9 things in 'The Beanie Bubble' that actually happened, and 12 that were made up or embellished
The movie opens with a tractor trailer dropping boxes of Beanie Babies onto a highway and drivers stopping to snatch up as many as they could. In June 1999, Teenie Beanie Babies, miniature Beanie Babies that came with McDonald's Happy Meals, spilled out onto Interstate 285 in Atlanta, Georgia during rush hour.