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During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur' a small red car can be seen in the distance.

The mask used by Michael Myers in the original Halloween was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.

Casey Kasem is the voice of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo.

Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest.

Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.

Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to SLOW a film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.

Sharon Stone was the first Star Search spokesmodel.

1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.

Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing their hands in jelly.

All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.

In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."

In the TV sitcom 'Friends', Courteney Cox actually auditioned for the part of Rachel but the producers asked her to play the part of Monica instead.

Still with Friends, Reese Witherspoon (who played the part of Rachel's sister, Jill) was originally supposed to appear in six episodes but apparently (and we have no proof of this) Jennifer Aniston disliked her and asked the producers to fire her.

Matt LeBlanc's role in 'Lost in Space' was offered to Matthew Perry. He declined the offer but suggested that Matt LeBlanc would be ideal for the part - and he got it.

The cost of filming the movie 'Titanic' cost more than it did to build the Titanic itself.

Kermit the Frog is left-handed. Apparently.