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Before gaining fame, Keira Knightley portrayed Natalie Portman's double in "The Phantom Menace." Their resemblance was so striking that even their mothers struggled to tell them apart when in full makeup.

Jack White of The White Stripes took his last name from his then-wife and bandmate, Meg White. Despite their 2000 divorce, they continued to tour together until 2011, and Jack still uses the "White" surname.

The original conclusion of "Little Shop of Horrors" featured alien plants consuming all human characters and conquering New York City. Audience dislike led to a complete reshoot of the ending.

Tom Cruise was eager to portray Rorschach in the 2009 film "Watchmen." However, director Zack Snyder preferred him for Ozymandias, ultimately finding Cruise too distracting for Rorschach's role.

Some airline passengers feign mobility issues to receive preferential treatment and seating by arriving at boarding gates in wheelchairs. Remarkably, they often disembark unassisted, seemingly cured by the flight, earning these flights the nickname "miracle flights."

'Normalcy bias' is a cognitive distortion that convinces individuals nothing is wrong during crises. One author noted that during tornado warnings, people would try to shame him into denial to maintain their calm.

Pope Donus II never existed; a medieval scribal error misinterpreted the Latin honorific "domnus" as a proper name. Despite his fictional origin, he was commended for honorable conduct and even depicted in images.

Before World War II, the German state-run organization Kraft durch Freude ("Strength Through Joy") operated the world's largest tourism program, providing subsidized vacations to millions of workers.

In 2000, Playboy enlisted Richard Thompson and other musicians to compile the millennium's best songs, including pieces from as early as the 13th century. The list remained unpublished, prompting Thompson to release a live album instead.

In 1971, high school student Juliane Koepcke survived being sucked out of an airplane struck by lightning, falling 3.2 kilometers to the ground still strapped to her chair. She endured a nine-day trek to civilization as the crash's sole survivor.

Sources: 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40

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