Reality TV Shows That Are Totally Scripted

The Real World

The Real World? Not so real after all. Known for changing the way we view reality TV, this was the first reality show to capitalize on carefully selected actors and clever editing to create drama.

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The More You Know

  • Jellyfish can sting even when they're dead.
  • Almost all chickens eaten today come from the winner of the 1948 'Chicken of Tomorrow' Contest whose genetics now dominate poultry farms worldwide.
  • A reservoir in space holds 140 trillion times the amount of water in Earth's oceans.
  • War pigs were used in ancient warfare to counter against war elephants, which feared the pigs (and their squeals) and would bolt. War pigs were sometimes lit on fire to enhance this effect.
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