28 Trivia Tidbits About Celebrities
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Reality can be stranger than fiction, as the saying goes, and that definitely appears to be true when it comes to celebrity secrets. Do you have any idea which famous film star performed as a lion trainer in his youth, for example? Or how about that famous singer who was blessed with four boobs? Keep on reading for more bizarre but true celebrity facts.
The thing is, who doesn't enjoy a little celebrity rumor now and again? Everybody in the world has a tale to tell, and there's nothing more fascinating than learning new things about people who we irrationally adore. For some, it acts as motivation or a lesson to strive for more, while for others it’s just fascinating.
Even though their lives are constantly in the spotlight, celebrities do somehow manage to keep some aspects of their lives private. Here are 28 things you probably didn't know about the ultra famous…
![Whoopi Goldberg sold cannabis products for menstrual cramps. She partnered with cannabis businesswoman Maya Elisabeth, and their company sold a THC-infused bath soak, cannabis edibles, tinctures, etc. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/9/813659.jpg)
![Queen Elizabeth II makes money mostly from a duchy created in the 13th century. The Duchy of Lancaster is a unique portfolio of land, property and assets, according to its official website, which includes 18,481 hectares of land. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/7/813657.jpg)
![LIAM PAYNE AND FAMOUS RAPPERS At an event in New York City, Payne had an awkward experience trying to meet both Jay Z and Sean Diddy Combs. I went to lean in to speak to him, but you can't lean in to speak to Jay Z. You're not allowed to. His bodyguard just shoved me and I went flying across the room. And I was like, 'Right I'm just going to sit over here. When he went to shake Diddy's hand, Diddy apparently gave him the longest handshake in history while laughing in his face. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/8/813658.jpg)
![DAVID DUCHOVNY AND PRINCE CHARLES NEW BAR Duchovny once explained to Prince Charles what a booty call was at an All Saints concert in the '90s. In the song, which I don't remember, they say the phrase 'booty call' over and over again and I saw Prince Charles just kind of looking perplexed. And he said, 'Booty call...' I said, 'Well it's when a man or a woman calls a man or a woman to come to their home late at night for the express purpose of... getting together and then leaving right afterward. And he said, 'Oh...' CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/6/813656.jpg)
![CHRIS PRATT COLLECTS BUGS When they were dating, Pratt impressed his now ex-wife Anna Faris by sharing her interest in dead bugs. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/5/813655.jpg)
![PHIL COLLIINS COLLECTS ALAMO ARTIFACTS Collins must have taken Remember the Alamo! to heart, as he might own the largest collection of Alamo artifacts in the world. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/4/813654.jpg)
![Bill Nye invented a highly specialized ballet shoe. CRACKED.COM Bill Nye (famously a ballet guy) added a a foot encirculating tubular sleeve to the classic pointe shoe in a surprising and gamechanging patent.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/3/813653.jpg)
![Vanna White is the most prolific clapper in history. CRACKED.COM Guinness clocked her at nearly 4 million claps over 32 seasons, with an average of 606 per show. That's approximately half a million Tinkerbells saved.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/2/813652.jpg)
![Siblings-In-Law CRACKED.COM Emily Blunt's older sister is married to Stanley Tucci, making every family reunion a Devil Wears Prada reuinion.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/1/813651.jpg)
![Cousins CRACKED.COM Al Roker is the second cousin of Lenny Kravitz. Their grandparents were cousins.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/0/813650.jpg)
![Cousins KIIM SS A CRACKED.COM Brandy and Ray J are brother and sister, but did you know they are first cousins to Snoop Dogg?](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/4/9/813649.jpg)
![Johnny Depp has a room full of fancy Barbie dolls. Не reportedly uses them to test new voices. Не originally collected them for his daughter, and when she lost interest, he couldn't bring himself to get rid of them. Не has a number of limited-edition Babies, like Beyonce, Paris Hilton, Marilyn Monroe, and Audrey Hepburn. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/4/8/813648.jpg)
