20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Factual error: When they first arrive on the Nautilus, they look out the large porthole and see the crew on the bottom of the ocean burying one of the crew, but the ocean would be much deeper than that, since the Nautilus is at the surface.

hifijohn

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Suggested correction: The depth of the ocean varies. There are shallow areas even in mid-ocean, especially near islands or other land masses.

Noman

Factual error: The giant squid's tentacles aren't shaped like ones in the real world are.

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Captain Nemo: The natives over there are cannibals. They eat liars with the same enthusiasm as they eat honest men.

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Trivia: The name of the supply colony that Nemo shows the professor is Rura Penthe, which is also the name of the Klingon prison in Star Trek VI.

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