In 1997, James Cameron saved Guillermo del Toro’s father from Mexican kidnappers by paying the US$1 million ransom.
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Les Harvey, guitarist for ’70s blues-rock band Stone the Crows, died onstage in front of 1,000 fans on May 3, 1972 when he was electrocuted while tuning up for a show.
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In the 60s, Harvard psychologists conducted an ethically questionable experiment on 22 undergraduates. One of these students later became known as the Unabomber, for delivering package bombs to scientists, academicians, and others, killing 3 people and injuring 23.
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“Surprise me” were the last words of the 100 year-old, legendary comedian Bob Hope, responding to his wife’s question regarding where he would like to be buried.
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Purple is known as a ‘royal’ color because it was the hardest dye to extract, as it came from sea snails, so only the royalty could afford it.
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Nikola Tesla was born around midnight during a fierce lightning storm.
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