
Fun facts
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When David Duchovny went to the casting for Fox Mulder, he wore a tie with little pink pigs in it. He later claimed that it was the key to his getting the part.
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According to Chris Carter, David Duchovny hates that Mulder is a hero who always knows everything because this wouldn't be realistic, so he wants Mulder to make mistakes.
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Gillian Anderson has an explosive, uncontrollable and infectious laughter so, during the filming they frecuently had to stop when she had a fit of laughter until they all could keep going.
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According to Gillian Anderson, at the beggining of the series she was supposed to walk one or two steps behind Mulder in order to give him the prominence. She clearly won her own position in a few episodes.
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Contrary to popular belief, ratings did not go down during Season 6, they actually went up. It was the viewership that went down between Seasons 5 and 6.
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Chris Carter's least favorite episode is Space, which he wrote himself.
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According to Chris Carter, the exact moment when Mulder first fell for Scully was the moment she walked in his door in the pilot and the first time she did it was when he phoned her when she is on her bed in this first episode.
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Mulder and Scully kiss once a season from the sixth to the ninth.
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Scully says that people can't spontaneously combust. Yet in The X-Files: Soft Light (1995) people did disintegrate, leaving burn marks on the ground.
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August 8th of 2017, first day of shooting, more than 25 years after the first episode was filmed.
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The Marburg virus is a type of viral hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola.
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In the episode Plus one David Duchovny's music appears from his first album "Hell or Highwater."
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The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat Mulder is seen eating Jiffy Pop Popcorn, which could be the source for many people confusing Jif Peanut Butter for Jiffy Peanut Butter, a notable example of the Mandela effect.