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The success of Beverly Hills, 90210 inspired MTV to create The Real World.
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Century City (a neighborhood in LA) exists because the 1963 film Cleopatra became one of the most expensive movie productions in Hollywood history.
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Crocs were originally designed as boating shoes.
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Walt Disney was so determined to cast Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins that he delayed production on the film to accommodate her pregnancy.
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Zippers used in clothing were introduced only a little over 100 years ago. Schott’s NYC was the first to do it, putting it on their jackets in 1925.
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Spam was created in the 1930s as a way to use leftover pork shoulder.
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Stevie Nicks and Prince became good friends because of her 1983 song “Stand Back.”
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The name “Bluetooth” comes from King Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson, a 10th-century Scandinavian ruler.
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And lastly, George Lucas absolutely HATED and went “apeshit” over Harrison Ford’s iconic “I know” ad-lib in The Empire Strikes Back.