Mind-Blowing Films That Are Based on Real People

Reversal of Fortune

This 1990 biopic starring Glenn Close and Jeremy Irons tells the story of Claus von Bulow who gets convicted of the attempted murder of his own wife. He eventually is able to overturn the case after hiring a connected lawyer named Alan Dershowitz, but not before irreversible damage is done to his reputation and mental health. 

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The More You Know

  • Walt Jr. never encountered Jessie in all 62 episodes of Breaking Bad.
  • Portland was named by a coin flip. Had the coin landed the other way, the city would be known as Boston, Oregon.
  • 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.
  • Hippos have the largest mouths of any animal on land.
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