We all know that marriages are sometimes made for love and sometimes for convenience, but did you know that there was a marriage during the Indo-Pak war specifically for espionage purposes? A young Indian girl married a Pakistani Army Officer during the 1971 war in order to gain information from him - and she ended up saving thousands of lives. Wes Craven is one of the masterminds behind some of horror's most iconic films, including A Nightmare On Elm Street. But even he has his limits when it comes to on-screen violence. In fact, he walked out of a screening of Reservoir Dogs because it was too graphic for him. Now, you might think you've heard everything when it comes to childbirth stories, but this next one will blow your mind. In 2016, a baby girl named Lynlee from Lewisville, Texas was born… twice! Pediatric surgeons removed her from the womb to cut out a tumor on her spine before placing her back inside and waiting until she could be born healthy several weeks later.
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Stockholm tested a lottery that rewarded safe drivers.

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The Yankees stopped using Liza Minnelli’s version of “New York, New York.”

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A spy married a Pakistani officer during the Indo-Pak war.
