In 2007, Joshua Bell pretended to be a street violinist and went mostly ignored. Just two days earlier, he played in a sold out theater with each seat costing $100. The violin he used on the street was worth 3.5 million dollars.
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Steve Jobs was half Arab.
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Al Capone died in prison from syphillis - despite being the first sufferer to be treated with antibiotics!
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In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II was named an "Honorary Harlem Globetrotter."!
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Disney's first choice to play Jack Sparrow was Jim Carrey.
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When Will Ferrell met RHCP drummer Chad Smith he looked him up and down and said: “You´re very handsome,” and then walked away.
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X-rays of the Mona Lisa show that there are three completely different versions of the same subject, all painted by Leonardo Da Vinci, under the final portrait.
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Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.
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