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Believe it or not, lots of people change their majors and abandon their dreams just to avoid a couple of math classes in college.

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Danica McKellar
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 3
Actor
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Mathematician
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La Jolla
California
Danica Mae McKellar
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