The internet has become famous for anonymous facts claiming to be true as well and out-and-out fake news and scams of all kinds. Here are ten facts that are surprising and amazingly TRUE.

• More tickets were sold to see the movie Gone With the Wind in theaters than people living in America at its release.

• John Lennon signed the official paperwork formalizing the split of the Beatles while staying at a Disney World hotel.

• Yoda from the movie Star Wars, cookie monster from Sesame Street, and Miss Piggy from the Muppet Show were all voiced by the same person.

• The leading role in the movie Forrest Gump was originally offered to John Travolta.

• Leonardo DiCaprio didn’t draw the sketch of Kate Winslet in Titanic, but director James Cameron did.

• Gene Roddenberry originally wanted Patrick Stewart to wear a wig for his iconic Star Trek role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

• Stephen Spielberg submitted Schindler’s List as his final project for film school.

• Brad Pitt’s first acting gig was dressing up as a giant chicken.

• The NFL, NBA, and MLB have all had one player win the championship MVP while playing for the losing team.

• Violet Jessop was the one passenger who was aboard both the Titanic and its sister ship the Britannic when they were sunk.

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