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That began to change at the dawn of the 20th century. In 1908, Henry Ford’s Model T began rolling off the assembly line. That same year, a vast oil deposit was discovered in southwestern Persia. In 1914, the ruler of Iran was Ahmad Shah Qajar, the last monarch of the Qajar dynasty. But there was a problem. Ahmad had come to power just a few years earlier, in 1909, when he was 11 years old....

Throughout his career, Ocean sold over 30 million records worldwide and maintained crossover appeal across pop, soul, and adult contemporary audiences. He continued to tour and record into the 21st century, earning honors such as a Lifetime Achievement Award from MOBO and being named a Companion of the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. He was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2020. Early Life Billy Ocean was born Leslie Sebastian Charles on January 21, 1950, in Fyzabad, Trinidad and Tobago....

Penn’s UFC debut in 2001 marked the beginning of a storied career. He quickly gained attention for his striking prowess, toughness, and elite submission skills. In 2004, he captured the UFC welterweight title by defeating Matt Hughes in a major upset. He later moved back to lightweight, where he enjoyed his most dominant run. Penn became the UFC Lightweight Champion in 2008 and successfully defended the title three times, cementing his legacy as one of the greatest lightweights in MMA history....

Early Life and Junior Career Bradley Kevin Marchand was born on May 11, 1988, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Raised in a family of hockey players, Marchand developed a competitive streak early on. He played junior hockey in the QMJHL (Quebec Major Junior Hockey League), suiting up for the Moncton Wildcats, Val-d’Or Foreurs, and Halifax Mooseheads. His skillset stood out, but so did his fiery temperament and willingness to get under opponents’ skin....

Early Life Charles Oliveira da Silva was born on October 17, 1989 in a favela in Guarujá, Brazil. Diagnosed with a heart murmur and rheumatic fever when he was seven years old, he was told by a doctor he wouldn’t be able to play sports. However, his parents disobeyed the doctor, and Oliveira’s condition improved over time. He was soon introduced by a neighbor to Brazilian jiu-jitsu, which he trained in under Roger Coelho....

Early Life and Junior Career Chris Pronger was born on October 10, 1974, in Dryden, Ontario. From a young age, he stood out for his size and skating ability, a rare combination for a defenseman. He played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) for the Peterborough Petes, where his dominance made him a top prospect heading into the 1993 NHL Draft. The Hartford Whalers selected Pronger second overall in that draft, placing high expectations on his shoulders from the beginning....

His projects have included, “Blood In Blood Out”, “Saints and Sinners”, “Street Fighter”, “Money Talks”, “Expose”, “Hitman’s Run”, “Sometimes They Come Back… for More”, “Façade”, “Bad Karma”, and “Betrayal”. He has written, directed, and starred in such projects as “The Calling”, “El Padrino”, “I.R.A.: King of Nothing”, “FUEGO”, “Mexican American”, “Chicano Blood”, “Mexican Gangster”, “Polanski Unauthorized”, “Bobby Fischer Live”, “Vatos Locos”, and “Brando Unauthorized”. He is the only actor who has ever played Marlon Brando on film....

Early Life and Education Born on September 16, 1987, in Encino, California, Daren Maxwell Kagasoff is the middle child of Elise, a designer, and Barry Kagasoff, a diamond merchant. He has an older brother, Justin, and a younger sister, Natalie. Kagasoff attended Montclair Preparatory High School, where he was an active member of the baseball team. After high school, he enrolled at San Francisco State University to study business management. However, during his time there, he realized his passion lay in acting, prompting him to return to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the entertainment industry....

David also voiced Alexsandr Kallus on the Disney XD series “Star Wars Rebels” (2014–2018) and Scar in the TV movie “The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar” (2017) and the Disney Junior series “The Lion Guard” (2017–2019). He directed the 2009 short “Big Guy” and the 2020 film “The Water Man,” and he has produced many of the projects he has starred in. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2016 for services to drama....

Clarke has appeared on BBC One Scotland’s coverage of football and other sports broadcasting. In 2014 he hosted the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. He has made frequent appearances at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Clarke has starred in stage productions of Cinderella and at the King’s Theatre. He also regularly performs at comedy clubs including The Comedy Store and The Stand.

