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Famous personalities differ from us not only in their achievements in one or another area of ​​life. Facts from the lives of famous people also confirm their oddities. Famous people have such interesting biographies that you want to study them in full. Interesting facts from the lives of famous people will appeal to both children and adults.

1. captured Italy at the age of 26.

2. Hitler was named Person of the Year by Time.

3. Cleopatra was married to her brother.

4.Facts from the lives of famous people in America confirm that Andrew Jackson, the US President, believed that the Earth was flat.

5. For her wedding, Queen Victoria was given a piece of cheese whose diameter was 3 meters and weighed 500 kilograms.

6.Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' restroom. When there was a ball, his mother felt unwell and soon gave birth to him there.

7. Beethoven always brewed coffee from 64 beans.

8.Beria had syphilis.

9. Celine Dion and Madonna are cousins ​​of the wife of Prince Charles.

10. I almost always fell asleep in front of the fireplace. Because of this, he suffered from lack of sleep.

11. I considered socks to be the most stupid thing.

12.The most loving man is considered to be the king of the island of Tonga, which is located in the Pacific Ocean. His name was Fatafehi ​​Paulah.

13.I have never had children, or intimate relationships.

14.Facts from the lives of famous people of Russia say that Alexander Suvorov did not lose a single battle.

15. always worked in the field equally with other men. And this happened despite the fact that he was a count.

16.Nikola Tesla had a panicky fear of germs.

17. Andriana Lima, who is considered a famous Brazilian model, remained faithful until the wedding. And exactly 9 months after the wedding, her daughter was born.

18.Paul McCartney, due to his own workload, did not have time to purchase an engagement ring for his beloved.

19. Cristiano Ronaldo is the most expensive player in the history of football.

20. Jackie Chan’s mother carried him for 12 months and this famous man was born weighing more than 5 kilograms.

21. Interesting facts about famous people provide information that Marilyn Monroe, before becoming a famous model, worked at an aircraft factory.

22.Brad Pitt's first job was performing on the streets dressed as a "chicken".

24.Marilyn Monroe's bra sold at auction for $14,000.

25. To hide hair loss, Julius Caesar put a laurel wreath on his head.

26.Elizabeth the First imposed taxes on men who had a beard.

27. John Rockefeller gave away more than $500 million to charity in his own life.

28.Winston Churchill smoked at least 15 cigars a day.

29. King Solomon had approximately 700 wives and 100 mistresses.

30.Moart has never been to school.

31. Sigmund Freud had a panic attack before the number 62.

32.Louis Pasteur was a sponsor of the brewery.

33. Alexander the Great knew by sight about 30,000 of his own soldiers.

34.Queen Elizabeth had approximately 3,000 outfits.

35.Voltaire's body was stolen from the grave.

36.Dutch artist Van Gogh had bouts of madness. During one of them he cut off his ear.

37. Yuri Gagarin wrote a farewell letter to his wife before flying into space, because he did not know how the expedition would end.

38. Luciano Pavarotti was fond of football.

39. Genghis Khan had a panicky fear of death. And this despite his cruelty towards his enemies.

40.When Alla Pugacheva was born, cancer was discovered on her throat. It was immediately removed.

41. Sylvester Stallone was often beaten during his school years.

42. participated in duels more than 90 times.

43.Saddam Hussein wrote the Koran with his own blood.

44. Charlie Chaplin's body was stolen 3 months later by doormen who demanded a ransom.

45.When Vladimir Putin worked for the KGB, his code name was “mole.”

46.The largest fee of $20 million was first received by Julia Roberts.

47. All shoes for Paris Hillton were made to order, because she has large feet and it is difficult to choose the right shoes.

48.Whoopi Goldberg, who is considered an actress, has no eyebrows.

49.Rihanna didn’t even finish school.

50.Beethoven doused himself with ice water in order to raise his mental tone.

51. During his childhood, Charles Darwin's father considered his son mediocrity.

52. Demosthenes had a speech impediment as a child.

53.Genghis Khan died while making love.

54. Arthur Conan Doyle, who wrote Sherlock Holmes, was an ophthalmologist by profession.

55.Walt Disney was afraid of mice throughout his life.

