Warren Beatty once worked as a rat-catcher!
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Prince William's nickname in college was "P-Willy".
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Jackie Chan’s mother was an opium smuggler and his father was a spy.
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During his lifetime, Herman Melville's Moby Dick sold only 50 copies.
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Andre the Giant had surgery, but the doctors couldn't figure out how much anaesthesia to use due to his size. Instead, they used Andre's claim that "it usually takes two liters of vodka just to make me feel warm inside" as their guide.
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Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors.
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Mel Gibson has a horseshoe kidney (two kidneys fused into one)!
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Blue Peter pet, Petra the mongrel puppy, died two days after being introduced. A replacement was found.
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