15 Cookable Facts About "Breaking Bad"

Breaking Bad was a masterpiece.

It had an interesting anti-hero with nothing to lose, a white gangster who loved female dogs, pizza-throwing, meth, Better Call Saul — all of it.

The story was basically perfect and was one the first series that TV fans could binge watch.

But now that we’ve let it settle, how much of an impact did the show have on us? Let’s look back at some facts about the show we missed, like…

1. There are 62 episodes. That’s not an accident. The 62nd element is Samarium, which is in a drug that treats pain in some cancer patients.

2. Aaron Paul had never acted a day in his life. I mean, he showed up on The Price is Right, but you don’t need to act surprised.

Who knew the guy who ended every sentence with “b**ch” hadn’t acted before.

3. Bryan Cranston only took one take to land this pizza on this roof for this scene.

But now there are pranksters who attempt the same thing, which must be annoying for the real residents inside…

4. Turns out that the show inspired a bit TOO MUCH, because blue-tinted crystal meth started showing up in New Mexico.

In 2007, the year before Breaking Bad aired on AMC, the purity of meth smuggled into the U.S. was only 37%. That number shot up to 88% in 2011 after the characters started cooking for a Mexican cartel…