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In her memoir "Wishful Drinking," Carrie Fisher disclosed her past romance with U.S. Senator Chris Dodd. When asked for a comment, Dodd humorously remarked, "It was a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away."
Lobsters do not succumb to old age. They continue to grow and reproduce until they are killed by other means.
Tony Todd, diagnosed with terminal cancer, played the mortician in the "Final Destination" films. The directors allowed him to improvise his last lines, where he advised, "Life is precious, enjoy every single second, you never know when. Good luck."
In 1988, 76-year-old Kively Papajohn from New York City was trapped in an elevator for six days. Alone in her building, she rationed groceries to survive, setting a record for the longest time confined in an elevator.
In 1995, doctors found a boy whose blood lacked his father's DNA due to partial human parthenogenesis. This rare event occurred when the mother's egg cell divided just before fertilization, leading to genetically fatherless blood.
In 2003, biologist Kirsty Brown became the first recorded human fatality caused by a leopard seal in Antarctica. While snorkeling for research, the seal drowned her by holding her underwater for about six minutes at depths of 230 feet (70 meters).
In 2010, a woman was caught at a Bangkok airport attempting to smuggle a drugged tiger cub in her suitcase, hidden among plush tigers. An X-ray scanner revealed the live animal with bones and organs.
In 2017, 16-year-old Davis Allen Cripe from South Carolina died after consuming a McDonald's latte, a large Mountain Dew, and an energy drink within two hours. The rapid intake of roughly 470mg of caffeine triggered a cardiac event, resulting in death.
Astronauts are unable to burp in space because, without gravity, food and gases do not separate in the stomach like they do on Earth.
In 2009, Italian neurosurgeon Claudio Vitale suffered a heart attack while operating on a patient. He continued the surgery, knowing the patient wouldn't recover if he stopped, and underwent an angioplasty half an hour after completing the operation.
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