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Audrey Hepburn, at 11, studied ballet in Nazi-occupied Holland and performed secretly to aid the resistance, with audiences forbidden from applauding, which she later described as her best audience.
In 2023, scams resulted in over $3 billion in losses for elderly Americans.
Matthew Beard, known as Stymie from The Little Rascals, had 13 siblings and his paycheck supported the family, allowing him to name his younger siblings as they were born.
In 2024, a Hawaiian construction company mistakenly built a family home on the wrong lot due to miscounting telephone poles, selling it without the landowner's knowledge.
Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" was a tribute to Syd Barrett, who left the band in 1968 due to mental health and drug issues, with the band feeling guilty yet concerned for his condition.
French cyclist Jean Robic earned the nickname "The Heavy Metal Descender" for using a lead- or mercury-filled water bottle to gain weight during downhill sections of the Tour de France.
The Battle of Agincourt saw the French army suffer severe losses, including high-ranking nobles and approximately 3,000 knights and squires.
In 1894, Hart Massey gifted Massey Hall to Toronto, requesting affordable ticket prices for the poor, ideally selling a season's lectures for $1 after expenses.
Simón Bolívar, from Venezuela's elite, relinquished his wealth and freed his slaves to lead independence wars, becoming an enduring icon for South American leftist militias.
Following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Hideaki Akaiwa donned scuba gear to rescue his wife from their flooded home, then saved his mother in the same manner.
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