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Before her Hollywood career, Michelle Pfeiffer was involved in a cult. Her then-boyfriend was researching a role about The Moonies cult, during which Pfeiffer realized she was being manipulated in a real cult. She left, but remains discreet about the details.
Oscar winners are restricted from freely selling or disposing of their awards. They are required to offer them back to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the nominal sum of $1.
Harry S. Truman is the last U.S. president to have served without a college degree. Although he attended Spalding's Commercial College and the University of Missouri-Kansas City briefly, he did not complete a degree.
In January 2015, speedrunner Niftski made history by completing Super Mario Bros. (NES) in 4 minutes, 54.56 seconds, just 0.3 seconds off the game's theoretical perfect time.
The Earth exhibits a "heartbeat" that occurs every 26 seconds. Scientists have detected this rhythmic microseismic pulse coming from the ocean, but its exact cause remains unknown.
In 1980, the BBC executed an audacious April Fool's joke by announcing that Big Ben would be replaced with a digital display and renamed "Digital Dave."
In 1989, during an audition for The Doors, Val Kilmer physically assaulted actress Caitlin O'Heaney, throwing her to the floor. Despite the scene not requiring violence, director Oliver Stone reportedly laughed it off, and the company later paid O'Heaney $24,500 to keep the incident private.
Despite his father's objections, 19-year-old Fabio Lanzoni moved to the U.S. and secured a $150,000 contract with Ford Modeling Agency within 48 hours. The next day, Gap Inc. hired him for a launch, and he soon began posing for up to 15 book covers daily.
In 1942, Thailand declared war on the United States, but the Thai ambassador to the U.S. refused to deliver the declaration, leading the U.S. to disregard it.
After losing power and automatic control of his Mercury capsule, astronaut Gordon Cooper manually landed his spacecraft using his knowledge of constellations, a wristwatch, and mathematical estimations. He splashed down just 4 miles from his recovery ship, marking the most accurate landing at that time in 1963.
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