
33 Inspiring Facts About Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan was told he was too short to join the varsity team at 5'11" (1.8 m), despite being a high school star.
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Michael Jordan was told he was too short to join the varsity team at 5'11" (1.8 m), despite being a high school star.
In April 2018, Lyle and Erik Menendez reunited in prison for the first time since their arrest in 1990.
“Yesterday” by the Beatles is the most covered song of all time! By January of 1986, it had already been covered 1,600 times.
In 1803, Napoleon Bonaparte sold Louisiana to the United States for $15 million to fund his continued fight against the British.
St. Valentine is not just associated with love. He is also the patron saint of epilepsy, plague, travelers, and young people.
Martin Luther King Jr. spent just 13 years in the public eye. He became involved in politics at age 25 and died when he was 39.
Did you know that Barack Obama wasn't just the first Black US President, but the one of the youngest to serve in the Oval Office?
In 2014, Kobe Bryant invested $6 million in BodyArmor, which Coca-Cola eventually bought in 2021 for $5.6 billion.
Did you know that Tom Felton, the actor who played Draco Malfoy, also auditioned for the roles of Harry Potter and Ron Weasley?
Jeff Bezos originally wanted to name Amazon "Cadabra" but changed his mind after people kept mishearing it as "cadaver."
Jeffrey Dahmer was obsessed with Star Wars and wore yellow contact lenses to resemble the Return of the Jedi villain, the Emperor.
Did you know that Tom Holland's first tattoo was a Spider-Man logo on the bottom of his foot?