29. Many stories are adapted from real life.
The stories on the show are adapted from stories they find in the newspaper or they discuss possibilities then check they’re things that actually can happen.
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![<p>"[They're] from articles that we find in the paper or sometimes we sit in a room and say, 'Is this possible, could this happen', run to the door, ask our medical researcher, 'can this happen,' and she comes back and says, 'yeah you can impale two people on a pole and they can still be talking,' or 'yeah an entire hospital staff can get syphilis,'" said <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrg_ZrcDHMk" data-tracking-id="recirc-text-link">Shonda</a>. </p>](https://hips.hearstapps.com/mac.h-cdn.co/assets/17/29/2560x1706/gallery-1500580239-gettyimages-93760355.jpg?resize=480:*)
30. Isiah Washington was fired for homophobia.
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He was fired for using a homophobic slur towards co-star T.K. Knight and his return in 2014 sparked major controversy.
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