The episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series.
Admiral Adama shaves his mustache with a Merkur/Solinger "Vision" double-edged safety razor, made in Germany: a modern design of a shaving technology prevalent from the early 1900s through the early 1970s, when it was replaced by disposable, multi-bladed "cartridge" razors. His shaving technique, however, is much too aggressive for such a razor. If there was a blade present in the razor he was using, mashing it in to his face and dragging it downward, handle-down, Edward James Olmos would have suffered many cuts and horrible razor burn. Double-edged razors, still popular with shaving enthusiasts today, require a very light touch, and a very "shallow" shaving angle, with the handle at an approximately 45º angle to the face, depending on the razor.
"Exodus" was originally planned as a single-episode story, but was later expanded into a two-part story.
The razor Ardama uses towards the end of the episode is a Merkur/Solingen Vision made in Germany.
Emily Ullerup and Ryan Robbins, though not in any scenes together, would later star in the series, Sanctuary.