13) Brittany Murphy made a lasting impression

She only appeared on 2 episodes of the show, but Rider clearly loved having her around.
"She was so quirky and different and it was really tragic when I found out she had died," he says. "I was not surprised to see her instantly achieve huge success after our show, she always had real crazy cool quality to her."

14) The set had a secret "Death Chair"

During the first few episodes, the creators tried giving Cory two sidekicks, not just Shawn.
"The first, 3-4 episodes, there's always another kid with us," says Rider. "We had a chair that we called "The Death Chair," because whoever sat in it wouldn't be back the next week."
Eventually, they gave up on the other character and gave all his lines to Rider.

15) Those tears during the finale are real

"We did that last scene in one take because we were such a wreck," Rider say of filming the series finale. "It was 7 years, like high school and college all rolled into one saying goodbye to each other."
Danielle Fishel's goodbye to Mr. Feeny was so touching, they didn't want to re-shoot it -- even though the actress' real-life tattoo was showing on the back of her neck!

16) The Pilot

Believe it or not, Rider Strong had only two lines in the original script for the “Boy Meets World” pilot. Doesn’t make any sense, right? Fortunately, everyone came to his or her senses since the concept of the show was about the importance of friendship.

had no idea she was ever on the show