vesna vulovic had a little problem: the airplane that she was traveling in literally fell apart around her. she fell 33,330 feet without a parachute, hit the ground at terminal velocity, and lived.

the most recent versions of wolverine (hugh jackman), spider-man (andrew garfield), batman (christian bale), and superman (henry cavill) - all american comic book characters - were played by men from either australia or the u.k.

if comics were real life, the shareholders of stark industries and wayne enterprises would be well within their rights to sue tony stark and bruce wayne for theft of corporate real property, theft of intellectual property, misuse of corporate funds, misuse of corporate assets, fraud, mismanagement, and dozens of other crimes. and the s.e.c. would have probably given them a stern talking to, as well.

in real life, superman would be required to have a pilot's license and to carry a 2-way radio as a private aircraft.

all of the marvel superheroes seem to congregate in new york city. in real life, this would be a problem, because it's a illegal to wear a mask there.