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Mark Cuban

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Mark Cuban Fast Facts:

Sold plastic garbage bags door-to-door as a pre-teen and sold Cleveland papers out of his father's station wagon during a Pittsburgh newspaper strike.
Attended stamp-collecting events while in high school, buying merchandise on one floor and selling it at a profit on another.
Was cut from the high-school basketball team three years in a row.
Taught disco dancing in college and also co-owned a bar, until a wet T-shirt contest involving an underage girl got him in trouble with authorities.
Worked at a Dallas-area Dairy Queen for a few hours one day after saying he wouldn't hire Ed Rush, the head of NBA officiating, "to manage a Dairy Queen"; the remark resulted in a record $500,000 fine.
Helped institute the spectator-friendly three-sided shot clock at NBA games, in response to e-mails from Mavericks fans.
Matched the dollar amounts of his NBA fines (a total of over $1.2 million at the end of the 2005-06 season) with charitable donations.