With the new movie The Fifth Estate being released in a few days, curiosity surrounding Julian Assange and WikiLeaks is once again mounting. A hero to some and a villain to others these are 25 things you didn’t know about Julian Assange and WikiLeaks.
He moved over 50 times as a child

This translates into 37 different schools

At 16 he began hacking under the name Mendax, meaning nobly truthful

He's been threatened by the Church of Scientology, the President of Kenya, Russian off-shore stem-cell centers, the Pentagon, and nearly everyone else

According to him, he's not inspired by anarchy, but rather anti-stalinism

He started a bachelor of science degree at Central Queensland University focusing on math

He averaged a D and dropped out to focus on WikiLeaks

He's a terrible houseguest known for being paranoid, having poor hygiene, and forgetting to flush

Apparently he's good with kids though

He was confined at the Ecuadorian embassy in London for 1 year.

For the first two months consul Fidel Narvaez slept there to protect Assange from police hostilities

On his 41st birthday he sent cake to all the demonstrators protesting his confinment outside the embassy walls

He's been thrown out of people's houses due to fear that the CIA would come knocking

In an effort to raise money for WikiLeaks, Assange has entertained some famous people while at the embassy

For most of his life he had no home but spends much time in Sweden

He is known to communicate with friends via encrypted cell phones.

He only uses cash and often travels under false names

He says he practices "Scientific Journalism". Just as scientists provide raw data with their analysis, he provides sources for people to make their own decisions

Some higher ups are calling for Wikileaks to be labeled a terrorist organization

As a teenager he cowrote Underground: Tales of Hacking

In 1991 he hacked into the computer system of Canadian company Nortel

He got married when he was 18 and has a son

He is now separated and after a long court battle reached a custody agreement with his wife.

He has been accused of molestation by two Swedish women and is now on Interpol's most wanted list.

A movie about Wikileaks is being released soon called The Fifth Estate and apparently Julian is not a fan
