11 strange things you didn’t know about STRANGER THINGS

1. Stranger Things is inspired by a 'true' story.

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2. The show was originally called “Montauk.”

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3. Before being picked up by Netflix, Stranger Things was rejected by fifteen networks.

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4. Duffer Brothers auditioned 906 boys and 307 girls to find the young leads.

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5. “MK Ultra”, the evil program featured in Episode 3 of Stranger Things, was a real life project run by the CIA.

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6. In Episode 3, the gesture that Eleven does with her head when breaking the man’s neck was Millie’s own idea.

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7. Millie Bobby Brown (ELEVEN) Actually Shaved Her Head

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8. Dacre Montgomery (BILLY) Is A Power Ranger

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9. An Onset Kiss Was Millie Bobby Brown's (ELEVEN'S) First Kiss.

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10. The Upside Down's real name is the Nether.

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11. Season 4 took two years to film.

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