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251. Actress Robin Wright once became "really, really drunk" on tequila to film a sex scene with Woody Harrelson, as she considers him akin to a brother.

252. The U.S. sought to prosecute Karl Dönitz, Hitler's naval successor, for war crimes due to his order for German submarines not to rescue Allied survivors. Ironically, it was later uncovered that Dönitz issued this command in retaliation for U.S. air attacks on German ships attempting to rescue Allied survivors.

253. Radiologists humorously refer to the "John Thomas sign" when describing the orientation of a penis on an X-ray. If it points toward an injury or abnormality, it is jokingly considered a "positive" sign.

254. Beer can become "lightstruck" or "skunked" in less than ten seconds if exposed to direct sunlight, which rapidly alters its chemical composition and spoils the taste.

255. In the 1980s, a carpet-cleaning company called ZZZZ Best was established by 16-year-old Barry Minkow. It reached a valuation of $280 million after going public. However, a homemaker who was overcharged by a few hundred dollars exposed the company when her refund requests went unanswered, ultimately revealing it as a Ponzi scheme.

256. Sharks have existed for over 450 million years, predating Polaris, the North Star. The youngest and brightest star in the Polaris system is approximately 70 million years old, making sharks much older than this celestial body.

257. Since the 1970s, women and underage boys have been prohibited from entering Herbertstraße, a street in Hamburg's red-light district. The ban on women was implemented after sex workers began aggressively confronting those searching for their husbands or boyfriends.

258. In 2018, referee David McNamara was suspended by the Football Association after using rock, paper, scissors to decide kickoff during a Women's Super League match in England. McNamara had forgotten to bring a coin for the customary pre-match coin toss.

259. Disney postponed the release of A Goofy Movie from Thanksgiving 1994 to April 1995 after discovering a dead pixel on the monitor used for capturing animation. Consequently, the team had to recapture approximately 75% of the film using a functional monitor.

260. In the 1300s, a Frenchwoman named Jeanne de Clisson became a pirate to avenge her husband's execution for treason. She sold her family's land to purchase three ships, which she painted black with red sails. For the next 13 years, she targeted King Philip VI's ships and personally beheaded captured French noblemen with an ax.

Sources: 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260

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