56.Mozart began composing music at the age of 3. At the age of 35, he already had more than 600 works.

57.At the age of 3, Albert Einstein did not speak a word.

58.Timberlake is very afraid of spiders.

59.The national Italian flag was created by Napoleon Bonaparte.

60. Queen Anne was the mother of 17 children.

61.The autograph of the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar was valued at $2 million.

62.Charles Dickens preferred to sleep only facing north.

63. George Washington's birthday was the only birthday that was a holiday in the United States.

64.Uma Thurman's father was a monk and professor of Eastern religion.

65. Taylor Swift first played the guitar at the age of 10.

66. Ashton Kutcher trained as a biochemist.

67. Riana was a cadet in the Barbadian Army.

68.In her childhood, Angelina Jolie wore braces and glasses, for which the guys teased her.

69.Until the age of 16, Jennifer Garner did not wear a thong or use cosmetics because she was forbidden to do so.

70.Tom Cruise had a dream - to become a priest.

71.Demi Moore attempted suicide during her school years.

72.Queen Victoria spent 40 years in mourning after the death of her husband. She did not take off her black dresses at this time.

73.Mussolini was deathly afraid of cats.

74. Alfred Hitchcock was afraid of eggs in any form.

75. Julio Iglesias played in the Real Madrid football team in his youth.

76.Charlie Chaplin is considered the highest paid actor.

77. Marilyn Monroe grew up in an orphanage.

78. Tchaikovsky had a legal education.

79. Ricky Martin had two children through a surrogate mother, and all his life he hid his own sexuality.

80.Hitler was a vegetarian.

81.Two of his six wives were executed by the English king Henry the Eighth.

82.Paul McCartney's mother was a midwife and helped children be born.

83.Kipling could not write his works in ink because they were black.

84. Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the turkey the national bird of the United States of America.

85. Bill Clinton sent only 2 emails during all his years in office.

86. George Washington did not shake hands when meeting, but only bowed.

87. Before starting his writing career, he was a doctor.

88.Cleopatra preferred to test poisons on her slaves.

89.Winston Churchill had Indian ancestors on his mother's side.

90.Queen Victoria spoke English with a German accent.

91.Henry Ford, who is considered a successful businessman, had only a high school education.

92.Sarah Jessica Parker is attached to a black little dress, so she even got married in a black dress.

93.At one of his concerts, Ozzy Osbourne bit off the head of a bat.

94.Elizabeth Taylor had double rows of eyelashes.

95. During my school years I was a bad student in physics.

96.The Chupa Chups logo was drawn by Salvador Dali.

97. Kate Middleton's wedding dress could be purchased for $300 the morning after the ceremony.

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1. Napoleon was 26 years old when he captured Italy.
2. Baghdad University awarded Uday, the eldest son of Saddam Hussein, a doctorate in political science. Although he did not even have a secondary education. His dissertation was entitled "The Decline of American Power by 2016."
3. In 1938, Time magazine named Hitler "Man of the Year."

4. While serving in the KGB, Vladimir Putin had the nickname “Mol.”
5. Hitler was a vegetarian.
6. The Egyptian queen Cleopatra tested the effectiveness of her poisons by forcing her slaves to take them.
7. Cleopatra married her brother, Ptolemy.
8. Cleopatra was not Egyptian. She had Macedonian, Iranian and Greek roots.

9. Lafayette became a general in the US Army at age 19. His full name is: Maria Joseph Paul Yves Rocher Gilbert de Motier, Marquis de Lafayette.
10. The Minister of Culture of the RSFSR in the 50s, Alexei Popov, was a famous swearer.
11. The Mongol conqueror Timur (1336-1405) played something like polo with the skulls of the people he killed. He created a pyramid of their severed heads 9 meters high.
12. At the time of Lenin's death, his brain was only a quarter of its normal size.

13. Napoleon was born not in France, but on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. His parents were Italian and they had eight children.
14. The national flag of Italy was invented by Napoleon.
15. One of Napoleon's drinking cups was made from the skull of the famous Italian adventurer Cagliostro.
16. The founder of the theory of communism, Karl Marx, never visited Russia.
17. The first American Chief Justice, John Jay, bought slaves to free them.

