20 Facts About ‘The Big Bang Theory’ That Most People Don’t Know

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9 seasons down, and we still can’t get enough of the show. The lives of these socially awkward scientists and their free-spirited neighbour have taken the world by storm since it first aired on TV more than a decade ago.  Nothing less than a veritable pop-culture phenomenon, it continues to deliver on the laughs year after year. Here are 20 facts about The Big Bang Theory that most people don’t know. Compiled with love.

1 If you are above 18 years, you can be a part of the show’s live studio audience for absolutely nothing.

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Tickets are offered for free, you guys.(source)

2 Raj is modeled after a real person. Writer Bill Prady knew an old co-worker who also had the inability to speak to women when not drunk.

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3 The shirts that Sheldon wears (like the Green Lantern one) reflect his emotions in that scene. In the comic universe, the colours correspond to a particular emotion: Red for rage, blue for hope, indigo for compassion and so on.

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4 The cast are highly-skilled musicians in real life.

Sheldon Cooper Black Theremin
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Johnny Galecki, who plays Dr. Leonard Hofstadter has been a cellist since a young age while Jim Parsons (Dr. Sheldon Cooper) and Mayim Bialik (Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler) learned how to play the theremin and the harp, especially for the show. Genius, much?

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5 Brazilian biologists named an entire bee species after Sheldon’s catchphrase, “Bazinga!” in 2012.

Bazinga Bee
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André Nemésio of the Universidade Federal de Uberlândia explained that the bee had tricked them for quite some time “due to its similarity to E ignita”. Consequently, it was named ‘Euglossa bazinga’. Ironically enough, Sheldon is allergic to bees.(source)

6 “Soft Kitty” is a real song – originally titled “Warm Kitty” and sung by Edith Newlin in 1930. Bill Prady’s daughter had learned the song from a teacher in pre-school.

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7 Howard’s massive collection of toys and figurines are all female.

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Batgirl, Cheetah, Wonder woman and so on. The only male toy is Jabba the Hutt, although he is placed alongside Princess Leia.(source)

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