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The US version of The Office was almost canceled after its first season due to low ratings and mixed reviews.
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Red Lobster’s famous Cheddar Bay Biscuits didn’t exist when the restaurant first opened. They were introduced in 1992 as a simple snack to serve hungry guests while they waited for a table.
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Chuck E. Cheese, as in the character/mascot for the kids’ pizza chain, actually has a surprisingly sad origin story.
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Pearl Jam playing a concert at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, in 1993, because they were boycotting venues controlled by Ticketmaster, was what inspired Coachella.
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Most 19th-century cowboys didn’t wear those oversized, “10-gallon” cowboy hats you see in Westerns.
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When Alec Guinness agreed to play Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: A New Hope, he wasn’t particularly excited about the project. The role would ultimately earn him close to $100 million during his lifetime.
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The Big Mac was invented by a McDonald’s franchisee owner in Pittsburgh who was trying to satisfy the large appetites of local steelworkers.
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The iconic lightning striking the clock tower scene in Back to the Future was only added because of budget cuts to the film.
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And lastly, in 1960, Psycho changed how people watched movies in theaters — and it’s how we watch them today.