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241. "Motherhood," a film featuring Uma Thurman, is recognized as one of the most significant failures in UK box office history, earning merely £88 during its opening weekend. On Sunday, the movie was viewed by just one individual.

242. In 2010, Steven Carter, a 35-year-old from Philadelphia, stumbled upon an age-progression photo of himself on a missing children's website. Although he was aware of his adoption, this led to the revelation that his mother had abducted him from his father when he was an infant, 34 years prior.

243. The All-England Lawn Tennis Club, which organizes Wimbledon, began paying $2 million annually for pandemic insurance starting in 2003, maintaining this for 17 years. When Wimbledon was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the club received a $141 million insurance payout.

244. During the filming of the Star Wars prequels, Hayden Christensen, who portrayed Anakin, occasionally made lightsaber sounds with his mouth. This led George Lucas to pause the filming and advise him, "Hayden, that looks really great, but I can see your mouth moving. You don't have to do that; we add the sound effects afterward."

245. In 1846, astronomers identified Neptune not by chance but due to observing Uranus deviating from its expected path. Mathematicians applied Newton's laws to predict the location of a hidden planet, and upon directing a telescope there, Neptune was found precisely as anticipated.

246. After musician Prince passed away, he left behind a massive vault containing nearly 8,000 unreleased songs. However, he had forgotten the combination. The vault, measuring 6.5 feet tall, several feet wide, and weighing 6,000 pounds, required a professional safecracker to access it.

247. HBO chose not to submit Alfie Allen (Theon), Carice van Houten (Melisandre), and Gwendoline Christie (Brienne) for Emmy consideration for their performances in the final season of Game of Thrones. As a result, each actor paid the $225 entry fee to submit themselves, and all three received acting nominations.

248. In 1995, a referendum in Quebec concerning independence from Canada recorded a 94% voter turnout, with 50.58% voting to remain part of Canada and 49.42% favoring independence.

249. Individuals experiencing depression may dream 3-4 times more frequently than usual.

$250. Throughout his life, Ernest Hemingway survived numerous ailments and accidents, including anthrax, malaria, pneumonia, dysentery, skin cancer, hepatitis, anemia, diabetes, high blood pressure, two plane crashes, a ruptured kidney, spleen, and liver, as well as a crushed vertebra and fractured skull. Notably, when his plane caught fire on the runway and the door was jammed, he used his head to force it open.$

Sources: 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250

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