13 Surprising Celebrity Facts
Here, have some wholesome celebrity facts.
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Celebrities: they're just like us but richer and with less privacy. Read below for 13 celebrity facts to impress your friends with.
![CREED BRATTON WAS IN A WELL-KNOWN FOLK BAND IN THE LATE 1960S. The Grass Roots had several Top 10 hits during Bratton's tenure. He was a vocalist and](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/9/6/743296.jpg?v=2)
![SAMUEL L. JACKSON WAS PART OF THE BLACK POWER MOVEMENT. Jackson and other radical students held his college's trustee members hostage in an effort to](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/9/4/743294.jpg?v=2)
![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. CRACKE](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/0/6/743306.jpg?v=2)
![E DR5 SEUSS WROTE GREENEGGS AND HAM ON A BET. He was trying to prove he could write a kid's book using only 50 words. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/0/4/743304.jpg?v=2)
![ROBERT PATTINSON TOOK AN OBSESSED STALKER OUT TO DINNER AND BORED HER. He complained about his life the whole time, and he never saw her again. CRACKE](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/0/7/743307.jpg?v=2)
![STEVE JOBS BECAME VEGAN BECAUSE HE THOUGHT IT WOULD ELIMINATE THE NEED TO SHOWER OR WEAR DEODORANT. His early coworkers say he was very, very wrong. C](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/0/5/743305.jpg?v=2)
![LL COOL J BROKE THE NOSE, JAW, AND RIBS OF SOMEONE WHO TRIED TO ROB HIS HOUSE. The rapper and actor physically detained the home invader until police](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/9/7/743297.jpg?v=2)
!['9: BEA ARTHUR SERVED IN THE US MARINES DURING WWIl. When she was 20, the Golden Girl enlisted. Women's enlistment was sO new that the Marines didn't](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/7/6/743276.jpg?v=1)
![NIC CAGE HAS OWNED SEVERAL OCTOPUSES. He supposedly spent $150,00 on an octopus to help him with acting. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/9/9/743299.jpg?v=2)
![STEVE BUSCEMI WORKED ALONGSIDE FIREFIGHTERS AFTER 9/11. He joined the FDNY in 1980 until 1984, leaving to pursue acting. When the September 11th attac](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/6/4/743264.jpg?v=2)
![G2 ELVIS WAS A NATURAL BLONDE. He dyed his hair darker since high school. One time he dyed it himself using black shoe polish. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/6/1/743261.jpg?v=2)
![MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAS A BIG STAR TREK FAN. He encouraged Nichelle Nichols, who played Lieutenant Uhura, to stay on the show when she was consider](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/7/4/743274.jpg?v=2)
![JAMES DOOHAN SERVED IN WORLD WAR Il. He was shot six times on D-Day: four in the leg, one in the chest (stopped by a metal cigarette case), and one bl](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/6/2/743262.jpg?v=2)
Celebrities: they're just like us but richer and with less privacy. Read below for 13 celebrity facts to impress your friends with.