'MacGyver': 15 Facts You Didn't Know About The Show

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'MacGyver'

The numbers: The American television series MacGyver ran for seven seasons and a total of 139 episodes, as well as two TV movies were shot from 1985 to 1992.

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Did you know? All the gadgets improvised and built by "MacGyver" on the show were based on real inventions by actual scientists but were altered slightly so the younger audience members would not be able to emulate what Richard Dean Anderson built on the show...