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3rd Mar 2022

Contact (1997)

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Character mistake: When they first receive the alien signal, they decode it and play it as a TV signal which shows Hitler speaking at the opening of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Kent translates what Hitler is saying as "I declare the Games in Berlin, at the celebration of the first Olympics of the New Era, as opened." Hitler actually says "the *eleventh* Olympics of the New Era." The "New Era" doesn't refer to some Nazi concept, it's used to separate the modern Olympics from the ancient ones in Greece.

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3rd Jul 2020

Chernobyl (2019)

1:23:45 - S1-E1

Other mistake: The reactor at Chernobyl exploded at 1:23 AM. Near the beginning of the episode, we can see that Vasily Ignatenko was at home with his wife, sleeping in his underwear, when they were both startled by the explosion. Later on, we see him in full gear, entering the power plant on a fire truck. We're informed on-screen that it's 1:30 AM. That means that Vasily had to get dressed, get to the fire station, put on his gear, get in the fire truck and get to the plant (~3 km away) in 7 minutes. Impossible. In fact, the first firefighters arrived at Chernobyl at 1:45 AM.

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