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Malcolm X's original name is Malcolm Little.
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Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, was an ophthalmologist by profession!
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Jimmy Hoffa's middle name is, appropriately, Riddle.
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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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Warren Beatty once worked as a rat-catcher!
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J.K. Rowling lost her billionaire status because she donated so much of her money to charity.
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During an interview when Adele was asked about her weight and figure, she replied “I don’t make music for eyes. I make music for ears”.
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Leonardo DiCaprio was named Leonardo because his pregnant mother was looking at a Leonardo da Vinci painting in a museum in Italy when DiCaprio first kicked.
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The Beatles wrote into their contracts for American concerts that they would not play in front of segregated audiences.
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Actor Val Kilmer grew up on Roy Rogers' ranch.
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As of April 2010, Bill Gates had donated $36,854,000,000 in his lifetime! That's more than half of his total net worth!
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Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) has more money than Prince Harry, the Prince of Wales.
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Charlie Chaplin once entered a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest and lost.
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Queen Elizabeth does not hold a passport. Since all British passports are issued in the queen’s name, she herself doesn't need one. She just has to say that she is the queen.
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Shakira was banned from her school choir because her music teacher didn’t think she could sing and thought that she “sounded like a goat”.
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