As he grew older, Edison became completely deaf in one ear and partly deaf in the other. A childhood case of scarlet fever might have been the cause. “Earache came first, then deafness, and this deafness increased until at the theatre I could only hear a few words now and then,” Edison wrote. Yet he felt that his hearing problems gave him a career advantage: They made it easier for the inventor to concentrate on his work without aural distractions. “My deafness has not been handicap, but a help to me,” he claimed.
• MS Dhoni is the second Indian captain to win his first home and abroad test matches. As a captain, he won his first home test against South Africa, and first abroad match at Hamilton against New Zealand.
• MS Dhoni is a WWE fan and his favourite wrestlers are Bret 'The Hitman' Hart and Hulk Hogan.
- • Other than Cricket and Football, Dhoni was really fond of badminton as well.
• His long hairs during the initials years of his international cricket career were inspired by John Abraham.
- • Dhoni, with his victory at Hamilton against New Zealand, became the first Indian captain to win a test match in New Zealand after a gap of 33 years.
• Sachin Tendulkar recommended Dhoni as the captain of Indian Cricket team.
• Dhoni is also very fond of his pets. He has been often spotted spending time with them at his farmhouse.
• MS Dhoni loves to have chicken and hot chocolate fudge.
• He holds the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Territorial Army.
• He is second one to receive the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Before him, Kapil Dev was conferred with the same rank in Territorial Army.
• Dhoni was the first ever wicket-keeper in the history of Indian Cricket to lead the team in test format.
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He was handed over the captaincy during the third Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2008.
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