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Grey's Anatomy Fun Facts

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Shonda Rhimes' original name for the show was Grey's Anatomy but she changed her mind and called it Complications for a while before changing it back to the original.

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Katherine Heigl, who played Izzy, turned down her Emmy nomination in 2008 because her character wasn't given enough material and she felt it was unfair to other actresses.

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The bar in front of the hospital where the surgeons and interns go to unwind is called Emerald City Bar & Grill.

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George O'Malley was killed off in 2005 when he was hit by a bus saving a woman's life.

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Heart surgeon Erika Hahn said that Christina Yang reminded her of herself. She was especially hard on her for this reason because she knew she was bound for greatness.

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Although McDreamy and McSteamy are most used in the show, the interns had a habit of adding 'Mc' to a lot of words or sentences.

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Shonda Rhimes based Miranda Bailey on her mother's no-nonsense attitude to life.

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Owen Hunt performed an emergency tracheotomy on a man in his first appearance on Grey's Anatomy.

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Shonda Rhimes wanted to set Grey's Anatomy in her hometown of Chicago but pulled back from that idea because ER, another medical drama was already set there.

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Rob Lowe turned down the role of Derek Shepherd because he feared Grey's Anatomy would be a flop.