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Notable Achievements at Age 3

Ryan Kaji

First YouTube video published (channel launch)

Ryan's first video 'Kid playing with toys Lego Duplo Number Train' posted; channel began (originally Ryan ToysReview).

2015
98% confidence
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Gary Vaynerchuk

Immigrated to the United States

Gary and his family immigrate from Babruysk, Byelorussian SSR (present-day Belarus) to New York City under a refugee resettlement program.

1978
98% confidence
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Lucille Ball

Father dies of typhoid fever

Henry Durrell 'Had' Ball dies at age 27 in Wyandotte, Michigan; family returns to New York.

1915
98% confidence
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Sidemen

First Sidemen Charity Football Match (St Mary's Stadium)

Sidemen FC v YouTube Allstars at St Mary's Stadium on 3 June 2016, raising over £110,000 for the Saints Foundation and launching the official Sidemen channel.

2016
95% confidence
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Nubank

Major regulatory threat (merchant payment timing change)

A proposed rule would change payment timing to merchants from ~27 days to 1 day — a change that would have required billions in working capital and threatened Nubank’s survival.

2016
95% confidence
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Smosh

Released 'Pokémon Theme Music Video' (viral)

One of Smosh's earliest videos, it lip-synced the English Pokémon theme and became massively viral.

2005
95% confidence
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Smosh

Smosh YouTube channel created; first uploads

Officially joined YouTube and uploaded three videos (including 'Power Rangers' and 'Mortal Kombat'); channel creation date is Nov 19, 2005.

2005
95% confidence
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Caroline Zimbalist

Began painting and sketching

Started painting and sketching at approximately three years old, an early start to her artistic practice.

2000
95% confidence
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Justin Jackson

Mother died — Justin Joseph Jackson (football)

When Justin J. Jackson was three years old his mother, Denise Jackson, died from breast cancer; father later remarried (stepmother Veronica).

1999
95% confidence
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Isaiah Rashad

Father leaves family

Rashad's father left the family when Isaiah was three years old — a formative childhood event.

1994
95% confidence
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Guz Khan

Father's death

Khan's father died when Guz was three years old; he was raised by his mother Zainab Khan.

1989
95% confidence
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Rafael Nadal

Introduced to tennis by uncle Toni Nadal

Toni Nadal (his uncle) introduced Rafael to tennis and started coaching him; he began hitting his first shots at the Manacor Tennis Club.

1989
95% confidence
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Nir Eyal

Family immigrated to the United States

At age three, his family moved to the United States and settled in a suburb of Orlando, Florida.

1983
95% confidence
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Wes Moore

Father's death

Father William Westley Moore Jr. died of acute epiglottitis when Wes was three.

1982
95% confidence
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Kanye West

Parents divorce; moves to Chicago with mother

After parents' divorce he moved with his mother to Chicago, where he was raised.

1980
95% confidence
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Yuval Noah Harari

Taught himself to read

Harari taught himself to read at age three.

1979
95% confidence
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Dax Shepard

Parents divorced

Shepard's parents divorced when he was 3 years old.

1978
95% confidence
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Noel Fielding

Father remarried; raised largely by grandmother

Fielding's father remarried when Noel was three; he was mostly raised by his grandmother thereafter.

1976
95% confidence
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Kristen Wiig

Family moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Wiig moved with her family to Lancaster at age three.

1976
95% confidence
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Theresia Gouw

Family emigrated to United States

Gouw's family fled political violence against ethnic Chinese under Suharto and immigrated to the U.S.; they settled near Buffalo, New York.

1971
95% confidence
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