30 Wild Facts About Famous Historical Figures

Just because you know the name doesn’t mean you know the real story. Proceed, if you dare, and learn about 30 famous historical figures whose true stories left us floored. Sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction...
Galileo

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Hugh Hefner

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Henry Ford

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John Lennon

Leo Fender

John Wayne

Jimmy Carter

Iron Eyes Cody

Che Guevara

Elvis Presley

Albert Einstein

Dr. Seuss

Caligula

Mrs. O’Leary

George Washington

John Edgar Hoover

Thomas Jefferson

Frisbee Creator Ed Headrick

Pringles Creator Fredric Baur

Harry Houdini

Alexander McQueen

Hugh Hefner

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David Bowie

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Motorhead's Lemmy

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Janis Joplin

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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Charles Dickens

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William Shakespeare

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Marilyn Monroe

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