Unusual hobby greats

Interest in the way of life of successful people is quite natural, and we have not a single article dedicated to them success stories, daily routine and receiving productive work. But do not forget that, no matter what the top in science, arts, or business, nor obeyed them, they are still human beings and nothing human is alien to them. Geniuses, too, need to relax and fool around sometimes. In this article you will learn about the enthusiasm of famous people, and some of them, I'm sure, will surprise you.

Elon Musk - James Bond fan

This famous engineer, entrepreneur, inventor and investor is known to us primarily as the founder of SpaceX company, Tesla Motors and PayPal. However, it is famous among collectors as the owner of a large number of items related to James Bond. For example, Elon Musk He owns one of the cars in this movie hero (Lotus Esprit in 1977), which in the film is easily converted into a submarine.

Warren Buffett - guitarist

Few people know that one of the richest men in the world and the second largest state of the US resident is a fan of the game on the ukulele ukulele. However, he not only owns a collection of tools, but also the good plays music and did not even hesitate to speak in public.

Bill Gates - the reader

The founder of Microsoft, in an interview confessed his love for tennis and the game of bridge. But the most important of his passion from an early age and are still reading remains. Gates hired a special person who fills up his library of rare books, and in 1994 even laid out for the manuscript of the XV century with the work of Leonardo da Vinci as much as $ 30.8 million.

Thomas Edison - nutritionist

Virtually none of the technical achievements of the twentieth century has not been without the inventions and patents of this brilliant man. Edison invented, perfected and implemented things such as the telegraph, telephone, camera, the phonograph. And even to speak into the phone, "Hello" in the beginning of the conversation, he offered it. But in his spare time, he studied the inventions of various diets and their impact on the human body. In 1930, a year before Edison's death, his wife said in an interview that "the proper nutrition is one of his greatest hobby."

Henry Ford - the founder of the art museum

The legendary American businessman who has made great efforts for the development of the automotive industry, interested in history in general and the industrial revolution in history in particular. He spent huge amounts of money in order to gather in one place real samples and models of many well-known buildings, machinery and monuments. In 1929 he opened an open air museum, which is called the Henry Ford Museum, and later was known as Greenfield Village.

Walt Disney - railwayman

Walt Disney loved trains. To such an extent that none of Disneyland is not complete without a toy railway, and his office was established a huge model of a steam locomotive. Around the house was built by the Disney copy Railway Bridge, forks and moving compositions, in which the owner gladly rolled their guests.

Nikola Tesla - pigeon

The inventor of radio, robotics and alternator, the man who, according to contemporaries, "invented the XX century", was very fond of pigeons. He fed while walking wild pigeons, and when he was sick and could not do it yourself, hire a special person who fed the birds.

Mark Zuckerberg - the man who every year change the hobby

Founder Social network Facebook is a very versatile person, which each year is given to a new hobby.

Every year I throw myself a challenge to learn something about the world, to expand his horizons, teach yourself the discipline. As I taught the Chinese last year. This experience brought me a lot of humility.

Mark Zuckerberg

To some it may seem that such passions only takes time, effort and energy of these great people, preventing their primary business. However, it is not so. Even the most powerful person in need of periodic discharge and recharge. Opportunity to relax a bit and work out some nonsense, nothing to do with work, allows the brain to relieve tension, rest and digest in the background previously obtained information. So that even the most seemingly frivolous hobby actually have a very serious purpose.

Do you have any interesting hobbies?