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We all knowPythagoras as oneof the greatest

mathematician ofthe ancient world.



Perhaps we all know by

theorem that bears his nameabout right triangles. He hadmany other contributions but

some of them were evenbizarre.



Pythagoras

started a cultcalledPythagoreanism.

He named thisreligion afterhim because heconsidered

himself a god.



. He claims to be able to talk toanimals, predict the future andcontrol natural phenomena.



One of the basic beliefs of hisreligion is that the entireuniverse can be litter based

represent to the numbers andthat was proven by scientists.

However, he went to extremes,believed in reincarnation and interms of food, beans it was

prohibited.



They were not allowed to eatbeans.



urt !odel

Kurt Godel was a

famous logician andmathematician; he isconsidered one of theleading logicians inhistory and he was acontemporary of

Albert instein.



Kurt Godel had anobsession! he wasconvinced he will diepoisoned.



His paranoia hasbecome so intense

because of this fearthat he consume onlyfood prepared by hiswife . He always put

his wife to taste foodto prove that it is notpoisoned.He died by starvinghimself while his

wife washospitalized.



"t#s ironic that a great logician inhistory died from an absolutely

ridiculous logic.



William "hester #inor

Oxford $ictionary of nglishwas the %rst dictionary of

&uality indexed and explainedin detail every word in thenglish language. 'o ma(ethis dictionary werenecessary numerousexamples and &uotes that

exemplify concrete truemeanings of words.)olunteers were sought forthis wor(.



William "hester

#inor was an$mericansurgeon,

passionated of%nglish, whoo&ered to dothis work and

did it great.



'othing strange until here. (ut William was inan insanity asylum when he did this work. Hewas )ailed there because he had killed a man

following a paranoid episode. His mindcontinued to deteriorate until he used a knifeto cut o& his penis. He was addicted to work.



$ndrew *ackson

Andrew *ac(son was one of the mostimportant American presidents , soimportant that they put him on the +- ban(note . He had a reputation asbeing extremely tough, rowdy and

rancorous. As a soldier and generalwas absolutely ruthless



but when it wasn#t at war/one of hispassions/ it was fencing withmus(ets. 0egend says he was shootso often that when he went, his bodysounded li(e a bag full of balls and

bleeding constantly.



$t one of these parties he served a +kilogrames cheese wheel . The cheesewas a gift that was kept in the white

house lobby for years. The smell wasso strong that it could be felt forhundreds of meters. -egend says thattoday in the White House the smell of

*acksons cheese can be still felt .

He was alsofamous for the

wild parties he



Walter /isney

1alter $isney was a brilliant%lmma(er but apparently hewas also a little psycho. He

didn#t allowed any women towor( in his studio. motivatingthat creative wor( is not forwomen. He was also &uite racistand was accused ofinappropriate images and

sounds put in his creations andmore than that was asympathi2er oh 3a2ism.



What was strange abouthim is that he had anobsession with facial hair.He did not allowed anyemployee to have hair onthe face.

He didn#t even allowed anyvisitors to the par( with hair onthe face until the 4-5s. 1hat isreally bi2arre is the fact that1alter had a mustache at theage of 6 years.



0oshiro 'akamatsu

7oshiro 3a(amatsu is one of

the most successfulinventors in history. 'he most famous is theinvention of the 8oppy dis(.



And this is how it loo(s li(e!

. However ,most of hisinventions are &uitestrange and &uiteunnecessary. 1hat ismore bi2arre is how theideas for new

inventions came tohim.



He put hishead under

water and heldhis breathuntil he almostdied .

He is a famous in *apan for hisstatement arguing that he will liveexactly 9:: years, neither more norless. 'o do this performance it has a

very strict program."t would be incredible if he will liveexactly 9:: years, but he is still aliveand until now he did it. urrently, hehas <4 years.



'hese were six of the most famouspersonalities of the world that although werebrilliant and sometimes had small glitches ofmadness. 'hey say genius is =ust on thebrin( of madness and to be master in a %eld, you must be cra2y to have the dedication

or obsession needed.

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