J.K. Rowling lost her billionaire status because she donated so much of her money to charity.
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Martha Stewart became a billionaire while in prison.
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Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, was an ophthalmologist by profession!
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Michael Caine became an actor because all the prettiest girls at his school were in drama class.
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King George I could not speak English!
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Rudyard Kipling refused to write with anything other than black ink.
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During his lifetime, Herman Melville's Moby Dick sold only 50 copies.
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When young and impoverished, Pablo Picasso kept warm by burning his own paintings.
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