Javier Bardem's portrayal of Anton Chigurh in "No Country for Old Men" was rated by an independent panel of psychologists in the Journal of Forensic Science as "the most realistic depiction of a psychopath".

In 2014, General Motors recalled 800,000 vehicles due to an ignition problem. The car would stall while driving, meaning the driver would lose power steering/brakes and the airbags would not deploy. They had known about the problem since 2005 but never fixed it because it was "too expensive." The problem ultimately resulted in 124 deaths.

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Environmental activist Julia "Butterfly" Hill lived for 738 days inside a 1500-year-old California redwood (named Luna), 54 meters above the ground, to prevent it from being cut down by Pacific Timber Corporation. She successfully saved the tree. This story was later adapted into the children's book, *The Butterfly on the Moon*.

Theodore Hall was one of the youngest scientists in the Manhattan Project. He graduated high school at 14, from Harvard at 18, and was recruited for the nuclear program at 19. Fifty years later, on his deathbed, he confessed that he had been a Soviet informant all along.

In 1993, a French man was driving a Citroën in a remote part of the Moroccan desert when the car broke down, leaving him stranded. To survive, he dismantled the car, built a motorcycle from the parts, and rode it back to civilization. Upon arrival, he was ticketed for driving an illegal vehicle.

Nature has evolved different species into crabs at least five times—a phenomenon known as crabification.

In Churchill, Canada, locals keep their car doors locked so residents can escape quickly in the event of a polar bear encounter.

Many Victorian mothers used homemade bottles to feed their babies. These bottles, made of ceramic and glass, were extremely difficult to clean, leading to serious bacterial growth and causing the deaths of thousands of infants.

The Large Hadron Collider had to be shut down for a while because some baguettes were found inside.

In 1986, a Russian commercial pilot made a bet with his co-pilot that he could make a blind landing by drawing the curtains on the cockpit window. He lost the bet and crashed, killing 70 people.

The Harris List was a directory of all prostitutes in 17th-century London, where you could find the address, price, age, and skills of any sex worker. It rated their performance and described their appearance. It was published annually for decades.

Queen Elizabeth II reigned longer than her father, uncles, grandfather, and great-grandfather combined.

The average mortality rate of fish after being caught and released is 18%, with significant differences in mortality rates among different species.

Paul McCartney of The Beatles earns between $400,000 and $600,000 annually from the song "Wonderful Christmas".

The recommended CPR depth (5cm) will result in rib or sternal fractures in 30% of patients.

Prince Charles is a descendant of Dracula in real life.

During the Great Depression, banker Mark Welch-Monroe persuaded a struggling family in Quincy, Florida, to buy Coca-Cola stock for $19. The town later became one of the wealthiest towns in the United States, boasting at least 67 millionaires.

For much of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a chess automaton known as the "Turk" attracted huge audiences at exhibitions in Europe and America. It toured the world, defeating almost everyone it faced, including Napoleon and Benjamin Franklin. A century later, the owner's son admitted that the Turk was truly just a chess master hidden in a box.

Since 1900, American Jews have had the tradition of eating Chinese food at Christmas because Jews in Chinese restaurants can eat a variety of non-Jewish foods, such as shellfish and pork products hidden in wontons or certain types of egg rolls.

In the 1950s, most American shoe stores used powerful X-ray machines as a sales gimmick, allowing customers to observe in real time how well their feet fit inside the shoes.

Beaver teeth are very strong and have a bright rust-orange color because the enamel contains iron.