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Fun facts about your favorite films, shows, and the stars.

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The Joker's hospital explosion scene in The Dark Knight (2008) was so complex that Christopher Nolan insisted it be filmed practically in a single take.
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In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Sean Connery played Harrison Ford's father — despite being only 12 years older than Ford in real life.
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Jesse Pinkman was originally planned to die at the end of Breaking Bad's first season, but Aaron Paul's performance convinced Vince Gilligan to keep him alive.
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The Silence of the Lambs (1991) swept the 'Big Five' Oscars: Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay — only the third film ever to achieve this.
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Peter Jackson filmed all three Lord of the Rings films simultaneously in New Zealand from 1999–2000, creating a production unlike anything before it.
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The six main voice actors of The Simpsons negotiated a deal paying them $400,000 per episode each — totaling over $400M per person across the show's run.
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The elaborate booby traps in Home Alone, calculated by specialists, would cost well over $1 million to set up in real life.
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Building the Titanic cost $7.5 million in 1912 (~$200M today). James Cameron spent $200M making the 1997 film — matching that adjusted cost.
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Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho broke a major Hollywood taboo by showing a toilet being flushed — the first time in American cinema.
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Disney's The Lion King (1994) closely follows the plot of Shakespeare's Hamlet — a prince seeking to avenge his father's murder by his uncle.
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