J.K. Rowling lost her billionaire status because she donated so much of her money to charity.
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Warren Beatty once worked as a rat-catcher!
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Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, was an ophthalmologist by profession!
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Keith Richards heard the riff to "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" in a dream. He woke up, played the riff on a tape recorder and mumbled "I can't get no satisfaction" and went back to sleep.
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Clint Eastwood was in a plane which crashed into the sea. He and the pilot escaped the sinking aircraft and swam 3 miles to safety.
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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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Cleopatras real name was Auletes!
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Mark Twain didn't even make it through elementary school.
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