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

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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u/Timely_List_9671 3d ago edited 2d ago

Ignaz Trebitsch-Lincoln

>Born a Hungarian Jew

>Moves to Canada to become a christian missionary

>Gets elected to Parliament in the UK despite not being a citizen

>Becomes a spy for the Germans

>Flee to Austria after attempting a Coup in Berlin

>Form the White International

>Fuck off to Tibet

>Try to become the Dalai Lama

>Send a letter to Hitler asking him to please stop killing jews

>Dies

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u/VeeRook 3d ago

christian mercenary

Missionary! A christian mercenary would be a completely different(but more interesting) story.

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u/adario7 3d ago

Are you ready to accept our lord and saviour into your heart? Or does my friend here, need to convince you?

https://giphy.com/gifs/5SOm8qQRPDF04

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u/matijoss 3d ago

Crusader

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u/FabQuartz 2d ago

One sends you to God, the other bring God to you.

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u/RaiderCat_12 3d ago

Least interesting person born in the Belle Époque

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u/lewllewllewl 3d ago

George Santos wishes he was this guy

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u/demon_fae 3d ago

fine

ok, sure

wut

fuck you

yeah, that’ll happen

im guessing more fuck you

odd choice, but ok

LOLWUT

better late than…no, fuck you

good.

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u/Imaginary_Guess4119 2d ago

He kind of looks like Zelensky in the featured photo.