Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.
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Leonardo DiCaprio was named Leonardo because his pregnant mother was looking at a Leonardo da Vinci painting in a museum in Italy when DiCaprio first kicked.
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The original title of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was First Impression!
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Jennifer Aniston's original name is Jennifer Anastassakis!
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Queen Elizabeth II has a rubber duck in her private bath with an inflatable crown.
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When he was 7, Vin Diesel and some friends broke into a New York theater with intentions to vandalize it. Instead of calling the police, the theater’s artistic director handed them scripts and offered them parts in the upcoming show. This became Diesel’s first acting role.
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Jackie Chan’s mother was an opium smuggler and his father was a spy.
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Jimi Hendrix played a song dedicated to MLK the night of his assassination that is described as one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs ever played. Nobody at the entire concert recorded it.
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