What you didn't know about 'Breaking Bad'

What you didn't know about 'Breaking Bad' - The first episode of 'Breaking Bad' aired on January 20, 2008 on AMC, and over 60 awards and 62 episodes later, the critically-acclaimed show is dearly missed by fans. Thanks largely to the talents of Bryan Cranston, Walter White is one of the most fascinating TV characters ever. On March 7, Cranston turns 63. To celebrate his big day, get nostalgic and discover some surprising facts you didn't know about 'Breaking Bad' in this gallery!

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No acting classes - Actor Aaron Paul, who played Jesse Pinkman, confessed on a reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) session that he never had acting classes. Paul says that he simply imagines that he is someone else.

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Unexpected success - Because of the success of the series and Walter White's famous blue crystal meth, several drug dealers began putting blue dyes on their methamphetamine crystals, as The Independent reported in 2014.

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Pinkman almost died - During PaleyFest 2010, the creator of the show, Vince Gilligan, revealed that the 2008 screenwriting strike in Hollywood "saved" Aaron Paul's character. Jesse Pinkman should have died in episode nine of season one. This never happened due to the strike, in addition to many of the team agreeing that Paul was too good to be taken off the show.

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Monster - In 2013, George R.R. Martin, creator of 'Game of Thrones,' confessed in his blog that he saw Walter White (the protagonist of 'Breaking Bad') as a bigger monster than anyone in 'Game of Thrones.'

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'Power Rangers' - Some 20 years before starring in 'Breaking Bad,' Bryan Cranston voiced a villain in 'Power Rangers.'

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Another Cranston - In addition, Cranston revealed on his reddit AMA that the blue Power Ranger was named after him. His name was Billy Cranston.

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Goodbye - When shooting the episode where Walter White kills Mike, the entire production team wore black armbands to symbolize Jonathan Banks's (Mike's) last episode.

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Difficult scene - In his reddit AMA, Aaron Paul revealed that the most difficult scene he had to shoot was Jane's death (Jesse Pinkman's girlfriend, played by Krysten Ritter). The actor said he was anxious for the day of filming to end because he was feeling all the stress that his character felt.

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Real-life brothers - Daniel and Luis Moncada, who play the role of The Cousins, are actually brothers. One of them had never even acted before he starred in the show, as revealed in a Q&A on AMC website.

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Real disorder - R.J. Mitte, who played Walt Jr., actually has cerebral palsy, just like his character, but not as severe as that of Walter White's son. The actor had to learn to walk on crutches to play the character.

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Reference - The series has 62 episodes in total. This is a reference to the element number 62 of the periodic table, Samarium, which is used in cancer medicines, a reference to Walter White's disease.

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Deaths - A total of 270 people die throughout the series.

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Real website - The website created on the show to help with Walter White's cancer treatment is a real website: www.SaveWalterWhite.com.

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Last episode - The last episode of 'Breaking Bad' is called 'Felina,' which leads many to think that it is a division of the chemical symbols Fe, Li, Na: Iron, Lithium and Sodium. Which can be translated into: Blood, methamphetamine, and tears.

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Rejected - Vince Gilligan revealed that the show was rejected by several TV stations, including HBO.

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Expert help - Bryan Cranston confessed to High Times that the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) helped them cook methamphetamine and worked as consultants for the show.

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Blue meth - The popular blue crystal meth used in the show is actually a candy called Rock Candy, which is sold at an Albuquerque candy store called The Candy Land.

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Before 'Breaking Bad' - Bryan Cranston starred in the popular series 'Malcolm in the Middle,' but the most interesting thing is that Aaron Paul auditioned for the same show, to play Francis.

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Successful song - The last song to play in the series, 'Baby Blue' from Badfinger, was such a hit that it returned to the Billboard charts 40 years after its original release.

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Word - The character Jesse Pinkman was known not only as Walter White's loyal assistant, but also for his use of the word "b****." He said it 54 times throughout the series.

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They've never met - Jesse Pinkman and Walt Jr. have never met throughout the whole show.

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The only ones - Walter White and Jesse Pinkman are the only characters that appear in every episode of the show.

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Mask - The gas mask used by Walter White in the first episode is the same mask that the actor wears at the end of the show.

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'The X-Files' - Vince Gilligan began as writer and producer for the science fiction series 'The X-Files.' It was there that he met Bryan Cranston, with whom he worked on one of the episodes.

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Hat - The hat that became Walter White/Heisenberg's brand image was given to Bryan Cranston by the production crew so that he wouldn't get sunburned on his shaved head.

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Awards -

The popular show won more than 60 awards, in numerous categories. It also entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the Highest-Rated TV Series.

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