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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Enrico Caruso and Roy Orbison were the only tenors this century capable of hitting e over high c!
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Malcolm X's original name is Malcolm Little.
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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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Harrison Ford has a species of spider named after him!
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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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Steve Jobs was half Arab.
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U.S. President Calvin Coolidge liked to eat breakfast while having his head rubbed with vaseline.
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