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Major Nikon

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Thu Jun 13, 2013, 02:00 PM Jun 2013

7 awesome things you didn't know about Steve McQueen

It takes more than an awesome turtleneck and a clever PR guy to earn the nickname of “The King of Cool.” From teenage reform schools and jail cells to race tracks and international super stardom, Steve McQueen truly earned his bad boy persona, both on the silver screen and on the street.

http://www.spike.com/articles/rurrtk/the-top-seven-awesome-things-you-didnt-know-about-steve-mcqueen

8: He learned to fly in a Stearman bi-plane registered with the tail number N3188 (3188 was his number in reform school)

9: On some films he would demand bulk supplies of things like electric razors and jeans. It was later discovered that he was donating them to his former reform school.



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7 awesome things you didn't know about Steve McQueen (Original Post) Major Nikon Jun 2013 OP
Steve McQueen was so cool he made ice say Damn! Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2013 #1
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