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Depression is no joke. Even people with the strongest Will Power suffer severely.

Fame can be a Curse Everyone was shocked on hearing the sudden news of Sushant Singh Rajput passing away. May his soul RIP. The rising star of the industry who was battling depression succumbed to it. Depression is no joke. Everyone knows how hard it is to take place in this industry especially when you have no contact with the industry. If a person still achieved this, you cannot doubt if the person was weak. Only a strong-willed, highly determined person can make it. Still, the disease broke him. Depression is like any other deadly disease which any person can suffer from. Many people fight cancer yet many die even while fighting, it does not mean they were weak. The same is with this disease. Studies show that highly successful are more prone to mental illness than normal people. It is because they have to constantly tackle pressures. This fame and money can be a curse for many people. Most celebrities cannot enjoy their normal lives and vacations as they have to think about their e...
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Bill Gates was never poor. He is not the son of a Woodcutter.

Bill Gates' dad was a lawyer



Bill Gates- The founder of Microsoft and currently the second richest person in the world with a net worth of $102B. Everyone knows Bill as the owner of one of the biggest companies on this planet- 'Microsoft'. Besides being an entrepreneur, Bill is also a big philanthropic and has donated one-third of his wealth to different charities. Currently, Bill is very active in philanthropy through his foundation named after his wife Melinda. 


Bill was a Harvard dropout who started his company while studying, but he also was a bright student. He was a National Merit Scholar when he graduated from Lakeside School and had scored 1590/1600 in Scholastic Aptitude Test. In short, He was good at academics.



There is a famous story that Bill rose from a poor family, more accurately, that he is the son of a woodcutter. A story about Bill in the restaurant went viral on social media. I'm sure you know this story. But if you don't the story goes like this-


  This story is totally untrue. Bill Gates was never poor, in fact, he had access to learn to program in the computer which only 0.01% of the population at that time had access to.    


Bill was born into an upper-middle-class family and had a good upbringing. His father, William Gates was a renowned lawyer and one of the founding partners of Preston gates and Ellis which is now a part of K&L Gates LLP- one of the largest law firms in the world. He was an attorney and Bill's mother, Mary Gates was prominent in the Seattle community. Her network allowed Bill to work with IBM which was very much needed for Microsoft to grow. So, he wasn't a poor guy neither was he extremely rich.

Tell me in the comments if you knew the story was fake.

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