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

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Popcorn became a popular snack at the movies because of the Great Depression.

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NBC ran unreleased original Danielle Steel made-for-TV movies so that they wouldn’t have to write off the character of Rachel Green during the first season of Friends.

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The term “Black Friday” came from the Philadelphia Police Department.

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DVDs were one of the reasons that Blockbuster would eventually go out of business.

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The term “blockbuster” actually comes from World War II and had nothing to do with movies.

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And lastly, the reason The Wizard of Oz became an iconic piece of pop culture is because of television.