Brian Thomas @FullContext_

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14 hours ago

In 2001, a 13-year-old Boy Scout went missing near Yellowstone and survived the night alone in rain and sleet. When a rescue helicopter finally found him, the pilot was Harrison Ford.

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14 hours ago

Sam Neill, the actor who brought Dr. Alan Grant to life in Jurassic Park, has died at 78. Rest in peace to a true movie legend. 🕊️

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A woman bought this bust at Goodwill for $34.99 and later learned it was a priceless 2,000-year-old Roman artifact. But after making the find of a lifetime, she was told she could not keep it or sell it.

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21 hours ago

Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter played brother and sister on Dexter. While filming the show, they began dating, got married, divorced, and still continued playing siblings on television afterward.

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23 hours ago

As a rookie, Giannis Antetokounmpo wired nearly all of his money home to his family in Greece, then realized he had no cash left for a ride to the Bucks’ arena. So he started running through the freezing Milwaukee cold until a couple recognized him and gave him a ride.

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24 hours ago

Mary Scheer received only a basic description when she auditioned to play Freddie’s mother on iCarly. She transformed the role into the anxious, overprotective Mrs. Benson, creating one of the show’s most memorable recurring characters.

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a day ago

Dolly Parton earned millions in royalties from Whitney Houston’s version of “I Will Always Love You.” She later used some of the money to buy an office complex in a historically Black Nashville neighborhood, saying, “This is the house that Whitney built.”

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a day ago

In 1954, Betty White was pressured to remove Black tap dancer Arthur Duncan from her show. She refused, kept him on the air, and gave him even more airtime instead.

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a day ago

Harrison Ford was working as a carpenter when he was asked to read Han Solo’s lines during the Star Wars auditions. He thought he was only helping other actors audition, but George Lucas liked his performance so much that he gave Ford the role instead.

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a day ago

Nicolas Cage paid $276,000 after reportedly outbidding Leonardo DiCaprio for a dinosaur skull. Years later, investigators discovered it had been illegally taken from Mongolia, forcing Cage to surrender it without getting his money back.

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a day ago

Brendan Fraser was accidentally choked unconscious while filming the hanging scene in The Mummy. The rope tightened as he balanced on his toes, and he blacked out before waking up on the ground disoriented with gravel in his teeth.

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a day ago

Mark Ruffalo had a vivid dream that he had a brain tumor despite having no obvious symptoms. He persuaded a doctor to order a scan, which revealed a mass behind his left ear. The surgery removed it but permanently left him deaf in that ear.

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a day ago

Jack Nicholson was 37 when he discovered the woman he had grown up believing was his sister was actually his biological mother, while the woman he called his mother was really his grandmother. Both women had already died, so he could never ask them why they hid the truth.

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2 days ago

@jt171956 @BiasedHouston They won 52 games cause of depth. The Rockets are crazy deep. They just don’t have the star power that’s needed to win. Compare them to the Knicks who have two legit stars and then players behind them who defend and can shoot.

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2 days ago

Heath Ledger locked himself inside a London hotel room for a month and disappeared into the Joker, filling a diary with disturbing images, building the voice and laugh of a psychopath, and sleeping as little as two hours a night because he could no longer quiet his mind.

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2 days ago

Liv Tyler grew up believing Todd Rundgren was her father. At an Aerosmith concert, she saw Steven Tyler’s daughter Mia and thought she was looking at her twin. Liv turned to her mother, who began crying and revealed that Steven Tyler was Liv’s biological father.

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2 days ago

Before Tim Allen became Buzz Lightyear, he was caught with 1.4 pounds of cocaine and faced life in prison. He avoided it by snitching on other dealers, helping indict 20 people. He served two years and four months, then became one of TV’s biggest stars.

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2 days ago

FedEx once had only $5,000 left in the bank and needed $24,000 to keep its planes fueled. Founder Fred Smith took the money to Las Vegas, won $27,000 playing blackjack, and kept the company alive for one more week.