The Wildest Myths Viewers Have Been Led to Believe by Movies & Media

Myth #42 – Laser Guns Create a Brilliant Color Show

Franchises such as Star Wars and Star Trek have shown millions of people what it would be like to shoot laser guns in space. However, if this were real life, you wouldn’t actually see anything. Light needs something to bounce off of, and in the vacuum of space, there is no buffer, so lasers in real-life are invisible.

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The More You Know

  • The cigarette smoked by Sigourney Weaver in Avatar is completely CGI.
  • The ornaments that Marv steps on in Home Alone are actually candy.
  • The real Frank Abagnale Jr. appears in Catch Me If You Can as the French policeman who arrests Leo.
  • George Clooney had a keg of Guinness installed in his dressing room whilst filming Ocean's Eleven.
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