Cover Story
Rock married Phyllis Gates to convince the public that he was straight. This backfired, and Gates tried to blackmail Hudson, even though she was also homosexual.
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The More You Know
- Almost all chickens eaten today come from the winner of the 1948 'Chicken of Tomorrow' Contest whose genetics now dominate poultry farms worldwide.
- 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.
- Pilots and their co-pilots are required to eat different meals before flights so that they don’t both end up with food poisoning.
- Christian Bale studied Tom Cruise's mannerisms to prepare for his role as a psychotic killer in American Psycho.