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louis pasteur,a french microbiologist from the 1800,s kept a loaded gun in his laboratory
while working on a vaccine for rabies,if he or one of his lab assistant got infected,they
were to be shot in the head.
these two guys,rajesh kumar sharma and laxmi chandra have been running a free school under
a metro bridge in new delhi,india for the last 3 years.rajesh and laxmi have about 30
students and cannot afford a public education.
an iraqi man moved to australia and used the welfare system as income.some years later
he became successful and wrote a check for more than $18,000 to the australian government(every
cent they gave him).
french grammarian dominique bouhours ,last words are "i am about to or i am going to
die:either expression is correct." nelson mandela monument at the site in south
africa where he was arrested 50 years ago.
hetty green,AKA the witch of wall street.considered the women at the time and reknown for her
frugality.her networth exceed $100 million,yet when her broke his leg,she spent a lot of
time looking for free medicine.untill it was too late so they had to ambutate his leg.
after racking up a $40 late free on a VHS copy apollo 13,reed hastings was inspired
to start netflix
this is the art of brian lai,he draws in negatives.
before sylvester stallone sold the script for rocky,he was homeless and sold his dog
for $50.a week later,he sold the script and boughrt his dog back for $3000.
timothy leary,upon his arrival at prison in 1971,was given a battery of psychological
tests designed to aid in placing inmates in jobs that were best suited to them.leary himself
had designed a few of them and used that knowledge to get a gardening assignment.he escaped shortly
after.
a young twenty year old CEO took over a $9 million company,fired 2 third of all managers
and gave the power to the employees.now it has a turnover of over $200 million.ricardo
semler
there are atleast 6 people in the world who look exactly like you.there s a 9% chances
that you will meet one of them in your life.