24 'Wait-A-Minute-What?' Celeb Facts

Celebrities! They're just like us! Except when they're not. However, they may be different from us for different reasons than you think. Sure, they're famous actors, writers, musicians, sports stars, and general personalities, however many of them have special attributes and accomplishments that still set them apart from most people aside from the skills they are most famous for.

Celebrities get a ton of attention and adulation, we're not here to dispute that. In fact, they probably get too much attention and love from the masses. The thing is, sometimes there's an objectively interesting or amazing thing about a famous person that gets completely missed. Like how the gruff guy from Dirty Jobs is a trained opera singer. Or that dude from The Offspring being molecular biologist. Or that classic film actress that pretty much invented WiFi.

We did a little digging and found some super interesting, lesser-known facts about these folks and other well-known people.

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CRACKEDGOM KOBE BRYANT spoke several Tual languages. akrs In addition to his native English, the former NBA star was fluent in Italian and Spanish. He

23 Entry by Mike Bedard

CRACKEDCON JAMES FRANCO can't stay away from college. Franco has spent well over 127 hours in institutions of higher learning. He's studied arts at Co

22 Entry by eleanorigby

HEDY LAMARR made WiFi possible. Lamarr was a big-name actress in Golden Age Hollywood. She was also an amateur inventor. She came up with an idea for

21 Entry by Whiskey&Science

ROWDY RODDY PIPER could really play the bagpipes. It wasn't just part of his wrestling persona- Piper was a real piper from a very young age. And, b

20 Entry by EmceeN

The Pitch Perfect actress attended law school in her native Australia, which allows her to negotiate her own movie deals. REBEL WILSON is a qualified

19 Entry by GregJohnston

MIKE ROWE is an opera singer. You've seen him work dirty jobs on Discovery Channel, but have you heard him sing? People attending the Baltimore Opera

18 Entry by AM Smiley

CRACKED co COM MAYIM BIALIK is a neuroscientist. Just like her character in The Big Bang Theory, Bialik has a doctorate on the mushy goo inside your s

17 Entry by Aeracryon

GEORGE THE ANIMAL STEELE used to be a schoolteacher. If you are into wrestling, you knew The Animal as, well, an animal. But out of the ring, he ha

16 Entry by bigryan81

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 cam

15 Entry by Sksmith

CRACKEDGOM DEXTER HOLLAND is a molecular biologist. The Offspring's singer put his studies on hold when band took off, but finally got his PhD in 2017

14 Entry by PatrickForPrez

CRACKEDcO COM ASHTON KUTCHER majored in biochemical engineering. Unlike... well, most of his characters, Kutcher had the brains to pursue a biochem de

13 Entry by Eliseo Tangonan Jr

KEN JEONG is a doctor. The Community actor has an MD from the University of North Carolina, and is licensed to practice medicine in the state of Calif

12 Entry by Marcos0822

We learned in Thelma & Louise that she can fire a gun, but did you know that she can also shoot an arrow, and tried out for the U.S. Olympic team? GEE

11 Entry by AM Smiley

NATALIE PORTMAN is a published scientist. Portman has a degree in psychology from Harvard, and has been published twice in scientific journals. She's

10 Entry by Marcos0822

CRACKED COM BRIAN MAY is an astrophysicist. Queen's lead guitarist got his PhD in 2007. He also served as chancellor of a research university in Liver

9 Entry by ChevySpoons

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PATRICK DEMPSEY is a racecar driver. Driving isn't exactly brain surgery, like his character used to perform in K Grey's Anatomy. Still, not every dri

7 Entry by PandaPoo

CRACKEDcO SHAQUILLE 'NEAL is a Doctor of Education. You'd better start calling him Doctor Shaq. In 2012, he got his degree at Barry University in Miam

6 Entry by ReverendSpork

CRACKEDCOr SORRELL BOOKE was a true overachiever. Before becoming Boss Hogg in The Dukes of Hazzard, Booke got degrees from both Columbia and Yale. He

5 Entry by Sksmith

Mutombo came from The Congo with a scholarship to become a doctor. It was coach John Thompson who recruited him to play basketball. He ended up becomi

4 Entry by The_Real_Sawyer

NOLAN GOULD graduated From high school at 13. While his character in Modern Family was going through school, Gould was ready to take college courses,

3 Entry by originalcjizzle

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 Kn

2 Entry by ALosophy

CRACKEDcO R DOLPH LUNDGREN is a chemical engineer. Who says brains and brawn can't go together? In addition to his martial arts prowess, Lundgren got

1 Entry by pineapplesundae

1000000 ABICDE F 12000000 CDEF 000000 BC dret KESHA had a SAT score of 1500. Back in school, Kesha scored a nearly-perfect 1500 on her SAT. However, s

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