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Martellus Bennett, a professional tight end in the NFL, once played through an entire football game with an ankle injury because he had just finished binge-watching Luke Cage on Netflix and thought, “what would Luke Cage do?”

The Library of Alexandria was one of the largest ancient stores of knowledge that was burned down, losing anywhere between 40,000 - 400,000 scrolls. It is said that even today, scholars still mourn its loss as one of the largest known scholarly losses of all time.

Burger King has a 'BK Crown Gold Card' which it gives out to celebrities. It is good for a lifetime of free food at any Burger King location.

When Walter Washington, the first mayor of Washington D.C. and first African-American mayor of major US city, sent his proposed budget to Congress, Democratic Representative John L. McMillan sent a truckload of watermelons to his office in response.

The Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster was one of the worst industrial accidents in the US. Between 476 to 1,000 workers eventually died of silicosis in the 1930s after a silica vein was struck boring the tunnel.

The game Battleship dates back to the turn of the 20th century, where it was played with just paper and pen. The game is said to have been played by Russian officers before World War 1. A version using plastic pegs wasn't created until 1967.

In Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Angelina Jolie had to wear bra padding, in order for her bust size to measure up to the videogame character. Jolie wore considerably less (and possibly no) padding in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, as the decision was made to give Lara more realistic dimensions.

After Cleopatra killed her second husband, she named her eldest son Caesarion (from her relationship with Caesar) as her co-ruler renaming him Ptolemy XV. He was the last sovereign member of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt.

Project Pluto was a top-secret program during the Cold War aimed at developing a nuclear-powered missile with an unlimited range. The missile, known as the Supersonic Low-Altitude Missile (SLAM), would have left a trail of radioactive waste as it traveled. The missile's engine, a ramjet, would use a nuclear reactor to heat the air entering the engine, producing thrust and allowing it to reach supersonic speeds.

Match-fixing got so out of control in Canadian soccer that one pro match in 2015 ended early after the home team's attempts to score an own goal were repeatedly thwarted by the away team.