In 1978 Tim Allen nearly spent life in prison for trafficking cocaine

In 2012 a Pit Bull named Lilly pulled her unconscious owner from the path of an oncoming freight train. The driver said he saw the dog frantically pulling at the woman, not giving up even though the train didn’t stop in time. The dog saved the woman and survived impact injuries herself.

In 2006, 75% of Chinese didn’t know that sharks were killed to make shark fin soup. But now, 91% of Chinese support a nationwide ban, thanks to activism work by Yao Ming and others

Louis Armstrong asked Richard Nixon to carry his bags through customs for him because he ‘was an old man’. The bags had 3 pounds of marijuana in them

Shaq owns 17 auntie Anne’s Pretzel Shops, 40 24-Hour Fitness clubs, 155 Five Guys restaurants and 150 Car washes

During the first meeting between Lecter and Starling, Anthony Hopkins’s mocking of Jodie Foster’s southern accent was improvised on the spot. Foster’s horrified reaction was genuine; she felt personally attacked. She later thanked Hopkins for generating such an honest reaction.

In the 1990s murder coverage increased more than 500 percent in the U.S. — even as homicide rates dropped more than 40 percent

Seinfeld has generated over $3 billion since 1995 and Jerry Seinfeld turned down over $100 million to make a 10th season.

A Roman legionary trained often by regular marching for 18 miles in 5 hours and then speed marching for 21 miles in 5 hours in a single day, all the while carrying a backpack of 45 pounds and armor of 20 pounds.

As many as 100,000 of Hong Kong’s poor and elderly live in small metal cages only barely large enough to lie down in.

Crack pipes are sold as fake flowers in a glass tube at convenience stores

A cat named Simon served on a Royal Navy ship in 1949, and received a medal for raising morale, killing off a rat infestation and surviving cannon shells during his service. Hundreds attended his funeral when he died from infected wounds.