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Oscar-winning actress Marion Cotillard holds controversial views, questioning both the events of 9/11 and the authenticity of the moon landing.
Thomas Derrick, initially condemned to death with 23 other sailors for sacking a city, was offered a reprieve by the Earl of Essex on the condition that he execute his fellow convicts. Derrick accepted and became a professional executioner, ultimately executing over 3,000 men, including the Earl of Essex himself.
In 1945, a group of 1,000 German prisoners of war at Camp Butner, after being shown a Holocaust documentary, expressed their revulsion by burning their German uniforms.
In a 2013 referendum, the Falkland Islands asked its citizens if they wished to remain a British Overseas Territory. Out of 1,516 voters, only three opposed the idea.
Evander Holyfield, the boxing icon, squandered nearly all of his estimated $200 million career earnings through lavish spending and poor financial decisions. By 2019, despite earning up to $106,000 monthly from appearances, he was still "basically broke."
As of March 2025, no woman has run a mile in under four minutes. Faith Kipyegon holds the current record with a time of 4:07.64.
In 2024, a finance worker was duped into transferring $25 million after being deceived by a deepfake video conference, believing he was conversing with his CFO and colleagues, who were all fake.
Spanish actress Ana Obregón became a grandmother in 2023 by using the preserved sperm of her son, who had died of cancer at 27 in 2020, to fulfill her dream.
After viewing the 2019 film adaptation of his musical "Cats," Andrew Lloyd Webber felt so distressed that he decided to buy a dog.
British Gurkha soldier Dip Prasad Pun defended himself against at least a dozen Taliban attackers in Afghanistan, using over 400 bullets, 17 grenades, a mine, and even his tripod as a weapon when his gun jammed. He was awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross, the UK's second-highest bravery honor.
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