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“When I was a child my mother said, ‘If you become a soldier, you’ll be a general. If you become a monk, you’ll be the pope.’ Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.”

One of my friends shared the story of Hamza Bendellajd on her facebook. I couldn’t find a whole lot of stuff anywhere about him. Probably because he stole FOUR HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS and donated it all to charities in Africa and Palestine. 

The Algerian computer science graduate was able to hack over  $400 million from 217 banks. When arrested, he refused to make a deal with the government explaining how he was able to do such a thing. He told the authorities  “Money and power are nothing if they are not used to build a better world”. For this, he was hanged in Thailand on March 4, 2016.

1.  Martin Luther King Jr. spent his wedding night in a funeral home, since there were no honeymoon suites for African-Americans.

2.  Martin Luther King Jr. was a huge Star Trek fan.

3.  Martin Luther King Jr. received a C+ in public speaking at seminary school.

4.  Over 900 streets in the United States are named after Martin Luther King Jr.

5.  When notified of his selection for the Nobel , Martin Luther King Jr. announced he would turn over the prize money to…