After a waitress at a pizzeria helped a customer choose the numbers for a winning lottery ticket in 1984, he “tipped” her $3,000,000 – half of his $6,000,000 prize money.
100 Mind-Blowing Helped Facts
In the early 1900s, there was a pod of killer whales that helped humans hunt down other whales in Australia. They would do this for the fins and tongues of the captured whales as rewards, and this agreement was known as “The Law of Tongue.”
Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone. The Ancient Egyptians used wooden or stone headrests as pillows. They believed it helped with body vigour, blood circulation, and warding away demons.
David Bowie helped topple the Berlin Wall. During a performance in 1987, Bowie’s performance of ‘Heroes’ near the Reichstag could be heard by the police in East Berlin. This resulted in a police crackdown because such music was forbidden there. Some say that the violent police crackdown during the concert was a necessity in changing the mood against the state.
The premiere of the TV reality show ‘16 and Pregnant’ helped lower the rate of teen pregnancy. Statistics show that the rate dropped by 5.7% within the 18 months that the show was airing. I guess kids do copy everything they see on TV.
The webs of spiders were once used as bandages. In ancient Greece and Rome, it was not uncommon for people to use it as a natural antiseptic. This method helped their patients clean and disinfect their wounds and promote clotting.
Wisdom teeth have no purpose. Wisdom teeth are vestigial third molars that have helped in grinding plant tissue. It was believed that the jaws of human ancestors had larger jaws with more teeth. Often wisdom teeth are removed to prevent complicated problems that could occur if they continue to grow inside the mouth.
Marvel action figures helped ToyBiz save money. In the U.S., dolls based on human figures are taxed more heavily than other toys. Owning the rights to several Marvel Comics characters, ToyBiz successfully convinced the court that X-Men and Fantastic Four action figures should be taxed less. Their argument? The action figures were based on mutants, not humans. Following their appeal, the toy company won a reimbursement on the year’s taxes and cut their rate in half.
Toy Story helped sell the Etch-a-Sketch. The Etch-a-Sketch made a 12-second appearance in the 1995 feature film, Toy Story. That 12-second cameo was enough to boost Etch-a-Sketch sales, thus saving the Ohio Art Company from bankruptcy.
She is well-versed in martial arts. Peyton List’s training in martial arts has not only helped her with roles that require action and combat but also instilled discipline and focus in her personal life.
The first cell phone call. The first mobile phone call took place on April 3, 1973. Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher, placed the call on a prototype device. After dialling the phone number, his device connected to a base station, which then connected to the landline system of AT&T. Cooper called his biggest rival at AT&T, Joel Engel. Cooper kept the conversation both brief and modest. He simply told Engel he had made the call from a bona fide mobile phone. From there, Cooper helped Motorola and other companies usher in the age of the mobile phone a few years later.
Soviet Union Spies: The NSA helped the U.S. stay ahead of Soviet Union spies by intercepting and analysing their communications, providing critical intelligence to policymakers and military forces.