Things you didn't know about 'Breaking Bad'

It's been long since the Vince Gilligan's drama 'Breaking Bad' aired its finale. The series about a high school chemistry teacher who gets diagnosed with lung cancer and turns to cooking meth to leave enough money behind for his family after he's dead has been one of the greatest TV shows of all time. You might have seen each and every episode of it, but you might not know these little known facts about 'Breaking Bad'.

Bryan Cranston who played the role of Walter White was actually taught how to make meth by DEA in preparation for his role in 'Breaking Bad'.

In 2007, a year before 'Breaking Bad' premiered, Mexican meth smuggled into USA averaged 37% purity. In 2011, the same year the show’s characters started making meth for a Mexican cartel, it was up to 88%.

Bob Odenkirk (Saul Goodman) read only his lines while filming for the final episode. He threw the script in the trash and made sure he won’t find out the ending until it airs on television.

The website 'savewalterwhite.com' is real and you can even donate to it. The donation goes to the National Cancer Coalition.

While filming a scene featuring Wendy (Julia Minesci) the prostitute, filming was interrupted by a person, who mistook her for a real hooker and tried to pick her up.

Aaron Paul’s character, Jesse Pinkman was meant to be killed off by 9th episode of the first season. The director changed his mind after seeing Aaron Paul’s performances.

Aaron Paul was once a contestant on 'The Price is Right' and nearly won his showcase.

'Breaking Bad' was originally set in Riverside, California, but was moved to New Mexico simply due to better tax laws.

The cast of 'Breaking Bad' dressed up as other cast members at each wrap-up party.

The pizza scene in 'Breaking Bad' when Mr. White throws the pizza on the roof was not computer generated and he got it right in his first attempt.

The blue meth on 'Breaking Bad' is actually rock candy and Aaron Paul loves to eat it off camera.

Total of 259 people have died throughout the 'Breaking Bad' series (including the plane crash).

Saul Goodman has an actual website you can visit 'BetterCallSaul.com'

Due to the success of the show, some drug dealers have actually started adding blue dye to their crystal meth in an effort to 'brand' their product.

Leonel and Marco Salamanca (commonly known as 'The Cousins') are actually brothers, only one of whom had acted before.

During a fight scene with Tuco, Aaron Paul was knocked unconscious and required medical attention.

Director, Vince Gilligan didn’t want to continue with 'Breaking Bad' when he found out that a similar show ‘Weeds’ had the same premise. Later he said if he had knew earlier about this show, he wouldn’t even have created 'Breaking Bad'.

Tourism in Albuquerque has boomed from selling 'Breaking Bad' candy and bath salts that resemble blue crystal meth.

Aaron Paul had auditioned for the role of Francis in Malcolm in the 'Middle', meaning he would have played Bryan Cranston’s son 8 years before Breaking Bad.

When Dean Norris (Hank Schrader) auditioned for Breaking Bad, he thought it was a comedy. This has led to him portraying a deeper version of the character than the writers intended.

Vince Gilligan (director) became a professional writer after submitting his fan script to ‘The X-Files’ for its 2nd season. It became an episode and he went on to be a regular writer and producer on the X-Files.

RJ Mitte, who plays Walter White, Jr. on AMC’s 'Breaking Bad', has a mild case of cerebral palsy. He had to learn to make many of his own symptoms more pronounced for the role.

Bob Odenkirk (Saul Goodman) wrote Chris Farley’s ‘Matt Foley, motivational speaker’ character for 'Saturday Night Live'.

One of ‘The Cousins’ from 'Breaking Bad' has actually been to jail for gang-related crimes.

Marius Stan, the actor who plays Bogdan, the car wash owner is a chemist, physicist and computational materials scientist at Argonne National Laboratory.

Bryan Cranston’s performance in 'The X Files' episode ‘Drive’, written by Vince Gilligan, heavily influenced his later decision to cast Bryan as Walter White in ‘Breaking Bad’.

Sony is producing a Spanish remake of Breaking Bad called 'Metástasis'. The name of show’s main character is Walter Blanco.

'Breaking Bad' deliberately used a progressively darker wardrobe for Walter White’s Character.

On the final day of filming for Season 5, Bryan Cranston got a 'Breaking Bad' tattoo on the inside of his finger.

There are 62 episodes. The 62nd element is Samarium, a drug used to treat pain in cancer patients.