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Audio Games exist, games that solely use audio and rely on no visuals.

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The time machine in ‘Back to the Future’ was originally a refrigerator, but was changed since they were concerned kids would start to lock themselves inside after seeing the movie.

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Jackie Chan doesn’t like the Rush Hour series because he doesn’t appreciate the action scenes, nor does he understand the American humor. He only made the sequel because he was offered an “irresistible” amount of money.

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Although it's 227 minutes long, the movie ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ has no women in speaking roles. It is reportedly the longest film with audio not to have any dialog spoken by a woman.

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The creator of Wonder Woman, William Marston, was a psychologist who was famous for inventing the lie detector. He was also a BDSM enthusiast and a firm believer in the superiority of women, stating that Wonder Woman was an allegory for the type of woman he believed should run the world.

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The character of Rocky was based upon a real life boxer who was not expected to go 3 rounds against Muhammad Ali. To everyone's surprise, he went 15 rounds.

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