10 Mind-Blowing Facts That Sound Completely Made Up But Are Actually 100% True

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I Love Lucy was a groundbreaking TV series that unintentionally created how the TV industry works to this day.

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Madonna, Britney Spears, and Christina Aguilera’s iconic 2003 VMA opening performance was a direct response to the 2002 show, where Bruce Springsteen opened with a somber tribute song to 9/11.

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Instagram actually started out as a location check-in app called Burbn.

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Leonardo DiCaprio and Paul Thomas Anderson finally working together has been almost three decades in the making.

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M&Ms were created for soldiers during World War II and were exclusively for the US military.

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And lastly, Lin-Manuel Miranda pitched “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” as a song so that they would be able to “hold all the characters” in Encanto.