18. The first person in history to be hit by a train was Member of the British Parliament William Haskinson.
19. Winston Churchill's maternal ancestors were... Indians.
20. US President Andrew Jackson believed that the Earth was flat.
21. During the reign of Elizabeth I, there was a tax on men's beards. However, Peter the Great did not favor bearded men either.

22. Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar ordered the execution of her subjects if they appeared to her in dreams without her permission.
23. Queen Victoria was given a piece of cheese at her wedding, 3 meters in diameter and weighing 500 kilograms.
24. King Henry VIII of England executed two of his six wives.
25. The President of Uganda and one of the most ruthless dictators in the world, Idi Amin, served in the British Army before coming to power.
26. British Prime Minister Lord Palmerston died in 1865 on a billiard table, on which he made love to his servants.

27. At the court of King Alfonso of Spain, there was a special position - a hymnist. The fact is that the king had no ear for music at all, and he himself could not distinguish the anthem from other music. The anthem leader had to warn the king when the national anthem was played.
28. The Roman emperor Nero married a man - one of his slaves named Scorus.
29. The Roman Emperor Nero forced his teacher, the philosopher Seneca, to commit suicide.

30. The height of Peter the Great was approximately 213 cm. Despite the fact that in those days the average height of men was significantly lower than today.
31. Sir Winston Churchill smoked no more than 15 cigars a day.
32. Tom Cruise entered seminary at age 14 to become a priest, but dropped out after a year.
33. The French king Louis XIV had 413 beds.
34. The Israeli king Solomon had approximately 700 wives and several thousand mistresses.

35. King Louis XIV of France, known as the “Sun King,” had over 400 beds.
36. Napoleon had ailurophobia - fear of cats.
37. Winston Churchill was born in the women's toilet of the Blenheim family castle. During the ball, his mother felt unwell and soon gave birth.
38. Physicist and Nobel Prize winner Niels Bohr and his brother, famous mathematician Harald Bohr, were football players. Harald was a member of the Danish national team and even took second place at the 1905 Olympics.
39. The phrase “The King is dead, long live the King” was uttered by Catherine de Medici when she learned of the death of her son Charles IX.

40. Swedish King Charles VII, killed in 1167, was the first king of a state named Charles! Charles I, II, III, IV, V and VI never existed, and it is unclear where he got the prefix “seventh”. And after a couple of centuries, King Charles VIII (1448-1457) appeared in Sweden.
41. Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, was an ophthalmologist by profession.
42. Attila the Barbarian died in 453 on his wedding night immediately after the wedding.
43. Beethoven always brewed coffee from 64 beans.
44. Britain's Queen Victoria (1819-1901), who ruled Britain for 64 years, spoke English with an accent. She had German roots.

45. In 1357, a dead woman was crowned Queen of Portugal. She became Princess Ines de Castro, the second wife of Pedro I. 2 years earlier, her father-in-law, Alfonso "The Proud", who hated her for being a commoner, secretly ordered his men to kill her and her children. When Pedro became king, he ordered Ines's body to be removed from the grave and forced the nobility to recognize her as Queen of Portugal.
46. ​​In 1849, Senator David Atchison became President of the United States for only 1 day, and for most of this day he... slept.
47. The Grand Vizier of Persia Abdul Kassim Ismail (who lived in the 10th century) never parted with his library. If he went somewhere, the library “followed” him. 117 thousand book volumes were transported by 400 camels. Moreover, the books (along with camels) were arranged in alphabetical order.
48. The great Genghis Khan died while having sex.
49. Hannibal died in 183 BC. e. taking poison when he learned that the Romans had come to kill him.

50. Hans Christian Andersen could not write almost a single word without errors.
51. Henry IV often flogged his son, the future Louis XIII.
52. Danish king Frederick IV was a bigamist. He married twice while his wife Queen Louise was alive. His first lover died during childbirth, his second mistress was queen for only 19 days after the death of Queen Louise. All the children from both of his mistresses either died at birth or in infancy, as he believed for his sinful life. Later he became extremely religious.
53. Jack the Ripper, the most famous murderer of the 19th century, always committed his crimes on weekends.

