30 Illuminating Factoids About Famous People

Interesting facts about interesting folks
30 Illuminating Factoids About Famous People

There’s no shortage of lights shone on these intriguing celebrities. But today we’re shedding more of a metaphorical light on them. So while the gaffers of the world shine their tungsten lights and/or LEDs on them, we’ll provide the fact-based light. The light that shines a little deeper into their saucy lives.

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Justin Bieber's Hair

Celebrity Items Sold in Auctions Brish Bilins WOTANG A Lock of Justin Bieber's Hair Sold at a charity auction for $40,668 in 2011. CRACKED.COM

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A far cry from 'Gandhi.'

Celebrity overseas gigs Sir BEN KINGSLEY in Teen Patti This Bollywood film completely tanked at the box office, but Kingsley said he has no regrets. Teen Patti is a poker-like card game, and a mathematician and his students get caught up trying to exploit it. Yes, a lot like 21. CRACKED

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From pup to profits.

Celebrity Side Hustles THIRD ANNUAL CD Ashton Kutcher Venture capitalist 20 years ago, one dude asked Kutcher for help with his pup, and now they run Sound Ventures, a venture capital firm that's invested in 200+ tech startups and had 35 exits, like Spotify, Airbnb, and Uber. Spotify CRACKED

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"Help Kevin Sorbo save Christmas -- with only $2.5 million!"

Celebrity Crowdfunding Help KEVIN SORBO save Christmas. Sorbo was cast as the lead in a crowdfunded Christmas movie, and the filmmakers set about raising $2.5 million for the production via Indiegogo. The movie was unashamedly in the tradition of great Christmas movies, and would also star Dan Martin, Ella Joyce, and be directed by Isaac Florentine. CRACKED

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Jamie Lee Curtis

CRACKED.COM CELEBRITY ANIME FANS JAMIE LEE CURTIS x Curtis gushed on Twitter over being invited to the premiere of the One Piece Gold movie, and is a huge fan of Tony Tony Chopper's American voice actor Brina Palencia.

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The undisputed King.

GRACKED MICHAEL JACKSON IS THE HIGHEST EARNING DEAD CELEBRITY OF ALL TIME. In 2016, he earned $825 million - the highest yearly earnings for any celebrity dead or alive. In total, he has raked in roughly $2.6 billion since his death in 2009.

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Domnhall Gleeson’s name is pronounced like Tonal

Celebrity names everyone says wrong Domnhall Gleeson Donal Domnhall Gleeson's confusing name is actually not that bad. It's pronounced Donal-like tonal, or like the duck, but without a final D. And the M is there to confuse Americans. Congrats! You did it.

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Reynolds’ gin-fuelled fortune.

Celebrity Side Hustles Ryan Reynolds Gin AVIATION Reynolds sold his Aviation Gin brand for $335 million, plus $275 million AVIATION A based on how the brand performs. AVIAT AMERICA He's only a minority stake holder so AVIATION BATCH DI FROM - ADVERTS he's not getting the full amount, but AMERICAN GIN. 1.50 LITER BATCH DISTILLED = USA - - that still, that's not half bad for a side gig. 0224 in CRACKED AVIATION

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Kirstie Alley’s lucky guess wins her $5,000 on Match Game.

CRACKED KIRSTIE ALLEY'S LUCKY GUESS PAYS OFF. ® Sir SiriusXm usXn Kirstie Alley made her first television appearance on Match Game in 1979 and won $5,000 for guessing the correct answer on the final celebrity.

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Kanye West’s billionaire-making GoFundMe campaign: a $5 failure.

Celebrity Crowdfunding Make KANYE WEST a billionaire again. Kanye fans started a GoFundMe page to make him a billionaire again after his net worth suffered a serious loss due to Adidas dropping him, but the page only raised $5 and has since been taken down. CRACKED

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Muhammad Ali - Roach Traps

Celebrity Endorsements QUIS my picture Muhammed Oli d-CON ROACH TRAPS BAS Kill roaches without poison Muhammad Ali doesn't want you living with roaches. Ali starred in several ads for d-Con roach traps in the 1980s - probably because those bugs don't sting like a bee, and you definitely don't want them floating like a butterfly (or even crawling like, well, a roach). CRACKED.COM

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"Sorry not sorry": Jury foreman apologizes for $1.6 million verdict.

Lisa Kudrow asked for a new trial In 2014, Kudrow asked for a new trial after the jury foreman in her case against her former manager wrote her a bizarre apology. Не said that the jury had acted improperly, and also that they had been disrespectful to her role CELEBRITY COURTROOM as Phoebe Buffay. ANTICS CRACKED

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Kim Kardashian / Kanye West

North West was literally named by fake celebrity news. When the media falsely reported that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West would name their daughter North West, positive reactions from celebrities like Pharrell Williams and Anna Wintour encouraged the couple to go along with it. CRACKED G COM

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A celebrity has beef with Perez Hilton? Noooo.

Lady Gaga and Perez Hilton. They were good friends in the 2000's, but had an intense falling-out in 2011 when Gaga felt betrayed when Perez was very negative about Born This Way. They exchanged insults on social media, and in 2020, Perez confirmed that they still weren't on good terms. CRACKED

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Nicolas Cage’s Cobras

Extreme Celebrity Pets NICOLAS CAGE'S COBRAS HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE HOA, WE MIGHT HAVE LOST THE GREATEST ACTOR OF A GENERATION. Though Cage said his two king cobras kept trying to hypnotize and kill him, he didn't actually get rid of them until the neighbors found out and lodged a complaint. People in L.A. are so nosy. CRACKED

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Jennifer Love Hewitt

cartoon celebrities The Weekenders Family Guy Jennifer Love Hewitt Hewitt isn't afraid to poke fun at her celebrity, voicing a version of herself on the raunchy Family Guy and also cameoing in the children's cartoon The Weekenders. CRACKED.COM

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Spector’s "Hair-Raising" Trial.

CELEBRITY COURTROOM ANTICS Phil Spector's wigs During his murder trial, he was seen wearing some really strange wigs with long hair. One of them was so big it almost looked like a helmet of curly hair around his face. It's as bizarre and inexplicable as it sounds. CRACKED

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