1. Buddy the Wonder Dog, the golden retriever who played Buddy in Air Bud, also played Comet on several episodes of Full House.
2. Britney Spears' career-launching hit single, "…Baby One More Time," was originally written for TLC.
3. Ryan Gosling could've been a Backstreet Boy.
While filming The Mickey Mouse Club, Gosling lived in the same Orlando apartment complex as A.J. McLean, who was then starting out in the Backstreet Boys. McLean offered to make him a member, but Gosling turned him down. He later had a change of heart and tried to join the group, but his call wasn’t returned.
4. Baby Spice (Emma Bunton) was not an original member of the Spice Girls.
5. The Taco Bell Chihuahua, while voiced by a man, was played a female dog named Gidget.
6. At its peak in the '90s, 50% of the CDs produced in the world were for AOL.
7. Animaniacs was originally envisioned to be about three ducks named Yakki, Smakki, and Wakki.
8. Sarah Michelle Gellar turned down the role of Cher in Clueless.
9. On Beverly Hills, 90210, the crowd walking across the football field in the iconic "Donna Martin graduates!" episode, were actually yelling "Donna Martin masturbates!"
10. Also, while Jason Priestly and Shannen Doherty played twin siblings on 90210, they, in real life, slept with each other during the first season.
11. Costume designer Janie Bryant, who is best known for her work on Mad Men, was a costume designer on The Adventures of Pete & Pete.
12. Marlon Wayans was originally cast to play Robin in Batman Forever.
Wayans was signed on to play Robin (opposite Michael Keaton's Batman) in what would've been Tim Burton's third Batman film. When Warner Bros. decided against having Burton direct Batman Forever (because the film would've had the same dark tone as Batman Returns), they brought in Joel Schumacher, who cast Chris O'Donnell in the role. Per Wayans' contract he was paid his salary, plus, even though he didn't star in the film, he still receives residual checks from it.
13. Eminem's 1996 debut solo album, Infinite, only sold about 1,000 copies.
14. Tamagotchi is a portmanteau of the Japanese words for egg and watch.
15. In 1992, Mark Wahlberg wrote his memoir, Marky Mark, and dedicated it to his penis.
16. Michael Jackson secretly co-wrote "Do The Bartman."
17. The Lion King sold over $1 billion in tie-in merchandise in just 1994 alone (the year of its release).
18. Ross and Rachel were never meant to be the central couple of Friends; it was supposed to be Monica and Joey.
19. Titanic was predicted to be a huge box office flop.