54. Dr. Alice Chace, who wrote the book “Healthy Eating” and many books about proper nutrition, died of malnutrition.
55. Once the merchant Krasnobryukhov turned to Alexander I with a request to change his surname, and he allowed him to be called... Sinebryukhov. After this, the merchant, out of grief, left for Finland and founded the famous Koff brewing company there.
56. When Russian Queen Elizabeth I died in 1762, more than 15,000 dresses were discovered in her wardrobe.
57. Mozart began composing music at age 3.
58. There is not a single living descendant of William Shakespeare left on Earth.
59. Before composing music, Beethoven would pour a bucket of cold water on his head, believing that it would stimulate the brain.

60. While developing the electric light bulb, Thomas Edison wrote 40 thousand pages.
61. Felix Mendelssohn wrote “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the age of 17. This became his most famous work.
62. Beria suffered from syphilis.
63. More than 100 descendants of Johann Sebastian Bach became organists.
64. In the group ZZ Top, only one member does not have a beard. And his name is Beard, which translated from English means... “beard”.

65. Since 1932, only Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush have not been elected to a second term as president.
66. Ilf and Petrov discarded ideas that came to both of their minds at once - in order to avoid cliches.
67. When Beethoven wrote the famous Ninth Symphony, he was completely deaf.
68. Composer Franz Liszt was the father-in-law of German composer Richard Wagner.
69. Paul McCartney's mother was a midwife.

70. The writer Rudyard Kipling could not write with ink unless it was black.
71. The writer Charles Dickens worked with his face turned to the north. He also always slept with his head facing north.
72. The Roman Emperor Commodus collected dwarfs, cripples and freaks from all over the Roman Empire to arrange fights between them in the Colosseum.
73. Roman Emperor Julius Caesar wore a laurel wreath on his head to hide his increasing baldness.
74. Russian composer Alexander Borodin was also a famous chemist in St. Petersburg.

75. The smallest American president is James Madison (1.62 m), and Abraham Lincoln is the tallest (1.93 m).
76. The shortest British monarch is Charles I. His height was 4 feet 9 inches (about 140 cm). After his head was cut off, his height became even smaller.
77. The body of Voltaire, who died in 1778, was stolen from his grave and was never found. The loss was discovered in 1864.
78. Balzac has a whole book dedicated to... a tie.
79. The British Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) had about 3,000 outfits.

80. American Pete Ruff knocks an apple off his own head with a boomerang.
81. American industrial magnate and billionaire John Rockefeller donated more than $550 million. to various foundations and institutions.
82. American President Benjamin Franklin advocated for the turkey to be America's national bird.
83. In 1856, the English chemist William Perkin, while trying to obtain quinine from aniline, invented the first artificial dye, mauvais.

84. In the village of Lobovskoye, Saratov region, there lives a beekeeper who can withstand 40 hours in a hive with bees completely naked.
85. Between 1952 and 1966, 5 children were born into the family of Ralph and Carolyn Cummins, and all of them had a birthday on February 20th.
86. Galileo Galilei was the first person to propose the use of a pendulum to measure time.
87. Hannibal died in 183 BC after taking poison when he learned that the Romans had come to kill him.
88. Grover Cleveland was the only US president to get married in the White House.

89. James Madison was the smallest American president (1.62 m), and Abraham Lincoln was the tallest (1.93 m).
90. Dr. Alice Chace, who wrote the book Healthy Eating and many books about proper nutrition, died of malnutrition.
91. Over 35 years, Mozart created over 600 works. But after his death, the widow did not have money for a separate place in the cemetery
92. Famous bull fighter of the 19th century. Lagarijo (born Rafael Molina) killed 4,867 bulls.
93. When the German physicist A. Einstein died, his last words went with him. The nurse who was nearby did not understand German.

94. The maximum number of crossword puzzles was created by Andrian Bell. From January 1930 to 1980, he sent 4,520 crossword puzzles to The Times.
95. Robert Lincoln, son of President Lincoln, was rescued from a traffic accident by a certain Edwin Booth. As it turns out, Edwin is the brother of Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Father tried to kill father, and their children saved each other
96. The first American president to use a telephone was James Garfield.
97. The concept of a negative number was first introduced by the Italian merchant Pisano in 1202, denoting his debts and losses.
98. The world's largest private collection of meteorites belongs to the American Robert Haag - from the age of 12 he collected 2 tons of celestial stones.
99. Thomas Edison had a bird collection of 5,000 specimens.

