7 random facts that might interest you

in #funny7 years ago (edited)
  • Former president of Liberia Charles King won the 1927 election with 234,000 votes in a country of 15,000 voters (wikipage).
  • The term "genuine leather" does not mean that the item is made of real leather, it is an actual distinct grade of leather and is the second worst type of leather there is (source).
  • Pablo Picasso carried a revolver loaded with blanks, which he would fire at admirers inquiring about the meaning of his paintings (source : huffingtonpost/this book). Thank God nobody kicked him out of art school!
  • Steve Jobs used to believe an alternative-medicine diet would be better to cure his cancer. It was one of Steve Jobs' most notable regrets (wikipage).
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    Image source: wikipedia.
  • The first team to be disqualified at the Olympics for drug use was a Swedish pentathlete who drank two beers before his shooting event to calm his nerves (wikipage).
  • Bill Gates Has Given Away $28 Billion Since 2007, Saving 6 Million Lives (source).

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