"We went to high school together. Snoop Dogg was a year older than me. I remember him, he was very tall and skinny. He wore lots of ponytails. I'm pretty sure I bought weed from him." - Cameron Diaz
In 1922, scientists entered a ward of dying children, all in comatose diabetic ketoacidosis, and injected a new drug (insulin) into them as families were already beginning to grieve. Before they had injected the last person on the ward, the first woke up.
“When I first met Johnny, I was pure virgin. He changed that. He was my first everything. My first real kiss. My first real boyfriend. My first real fiancé. The first guy I had sex with. So he’ll always be in my heart. Forever. Kind of funny that word.”
During WWII, Jews in Budapest were brought to the edge of the Danube, ordered to remove their shoes, and shot, falling into the water below.
60 pairs of iron shoes now line the river's bank, a ghostly memorial to the victims.
In 1974, the legendary pharaoh Ramesses II was issued a valid Egyptian passport so that his 3,000-year-old mummy could be flown to Paris for necessary repair
An Indian student studying at the University of Madras in Tamil Nadu, 1905. While studying late at night, students use to tie their hairs to a nail in the wall to prevent themselves from falling asleep.
In 1979, 16 year old Brenda Ann Spencer was arrested after killing two people in California. When asked why she did it, her reply was "I just don't like Mondays."
Indian film actor, Irrfan Khan, known for his work in Hindi cinema, as well as his works in British films and Hollywood has sadly passed away at the age of 54.
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In 1996, a newborn baby girl was left in a garbage can near the city of Kolkata, India. Three friendly street dogs discovered and protected her for nearly two days, even attempting to feed the child before authorities were contacted and the young one was saved.
Terry Fox, a 21 year old Canadian who lost a leg to cancer, began a cross-Canada run to raise money for cancer research. He ran the equivalent of a full marathon a day. He made it 143 days and 5,373 km before the spread of his cancer forced him to quit. He died June 1981.
“I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it’s like to feel absolutely worthless and they don’t want anyone else to feel like that.” Robin Williams