Neil Armstrong’s hair was sold in 2004 for $3,000. The lucky buyer, John Reznikoff, holds the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of hair from historical celebrities, reports NBC. But Armstrong’s lawyers threatened to sue Marx Sizemore, the not-so-lucky barber who cut the former astronaut’s hair; they said he violated an Ohio law that protects the rights of famous people. Sizemore said he wouldn’t pay, and Reznikoff said he wouldn’t give back the hair but that he’d donate $3,000 to charity.
100 Mind-Blowing Sue Facts
People have tried to sue God. Again, it sounds like one of the made-up funny facts, but people have filed lawsuits against God – for reasons you can imagine. Negligence, failure to keep people away from the Devil, and other harmful acts of God are quoted in most of these cases.
Movies have a disclaimer that they’re fictional because someone tried to sue Rasputin. Movies have to clarify themselves as works of fiction because of a 1930s lawsuit against Rasputin.