20 Uneducated Dropouts Who Changed Human History

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20 Uneducated Dropouts Who Changed Human History

Education is a great thing. It provides you with unique experiences and arms you with thr knowledge necessary to go out into the world and do great things. Having said that, anyone who tells you only those with a formal education will find success should be kicked right in pants.

We aren't advocating that people not go to school, but it is possible to be crazy successful without having had any formal learning. To help illustrate this, we asked our readers to look comb through history's most prominent individuals and bring us the ones that skipped that whole learning phase to become successful. The winner is below, but first the runners-up ...

Entry by MaryLP

CRACKEDo COM Mo gri Spuunl pur Columou EK NC AE MA In 1964, with only 750 hrs of flight time, this college drop-out and Columbus housewife accomplishe

Entry by CDO9

Mary Anning was an 18th century amateur fossil collector. Her many discoveries included ichthyosaurus, plesiosaurus and pterodactylus fossils among ot

Entry by tusk1113

LEFT SCHOOL AT 16 AND STARTED A YOUTH CULTURE MAGAZINE, THEN A RECORD STORE, THEN A RECORD LABEL, BEFORE MONNG INTO TELECOMMUNICATIONS, A/R TRAVEL, AN

Entry by michikade

Anton van Leeuwenhoek Father of Microbiology CRACKED.COM A fabric merchant by trade, Leeuwenhoek taught himself how to grind lenses and build his ow

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