The beat of million hearts, the reigning king of our tinsel town, and the OG charmer blessed with dapper looks, yes we are talking about the very own King Khan of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan. The third richest actor all around the globe turned 56 today. And just like every year, the birthday of the king Khan is nothing less than a festival for his admires. It has been 22 years since the debut flick 'Deewana' of Shah Rukh Khan was released and since then he has been the pride of the Bollywood industry. The popularity of the actor is so high that his fans stay on their feet to know the daily update of his life. While everything about the life of Shah Rukh is known to all, still there are some lesser-known facts about the life of the actor. On the occasion of Shah Rukh Khan's 54th birthday, here we bring you the top 10 lesser-known facts about the life of the Bollywood king khan that will leave you amazed

1. Not Deewana but Dil Ashna Hai was supposed to be Shahrukh Khan's Bollywood movie but because of the delay in filming and shooting, SRK made his debut with Dewanna.

2. When his college, Hans Raj, celebrated its golden jubilee (1998), the college gave away 17 shields to its alumni who had excelled in their lives, and Shah Rukh was one of them.

3. We haven’t seen SRK riding a horse after Karan Arjun as during the shoot of the movie he was riding a horse and got seriously injured. That accident has developed a phobia in the actor that still cares about him.

4. The number plates of all his cars read 555. Shah Rukh is superstitious about numbers and believes that the right numbers bring him good luck.

5. We are all known about the television career of the actor but before making his on-screen debut he used to work at a restaurant in Daryaganj.

6. The prime reason why Khan took up Mass Communications (film making) in Jamia Milia University, Delhi, is because he loved watching television commercials.

7. Shah Rukh Khan has innumerable fans in a lot of places around the world. But now he has taken his fandom out of space after he owned a place on the moon.

8. Did you know Gauri and Shah Rukh were married thrice? It wouldn't be an exaggeration if we say, Gauri and Shah Rukh make a perfectly lovable fairytale. Just endearing they are and what makes it even more special is the fact, that even after so many controversies and troubles from all sides the couple fought hard and won their battle. They got married thrice, their marriage was registered on the 26th of August 1991, then they had a nikah, and later they got married according to Hindi traditions too.

9. In 1998, Shahrukh Khan took his friendship with Salman to another level after he gave his award of Zee Cinema for best actor to Salman Khan.

10. He signed what probably is his most iconic film DDLJ without even looking at the script. He did this out of his love for filmmaker Aditya Chopra.