1. 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.
  2. 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!"
  3. Among the candidates on The Bachelorette in 2021 was a surgical skin salesman from New Jersey. Said Jimmy Fallon: "If there's one thing women love to hear on a first date it's, 'I sell human skin.'"
  4. 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."
  5. 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.
  6. Geri Halliwell (aka Sexy Spice) once gave Prince Charles a royal surprise. Explained Geri: "I'm a professional bum-pincher!"
  7. Ronald Faux met a couple who'd landed a balloon at a freshly fertilized farm: "The basket tipped and became a large shovel. The balloon dragged us across the full length of the field like some hideous stinking chariot. The inside filled with fresh pig slurry and we were covered from head to foot by the time we stopped."
  8. 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."
  9. Holly Robinson Peete's water broke during dinner at Crustacean in Beverly Hills. "No," she said, "my baby's middle name is not going to be Lobster or Crab."
  10. During a trust game in an acting class run by comedian Kathy Griffin, Mariska Hargitay fell backward and no one caught her.