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Crazy Fan Facts
Hormones are powerful. Photos of Justin smoking marijuana surfaced in early January 2013. By the 7th, #cuttingforbieber and #cutforbieber swept across Twitter, initially as a joke campaign to stop Justin from getting high. Fans, misinterpreting the hoax as a call to action, slit their wrists and posted pictures of their wounds online.
Crazy Fan Facts
Demographics can surprise you. According to HerdCensus.com’s 2012 State of the Herd Report, 86% of bronies are male and 89% are between the ages of 15 and 29. Channeling the show’s themes of friendship and kindness, “Bronies for Good” raised more than $60,000 in 2012 for the Children’s Cancer Association and other charities.
Crazy Fan Facts
Born in the age of Beatlemania, Trekkies arguably invented geek fandom. Fan letter-writing campaigns successfully convinced NBC to air a third season and NASA to name the inaugural space shuttle “Enterprise.” Today, Wikipedia even has a Klingon language option.
Crazy Fan Facts
Twilight captured the hearts of millions of adolescent girls, but it was Twilight fanfiction that struck a chord with middle-aged women. According to businessinsider.com, 50 Shades of Grey was the first book to sell more than 1 million copies on Amazon Kindle and the book’s author, E.L. James, is worth $15 million.
Crazy Fan Facts
Anything can be accomplished with the Force. In 2001, thousands of people in English-speaking countries put down “Jedi” as their official religion on census forms. In Nashville, TN, construction of a full-sized, completely furnished Millennium Falcon is underway. The builders hope to finish the 114-foot-long model by mid-2013.
