[People fact 1] Don Henley (American drummer) called paramedics to his home on November 21, 1980, where a 16-year-old girl was found naked and claiming she had overdosed on quaaludes and cocaine. Henley got away with only a contributing to the delinquency of a minor charge and a $2,500 fine.
[People fact 2] Each of Bethke brothers escaped from Soviet East Berlin. Ingo floated on a mattress across a river. Holger used a bow to fire a cable across the gap, then zip-lined to safety. Then Ingo and Holger built an aircraft and flew back over the wall to rescue their third brother, Egbert.
[People fact 3] The illegal landing of a "mentally unstable" 19-year-old amateur pilot in the Red Square inadvertently helped lead to the fall of the Soviet Union, and the end of the Cold War.
[People fact 4] The two forces that slow a railway train down, drag and friction, would be reduced to nearly zero in Hyperloop tubes, where pods would travel in tubes that had the air pumped out of them and would be kept frictionless through magnetic forces.
[People fact 5] In the 19th century, it was customary in certain parts of the United States to have a girl make a selection of quilts before she got engaged. Twelve would be made for everyday use, and one be used to show off her quilting skills and be placed on the bed she would share with her husband.
[People fact 6] American singer Billy Joel attempted suicide in 1970. He did it by drinking furniture polish because "It looked tastier than bleach." He later released a song called "You're Only Human (Second Wind)" to discourage teenage suicide.
[People fact 7] Scandinavia was the site of an unusually violent gang war between the Hells Angels and another outlaw biker gang in the 1990s, with gang members using stolen military weapons such as grenades and anti-tank rockets to attack each others' clubhouses and bars
[People fact 8] The 1970s were known as the "AI Winter" because 1960's expectations for swift AI development were never met, leading to funding cuts.
[People fact 9] An X-ray shoe-fitting fluoroscope was common in shoe stores during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. When a person put their foot in the fluoroscope, they were effectively standing on an X-ray tube. A shoe model for the shoe-fitting machines received such serious radiation burns that she had to have her leg amputated.
[People fact 10] American reality tv star and fashion icon Kylie Jenner is the youngest billionaire in the world.
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