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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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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One year, Elvis Presley paid 91% of his annual income to the IRS.
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Mr. Rogers was an ordained minister.
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Whoopi Goldberg's real name is Caryn Elaine Johnson.
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U.S. President Calvin Coolidge liked to eat breakfast while having his head rubbed with vaseline.
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The first person to go over Niagara falls was Annie Edson-Taylor. She made the trip in a wooden barrel and survived!
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Virgina Woolf wrote all her books standing.
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