The designer of the current United States flag was 17 at the time, and created it for a high school project. He received a B-.
Your heart beats 100,000 times a day.
Christian Bale studied Tom Cruise's mannerisms to prepare for his role as a psychotic killer in American Psycho.
In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.