100. The French Jeanne Louise and Guy Bruti compiled a crossword puzzle on a sheet of paper 5 m long and 3 m wide, from 18 thousand words and 50 thousand cells.
101. Shakespeare mentioned roses more than 50 times in his poems.
102. Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States, was the only president to sew his own clothes.
103. Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were born on the same day - February 12, 1809. The scientist lived almost 20 years longer than the politician.
104. Bill Clinton sent as many as two emails during his entire presidency, one of which was a test email to check that everything was working fine. I wonder who the second letter was to? Maybe Monica?

105. In 1759, Arthur Guinness leased St Gate's Brewery for 9,000 years at a rent of £45 per annum. The famous Guinness beer began to be brewed there.
106. In 1981, Deborah Anne Fontan, Miss New York, was disqualified for excessive use of cotton padding in a swimsuit competition.
107. George Washington did not shake hands when meeting - he preferred to bow
108. The only US president who is also the chairman of any union is Ronald Reagan, who heads the Screen Actors Guild.

109. If you remember a little about your school physics course, you know that there is a Richter temperature scale. So this same Charles Richter was a malicious nudist, which is why his wife left him.
110. If you read the works of the writer Stephen King, you should notice that most of the actions of his stories take place in Maine. Paradoxically, this state has the lowest crime rate in the United States.
111. The founder of psychoanalysis has many oddities. Freud was terrified of the number 62. He refused to reserve a hotel room with more than 62 rooms for fear of accidentally getting a room with number 62. He used cocaine, like many of his contemporaries.
112. The famous entrepreneur Henry Ford preferred to hire people with physical disabilities - among the workers of his factories in 1919, there was one disabled person for every four healthy people.

113. Louis Pasteur's research was sponsored by a brewery. They also paid for his ticket to the international congress. When Pasteur was given the floor at the congress, the first thing he did was hang advertising posters with beer on the stage. And he began his speech by saying that this beer is the best. And only then did he get down to business.
114. Madonna and Celine Dion are cousins ​​of Prince Charles's wife, Camilla
115. The father of the famous comedian Leslie Nielsen (“The Naked Gun”, etc.) served as a police officer in Canada, and his brother worked in the Canadian Parliament
116. Tennis player Andre Agassi's father represented Iran at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics. He was... a boxer

Famous people have such interesting biographies that you want to study them in full. Interesting facts from the lives of famous people will appeal to both children and adults.

1.Napoleon captured Italy at the age of 26.

2. Hitler was named Person of the Year by Time.

3. Cleopatra was married to her brother.

4. Facts from the lives of famous people in America confirm that Andrew Jackson, President of the United States, believed that the Earth was flat.

5. For her wedding, Queen Victoria was given a piece of cheese, the diameter of which was 3 meters and the weight was 500 kilograms.

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6.Wil Churchill was born in a ladies' restroom. When there was a ball, his mother felt unwell and soon gave birth to him there.

7. Beethoven always brewed coffee from 64 beans.

8.Beria had syphilis.

9. Celine Dion and Madonna are cousins ​​of the prince’s wife

10.Newton almost always fell asleep in front of the fireplace. Because of this, he suffered from lack of sleep.

11. Einstein considered socks to be the most stupid thing.

12.The most loving man is considered to be the king of the island of Tonga, which is located in the Pacific Ocean. His name was Fatafehi ​​Paulah.

13.Andersen never had children, or intimate relationships.

14. Facts from the lives of famous people of Russia say that Alexander Suvorov did not lose a single battle.

15. Leo Tolstoy always worked in the field along with other men. And this happened despite the fact that he was a count.

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16.Nikola Tesla had a panicky fear of germs.

17. Andriana Lima, who is considered a famous Brazilian model, remained faithful until the wedding. And exactly 9 months after the wedding, her daughter was born.

18.Paul McCartney, due to his own workload, did not have time to purchase an engagement ring for his beloved.

