No. 191.

Whilst filming Sleepless in Seattle, the crew discovered a neat little coffee shop called Starbucks. Director Nora Ephron liked it so much that she immediately bought stocks in it.

(Source: http://entertainment.time.com/2012/06/27/nora-ephron-a-life-of-voice-and-detail/)

No. 179.

Jerry Springer was once Mayor of Cincinnati.

(Source: Documentary commemorating twenty years of The Simpsons. Verified via Wikipedia.)

No. 178.

Grover Cleveland is officially both the 22nd and the 24th President of the United States. He served non-consecutive terms, but somehow is counted twice.

(Source: QI.)

No. 154.

The Solids, the band that provides the theme song for How I Met Your Mother, was founded by the show's creators, Carter Bays and Craig Thomas.

(Source: Wikipedia.)

No. 153.

In Minnesota's Mall of America, (the United States' biggest shopping centre) a couple were married
in a shark tank. The bride and groom were in full wedding wear, albeit with the addition of scuba tanks.

(Source: The Mighty Mississippi with Sir Trevor McDonald.)

No. 152.

Ronald Regan, Franklin Roosevelt, and George W. Bush were all once cheerleaders.

(Source: The Mighty Mississippi with Sir Trevor McDonald.)

No. 129.

The front cover of the first Captain America comic depicts him punching Hitler.

(Source: http://halloweenjackconnell.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/all-night-i-want-young-american-captain.html.)

No. 128.

Morgan Freeman is part owner of Blues club, Ground Zero, in Clarksdale, Mississippi.

(Source: The Mighty Mississippi with Trevor McDonald.)

No. 127.

A 1990 film version of Captain America saw the hero played by the son of author J.D. Salinger. The movie was not shown in cinemas in the US, but was released there on VHS.

(Source: http://halloweenjackconnell.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/all-night-i-want-young-american-captain.html. Verified by Wikipedia.)

No. 119.

Mary Steenburgen's first ever movie scenes were with Christopher Lloyd. The pair reunited for Back to the Future part III, which, incidentally, provided Lloyd with a milestone of his own - his first screen kiss.

(Source: Today Show interview with the cast.)

No. 107.

Kaley Cuoco got turned down twice for the role of Penny in The Big Bang Theory before finally getting the part upon a third audition.

(Source: The Big Bang Theory: It all started with a Big Bang, an E4 behind the scenes look at the show.)

No. 100.

Horror director Wes Craven and special effects guru Rick Baker were amongst those that walked out of a Barcelona film festival screening of Reservoir Dogs. The latter told Tarantino it was a compliment - he had found the realism unnerving.

(Source: Learnt in lecture. Verified by Wikipedia.)

No. 97.

The episode titles of excellent radio comedy series Cabin Pressure were intended to run in alphabetical order (i.e. the first is Abu Dhabi, the second Boston, the third Cremona, and so on.). However, they have not been broadcast in the order they were intended, so the pattern has been broken.

(Source: Wikipedia.)

No. 91.

One of Clint Eastwood's sons, Kyle, is an acclaimed double bass player who has contributed music to several of his father's films.

(Source: Told by friend. Verified by Wikipedia.)

No. 73.

During World War II, Oscar trophies were made of plaster due to a shortage of metal. When the conflict ended, they were exchanged for ones made of gold.

(Source: Wikipedia. Verified by http://web.archive.org/web/20070927134712/http://www.oscars.com/legacy/?pn=statuette&page=2.)

No. 72.

Mark Wahlberg has kept his prosthetic penis from Boogie Nights.

(Source: Graham Norton Show.)

No. 69.

The Weinstein brothers named their film distribution company, Miramax, after their parents, Miriam and Max.

(Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/feb/23/harvey-weinstein-oscars-as-god.)

No. 68.

Rather appropriately, Pumba's, the warthog from The Lion King, name is Swahili for 'silly'.

(Source: QIkipedia Twitter feed.)

No. 66.

Lily from How I Met Your Mother was based on the wife of co-creator Craig Thomas. She allowed him to base a character on her on the condition that the role be played by Alyson Hannigan.

(Source: Wikipedia. Verified by http://www.whedon.info/Alyson-Hannigan-How-I-Met-Your,14745.html.)

No. 63.

Cuba Gooding Jnr has forbidden his father from visiting him during jobs. This was deemed a necessary precaution when, on the set of Jerry Maguire, his dad asked Tom Cruise if he was gay.

(Source: The Graham Norton Show.)