Eckhart has also written a picture book, “Guardians of Being” (2009) as well as the children’s book “Milton’s Secret: An Adventure of Discovery through Then, When, and The Power of Now” (2008). “Milton’s Secret” was adapted into a film in 2016, and Tolle served as an executive producer on the production. He runs the company Eckhart Teachings, which handles the sale of all of his books and spiritual teaching materials....

By 17 he had already won several awards and got a job at the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. He drew two pirate-themed one-shot stories including “Romance Dawn” starring Monkey D. Luffy who became the protagonist for One Piece. The series began serialization in 1997 in Weekly Shonen Jump. He has also worked on the manga series Wanted!, God’s Present for the Future, Ikki Yako, Monsters, and Cross Epoch among others....

Duran’s radio career has spanned 30 years and has included both host and program director duties. Elvis has appeared in the 1995 film “Die Hard with a Vengeance” and the 2015 TV movie “Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!,” and he has produced the film “Truth” (2013), the recording of the benefit concert “Can’t Cancel Pride” (2021), the television series “Phowned” (2010), and the TV specials “The 2nd Annual Carney Awards” (2016), “The 3rd Annual Carney Awards” (2017), and “The 4th Annual Carney Awards” (2018)....

Kylie Jenner Kylie Jenner doesn’t seem like someone that would stress about money. However, despite her occasional splurges – most notably on luxury cars – Jenner does admit to buying cheap makeup from drugstores and focusing her savings on long term investments. She also avoids buying jewelry for herself. Her reason? Down the road she sees herself stepping out of the spotlight to lead a normal life. She understands that just because she has a healthy bank balance now, it doesn’t mean she always will....

Whereas his engagement in soccer is more fun than running his construction business, ACS (where he has a 12.5% stake) saw a $1.4 billion loss in the first nine months of 2012. Among the main culprits for that situation are Spain’s financial crisis and the burst of its housing bubble as well as ACS’s 2011 acquisition of German construction firm Hochtief, which obviously made the situation worse. To clear the debt, the company sold a 3....

The Cahuilla Hills home, set atop a hillside amid a definitive desert backdrop, belonged to the late actress in the 1960s before she moved to Bel Air in the 1970s. The concrete-and-glass structure is one of the few remaining staples of the Gabor family legacy in Palm Springs, where it is said, family matriarch Jolie Gabor and her three daughters – Zsa Zsa, Magda, and Eva – all had either permanent or part-time living arrangements and spent much of their time....

Early Life G.E. Smith was born as George Edward Haddad on January 27, 1952 in Scranton, Pennsylvania to a Lebanese father and a mother from Ohio. Raised in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, he began playing guitar when he was only four years old. When he turned 11, Smith was given his first electric guitar, a Fender Esquire. By his teenage years, he was already making money performing at resorts in the Poconos....

Most importantly for George Lucas’ net worth, in 2012, he sold the intellectual property rights to the “Star Wars” franchise to Disney for $4.1 billion. At the time of the sale, his net worth was already $3.3 billion. With the sale, Lucas received $2.21 billion in cash and 37 million shares (37,076,679) of Disney stock, which at the time was trading at around $50. So, at the time the deal closed, he received $1....

A single bitcoin today would buy roughly 9,250 pizzas. But obviously, bitcoin in 2010 was much less valuable. That is why Laszlo used 10 THOUSAND bitcoins to pay for his two pizzas. Spoiler: Today, those same 10,000 bitcoins would be worth $1.113 billion. It was the first time Bitcoin had ever been exchanged for a tangible good or service. The purchase has become so famous… or infamous… that May 22 has come to be known as “Bitcoin Pizza Day....

John Paulson made a chunk of his $10 billion fortune by betting against subprime mortgages before the 2007-2008 financial crisis that so many Americans lost their homes. That move made his hedge fund $15 billion and made him $4 billion. At the time, he could postpone paying taxes on those earnings due to a convenient loophole in the tax code. That loophole has now closed and taxes on those profits are due and payable to the tune of the $1 billion tax bill we mentioned earlier....