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At 11, actress Toni Collette feigned appendicitis so convincingly that doctors performed an appendectomy. Her removed appendix was found to be perfectly normal.
Nzeli, a female gorilla tracked by the Fossey Foundation, has voluntarily changed family groups 10 times by the age of 37, sometimes leaving her infants behind.
Although American Samoa is a U.S. territory, those born there are U.S. nationals, not citizens. They can possess a U.S. passport and live anywhere in the United States but must apply for citizenship outside American Samoa.
At 40, Zlatan Ibrahimovic played with a torn ACL for six months to win one final trophy, scoring eight goals while relying on painkillers and injections.
For the 2005 movie "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," director Tim Burton initially requested 25 gallons of fake chocolate for the Chocolate River set. This amount gradually increased to 10,000 liters and then 25,000 liters, ultimately reaching 1.25 million liters.
In 2013, a noodle shop owner in China protested a court fine by paying 10,000 yuan in 0.1 yuan coins. He delivered them in eight large bags, and 18 bank staff spent an entire day counting, only managing to get through half.
The music video for Soul Asylum's "Runaway Train" led to the discovery of 21 missing individuals.
Carlo Acutis, who passed away at 15 in 2006, was canonized in 2024, becoming the first and only "gamer saint."
TV shows often hire twins for newborn roles since they can be swapped to double filming time, and their smaller size, often due to premature birth, makes them appear more like newborns.
Two nights before breaking the sound barrier, Chuck Yeager fell off a horse, breaking his ribs. He kept it secret to avoid being removed from the mission and had a local veterinarian tape him up.
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