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Marilyn Monroe and Ella Fitzgerald shared a close friendship, with Monroe helping Fitzgerald overcome racial barriers in her career, remaining friends until Monroe's death.
In 2015, 18-year-old Julian Hernandez from Ohio discovered he was listed in a missing children database while applying for college. This led to the revelation that his father had kidnapped him at age five, resulting in a four-year prison sentence for the father.
In 1900, Dr. Jesse William Lazear aimed to prove mosquitoes transmitted yellow fever by allowing an infected mosquito to bite him. He contracted the disease and died 17 days later, confirming his hypothesis.
Teen pregnancy rates in the United States have significantly decreased, now less than a quarter of what they were in the 1990s.
Before his death, Grant Imahara built a robotic Baby Yoda to bring joy to children in hospitals.
Introducing peanuts to infants between 4 and 6 months old can reduce the risk of developing peanut allergies by 77%.
In 2016, workers in China found a deceased woman in an elevator after a month. Servicemen had earlier investigated a cable issue, cut power after no response to banging, and advised residents to use another lift.
Steven Spielberg offered Tom Sizemore a role in Saving Private Ryan (1998) on the condition of daily drug tests during filming. Sizemore stayed clean, completing the film successfully.
On "The Great British Bake Off," hosts Mel and Sue would either use their coats to block cameras or start swearing to render footage unusable when contestants cried, preserving their dignity.
In 2005, Shayna Richardson survived a parachute malfunction during her first solo skydive, crashing at 50 MPH. Surgery revealed she was pregnant, but both she and the baby made full recoveries.
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