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• [Television fact 1] Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, starred in a Pizza Hut commercial.

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• [Television fact 2] In 2007, UK broadcaster Channel 4 announced to broadcast a season of programming called “Wank Week.” It was expected to consist of a series of three documentary programs about masturbation. The decision came under public attack and it was canceled.

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• [Television fact 3] Truth or Consequences is a city in the county seat of Sierra County, New Mexico. It was originally named Hot Springs, but the city changed its name to “Truth or Consequences”, the title of a popular NBC Radio program. In March 1950, Ralph Edwards, the host of the radio quiz show Truth or Consequences, announced that he would air the program on its 10th anniversary from the first town that renamed itself after the show; Hot Springs won the honor, officially changing its name on March 31, 1950 (the program broadcast from there the following evening, April 1).

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• [Television fact 4] The Simpsons episode "Itchy and Scratchy Land," was written in response to new, stringent censorship laws that were being put in place at the time. Fox had tried to prevent the inclusion of Itchy and Scratchy cartoons in the show, prompting the writers to make the episode as violent as possible.

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• [Television fact 5] Conspiracy Theory Rock is a banned segment from Saturday Night Live. It was part of a March 1998 "TV Funhouse" segment. It has been removed from all subsequent airings of the Saturday Night Live episode where it originally appeared because it "wasn't funny".

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• [Television fact 6] Star Trek' TV episodes are unusual in that syndication prices rose over time, instead of declining like most reruns, because fans watched each episode dozens of times. Their enormous popularity led to the revival of the franchise after the series' cancellation after three seasons.

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• [Television fact 7] The phrase “Game of Thrones” is said only once on screen, and the speaker is Cersei Lannister. “When you play the game of thrones,” she says, “you either win or you die.”

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• [Television fact 8] Nearly 40% of the medical advice given on the Dr. Oz show has no scientific evidence backing it up.

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• [Television fact 9] Lysa Arryn and her sister Catelyn Stark used to kiss their father’s ward, Littlefinger, for practice when they were children. They also once made mud cakes for him, and he was sick for a week after eating them.

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• [Television fact 10] Though the phrase "Beam me up, Scotty" is the most well-known quote from Star Trek, it does not appear in any movie or tv episode.

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