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In 1997, nearly five million bits of ironically "ocean themed" Lego fell into the sea when a huge wave hit a container ship. This sprung up collector groups and the most treasured rare item is the black octopus.

The original developer of Plants vs. Zombies was fired after objecting to its sequel becoming more pay to win

Viggo Mortenson was offered to reprise his role in The Hobbit films. He asked, "You do know, don't you, that Aragorn isn't in The Hobbit? That there is a 60-year gap between the books?" Apparently, after that the filmmakers didn't even formally offer Mortensen the chance to return.

Disney executives were initially confused by Johnny Depp's performance as Jack Sparrow in POTC, questioning whether he was drunk or gay. The CEO of Disney proclaimed that Depp was ruining the film. Depp's response to Disney executives was they could trust him with his choices or let him go.

All clownfish are born male. They have the ability to switch their sex, but will do so only to become the dominant female of a group.

Charles Joughin, Chief Baker on Titanic, helped passengers board life boats (forcibly boarding those who thought it safer to stay on the ship), drank a 1/2 bottle of liqueur, then threw chairs overboard for use as flotation devices, rode the side of the ship down while it sunk, and survived

In 1996, a female gorilla named Binti Jua saved the life of a 3 year old boy who fell into her encampment by carefully carrying him to the door and growling at any approaching gorilla

The modern use of gay comes from gaycat, a slang term among hobos meaning a boy who accomapnies an older, more experienced tramp, with the implication of sexual favors being exchanged for protection.

Norway had a nationwide butter crisis where a package of butter cost 50$

The Whataburger logo was trademarked BEFORE the Wonder Woman logo.

Ryan Gosling was selected as the lead for 'The Notebook' because the director thought he wasn't handsome.

In 1967 The Monkees sold more records than The Beatles and Rolling Stones combined.

When the world's largest diamond was transported from Africa to England, an elaborate & secure journey by sea was publicized - as a rouse. The real diamond was simply posted by mail.

There is a series of towers built with unobstructed lines of sight from Washington, D.C. to 'Site R,' a secure bunker in Pennsylvania, built to relay microwave transmissions in the event of nuclear war

The price of a bottle of Coca-Cola stayed at a nickel for over 70 years. As a result, vending machines only took nickels, and before raising prices to a dime the president of the company asked President Eisenhower to mint 7.5 cent coins to keep the increase reasonable.