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Viral By Accident: 7 People Who Accidentally Became Famous. by 20bc(m): 11:29am On Dec 03, 2014
1. NASA Mohawk Guy
His name is Bobak Ferdowsi, but he’s better known as
NASA Mohawk Guy or Hot NASA Guy. During the live
broadcast of the Mars rover’s landing in 2012, eyes
suddenly shifted away from the rover and toward one of
the people working in the control room.
A screengrab of Ferdowsi, with his head turned to the
side to show off his Mohawk with stars shaved into the
side, made Ferdowi had become a viral sensation, even
before his name was known. Thousands of fans created
crush blogs dedicated to him and a meme about his
attractiveness (ex: “Guides a rover through space…and
into my heart”) made the rounds.
Even President Obama shouted
out the young jet propulsion
engineer when he called NASA to
congratulate them on the
success of their project. Since
then, Ferdowsi has used his
accidental Internet fame to
encourage young people to get
involved in STEM (science,
technology, engineering, and
math) fields and raise awareness
about the space program.

2. Antoine Dodson
When his sister was almost raped
by a man who broke in the
window of their Alabama home,
Antoine Dodson appeared on a
local news channel expressing his fear of violence in the
community. “He’s climbin’ in your windows, he’s
snatchin’ your people up, tryin’ to rape ‘em. So y’all
need to hide your kids, hide your wife, and hide your
husband cause they’re rapin’ everybody out here,” he
said.
The clip went viral, catching the attention of “Autotune
the News” video creators The Gregory Brothers, who
turned Antoine’s quotes into The Bed Intruder Song.
(Half of their profits from the song’s sale went to
Dodson.)
Dodson embrace his new meme-dom with a website and
a YouTube channel, sold T-shirts with his name and
picture on them, and eventually launched his own app
that helped people track sex offenders in their
communities. In an appearance on TODAY in 2010,
Dodson said he planned to use his new cash windfall to
move his family to a safer area, adding “I hate that it
happened this way, but a lot of good came out of it.”

3. Ridiculously Photogenic Guy
In 2012, a man took some photos
of his friends running in the
Cooper River Bridge Run in
Charleston, South Carolina. One
of those pics happened to
capture a stranger named Zeddie
Little in the background. After
the photos were uploaded to
popular image-sharing website
Reddit, attention quickly began
to focus on Little, whose good
looks and warm smile earned him
the nickname Ridiculously
Photogenic Guy, or RPG. Soon
RPG was being Photoshopped
into all kinds of pictures, from
wedding shots to news pics. The
joke was that any picture, no
matter how trashy or out-of-
focus, would suddenly turn
classy and elegant once RPG was
inserted into it.
Although Little could have
probably ridden the fame of his
Internet celebrity (or at least
booked a modeling gig) once his
name was revealed, the South
Carolinian preferred to keep a low profile. TODAY spoke
to some friends of Little’s, who all talked about what a
great guy he is .
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Although there are several social media accounts
claiming to be Little, none of them are legit. Sorry,
ladies, he’s also in a relationship!

4. Sheltering Suburban Mom
Carly Phillips is a stay at home mom and romance
novelist whose titles include "Perfect Fling" and "Perfect
Together." In 2011, her professional author photo was
uploaded to Reddit, where it became the symbol of the
“sheltering suburban mom” (sometimes just “suburban
mom”) meme. Examples of text used in the meme
include “Lets kids watch PG-13 movies… when they’re
17” and “Thinks video games will rot your brain… plays
Farmville for six hours.”
However, there was one person
who didn’t jump on the viral
meme bandwagon — Phillips
herself, who only found out
about her online fame when a
reader posted one of the pictures
on her Facebook author fan page.
Although she has taken the
meme-ification in stride, she
doesn’t mention it in her official
bio.

5. Double Rainbow Guy
Who hasn’t been totally awed by
the beauty of nature? A YouTube
user with the name
Hungrybear9562 posted a video
of a double rainbow he saw in
Yosemite Park in 2010, and got so emotional while
filming it that he started crying.
The video sat, ignored, for months until someone on the
staff of talk show host Jimmy Kimmel stumbled upon it.
Kimmel tweeted the video to his nearly three million
followers, and other celebrities began to retweet it.
Soon, the video was a bona fide Internet hit.
Eventually, “Double Rainbow Guy” was identified as Paul
Vasquez, a former trucker and firefighter who lived in the
Yosemite area. Eventually, Vasquez landed a corporate
sponsorship with Microsoft, who featured him (and his
love of double rainbows) in a promotional video for their
Windows Live Photo Gallery program.

6. Swampmusic12
In July 2013, a Tennessee man named Mark Brown
started a YouTube channel using the handle
Swampmusic12. Brown, a self-identified hillbilly with
two pet raccoons, posted his very first video, which was
of him dancing with his raccoon Rebekah.
Over the next year, the video slowly grew in popularity,
with fans loving Brown’s exuberance — and the Hannah
Montana-brand raccoon repellent he sprayed on himself
in the clip.
Brown quickly embraced his Internet celebrity and made
several followup videos, including one where he took a
shower with Rebekah. Soon after, he posted a vlog
where he made a sad announcement — the videos had
gotten the attention of Tennessee state officials, who
seized Rebekah and said she wasn’t allowed as a pet.
Brown asked his fans to help lobby the state and get
Rebekah back. So far, though, the two have not been
reunited.