19. Cristiano Ronaldo is the most expensive player in the history of football.

20. Jackie Chan’s mother carried him for 12 months and this famous man was born weighing more than 5 kilograms.

21. Interesting facts about famous people provide information that Marilyn Monroe, before becoming a famous model, worked at an aircraft factory.

22.Brad Pitt's first job was performing on the streets dressed as a "chicken".

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24. A Marilyn Monroe bra was sold for $14,000.

25. To hide hair loss, Julius Caesar put a laurel wreath on his head.

26.Elizabeth the First imposed taxes on men who had a beard.

27. John Rockefeller gave away more than $500 million to charity during his own life.

28.Winston Churchill smoked at least 15 cigars a day.

29. King Solomon had approximately 700 wives and 100 mistresses.

30.Moart has never been to school.

31. Sigmund Freud had a panic rhinestone number 62.

32.Louis Pasteur was a sponsor of the brewery.

33. Alexander the Great knew by sight about 30,000 of his own soldiers.

3 4.Queen Elizabeth had approximately 3,000 outfits.

35.Voltaire's body was stolen from the grave.

36.Dutch artist Van Gogh had bouts of madness. During one of them he cut off his ear.

37. Interesting facts from the lives of famous people say that Yuri Gagarin wrote a farewell letter to his wife before flying into space, because he did not know how the expedition would end.

38. Luciano Pavarotti was fond of football.

39. Genghis Khan had a panicky fear of death. And this despite his cruelty towards his enemies.

40.When Alla Pugacheva was born, cancer was discovered on her throat. It was immediately removed.

41. Sylvester Stallone was often beaten during his school years.

42. Pushkin participated in duels more than 90 times.

43.Saddam Hussein wrote the Koran with his own blood.

44. Charlie Chaplin's body was stolen 3 months later by doormen who demanded a ransom.

45.When Vladimir Putin worked for the KGB, his code name was “mole.”

46.The largest fee of $20,000 was first received by Julia Roberts.

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47. All shoes for Paris Hillton were made to order, because she has large feet and it is difficult to choose the right shoes.

48.Whoopi Goldberg, who is considered an actress, has no eyebrows.

49.Rihanna didn’t even finish school.

50.Beethoven doused himself with ice water to raise his mental tone

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Famous people seem almost ideal to everyone else; it seems that they immediately became famous, or that they cannot get into funny and absurd situations. But, in fact, they are people like everyone else. Not everyone immediately understood what exactly they were talented at, and some did not immediately receive recognition. Reading interesting stories from, you begin to treat them not only as special individuals, but also as people who can make mistakes, get into ridiculous situations and achieve their goals.

Jules Verne

This is not just a writer of adventure novels, but also one of those authors who could foresee some things. Jules Verne also belonged to this category, and his works were the favorite books of not only children, but also adults. They contained not only fantastic inventions for that time, but also colorful descriptions of nature and the depths of the sea. And the life of Jules Verne was as bright and a little mysterious as his novels.

1. Back in 1839, the boy, who was only 11 years old, went to the port of Nantes, where the schooner Coralie was located. This is exactly what this boy chose as a cabin boy. This ship was supposed to go to the fabulous and mysterious India, where he so dreamed of going. But he was noticed in time and put ashore. Many years later, already as a grown man, he told those around him that his calling was in maritime affairs. And he regretted that he could not become a sailor then. This boy was Jules Verne.
2. People often said that his novels described technologies that would be invented in the future. One of these stories is connected with the legend of the writer’s family. Allegedly, in 1863 the writer finished work on the novel “Paris in the 20th Century.” He returned from the publishing house puzzled: the publisher refused to print the manuscript because it was too fantastic! And suddenly, in 1989, Verne’s great-grandson discovered that very novel and the inventions that were described in the book actually existed.
3. Jules Verne is one of those writers who popularized science in society thanks to his writing talent. Therefore, for many designers and engineers of spacecraft, as well as cosmonauts and astronauts, his books have become reference books. His talent and faith in science were rewarded: a large crater on the far side of the Moon was named in his honor.

