Tron was denied a Special FX Oscar because it used computer graphics!
The original 1982 Tron was a very influential film. It's one of the first films to use computer generated graphics to tell its story. It has influenced people like John Lasseter (creator of Toy Story) and Daft Punk. It's considered to be one of the top 20 cult films of all time.
The Motion Picture Academy showed incredible short-sightedness when it came to Oscar time. While the movie wasn't considered particularly good outside the special effects, many people thought it deserved a nomination (and a win) for it's effects. However, the Motion Picture Academy REFUSED to nominate it. The movie's director later said that "The Academy thought we were cheating by using computers."
In what is probably considered the greatest achievement among the swine-rights movement, the British government has decided that farmers have to "cater for the emotional well being of pigs." 
The phenomenon happened in an area of a factory that had fast-moving, electrically charged film. It was strong enough to prevent humans from passing through it!
Adam West starred in the Batman TV show that revitalized Batman in the 1960s. According to his biography, he was a Batman fan since very young. He liked the dual action hero / detective aspect of Batman. After a few years of working in a Hawaiian TV show, he finally landed his signature role as Batman in the 1966 show. Since then, he has over 60 movie and 80 TV show credits, including appearing as himself in Family Guy.
Ruby Bridges was the only black girl to attend a white public school in New Orleans, soon after desegregation was official in the 1960s. To commemorate this, Norman Rockwell painted a piece called "The Problem We All Live With," which shows her walking to school, escorted by police officers. Behind her, the n-word and "KKK" are written on a wall.
