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

Myth #43 – It’s Impossible to Calmly Walk Away From an Explosion

While the initial inferno might not cause any harm to a person in real life, the shockwave after would. It would compress all of the air in your body as it spread out from the point of impact and then immediately cause it to expand massively as a result of the vacuum left behind.

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The More You Know

  • "E.T." and "Poltergeist" started from the same script.
  • The ornaments that Marv steps on in Home Alone are actually candy.
  • Paul Schrader wrote Taxi Driver in five days. It is rumoured he had a loaded gun by his desk for “inspiration and motivation”.
  • George Clooney had a keg of Guinness installed in his dressing room whilst filming Ocean's Eleven.
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