Mind-Blowing Films That Are Based on Real People

The Wolf of Wall Street

Leonardo DiCaprio plays a man named Jordan Belfort in this 2013 biopic. Belfort owned an investment firm named Stratton Oakmont, which was known as one of the most corrupt firms in Wall Street history. Margot Robbie plays Belfort's wife, and Jonah Hill plays Belfort's business partner.

The More You Know

Almost all chickens eaten today come from the winner of the 1948 'Chicken of Tomorrow' Contest whose genetics now dominate poultry farms worldwide.
Mount Rushmore cost less than $1 million.
A blue whale's tongue weighs as much as an elephant.
More people are bitten each year by New Yorkers than by sharks.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.