Did you know that one of the film's cameramen died during filming? Yep, stunt pilot Art Scholl died during the making of the film when his plane crashed into the ocean. He was trying to capture footage of a spin for the film. Scholl's body and plane were never recovered. (Source.)

Al Gore didn't invent the Internet. Jack Epps Jr. and Jim Cash, the duo who wrote the Top Gun screenplay, did. Okay, they didn't either, really, but Epps jokingly remarked that he and Cash did invent the Internet because during the writing of the film the two used a phone line to link their computers (Epps and Cash were in California and Michigan, respectively).

The famous love scene between Maverick and Charlie wasn't filmed until much later. Some early viewers were upset that there was no love scene. The scene is only dimly lit because both McGillis and Cruise had changed their hairstyles for future projects already. (Source.)

We're sure the folks at the actual Top Gun school are happy that they're so popular, but it's understandable if they're tired of hearing about the film. Nowadays, legend has it that anybody who quotes the film there is fined $5. (Source.)