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Megan Fox secured her Transformers role after auditioning for Michael Bay by washing his Ferrari while wearing a bikini.
In 1919, the isolated British colony of Tristan da Cunha discovered World War I had occurred only after it began and concluded, as they had not received supplies for a decade.
Research in 2018 indicated that male gorillas who engaged in babysitting had over five times more offspring than those who didn't, often showing affection by allowing young gorillas to cuddle and play in their nests.
In 2019, Robert Kirkman unexpectedly concluded The Walking Dead comic series with issue #193, explaining in a letter that he wanted to end it on his terms and feared lacking additional material.
A 1978 hostage situation in Melbourne, Australia, involving 30 people ended when the perpetrator's mother intervened, striking him with her handbag and demanding he stop his foolishness.
Neil Armstrong stated he intended to say, "One small step for a man," but the "A" was not transmitted.
J.R.R. Tolkien was dissatisfied with the title The Two Towers and frequently reconsidered which towers it referenced, with five towers being relevant to the narrative.
A Brazilian judge mandated that identical twin brothers pay child support after DNA tests couldn't identify the child's father, as both men refused to admit paternity, thus denying the girl her right to know her biological father.
In 1944, the Nobel Prize for discovering nuclear fission went solely to Otto Hahn, despite significant contributions from Lise Meitner, who coined "fission" and explained the process, while she was exiled due to her Jewish-German heritage.
After Olga of Kiev's husband was murdered, she sought vengeance by annihilating the perpetrators' families and burning their city down using pigeons and sparrows.
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