Portal:Speculative fiction/Did you know

... that some audience members fainted while others fled the 350-seat Grand Ducal Theatre in Stuttgart at the first appearance of the Furies in Jean-Georges Noverre's (pictured) 1763 ballet Jason et Médée?
... that the Phineas and Ferb character Perry the Platypus was made a platypus because of the animal's striking appearance?
... that David Colbert was given permission to publish the book The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter only if there was a note on the cover stating that it had not been approved by J.K. Rowling?
... that Alice is a science fiction reimagining of the classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
... that the Star Wars video game Flight of the Falcon lets the player pilot not only the Millennium Falcon, but also an X-wing, a landspeeder, and a speeder bike?