1. While Brad Pitt was playing Achilles in “Troy”, he injured his Achilles tendon.
2. The precursor to LASIK was found by accident . . . when a near-sighted boy got in a fistfight. His glasses shattered, sending glass pieces into his eyes. After a doctor removed the glass, he found the tiny cuts had flattened the cornea and actually cured the boy’s bad vision.
3. Saddam Hussein was a big fan of “Scarface”. One of the companies he set up to launder money was called Montana Management, after Tony Montana.
4. Migraines are three times more common in women than in men.
5. The most successful American industry for investors since 1900 is . . . TOBACCO. Still. It’s had annual returns of almost 15% every single year.
