Many Happy Returns!

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A Chinese spy abandons his son and decides to sell him to the doctor who delivered him for $26. The boy studied in a boarding school. He grows up to become an actor, a martial artist, a film director, a trained vocalist and a film producer. A tough childhood, yet he holds two world records- one for performing most number of stunts by any living stuntman and the other for having as many as 15 credits in his movie 'Zodiac'. He was the director, writer, lead actor, executive producer, producer, unit producer, art director, cinematographer, manager, prop man, stunt coordinator, stuntman, gaffer, theme song vocalist, composer and even the food caterer for the said movie.

The man who quoted-

"Life will knock us down but we can choose to get back up."

And today, that man celebrates his 61st birthday. He is none other than the versatile personality-Jackie Chan.

What I'm going to share today is some lesser known facts about Jackie Chan. Let's take a look at them.

• The real name of Jackie Chan is Chan Kong-Sang.

• No company insures Jackie Chan or his team, so he pays it for himself and his stunt team.

• Jackie got the name 'Jackie' while he was working as a construction worker in Canberra, Australia.

• He broke twelve concrete blocks with his hand, while keeping the egg he was holding intact. Here is the link to the video.

• Jackie Chan's son will get none of his $130 million fortune. According to him, "If he is capable, he can make his own money. If he is not, then he will just be wasting my money."

• Jackie Chan is a classically trained vocalist and has released more then 20 albums in more than five different languages, in addition to providing the theme tunes for several of his earlier films and signing in several Chinese dubs of Disney classics.

• Jackie Chan can speak 7 languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, English, German, Korean, Japanese and Thai. He can also work with the American sign language.

• He didn't give his voice for his character in 'Jackie Chan Adventures' series of cartoons. Instead, his character was voiced by Stacie Chan, his real niece.

• 'Nosebleed' was a 2001 movie, starring Jackie Chan, about a window washer at the World Trade Center, who stops a terrorist attack, but had to be cancelled when the attacks happened in the real world.

• He is a staunch supporter of China's Communist Party. According to him the Taiwanese democracy is the biggest joke in the world.

• His mother was an opium smuggler and his father was a spy.

• Few people know that it is possible to train a fish, and Jackie Chan taught a catfish tricks in Mandarin and English.

• Jackie Chan has a permanent plastic plug installed in his skull due to an accident that he sustained while filming 'Armour of God.'

• Jackie Chan reportedly spent 12 months in his mother's womb, which is the reason why his mother nicknamed him 'Cannonball'.

• He actually jumped off an plane and landed on a hot-air balloon while filming the movie 'Armour of God'.

• While he was working as a nightclub bouncer, Jackie Chan spent two days after a fight to push his bone back into his fist. He later found that it wasn't actually his bone, in fact it was the other guy's tooth.

Jackie Chan is a role model of thousands of people and he has continued to inspire them. Most of his quotes are related to the field of martial arts. Few of them are written below-

"We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people."

"I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I always wanted to be the first Jackie Chan."

While few of his quotes are quite motivational-

"I do small things. I try to do small things everyday. If everyone does some good, think of what a good world this would be."

"Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances."

"Family isn't whose blood you carry. It's who you love and who loves you." 

A few of them reflect his self-confidence-

"Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Learn computers instead."

"Anyone can be a superman. But nobody can be Jackie Chan."

Few more awesome facts about Jackie Chan can be read on the websites mentioned below-

http://listverse.com/2014/09/05/10-awesome-facts-about-jackie-chan/

http://www.wonderslist.com/10-lfascinating-facts-about-jackie-chan/

Alright so that's a wrap. Let us all be thankful to Jackie Chan for inspiring a number of people and appreciate the dedication he has for his work. And once again, let us wish him all the luck for the years to come. History might be a boring topic for you. But the history of some famous symbols that I shall share in the next post will surely amaze you. I shall meet you very soon, till then don't forget to share your views/suggestions for this blog in the comments below. Bye!