Zazel was the first human cannonball—but it was tightrope walking that ended her career.

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Will Rogers, who spent years travelling and spreading the word that aviation was safe, lost his life in a plane crash.

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In her 2010 book of essays, Olivia Munn said she wanted to ban overweight people from using motorized vehicles.

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Between late 2021 and early 2022, Meghan Markle didn't appear in public for 102 days.

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Wenxiu was still a teenager when she became the Imperial Consort of China.

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Jenna Ortega had Covid while filming Wednesday's now-iconic dance scene.

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WC Fields would secretly record people when they came to parties at his house.

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Walt Whitman made out with Oscar Wilde.

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Queen Victoria blamed her own son for her husband's death, and claimed to never be able to look at him again without shuddering.

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Defence lawyers alleged that Vicki Morgan's death was an elaborate coverup with ties to the American government.

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Since surgery to remove a tumor in his throat, Val Kilmer can no longer speak without the use of a voice box.

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Queen Isabella II's life was so tragic, people began calling her the Queen of Sad Mischance.

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Modern historians believe that Tsar Alexander I suffered from schizophrenia.

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Christian Slater's own father once sued him for $20 million.

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Robert Curthose spent the final years of his life as his younger brother's prisoner.

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The Black Dahlia Elizabeth Short's father faked his own death after the stock market crash.

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The first Lite Brite came out in 1967.

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The Three Stooges made 190 shorts for Columbia—and never got a single pay raise.

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Henry VIII turned on his right-hand man, Thomas Cromwell, and had him executed. Then he immediately regretted it.

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Michael K. Williams lost his life to an overdose. Sadly, he grew addicted while playing Omar Little, a dealer on The Wire.

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After River Phoenix collapsed outside the Viper Room, Joaquin Phoenix’s 9-1-1 call was broadcast on several television stations.

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After Jon Voight said Angelina Jolie had "mental problems," she didn't speak to him for six years.

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Nicollette Sheridan called Teri Hatcher "the meanest woman in the world."

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While he was making upwards of $30,000 a week, Ted Healy paid the Three Stooges $100 per week—split three ways.

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Syd Barrett once returned to visit Pink Floyd in the studio and they didn't even recognize him.

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After slaying her, Susan Cabot's son told the authorities that it had been a man in a ninja mask.

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Originally, Elsa was supposed to be the villain of "Frozen."

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Sumner Redstone's girlfriends had to follow what he called "The Rules." He, of course, did anything he wanted.

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Ray Charles had 12 children with nine women. Before he passed, he left each of them $500,000.

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