The Pyrenean Ibex goat is the only animal to go extinct... twice. Although aardvarks look small, they are slightly smaller than a human. Badgers used to be called "brocks." Milk is more poisonous to a cat than seawater. Dogs don't like being hugged. William Shakespeare invented the word "alligator." Some ants never sleep. Meerkats kill their own kind more than any other animal. The honey badger is the world's most ferocious animal. Tanzania has more lions than any other country. Giraffes can't yawn. You can tell a horse's age by observing its teeth. Orangutans make umbrellas out of leaves. The Western world didn't know pandas existed until 1869. If a scorpion gets drunk, it can sting itself to death. It's nearly impossible to tell the difference between a koala's fingerprints and a human's. Jellyfish can live for over 10,000 years. The Peregrine Falcon can punch its prey while moving at 230mph. This strike is called "The Falcon Punch."

The Lion King takes place before humanity existed. Before he was famous, Bryan Cranston did voiceovers for several animes including Ghost in the Shell and Street Fighter II. Beauty and the Beast is based on a 1,800 year old story. The Minions are based on the Jawas from Star Wars. Toy Story was supposed to be a musical. The Jungle Book is the most successful film in German history. Sleeping Beauty wasn't released on video for 27 years. Aladdin's lamp appears in Zootopia. Frozen was nearly made in the 1940s. The actor who voices Bambi grew up to become a Marine and a drill instructor. The final scene in The Little Mermaid was inspired by Die Hard.

In Prometheus, Jesus Christ is an alien. The first horror film to win an Oscar was Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. One of the main actors in Alien3 is a murderer. The Sunken Place in Get Out is meant to represent how minorities' rights are ignored by society. None of the cast of Scream correctly guessed who the killer was. The killer in Halloween was meant to wear a clown mask. Brad Pitt hated working on Interview with the Vampire so much, he tried to quit. One of the actors to audition for Gremlins didn't get cast because he was "too good." The death scenes in Cannibal Holocaust are so realistic, the director was arrested for murder.

Nintendo used to sell the board game, Twister.Super Smash Bros. was originally called Dragon King.There is a single spot in Pac-Man where Ghosts can't touch you.The Street Fighter character, Dhalsim, was meant to be an eight-armed elephant.Starfox and Tekken were never meant to be released. They were only created to test 3D models.Nintendo made a game for the Game Boy that could connect with a sewing machine.The Wii U's controller can tap into Earth's magnetic field.The Moon will change size in Grand Theft Auto III if you shoot it with a sniper rifle.Sonic the Hedgehog was meant to be a rabbit called Feel.There is no technique to win Tetris.You can win the original Hitman without firing one shot.The creator of Space Invaders never beat the first level.In the Super Mario Bros. film, Bowser was nearly played by Arnold Schwarzenegger.The PlayStation 2 is the most successful console ever.Nintendo had to ship Super Nintendos at night to avoid being robbed by the mafia.

According to the Bible, Jesus had several brothers and sisters.During his lifetime, Buffalo Bill was the most famous person in the world.Eratosthenes created geography.Martin Luther King was jailed 29 times.George Washington is the only person to serve in war while being the US president.Gandhi refused to educate his children and disowned two of them.Alexander the Great claimed to have seen a UFO.Archimedes was the first person to calculate pi.Isaac Newton believed in Atlantis.Anaximander figured out that the Earth is round.Joseph Stalin was covered in scars due to suffering smallpox.Aristotle believed eels were made of mud.Leonardo Da Vinci was the first person who could explain why the Moon was crescent-shaped.Pythagoras was so good at mathematics, people thought he was a sorcerer.Napoleon was terrified of open doors.King Arthur's real name was Ambrosius Aurelianus.Saddam Hussein was obsessed with Doritos.Socrates thought the concept of books was stupid.

The first series on HBO was Fraggle Rock. The show, Friends coined the term "friend zone." The premise for Knight Rider was made up as a joke. All the main actors of The Walking Dead have a Last Supper on the day they film their death scene. The first and last conversation in Seinfeld is about a button. Homer Simpson is based on Frank Spencer from Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. The Big Bang Theory was meant to be called Lenny, Penny, and Kenny. Thomas the Tank Engine was nominated for two BAFTAs. Breaking Bad was remade in Mexico. The show, Wonder Woman was criticised because the title character shows her back. The Sopranos was meant to be a film. Despite what many sources say, Star Trek is not the first show to have an interracial kiss. The story of Stranger Things is based on a real project the CIA committed where they researched telekinesis and telepathy. Kit Harington plays Jon Snow in Game of Thrones. His great-grandfather invented the flushing toilet.

OJ Simpson was turned down for the role of The Terminator because the studio thought he couldn't play a convincing killer. Back to the Future was nearly called Spaceman from Pluto. In the original script of The Truman Show, all the actors are criminals. Bob Hoskins kept hallucinating while making Who Framed Roger Rabbit and couldn't work again for a year. The line, "Fly, my pretties. Fly!" is never said in The Wizard of Oz. The crewmembers of The Lord of the Rings made so much chainmail for the films, they wore their fingerprints off. The main song for Beauty and the Beast was meant to be a rock-n'-roll song. The most expensive part of Rocky was the make-up. The line "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn," in Gone with the Wind was nearly, "Frankly my dear, it makes my gorge rise." Alec Guinness wears a toupee in every Star Wars film that he appears in. Production on The Shawshank Redemption was shut down for days while the studio waited for a maggot to die so they could use it in a scene.