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1* AllStarCast: Creator/BillyBobThornton, Creator/AllisonTolman, Colin Hanks, Creator/MartinFreeman, Creator/BobOdenkirk, Creator/KeithCarradine, Creator/KateWalsh, Creator/GlennHowerton, Creator/KeeganMichaelKey, Creator/JordanPeele, Creator/StephenRoot.
2* BreakoutRole: Allison Tolman was an unknown in a cast of otherwise established stars and earned additional high-profile roles as a result of her performance.
3* CaliforniaDoubling: The series is set in Minnesota, as the opening title cards make abundantly clear. But the show is filmed in Alberta, despite Minnesota having its own film industry.
4* DisabledCharacterDisabledActor: Russell Harvard (Mr. Wrench) really is deaf, and was previously seen as the adult H.W. in ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood''.
5* FakeAmerican: Creator/MartinFreeman is English.
6* HostilityOnTheSet: Glenn Howerton revealed in his podcast that the director of one of his episodes tried to humiliate him in front of the crew after he asked a question. According to him, Howerton didn't need the job, so he stood up for himself, and the director didn't bully him again.
7* MissingTrailerScene: There's a short scene in the trailer for Season 1 where a robber, played by Paul Wood, tries to hold up a convenience store, with Mr. Wrench and Mr. Numbers present. Numbers offers him a Scrunion, and the scene ends. Interviews with Paul Wood clarify it was a short scene where the two hit men shoot him during his attempted robbery.
8* ShoutOut: Stavros Milos was the name of the sheep-loving Armenian from Creator/WoodyAllen's ''Everything You Wanted To Know About Sex'', raising the question to whether this counted or not.
9* SignificantNameOverlap: Also Lou Solverson shares the same first name as Lou in the film. The parallel is more prominent in the [[Series/FargoSeasonTwo second season]].
10* ProductionPosse: Adam Goldberg was in Noah Hawley's previous show, ''Series/TheUnusuals''.

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