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Before the show even aired, Bryan Cranston reported an actual suspected meth lab in his neighbourhood. He recognised the smell purely from research he'd done for the role — which is either a great party story or slightly unsettling, depending how you look at it.
The classic six Barrows Brothers eventually got two extra members bolted onto the group — Akrisae the Doomed, converted after intercepting a spell meant for a player, and Linza the Disgraced, added following a later quest. Neither of them shows up in every version of the fight though, so plenty of players have no idea the six were ever an eight.
Before becoming the undead lich-like bosses players fight in ancient tombs, the Dragon Priests were living members of the Dragon Cult who ruled over Nord society on behalf of the dragons during the Merethic Era, wielding power and knowledge granted directly by their draconic masters.
Back in 2008 Jagex actually picked up a Guinness World Records certificate for RuneScape being the most popular free MMORPG on the planet — and it wasn't even their first time getting it, they'd already held the title the year before. The whole thing got handed over at the Leipzig Games Convention in Germany while they were showing off RuneScape HD.
After meeting Niccolò Machiavelli, returning to the Palazzo Auditore courtyard and using Eagle Vision triggers a one-time-only vision of Ezio's entire deceased family standing around the palazzo.
To keep the cooking scenes from being total nonsense, the writers brought in Dr. Donna Nelson, a chemistry professor from the University of Oklahoma, to review scripts and make sure the science held up.
Vacant got its own full multiplayer remake eventually, but a chunk of the original map is also tucked away near Port on the Verdansk map in Warzone, for anyone who fancies a nostalgic detour.
Theo actor Dylan Arnold has one of the funniest audition histories on the show. He first read for Joe in season one, then came back to try out for Forty in season two, and only landed a part on his third attempt when he was cast as Theo in season three. He even went to college with Elizabeth Lail, who played Beck.
Building out the tangled, organic look of the Upside Down for Season 5 took a genuinely absurd amount of materials, roughly 27.3 miles of pool noodles and 81 miles of rope, all turned into around 52 miles of finished tendrils. One crew member reportedly hand-rubbed 70 percent of the noodles themselves just to keep the texture and colour consistent throughout.
