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

Myth #20 – It Takes Years For You To Digest Gum

False! Gum is nearly indigestible and simply passes through the digestive tract without causing any harm. That piece of gum you swallowed when you were seven is not still floating around in there, nor is it growing a gum tree.

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The More You Know

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won all 11 Academy Awards it was nominated for.
  • For 'Fight Club' (1999), Brad Pitt had pieces of his front teeth chipped off to play Tyler Durden. He also took soap-making classes, boxing, taekwondo, and grappling lessons with Edward Norton to prepare for the role.
  • "Dracula" was filmed in English during the day, and in Spanish at night.
  • In the movie Dredd, they slowed down a Justin Bieber song by 800 times to create the "slow motion" noise.
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