FACTS

• Before "Friends," Courtney Cox was the best known.
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• Courtney originally auditioned to play the part of Rachel Green
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• Pizzas bought for the studio audience during tapings - 20,060
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• Estimated US audience of final episode - 51.1 million
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• Babies born to Friends characters - 5
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• Over 5 miles of film are used for every episode. They hold around
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• 12 hours of footage which has to be cut down to 22 minutes.
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• Friends averages over 26 million viewers every week in the US alone.
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• The show's producers admit that the characters could never afford
  the rents on the apartments they lived in on the show
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• Two models for American underwear company Victoria's Secret appeared
  in the first series.
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• The whole cast huddle together before each episode to wish each
  other luck. This made frequent guest star Tom Selleck feel a bit left
  out.