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Jessica Alba co-founded Honest Co. in 2012, which by October 2017 was valued at $1 billion, with annual sales reaching $250 million in 2016.
As Emperor Nero's mental state deteriorated, he held lengthy singing performances that audiences could not leave, causing women to give birth and men to feign death to escape.
Freddie Mercury stopped performing a skit at Queen concerts where he appeared on Darth Vader's shoulders after George Lucas threatened legal action.
Emilia Clarke read the script for Daenerys Targaryen's fate seven times, expressing disbelief with "What, what, what, WHAT?!" as it "came out of f***ing nowhere." She was so affected that she cried and took a five-hour walk, resulting in blisters. Despite her initial reaction, she eventually supported Daenerys' "Mad Queen" transformation.
McDonald's includes "McSpaghetti" on its menu in the Philippines.
In December 2020, GoDaddy tricked employees into thinking they had received a $650 bonus, later revealing it was a phishing test, and mandated social engineering training. The company apologized after media backlash but did not issue actual bonuses.
In 1997, 24.6% of U.S. 12th graders smoked cigarettes daily, a figure that dramatically decreased to 0.7% by 2023.
Apple compensated U2 with $100 million for the exclusive right to distribute their album "Songs of Innocence" for free to 500 million iTunes users by installing it on their devices without consent. A week after its release, Apple provided a way to remove it, as only 6.7% of users had listened to any part of it.
When automobiles were new, pedestrian collisions were termed "motor killings." As car incidents increased, manufacturers hired PR experts to coin "jaywalker," shifting blame to pedestrians for injuries and fatalities.
Sergeant Stubby, a stray dog found during military training in 1917, served with the 102nd Infantry Regiment in World War 1. He repeatedly saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, comforted the wounded, and once captured a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him until American soldiers arrived. He is the only dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in World War 1.
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