250 True/Funny Things We Know About The Big Bang Theory

This is just a list of things about the popular show The Big Bang Theory. I'm not going to try for 500 of them (like the Mario or Pokemon lists), but let's see if we can get to 250.

1. Penny and Kaley Cuoco were not in the original pilot. Originally she was a much raunchier girl named Katie and was played by a different actress, but test audiences didn't like her.

2. Also, the original pilot had Sheldon and Leonard unemployed and trying to get some extra money by donating to a sperm bank.

3. The stairway/elevator setting is just one set--the scenery around it is changed between shots to reflect which "floor" they are supposed to be on.

4. All the mathematical equations seen anywhere on the show are real.

5. The first seasons were the better ones (about the first 5).

6. Leonard & Sheldon are not unemployed.

7) Co-stars Kaley Cuoco (Penny) & Johnny Galecki (Leonard) went out in real life

8) None of the actors/actresses wear glasses in real life.

9) Jim Parsons is the oldest member of the main cast, being born in 1973, making him 42 (Until March 24th)

10) Kaley Cuoco is the youngest member of the main cast, being born in 1985, making her 30 (Until November 30th)

11) [Link to Number 9-10] The biggest age difference in the main cast is 12 years, between Jim Parsons and Kaley Cuoco

12) The actress who voices Mrs. Wolowitz died on November 11, 2014

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13. Sheldon and Leonard are named after the TV producer Sheldon Leonard.

14. The actor who plays Stuart actually owned a comic-book store in real life.

15. Penny is the only main cast member whose last name has never been revealed.

16. The actor who plays Barry Kripke does not have a speech impediment.

17. Kunal Nayyar is the only one with a book

18. Sara Gilbert's character, Leslie Winkle, was never meant to be a permanent cast member.

249. 19) The show started in 2007.

20. Charlie Sheen had a brief cameo as himself in one episode.

21) TBBT reached its 100th episode in January 2012.

22. Sheldon told Amy that he loved her before she told him that she loved him.

23. Mrs. Wolowitz's first name was Deborah.

24. Kunal Nayyar's accent is real.

25) Kunal Nayyar is the only one in the main cast born in UK

26) Melissa Rauch does not talk with the same squeaky voice as Bernadette.

27) Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady are writers for the show.

28) Jim Parsons and Sara Gilbert are both gay.

29) The theme song is performed by Barenaked Ladies.

30) There is more to the theme song than what is played at the beginning of the show.

31) The timeline in the intro ends at 2020

32) Bernadette has a degree in microbiology but worked as a waitress when she first appeared on the show.

33) Bernadette is pregant

34) Earlier in the series Sheldon was supposed to be allergic to cats, but in a later episode he had about 25 of them.

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35) Jim Parsons has also guest starred in iCarly
36) Kaley Cuoco starred in the 2011 film "Hop"

37) Kaley Cuoco previously was on the shows "8 Simple Rules" and "Charmed."

38) Jim Parsons has done commercials for Quizno's, FedEx, and Intel.