32 Trivia Nuggets About Celebrities from Pop Culture History

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32 Trivia Nuggets About Celebrities from Pop Culture History
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Oh, we get it. A random little tidbit from our lives is boring, but one about a famous person gets you all swooning?! Pfft. What's the difference?

Actually, now that we rounded up these random facts about celebrities, we can definitely see the difference. Their nerdy little collections, romantic issues, and interesting careers are way more exciting than anything we have going on. Plus, we hate to admit it, but they also seem to be a lot better-looking than us. 

We'll just have to scrap that trivia list about our childhoods and stick with this one. It's really too bad, because we had a great one about the time we found our brother's wedding ring in the lake.

Denzel Washington

Sport Celebrities Denzel Washington was a guard for Fordham University's basketball team. CRACKED.COM

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Hugh Jackman

Before he was the greatest showman, Hugh Jackman was a children's birthday party clown. His last gig was for an 8-year old celebrant who thought he wa

Bryan Cranston

Bryan Cranston did users' video interviews for a pre-internet dating company. Your filmed interview was basically your dating profile, and his job was

Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper, whom you may have thought is the embodiment of Satan himself, actually believes every word in the Old Testament.

From Dusk Till Dawn

FROM DUSK TILL DAWN QUENTIN TARANTINO GOT $1,500 FOR WRITING THE SCRIPT. Well, it was his first paid writing gig, after all. CRACKED.COM

John Cleese Hated the Third Season of Monty Python

JOHN CLEESE MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS CRACKED.COM I was genuinely bothered that by the third we weren't really doing original material, says Cleese about leaving the show. Other Pythons were peeved but Cleese said I'd do some TV shows with you, I didn't say I'd marry you.

Michael Keaton

MICHAEL KEATON BIRDMAN CRACKED.COM 80s and 90s kids agreed on Beetlejuice, Batman, and everything Michael Keaton until we got (literally) too much of him in 1996's Multiplicity. It's all bit parts until 2014's Birdman got him an Oscar nom and, just like the plot of Birdman, sparked a serious comeback. Oh I get it now!

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman came up with the line What do they call you? Wheels? on the X-Men set. CRACKED.COM

Benicio Is Maiden, Man

Benicio del Toro is a huge fan of Iron Maiden. RANMAIDED And he completely geeked out over the guitarist's daughter. When del Toro found out a production assistant on Guardians Of The Galaxy was the daughter of Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith, he freaked out and asked to take pictures with her. CRACKED.COM

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32 Trivia Nuggets About Celebrities from Pop Culture History

The Rock

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's father descended from Black Loyalists. Escaping Southern plantations following The Revolutionary War, they immigrated to Nova Scotia. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Game of Thrones

Maisie Williams is beloved for her role as Arya Stark on Game of Thrones. CRACKED.COM She recently admitted that she only accepted the role so she'd have the money to buy a laptop!

Mel Gibson

You used to be cool MEL GIBSON was once a Hollywood darling. It's near-impossible to imagine now, but Gibson was once the go-to movie star for the blockbusters, the rom coms, and the funny, lovable Lethal Weapon movies. Now, he's primarily known for drunken, explosive, anti-Semitic rants and general awfulness. CRACKED

Nicole Kidman

CRACKED NICOLE KIDMAN is afraid of butterflies Kidman is scared of butterflies, a.k.a. lepidopterophobia. OK, we get spiders and all kinds of really gross bugs ... but butterflies?

Madonna and Tupac

Madonna and Tupac used to be in a relationship in the mid-90s. It was pretty brief, and it ended about a year before Tupac got shot (and in an interview, Madonna said she thought it was public knowledge). CRACKED.COM

Luke Wilson

An extra claimed Luke Wilson clearly didn't like being the shortest guy in the frame. The extra even claims Wilson stood on boxes during some shots to appear taller while comparing the issue to his experience on the Old School set.

Superman

32 Trivia Nuggets About Celebrities from Pop Culture History
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