1. Harrison Ford became Han Solo mostly by accident. He was working as a carpenter for Francis Ford Coppola, merely fitting a door, when another studio employee asked the young man to help him with a part reading. He had to provide the lines while they interviewed actresses for a future production. The name of the movie was to be Star Wars. 2. Elvis Presley actually had blond hair. He used to dye his hair black since he was in highschool, and everyone thought that he looked better that way. And most of his fans didn't know the truth, at least in the beginning.
3. Nikola Tesla was a bachelor for all of his life, as he strongly believed that a chaste life is in the interest of science.
4. Shockingly as it might seem, but Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. It's true that in the case of Hitler, for example, the nomination was made by E.G.C. Brandt as an ironic criticism, but in the case of the Italian and Soviet dictators it was honest and veru serious. Fortunatelly for the Nobel Prize they didn't receive it.
5. Walt Disney was not only generous, but also very fond of his housekeeper. So much so that every year, on Christmas and her birthday, he gave her Disney stocks as a special bonus. She became a millionaire. Several times over.
6. Since the beginning of his Guns'n'Roses days Slash is famous for his top hat. He didn't receive as a gift. Nor did he buy it. He actually stole it from a store way back when he was an unknown musician. He simply put it on his head and walked out.
7. When he was only 14 Warren Buffet bought himself a 40 acre farm. He had made the money simply by selling magazines and Coke bottles door to door.
8. David Lynch was offered a chance of directing... The Return of the Jedi.
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