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Joan Rivers was one of four Americans invited to the Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles.

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Harvey Keitel convinced Robert De Niro to take a role in Mean Streets, setting De Niro on his path to stardom.

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Lupe Velez stabbed Gary Cooper when they were together and tried to shoot him when he left her.

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Empress Elisabeth's only son died in a bizarre Romeo & Juliet-esque love pact known as the Mayerling Incident.

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Lady Emily Fitzgerald was pregnant for most of her adult life. She had 22 children.

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Qin Shi Huang's Terracotta Army had 520 horses, 130 chariots, and over 8,000 soldiers.

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Jimmy Hoffa's wife died shortly after his disappearance. Their kids claimed that she died of fear and grief.

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Professor Flitwick seems to become forty years younger between the second and third Harry Potter movies.

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One of the final battles in WWII saw Germans and Americans team up to defend an Austrian castle from the SS.

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After her death, Joe DiMaggio sent flowers to Marilyn Monroe's grave three times a week.

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Rasputin referred to the Romanov Tsar and Tsarina as “Papa” and “Mama.”

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Gary Cooper became so stressed about his tumultuous relationship with Lupe Vélez that he lost 45 pounds.

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Roy Orbison actually dyed his hair black to fit in with his "dark" image.

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Bob Barker has been a vegetarian since 1979.

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Even though she was fluent, Ke'elikolani refused to speak English as much as possible, requiring her listeners to interpret Hawaiian.

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In the 1980s, Jamie Lee Curtis invented a special kind of diaper.

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Although George Harrison was known as the "Quiet Beatle," Tom Petty claimed that Harrison "never shut up."

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People thought the "Archko Volume" was a legitimate account of Christ's youth--until they realized it plagiarized Ben-Hur.

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Stephen King asked fans whether they wanted a sequel to The Gunslinger or The Shining. They chose The Shining and Doctor Sleep was born.

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When she was a little girl, Anjelica Huston wanted to be a nun.

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During the Depression, Conrad Hilton had to borrow $500 from a bellhop. He later made him an executive.

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The FBI spent decades trying to ruin Jean Seberg's reputation. Her ex-husband blamed the Bureau for her eventual suicide.

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Rita Hayworth had to change her name, dye her hair, and undergo painful electrolysis treatments before making it in Hollywood.

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One of Buddy Holly's early bands was called the Crickets—but they almost called themselves the Beetles.

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Throughout her career, prima ballerina Anna Pavlova closely associated herself with swans.

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After Abraham Lincoln was killed, his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, wore black for the rest of her life.

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After giving birth, Maria Eleonora didn't see her child for three days. Her aides hid the girl, since Maria had wanted a son.

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Since its publication, To Kill a Mockingbird has sold over 40 million copies.

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By the time he was 18 years old, The Earl of Rochester had already been put in the Tower of London.

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Before there were blood diamonds, there was red rubber: Rubber harvested in King Leopold II's nightmarish Congo Free State.

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