Al Capone died in prison from syphillis - despite being the first sufferer to be treated with antibiotics!
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Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse, was afraid of mice.
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During his lifetime, Herman Melville's Moby Dick sold only 50 copies.
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President Bush and Saddam Hussein both had their shoes made by the same Italian shoemaker!
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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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An American urologist once bought Napoleon's penis for $40,000.
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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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