When Bess of Hardwick married her fourth husband, she made two of his kids marry two of hers.

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Dave Chappelle’s comedy is always followed by controversy.

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A fire at Greer Garson's Bel Air home destroyed her 1943 Oscar for Best Actress.
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Etta James's real name was Jamesetta Hawkins.
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For Chuck Berry, Success Never Came Without Scandal
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Henry VIII turned on his right-hand man, Thomas Cromwell, and had him executed. Then he immediately regretted it.
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Clara Ward became a princess at 16.
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On Dr. Strangelove, Stanley Kubrick made George C. Scott do big, ridiculous takes, said he wouldn't use them—then used them.
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Robert Blake was omitted from the 2023 Oscar's "In Memoriam" segment.
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Actress Asta Nielsen was so famous, she was known only as "Die Asta."
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Queen Maria Theresa’s life was full of scandalous rumors and brutal betrayals.

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Janet Gaynor was the very first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress.

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While they were dating, George Clooney gave Kelly Preston a pig named "Max."
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Maria Luisa’s reign was full of scandalous affairs and devious political schemes.

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About General Montgomery, Winston Churchill said, “In defeat, unbeatable; in victory, unbearable.”
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As Queen consort, Adelaide banned low-cut bodices at the parties she attended.

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Joi Lansing had a secret relationship with a woman named Alexis Hunter, who she introduced as her sister.
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Child star Jackie Coogan sued his own mother for his estate.
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Dick Clark hired a private eye to catch his first wife having an affair.
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Harald Hardrada, a Viking, fought for years in the service of the Byzantine Empire.
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After graduating, Chris McCandless donated $24,000 of his college fund to charity.
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Freddie Prinze Sr. liked to play Russian Roulette to freak out his friends.
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Philip II made a fake family tree to convince the Pope to allow him to annul his second marriage.

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Queen Victoria gifted Anna Haining Bates a bridal gown that was made of 100 meters of satin and 50 meters of lace

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Richard Halliburton once swam the length of the Panama Canal.
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Mae Murray once made director Josef von Sternberg so angry that walked off the set of a film and never came back.

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Dorian Leigh helped her younger sister Suzy Parker break into the modeling world.
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James Cagney's eulogy was read by Ronald Reagan.

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Cleo de Merode was a celebrity before she turned 12 years old.
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Edvard Munch voluntarily committed himself to a sanitorium.
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