Shocking facts about famous people in history

Our history has witnessed a lot of great people. Their contribution to the development of humanity cannot be overestimated. We tend to idealize great minds however everyone has their own secrets.


When we hear about the greatest thinkers in history, we usually admire their accomplishments and forget that they were ordinary people with their own shortcomings and problems. There is a widespread misconception that such people have only positive traits and can cope with all the problems because they know a lot. Actually many of them suffered from loneliness, nervous breakdown or were too arrogant.

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37 Comments
tdelisi
Will we tear down a statue today - of Aristotle, because 2350 years ago he was not for equal rights for women? I hope not.
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02.07.2020 10:13
Matthew McKechnie
Rather dubious'facts' .Marx was living in England as an exile, Mandela spent 27 years in jail,both of which would stop them staying close to their families
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03.07.2020 05:13
ninakamwene
A great master teacher said: "Let he who has no sin throw the first stone".
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24.07.2020 06:47
Peter Wolfik
And Mahatma Gandhi wasn’t very peaceful in his private life either
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03.07.2020 12:27
Ladybug
It is no suprise to me that Isaac Newton was arrogant and had no friends, I have been told that many people who are at genius levels have very little if any social skills because they are too much into their own heads and information that they have little time for others and have attitudes that reflect that their time is more important to them than enjoying the company of others which would lead to mental and physical isolation from others. Not a shock at all.
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27.05.2021 03:30
Elsy O. Stromberg
Karl Marx lazy? Not likely. Also re. Aristotle- gender equality is a relatively recent concept. If he believed in equal rights to education, he was way ahead of his time.
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12.05.2021 12:58
Joe Mangan
How will we be judged in the future? Carnivores, hunters, warmongers, planet polluters, insatiable consumers?
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30.01.2022 04:33
Phyllis Sunderland
I believe Disney was a cruel man. He didn’t want women doing anything except staying home and having babies. I read a book about him and he was very much a man who thought women were beneath him!!!
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24.10.2021 09:58
Clarence Quismundo
So Walt Disney gained his wealth by stepping on the backs of poor workers.
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25.08.2020 01:25
Nancy Gardner
Good heavens, I wonder if they can chew gum and walk at the same time.
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03.11.2023 02:47
cgrhm
Elsy O. Stromberg, Marx slept his way through the wealthy, lonely widowed Boston elite who supported him while he did his research on working class at the Boston Public Library. Didn't have much time to actually work himself.Books have been written about this and NPR did a fabulous show on this- and Engals.
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14.07.2023 11:42
marilynmitri
It can be lonely for the person who thinks faster than those around him/her, and deeper ; seeing connections where others do not. It can be frustrating too.
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03.06.2023 07:37
lls
lls
Elsy O. Stromberg, I agree...and, if Karl could motor through tasks all night, it didn't make him lazy...maybe just tired the next day and the day after. I know I would be...
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27.02.2023 01:40
lls
lls
tdelisi, ...depends upon which person you ask...
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27.02.2023 01:36
Conrado De Leon
You m,issed something here. Find out why John Dalton, the creator of the atomic theory of matter, hasn't one element named after him There is not an element called Daltonium, right?
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12.08.2022 10:35
Louella Wilson
Mark Griffiths, given the extent of his work and writings, and the fact that he was a very difficult man, I doubt very much that he hung around pubs....with anyone! During the plague, he isolated himself, which was not an uncommon thing to do at that time.
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31.07.2022 02:12
John W Shreve
Joe Mangan , That's me.
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03.06.2022 08:44
John W Shreve
unity, A man of his times. Big deal.
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03.06.2022 08:44
John W Shreve
Mark Griffiths, I hope so. "'avin' a pint with the blokes tonight"
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03.06.2022 08:43
Wendy Manson-Myers
Clarence Quismundo, That sounds about right!
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16.01.2022 04:18
Helen Diane Evans
How do you know, did you live with him?Peter Wolfik,
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16.09.2021 08:50
papacorndog
Clarence Quismundo, didn't most rich folk?
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09.09.2021 08:00

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