In the first James Bond books, 007 uses a Beretta pistol. For Dr. No, Ian Fleming changed Bond's gun to a Walther PPK - after friends told him Berettas were for ladies.

After trashing the ref over a disputed goal in a 1930 World Cup game, a U.S. trainer treating an injured player delighted the crowd when he threw down his bag, broke a bottle of chloroform, fainted from the fumes,
and was carted off by his team.

Young Charles Bronson's family was so poor that his clothes were all hand-me-downs and he once had to wear a sister's dress to school.

When audience members refused to stand, Twisted Sister's Dee Snider yelled, put spotlights on them, and got the crowd chanting "F--- you, F--- you!" before storming off the stage. When he complained that "they wouldn't get up," his manager said, "They couldn't: it was the handicapped section!"

After SARS hit Hong Kong in 2003, tourism officials were embarrassed by an ad campaign with the slogan: "Hong Kong will take your breath away."

During CNN's coverage of John Kerry's 2004 DNC acceptance speech, a technician was overheard: "Go balloons! Go balloons! Come on, guys! Let's move it. Jesus... Go confetti... Why the hell is nothing falling? What the #%@& are you guys doing up there?" CNN apologized for the "error."

To mark the opening of a gun range in Utah, a police marksman was chosen to break the ribbon with a single shot. With the ribbon still intact 500 shots later another cop blasted it—point blank—with a shotgun.

While attempting to post an Instagram video in 2020, actor Chris Evans accidentally shared a dick pic with his 5.7 million followers. At the time, Chris and his brother Scott were playing a game called "Heads Up."

In line at a drugstore, Jon Cryer heard a camera and saw a paparazzo snapping Britney Spears. "Whew!" he thought, gazing at his items: a Duraflame log, mayonnaise, and an enema kit.

When Matt LeBlanc auditioned for Friends he had a nasty cut on his nose because he'd fallen and hit a toilet seat.