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Sunday, February 12th, 2017 6:03 AM

LIVE POLL: Surprising Hidden Talents of Celebrities

These folks all have special talents beyond acting. Which surprises you most? 

Bob Barker was taught karate by Chuck Norris and has practiced it for over 20 years 
Kate Beckinsale was a literary prodigy who twice won the W.H. Smith Young Writers Award 
Pierce Brosnan has worked as a fire eater 
Johnny Cash was a military code breaker 
Geena Davis made it to the top 32 trying out for the US Olympic Archery team in 1999 
Jonathan Davis studied at the San Francisco School of Mortuary Science during his college years and became a professional embalmer for a funeral home as well as an assistant in the Kern County Coroner’s Department 
Daniel Day-Lewis was an apprentice to an Italian shoemaker 
Neil deGrasse Tyson was a star athlete as a wrestler and rower in high school and college 
Snoop Dogg is a certified football coach and has served as head coach for both of his sons' youth football teams 
Colin Farrell was a country line dancing teacher 
Hill Harper earned a JD from Harvard Law School where President Obama was his classmate 
Neil Patrick Harris is a master magician 
Christina Hendricks plays accordion 
Marilu Henner has hyperthymesia, which means she can recall almost every day of her life in near perfect detail, as well as public events that hold some personal significance to her 
Vanilla Ice won three Grand National Championships in dirt bike racing 
Ken Jeong is a licensed physician and only ended his medical career after Knocked Up was released 
Angelina Jolie is an expert knife thrower 
Taylor Lautner at the age of eight represented the US in the World Karate Association where he won three gold medals and was named the Junior World Forms and Weapons champion 
Steve Martin has recorded and toured as a banjo artist and has even established a prize for banjo and bluegrass excellence to bring more visibility to the art 
Brian May is an astrophysicist 
Tom Morello was a male stripper after graduating from Harvard and also worked in a California senator's office 
Conan O'Brien is an expert tap dancer 
Ed O'Neill has been studying Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for over 22 years 
Matthew Perry was a nationally-ranked junior tennis player 
Anthony Quinn studied architecture under Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin West 
Mike Rowe performed with an opera company for six years 
Ally Sheedy wrote a best-selling book at age 12 
Rod Stewart builds massive late 1940s Pennsylvania and New York railroad scenes that include buildings, cars, storefronts and characters 
Christopher Walken worked as a lion tamer 
Jack White also upholsters furniture 

List: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls061364260 
Poll: http://www.imdb.com/poll/e8GqF2yf080
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8/6/16 - DAN_DASSOW:

Congratulations yrnej on your 335th live poll! 
As of 6-Aug-2016 1:37 AM Pacific your polls have 516,231 or more votes, for an average of 1,541 votes per poll. 

4355th Live Poll: http://www.imdb.com/poll/e8GqF2yf080/ 

This is the 576th People poll. Such polls have a total of 1,116,868 votes for an average of 1,939 votes per poll.

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Total Number of Votes			10,432,422
Projected Date of 15 Million Votes	23-Nov-2017
Days Until 15 Million Votes		474
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