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10 Facts about Kesha

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10 Facts about Kesha: 1. Her name really is Ke$ha… minu$ the dollar $igns. Her full name: Kesha Rose Sebert. 2. She's a Genius. The star reportedly scored 1500 on her SAT’s, and has an IQ of over 140 which only makes her narrowly miss out on being a part of the genius category! 3. Apparently, the singer recently revealed that she spends thousands of dollars a month on glittery goodness, even adding that “It’s my goal to cover the planet in glitter”. 4. Ke$ha states that whil e she was at high school, she used to drive to Belmont University to attend college classes on topics such as the Cold War for fun! In the star's own words, "I love learning". 5. Ke$ha says that if she had not reached such success as a singer, she would have gone to Barnard to study to be a psychologist. 6. Pebe Sebert is not only Ke$ha's mom, but she is also a singer and songwriter in her own right. Pebe also raised Ke$ha all on her own and has never told the star w...

10 Facts about Hillary Clinton

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10 Facts about Hillary Clinton: 1 . Rather than being a politician, young Hillary Clinton wanted to become an astronaut, baseball player, and a journalist. 2. Hillary likes spicy foods. She puts hot sauce on almost every meal, even in a salad. 3. If you didn't know, Hillary won a Grammy back in 1996. It was for The Best Spoken Word Album for the audio version of her book, It Takes A Village. 4. She tried to join the Marines when she was 27 but got rejected for being too old and  a woman.  5. Hillary was once a senator and the first lady at the same time for 20 days. 6. National Law Journal noted her among the 100 most influential lawyers in America- both in 1988 and 1991. 7. She attends a separate church from her husband. Born and raised a Methodist, she didn’t abandon her roots when she married Bill, who is a Southern Baptist. 8. She was director of Wal-Mart for six years and used her position to champion liberal policies. 9. She out...

10 Facts about Donald Trump

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10 Facts about Donald Trump: 1. At 13, he was sent to the New York Military Academy because he was so full of energy. His parents thought sending him to military school would help channel all his energy into something good. He did very well in the academy and graduated in 1964. 2. Donald Trump is an accomplished book author. He has written at least 50 books. His first book, "The Art of the Deal," was published in 1987. He penned several more like "Trump: The Best Real Estate  Advice I Ever Received: 100 Top Experts Share Their Strategies" and "Ten Secrets I Learned from the Apprentice." 3. In 2013, comedian Bill Maher joked that Donald was the son of a monkey and offered $5 million if he can prove his dad was a real human being. The real estate mogul didn't like it and released his birth certificate. He then sued the comedian for refusing to pay him the money. Trump dropped the charges months later. 4. He sued New York Times author Ti...

10 Facts about Area 51

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10 Facts about Area 51: 1. On August 15, 2013, the CIA finally acknowledged the existence of Area 51. After repeated freedom of information request made by George Washington University, the CIA lifted the veil of secrecy on Area 51.  2. Area 51 was also referred to as Groom Lake (the name of the dry lake Area 51 was built around), Paradise Ranch (a half-serious way to entice employees to accept positions at the remote, rustic base), Watertown (the official name of the test sit e, given in 1956), and Dreamland (after an Edgar Allan Poe poem). 3. When Area 51 was chosen as the testing site for the OXCART, a new, 8,500-foot runway had to be built. So as not to draw attention, contractors worked under cover of night. 4. Flying at 2,200 mph, it took OXCART pilot 186 miles just to make a U-turn. To accommodate the plane, an additional 38,400 acres of land around the base had to be withdrawn from public access and the restricted airspace expanded to create a 440-square...