During his lifetime, Herman Melville's Moby Dick sold only 50 copies.
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Kid Rock took a pay cut that cost him around $50,000 to $100,000 per night during his tour, just to keep ticket prices at $20 and a 12 oz beer at $4.
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Shakira has been making music for more than 23 years, can play the guitar, drums, percussion, and harmonica, speaks 7 different languages, is the founder of a charity called Pies Descalzos, and is a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF.
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Blue Peter pet, Petra the mongrel puppy, died two days after being introduced. A replacement was found.
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Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic.
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Charlie Chaplin once entered a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest and lost.
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There have been 47 Charlie Chan Movies, with six actors playing the part. None were Chinese!
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