The famous Russian writer, whose talent was most clearly revealed in drama, managed to completely change the idea of ​​what a play should be. In his works, Anton Pavlovich knew how to very accurately select expressions that would describe all the weaknesses of human nature. At the same time, the writer himself was philanthropic and throughout his life he urged everyone to “take care of the person within you.” Chekhov did not like to write about himself, but the writer’s notebooks, his letters, and the memories of people who had the opportunity to communicate with him allow us to get acquainted with interesting facts from the life of Anton Pavlovich.

1. There was always a place for medicine in Chekhov’s life. After all, initially he saw his calling as a doctor, and writing stories, plays and humorous notes for him was just a way to earn extra money. Among the teachers at the medical faculty where the writer studied was the famous Nikolai Sklifosovsky. Later, Anton Pavlovich began working as a doctor.

After some time, there was a change in priorities, and in January 1886 a sign was removed from his door, which stated that a doctor was seeing there. It was not only that Anton Pavlovich began to seriously engage in writing, but a difficult case occurred in his practice: two of his patients died of typhus. During his famous trip to Sakhalin, Chekhov wrote that he was ready to leave medicine.

But, in fact, he always continued to be a doctor. Anton Pavlovich attended various medical congresses to keep abreast of the latest news in this area. On his estate in Melikhovo he continued to provide medical care to all those in need, and treated the sick in Yalta. Even when he was already seriously ill, Anton Pavlovich was ready to go to the Far East not as a writer, but as a doctor.

2. It was Chekhov who “gave” Sakhalin to Russia. In 1890, the playwright made the most difficult expedition to Sakhalin, which was a place of exile for prisoners and convicts. One newspaper wrote about this trip as a significant event. Anton Pavlovich took a responsible approach to the trip: he studied the history of the Russian prison, all kinds of records about the island, the works of historians, geographers and ethnographers about Sakhalin.

When Chekhov went to Sakhalin, then this place was not fully studied, of no interest to anyone, there was not even accurate data on the population. The trip lasted three months, during which the writer took a census of the population and studied the life of convicts. It was thanks to Anton Pavlovich that Russian and foreign researchers became interested in the island.

3. Chekhov was engaged in charity work, which was not limited to medical assistance. He raised funds for the needy, built schools, opened public libraries, to which he donated his numerous books, which were of museum value. Well, of course, he helped all the sick and even arranged for those who had little money to go to a sanatorium. All his life he followed his covenant: “Take care of the person within you!”

An outstanding scientist who laid the foundations of chemistry, creator of the periodic table, professor - the life of such a talented person as Dmitry Mendeleev was just as interesting. It contained some very interesting facts that reveal a different side to the scientist.

1. The most important well-known fact of the scientist’s biography is the famous dream in which he had a periodic table of chemical elements. No matter how it gives a certain aura of mystery to Mendeleev’s personality, it is not so. Dmitry Ivanovich created this table through long research and reflection.

The periodic law was discovered in 1869. On February 17, the scientist sketched a table on the back of one letter, which contained a request to come and help production. Later, Mendeleev wrote on separate cards the names of all chemical elements known at that time, as well as their atomic weights, and arranged them in order. Therefore, the trip was postponed, and Dmitry Ivanovich himself plunged into work, as a result of which the periodic table of chemical elements was obtained. And in 1870, the scientist was able to calculate the atomic mass of those elements that had not yet been studied, which is why there were “empty” spaces in his table, which were later filled with new elements.

2. Despite his numerous scientific works and important discoveries, Dmitry Ivanovich never received the Nobel Prize. Although he was nominated for it more than once, each time it was awarded to a different doctor. In 1905, Mendeleev was among the candidates, but the German chemist became the laureate. In 1906, it was decided to present the prize to Dmitry Ivanovich, but then the Royal Swedish Academy changed its mind and presented the award to the French scientist.

In 1907, a proposal was voiced to divide the prize between the Italian scientist and Mendeleev. But on February 2, 1907, the 72-year-old outstanding scientist passed away. A possible reason why Dmitry Ivanovich did not become a laureate is the conflict between him and the Nobel brothers. It occurred due to disagreements over the introduction of a tax on oil, thanks to which the brothers were able to get rich and control some of the Russian shares.

