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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Oprah Winfrey makes $10 per second.
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Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, was an ophthalmologist by profession!
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Pocahontas appeared on the back of the $20 bill in 1875.
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One year, Elvis Presley paid 91% of his annual income to the IRS.
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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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Virgina Woolf wrote all her books standing.
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Pierce Brosnan once worked with the circus as a fire eater!
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