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    eileenchow


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    Post  eileenchow Tue Sep 08, 2009 7:58 pm

    Elvis Presley got a “C” in his eighth grade music class.

    Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team during his sophomore year.

    Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse, was afraid of mice.

    Einstein could not speak fluently when he was nine years old. His parents thought he might be retarded.

    The inventor of the Waffle Iron did not like waffles.

    Mel Blanc, who was the voice actor for Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots.

    The Bible is the book that is most commonly stolen.

    Bill Gates’ house was designed with a Macintosh computer.

    None of the Beatles knew how to read music (Paul McCartney eventually taught himself).

    When he was young and poor, Pablo Picasso kept warm by burning his own paintings.
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    melanieyuen


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    Post  melanieyuen Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:25 am

    Elvis Presley got a “C” in his eighth grade music class.

    Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team during his sophomore year.

    Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse, was afraid of mice.

    Einstein could not speak fluently when he was nine years old. His parents thought he might be retarded.

    Al Capone died in prison from syphilis.

    The inventor of the Waffle Iron did not like waffles.

    In high school, Robin Williams was voted as “Least Likely to Succeed.”

    Mel Blanc, who was the voice actor for Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots.

    The Bible is the book that is most commonly stolen.

    Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, was afraid of the dark.

    Bill Gates’ house was designed with a Macintosh computer.

    None of the Beatles knew how to read music.

    When he was young and poor, Pablo Picasso kept warm by burning his own paintings.

    During his lifetime, Herman Melville's Moby Dick sold only 50 copies.
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    Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse, was afraid of mice.
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    oisheeshemontee


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    Post  oisheeshemontee Sat Sep 12, 2009 2:36 pm

    LOL this is funny Very Happy

    Mel Blanc, who was the voice actor for Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots.

    The Bible is the [most commonly stolen] book [in the world] that is most commonly stolen
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    eileenchow


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    Post  eileenchow Sun Sep 13, 2009 1:52 pm

    thank you Smile

    Elvis Presley got a “C” in his eighth grade music class.

    Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team during his sophomore year.

    Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse, was afraid of mice.

    Einstein could not speak fluently when he was nine years old. His parents thought he might be retarded.

    Al Capone died in prison from syphilis.

    The inventor of the Waffle Iron did not like waffles.

    In high school, Robin Williams was voted as “Least Likely to Succeed.”

    Mel Blanc, who was the voice actor for Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots.

    The Bible the most commonly stolen in the world.

    Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, was afraid of the dark.

    Bill Gates’ house was designed with a Macintosh computer.

    None of the Beatles knew how to read music.

    When he was young and poor, Pablo Picasso kept warm by burning his own paintings.

    During his lifetime, Herman Melville's Moby Dick sold only 50 copies.

    Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse, was afraid of mice.
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    eileenchow


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    Post  eileenchow Tue Sep 15, 2009 6:06 pm

    Elvis Presley got a “C” in his eighth grade music class.

    Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team during his sophomore year.

    Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse, was afraid of mice.

    Einstein could not speak fluently when he was nine years old. His parents thought he might be retarded.

    The inventor of the Waffle Iron did not like waffles.

    Charlie Chaplin once participated in a Charlie Chaplin look-a-like contest and got third place.

    Mel Blanc, who was the voice actor for Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots.

    The faster a kangaroo hops the less energy it burns.

    Charles Darwin suffered from seasickness.

    The Bible is the book that is most commonly stolen.

    Even though she appeared in ads for Tommy Hilfiger's True Star fragrances, Beyonce is allegedly allergic to perfume.

    Mussolini managed to avoid the Italian army draft.

    Bill Gates’ house was designed with a Macintosh computer.

    In high school, Robin Williams was voted as “Least Likely to Succeed.”

    None of the Beatles knew how to read music (Paul McCartney eventually taught himself).

    Al Capone died in prison from syphilis even though he was the first sufferer to be treated with antibiotics.

    Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, was afraid of the dark.

    Kodak founder George Eastman hated to have his picture taken.

    During his lifetime, Herman Melville's Moby Dick sold only 50 copies.

    When he was young and poor, Pablo Picasso kept warm by burning his own paintings.

    When an employee of a pizza restaurant located in Vancouver, British Columbia, the whole place exploded. The restaurant was called Dynamite Pizza.

    In the 1800's anyone in England who unsuccessfully attempted suicide faced the death penalty.
    Pierre Michelin, inventor of super-safe Michelin tires, died in a car accident.

    It was September 28, 1918. On the French battlefield of Marcoing, Private Henry Tandey had a man in his rifle sights at point-blank range. When Tandey realized the German corporal he was aiming for was already wounded, he couldn’t bring himself to pull the trigger. Only years later did he realize that the object of his mercy was none other than Adolf Hitler.

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