The Swedes started a rumor about the depletion of the oil field. A special commission was created, among whose members was Mendeleev. He was opposed to introducing a tax, and denied the rumor started by the Nobel brothers, which became the cause of the conflict between the Nobels and the scientist.

3. Despite the fact that for the majority the name Mendeleev is associated with chemistry, in fact, works devoted to chemistry accounted for only 10% of the total amount of scientific research. Dmitry Ivanovich was also interested in shipbuilding and participated in the development of navigation in Arctic waters. And he devoted about 40 works to this area.

Mendeleev took an active part in the construction of the first Arctic icebreaker "Ermak", which was launched on October 29, 1898. For his active participation in the study of Arctic development, a ridge located under water in the Arctic, discovered in 1949, was named in his honor. .

The facts written above are only a small part of the cases that happened to these outstanding people. But these stories show that famous personalities did not always immediately determine their calling, tried to set an example for other people and follow their principles. Therefore, interesting stories from the lives of great people can inspire humanity to do something important for the development of science or contribute to art or simply help other people.

Great people with a capital “G” are usually called those individuals who have made an invaluable contribution to the science or culture of mankind. For many they are role models. These people made and continue to make history. They are the progress of our existence. Therefore, we have selected for you the most unusual and interesting facts about great people that will allow you to reassess humanity as a whole.

• 1. Napoleon Bonaparte, the great French commander and statesman, had a drinking cup made from the skull of Cagliostro, a recognized adventurer and mystic. At the age of 26, Bonaparte conquered Italy. It is also surprising that Napoleon had a fear of cats.
• 2. Queen Cleopatra of Egypt tested the effectiveness of poisons on slaves by letting them drink from a cup. There is information that this great woman was married to her brother Ptolemy. It is also interesting that Cleopatra was not actually Egyptian. Macedonian, Greek and Iranian blood flowed in her veins.

• 3. Lafayette (full name Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roche Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette) became a general in the American Army at the age of 19.
• 4. John Jay (the first American justice of the US Supreme Court from 1789 to 1795) bought slaves in order to free them.

• 5. The ancestors of the famous statesman of Great Britain and the greatest Briton in history (according to a BBC survey in 2002) Winston Churchill on his mother’s side were Indians.
• 7. One of Queen Victoria's wedding gifts was a huge cheese. Its diameter was 3 meters and its weight was half a ton.

• 8. At the court of the Spanish king Alfonso, there was a position of anthemnik. This man was supposed to prompt the king when the anthem was playing. The fact is that Alfonso had absolutely no hearing.
• 9. The Emperor of Rome Nero was married to... a man, one of his slaves.

• 10. The height of Peter I the Great, the last Tsar of All Rus' of the Romanov dynasty and the first All-Russian Emperor, was 2 meters 13 centimeters. In those days, such parameters were very rare, since even the average height of men was less than that of modern representatives of the stronger sex.
• 11. Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre, had 413 beds.

• 12. Niels Bohr and his brother Haralt Bohr, known throughout the world as a physicist and mathematician, were also football players. At the same time, Harald even played for the Danish national team.
• 13. Interesting facts about great people concern their unusual passions. Thus, the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven brewed coffee strictly from 64 beans.

• 14. Queen Victoria of Britain, who reigned from 1819-1901, spoke English with a German accent.
• 15. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, an Austrian composer, began composing music at age 3.

• 16. The English writer and poet Rudyard Kipling wrote his works only in black ink.
• 17. The no less famous writer Charles Dickens worked turning to the north. He also slept with his head facing this way. In addition, after writing 50 lines of his work, he drank a glass of hot water.

• 18. The Emperor of Rome, Julius Caesar, wore a laurel wreath on his head to cover his bald spot.
• 19. The work of the artist Rodin “The Thinker” is a portrait of the poet Dante.

• 20. The first to explain why the sky is blue was Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian artist, scientist, sculptor, writer and inventor all rolled into one.
• 21. Henry Ford, a successful businessman, had only a high school education.

• 22. French fashion designer Coco Chanel once worked as a saleswoman in a knitwear store. Soon it was her hobby, making exquisite hats, that conquered the women's world of Paris.