![Jon Stewart was a soccer phenom, in college. If he hadn't broken his knee, he would have gone pro. Stewart's old team at the College of William & Mary even has an award based on him, which is awarded to the player who best affects team's attitude and morale. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/4/7/813647.jpg)
![OPRAH GREW UP so POOR THAT SHE WORE POTATO SACKS AND WAS CALLED SACK GIRL AT SCHOOL. She went on to become the first Black woman billionaire. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/4/3/813643.jpg)
!['9 BEA ARTHUR SERVED IN THE US MARINES DURING WWII. When she was 20, the Golden Girl enlisted. Women's enlistment was so new that the Marines didn't have proper paperwork so she had to sign up using US Navy paperwork. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/4/1/813641.jpg)
![GRAGKED.COM JERRY LEWIS was a filmmaking innovator. While making his first movie as a director, Lewis had the idea of mounting a video camera next to the film camera, allowing him to review takes instantly. This technique is still widely used.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/3/6/813636.jpg)
![KANE is a mayor in Tennessee. Glenn Jacobs, known in the ring as Kane, now wrestles in a tougher arena-politics. In 2018, he was elected mayor of Knox County, Tenneessee's third-largest county. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/3/9/813639.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM DOB DOB got DOLPH LUNDGREN 100 is a chemical engineer. WEAR Who says brains and brawn can't go together? In addition to his martial arts prowess, Lundgren got a chemical engineering degree in his native Sweden, and was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to attend MIT.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/3/7/813637.jpg)
![JUDGE Judy Sheindlin JUDY films a whopping TM 260 episodes of her #1 rated court show every season. Sheindlin's show is in its 23rd season and has been renewed until 2021. At 76, she made $47 million last year, and has no plans for retirement. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/3/3/813633.jpg)
![- - I - Tony Hawk spent ten years working on mastering the landing on a 900. While he could pull off the two and a half spins since 1989, he couldn't properly land after doing them. After ten years, and several lost teeth, broken ribs, and concussions, he pulled it off at the 1999 x Games. CRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/4/2/813642.jpg)
![At 15, Miley Cyrus was already super disciplined. While shooting Hannah Montana: The Movie, she'd board a plane after work on Friday, do two concerts over the weekend, and be back at work at 7 AM Monday. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/4/5/813645.jpg)
![Steve Martin isn't really such a wild and crazy guy. In his words: I am fundamentally shy and still feel slightly embarrassed at disproportionate attention. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/3/2/813632.jpg)
19 Celebs Who (In Private) Aren't Like Their Public Personas
![John Lennon sang about love and peace, but he hadn't always lived what he had preached. I used to be cruel to my woman, and physically... any woman. I was a hitter. I couldn't express myself and I hit. GRAGKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/4/4/813644.jpg)
19 Celebs Who (In Private) Aren't Like Their Public Personas
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19 Celebs Who (In Private) Aren't Like Their Public Personas
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![Kevin Durant made a fake social media account to troll his former team and fans. Kevin Durant @KDTrey5.4m F1 OFFICIENE STATE Replying to @ColeCashwell imagine taking russ off that team, see how bad they were. Kd can't win a championship with those cats 2 DNI NBA superstar Kevin Durant broke a lot of hearts in Oklahoma when he left the Thunder to chase championship titles with the Warriors. And to combat all the online haters, he deployed a favorite weapon of the troll's toolbag - he made a fake account to trash his old team and berate all dissenters. Then he forgot](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/3/8/813638.jpg)
![Mark Ruffalo believes that 9/11 was an inside job. When interviewed at an anti-war rally in 2007, he said: I'm baffled. My first reaction is that buildings don't fall down like that. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/3/5/813635.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM ESTAM S ERSI Despite spending most of his career dressed as a woman, Barry Humphries possesses some transphobic views. Не even described transgender woman Caitlyn Jenner as a mutilated man.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/4/6/813646.jpg)