Albert II, Prince of Monaco, is the son of Old Hollywood actress Grace Kelly.

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Margaret Douglas survived several stints in the infamous Tower of London.
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After Louis XIV dumped Louise de la Vallière, he expected her to help cover up his affair with her replacement.

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When Hattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress, the theater operator forced her to sit at a table away from her co-stars.

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Conman Robert Hendy-Freegard talked the judge who gave him a life sentence into changing his sentence to time served.
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Margaret Campbell, the Duchess of Argyll, once fell 40 feet down an elevator shaft and survived.

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Eugène François Vidocq inspired the characters of Jean Valjean and Inspector Javert in Victor Hugo's Les Misérables.
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Faustina's first marriage took place when she was eight years old.

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Marguerite d’Orléans' husband only let her leave Italy if she promised to live like a nun in an abbey.

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Jada Pinkett Smith auditioned to play Will Smith's girlfriend on Fresh Prince—and didn't get the part.
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After River Phoenix collapsed outside the Viper Room, Joaquin Phoenix’s 911 call was broadcast on several television stations.
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While King Charles II and his wife were away, his lover Barbara Palmer moved into the palace to give birth to his child.

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During a palimony suit, Clint Eastwood called Sondra Locke, his partner of nearly 15 years, a "part-time roommate."
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When Williams graduated from high school he was voted both "Funniest" and “Least Likely to Succeed."
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When she became chief consort, the Sultan gave Kosem her name, which means "leader of the herd."
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Maria Isabella of Spain struggled with beauty standards. She was considered plain and described as "little, and round as a ball."
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Divine was the inspiration for Ursula from The Little Mermaid.
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Empress Lucilla planned a coup against her deranged brother Commodus—but he discovered her plot and exiled her to Capri.
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Macaulay Culkin's legal name is Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin.
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Gertrude Lawrence was the original Anna in "The King and I".
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Before her marriage to Prince Albert, Charlene was an Olympic swimmer.

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Harry Belafonte's manager and psychiatrist spied on him for the FBI in the late 50s.

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In 1970, President Richard Nixon named Pearl Bailey America’s “Ambassador of Love.”
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The home where Zora Neale Hurston spent her final days had her buried in an unmarked grave.

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To this day, Freddie Mercury’s final resting place is unknown.
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Rasputin referred to the Romanov Tsar and Tsarina as “Papa” and “Mama.”
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While on a research mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ashley Judd shattered her leg.
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In her autobiography, Ethel Merman wrote a chapter about her ex-husband Ernest Borgnine, and it consisted of a single blank page.
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