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Aretha Franklin was godmother to another woman with a powerful and distinctive voice—Whitney Houston.

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After his character was executed on the show, Sean Bean played soccer with the prop of his severed head backstage.

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Before Amelia Earhart, there was Lilian Bland, the first woman in American history to design and fly her own aircraft.

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In 1987, Val Kilmer published a book of poetry, including the poem “The Pfeiffer Howls at the Moon,” about his relationship with the actor.

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Ludwig had a button that raised his dining table into the room so he didn't have to watch servants set the table.

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King famously disliked The Shining. He felt the Jack Torrance character's descent into madness should be more gradual and less chaotic.

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By the time he was 12, Andre weighed 240 pounds and stood more than 6 feet tall.

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Agatha Christie actually hated the character of Hercule Poirot.

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F. Scott copied many of Zelda’s diary entries word-for-word, leading Zelda to quip that her husband believes “plagiarism begins at home.”

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Princess Diana shocked the world when she gave an AIDS victim a hug, something that was extremely taboo at the time.

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Melisandre's Red God is based on Zoroastrianism and the Cathars of Medieval Europe.

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When hotelier Leona Helmsley passed in 2007, she left $12 million to her Maltese terrier Trouble, while two of her grandkids got nothing.

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Brittany Murphy voiced Luanne on King of the Hill.

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George Lucas kept having to tell McGregor to stop making lightsaber noises while he was filming Star Wars.

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Mary-Kate and Ashley are not actually identical.

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Theon's sister Asha had her name changed to "Yara" for the show.

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Lucky Diamond Rich is the world’s most tattooed person. With 99.9% of his body tatted up, he's has had over 1,000 hours of work done on him.

40 Indelible Facts About Tattoos

According to Picasso's mother, his first word was “piz,” which is Spanish for pencil.

43 Polarizing Facts About Pablo Picasso

Blanchett kept a souvenir from the Lord of the Rings set: her elf ear prosthetics, which she had bronzed.

42 Dramatic Facts About Cate Blanchett

Prince Philip was born into Greek and Danish royalty.

42 Royal Facts About Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Ranavalona I of Madagascar once demanded that a road be built before her eyes for her hunting party. 10,000 subjects died building it.

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Diaz was reluctant to do the infamous hair gel scene in There's Something About Mary and was worried it'd derail her career.

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The character of Olivia Pope is based on a real lawyer and crisis manager named Judy Smith, who worked under George H.W. Bush.

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While all three Williams' have used the stage name “Hank Williams,” none of them are actually named “Hank.”

42 High and Lonesome Facts About Country Music

In 2013, three soliders died during a grueling 16-mile march as part of the vetting process to join the British SAS.

42 Unbeatable Facts About Elite Special Forces

Osbourne once tried to out-gross Mötley Crüe by snorting live ants off of a popsicle stick.

42 Wild Facts About Ozzy Osbourne

A number of class action lawsuits were filed after Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake's Superbowl halftime performance.

39 Scandalous Facts About Class Action Lawsuits

Alexander McQueen had participated in synchronized swimming as a youth and was the only boy in a sea of 40 girls on the local team.

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An island in Brazil is the only place in the world where the golden lancehead, a dangerous snake with flesh-dissolving venom, lives.

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In a 2007 interview, Richards claimed that he mixed with father's ashes with "a little bit of blow" and snorted them.

42 Bad-Boy Facts About Keith Richards

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