7. Lydia Callis
When New York City was
preparing for Hurricane Sandy in
October 2012, Mayor Michael
Bloomberg appeared on TV to
give residents advice about how
to prepare. Next to him was a
woman named Lydia Callis, who
interpreted Bloomberg’s remarks
into American Sign Language.
Quickly, Tumblr blogs paid
tribute to her facial expressions
and signing skills. However, it
wasn’t just viewers at home who
were fascinated by Callis —
fellow sign language translators
were thrilled to see their
profession catapulted into the
big time .
But that wasn’t all for Callis — she was also parodied on
Saturday Night Live, with comedian Cecily Strong
playing Callis and Nasim Pedrad playing a fictional
interpreter for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
Callis herself kept a pretty low profile and turned down
requests for interviews, claiming that her job was to
interpret the news, not to make it. On Sunday, the New
York Times reported she has used her fame to advocate
for the deaf, and leads tours at the New York Public
Library.




guys you need to check out Antoine Dodson video and mp3. The music actually won countless award in the USA.
Re: Viral By Accident: 7 People Who Accidentally Became Famous. by Adeoba10(m): 11:32am On Dec 03, 2014
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Re: Viral By Accident: 7 People Who Accidentally Became Famous. by ammyluv2002(f): 11:36am On Dec 03, 2014
God pls give me that reading habit again cause I'm too lazy to read these days


Pls someone should help me, I promise to change next time
Re: Viral By Accident: 7 People Who Accidentally Became Famous. by 20bc(m): 11:43am On Dec 03, 2014
NASA Mohawk guy.
Antoine dogson.
The ridiculous photogenic guy.

Re: Viral By Accident: 7 People Who Accidentally Became Famous. by Mutuwa(m): 11:50am On Dec 03, 2014
ammyluv2002:
God pls give me that reading habit again cause I'm too lazy to read these days


Pls someone should help me, I promise to change next time

Same hia sis..By d way "Oga at the top" should seal this list,else I no believe... grin
Re: Viral By Accident: 7 People Who Accidentally Became Famous. by 20bc(m): 12:22pm On Dec 03, 2014
..........

Re: Viral By Accident: 7 People Who Accidentally Became Famous. by Abbey2sam(m): 3:29pm On Dec 03, 2014
Amazing


simply Amazing
Re: Viral By Accident: 7 People Who Accidentally Became Famous. by gbenga4sure(m): 3:53pm On Dec 03, 2014
hehehe grin
Re: Viral By Accident: 7 People Who Accidentally Became Famous. by hatux: 3:58pm On Dec 03, 2014
I don't think there's something like someone accidentally becomes famous, it was their time and it came!
Re: Viral By Accident: 7 People Who Accidentally Became Famous. by StevinMorgan(m): 3:59pm On Dec 03, 2014
Well done op..
Re: Viral By Accident: 7 People Who Accidentally Became Famous. by hawksford: 4:02pm On Dec 03, 2014
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Re: Viral By Accident: 7 People Who Accidentally Became Famous. by 20bc(m): 4:16pm On Dec 03, 2014
StevinMorgan:
Well done op..
#thankful
Re: Viral By Accident: 7 People Who Accidentally Became Famous. by stuff46(m): 4:40pm On Dec 03, 2014
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Re: Viral By Accident: 7 People Who Accidentally Became Famous. by angelTI(f): 5:32pm On Dec 03, 2014
Oh God, let my time be now Amen
Re: Viral By Accident: 7 People Who Accidentally Became Famous. by killercute16(m): 6:40pm On Dec 03, 2014
When will this kind of Accident happen to me na.
Re: Viral By Accident: 7 People Who Accidentally Became Famous. by dreydee(m): 8:50pm On Dec 03, 2014
Where is the RPG angry
Re: Viral By Accident: 7 People Who Accidentally Became Famous. by kelechiMarie(f): 11:13pm On Dec 03, 2014
Where are d remaining pics esp RPG kiss
Re: Viral By Accident: 7 People Who Accidentally Became Famous. by NairaTunes: 11:21pm On Dec 03, 2014
What Of Bobby Schmurda
Re: Viral By Accident: 7 People Who Accidentally Became Famous. by Lailerh(f): 12:14am On Dec 04, 2014
Alex from target grin
Re: Viral By Accident: 7 People Who Accidentally Became Famous. by Nobody: 12:25am On Dec 04, 2014
Kim kardashian and all her family

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Re: Viral By Accident: 7 People Who Accidentally Became Famous. by Nobody: 12:52am On Dec 04, 2014
Reading.
Re: Viral By Accident: 7 People Who Accidentally Became Famous. by Nobody: 1:06am On Dec 04, 2014
buh i dont know any of them embarassed

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