Mind-Blowing Films That Are Based on Real People

Erin Brockovich

Erin Brockovich was a law clerk who became an environmental activist when she found out that a billion-dollar corporation was polluting the groundwater in Hinkley, California. Julia Roberts represents her in the film adaptation, which chronicles her brave and dangerous conquest to take on corporate greed. Roberts was awarded an Oscar for her performance. 

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The More You Know

  • A team of six women programmed the first digital computer.
  • Beavers have transparent eyelids so they can see underwater.
  • The United States defense budget of $698 billion is more than the next seventeen nations combined.
  • Tree seeds were taken into orbit and planted as "Moon Trees."
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