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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During his lifetime, Herman Melville's Moby Dick sold only 50 copies.
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Rudyard Kipling refused to write with anything other than black ink.
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Oprah Winfrey makes $10 per second.
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Ted Turner owns about 2% of New Mexico.
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Donald Glover got his rapper name ‘Childish Gambino’ from an online Wu-Tang Clan name generator.
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Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.
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