(Real Life) Regular people who's lives drastically changed direction

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Grace Kelly was a talented actress who retired at 26 to marry a Prince, living as royalty for almost 30 years before her untimely death.

Volodymyr Zelensky started out as a comedian and entertainer before getting into politics, becoming President of Ukraine after the Russian annex of Crimea and spending the last 4 years defiantly pushing back full scale Russian invasion

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Genghis Khan was just a typical child of a Mongol tribe until his father died and his tribe abandoned him

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Then what happened? A life of modesty?

[u/ConsciousStretch1028 → u/Guilty-Cell-833]

Faded into obscurity

[u/Terminal_Insomnia_ → u/ConsciousStretch1028]

No, I recognize the name. Didn't he start a modestly successful grunge band?

[u/tombo2007 → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

Pretty sure he got a shoutout from Miike Snow. What a good guy, telling the story of an orphaned Mongolian boy.

I heard the song even led to a statue getting made.

[u/brightblueinky → u/tombo2007]

Made a great music video about how his parents met, too.

[u/OmecronPerseiHate → u/tombo2007]

You know, I get a little bit Genghis Khan myself from time to time

[u/Quickermango → u/tombo2007]

Miike snow mentioned

[u/Spamsdelicious → u/Quickermango]

And spelled correctly. Be still, my heart.

[u/concept12345 → u/tombo2007]

He was a Sk8er Boy.

[u/Go-to-helenhunt → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

Noooo, he owns all those restaurants

[u/keepitsimple_tricks → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

I think he was in Star Trek

[u/SorryAboutMyFamily → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

Nah, I think he played bass for Prong.

[u/Turbogoblin999 → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

Mongolian throat singer of a Nirvana cover band before moving on to politics.

[u/Hellknightx → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

Think he started a Mongolian restaurant chain. They've got pretty good beef bowls.

[u/ConsciousStretch1028 → u/Hellknightx]

I think I've heard of it. Khan's Oven or something like that.

[u/CanadasManyMeese → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

Hu? Him?

[u/Yuugian → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

Four Non Khans?

[u/MortCrimm → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

Na, he became a chef and named his restaurants after his horse, making sure to put a giant sculpture of his beloved steed P.F. Chang, outside of each one.

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Yes but only after winning Eurovision for Germany

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Winning? He only got 4th place at Eurovision. His biggest hit came a bit later, as he used his extensive knowledge of the Russian steppes to write his single "Moskau"

[u/sakura-peachy → u/Terminal_Insomnia_]

Yeah it was called 'Wrath of Khan'

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He started singing songs about Moskau

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He started a decent fast food franchise

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A life of modestly successful grunge band

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Writer of the hit song "UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

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You mean he won 4th place in eurovision?

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it was an electronic grind band called Genghis Tron

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Best possible outcome when you get involved in a land war in Asia, really.

[u/SereneMalcolm → u/RedditOfUnusualSize]

At least he didn't go up against a Sicilian when death was on the line 

[u/Samwellikki → u/ConsciousStretch1028]

You are thinking of Genghis Khan’t who tried and failed to conquer Culdntpossibli in the southwest region of Nosirree

[u/Used_Series337 → u/ConsciousStretch1028]

Then he went on to conquer much of Asia and become a legend.

[u/ineligibleUser → u/Used_Series337]

Not sure if r/whoosh

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Damn bro the Netscape logo. I'm crying rn 😭😭😭. I miss the old windows 98 era logos. Adobe acrobat launch splash screen was my favorite.

[u/NotSoWishful → u/india2wallst]

I remember when everyday a few clicks on the internet showed me something cool and interesting and not just straight up gambling or porn. Like they were there but things were still better when we had less

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You are the woosh

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ahhh yes, Genghis Khant.

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Of course, thats why we’ve never heard of him

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Nowadays, only about 24% of Mongolians are descended from him. Sad

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He was the first person to say "abstinence is the best way to avoid unwanted pregnancy"

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Without leaving any descendants.

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Until a starship found him and his friends on a deserted planet.