Mind-Blowing Films That Are Based on Real People

12 Years a Slave

Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Solomon Northup, a freed slave who lived in the south before the Civil War. This 2013 biopic displays the horror of being a slave in the 19th century. All freed slaves ran the risk of being kidnapped and resold, despite their freedom status. 

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The More You Know

  • February used to be the last month of the year.
  • Water makes different pouring sounds depending on its temperature.
  • A U.S. park ranger named Roy C. Sullivan held the record for being struck by lightning the most times, having been struck — and surviving — seven times between 1942 and 1977.
  • For every human on Earth, there are 1.6 million ants.
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