Mind-Blowing Films That Are Based on Real People

Erin Brockovich

Erin Brockovich was a law clerk who became an environmental activist when she found out that a billion-dollar corporation was polluting the groundwater in Hinkley, California. Julia Roberts represents her in the film adaptation, which chronicles her brave and dangerous conquest to take on corporate greed. Roberts was awarded an Oscar for her performance.

The More You Know

A single lightning bolt has enough energy to toast 100,000 slices of bread.
A Scarlet Macaw can live up to 80 years.
If you heat up a magnet, it will lose its magnetism.
John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, was born in 1790. He has a grandson that is alive today.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.