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During the production of The Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland faced exclusion from her co-stars portraying the Scarecrow, Tinman, and Cowardly Lion, who were envious of her. Her sole companion on the set was Margaret Hamilton, the actress behind the Wicked Witch of the West.
Lou Gehrig resided with his parents until he was 30 years old, despite having already secured three World Series titles before moving out.
In 1761, a nine-year-old French prince named Louis Joseph Xavier succumbed to injuries from a fall. He alleged that a playmate was responsible but chose not to identify them to prevent their punishment.
While filming "The African Queen" in Uganda in 1951, a significant portion of the cast and crew became ill. Katharine Hepburn, during an organ-playing scene, had a bucket subtly positioned nearby for her to use between takes.
A real hazard known as swimming pool filter-induced transrectal evisceration, where pool drains can extract intestines, poses a significant threat primarily to children.
The United States deported the six Chinese survivors of the Titanic within a day of their arrival, as the Chinese Exclusion Act was still enforced from 1882 to 1943.
By 2012, Japan had expanded its territory by over 250 square kilometers (96 square miles) through the incineration of waste and subsequent use of the resulting ash.
In 2005, Kamunyak Mwita, a 73-year-old farmer from Kenya, was attacked by a leopard on his farm. Although armed with a machete, he opted to drop it, reached into the leopard's mouth, and pulled out its tongue, killing it. Mwita survived, albeit with severe injuries.
In 2017, Thomas Mason, a 21-year-old tradesman from Australia, crashed his vehicle after colliding with a camel on a remote path in the Northern Territory, about 150 km from the nearest town. Stranded, he walked between 100 km and 120 km over more than two days, relying on urine for hydration. He was eventually located by a search team near Yulara and was found to be in surprisingly good spirits.
In 2008, Gordon Ramsay narrowly escaped death after tumbling down an 85-meter cliff into icy waters in Iceland. In 2011, while probing shark fin trading in Costa Rica, he was held at gunpoint and drenched in gasoline.
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