Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart had no idea how to play chess when they appeared in X-Men 2.
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Bob Hope and Billy Joel were both once boxers.
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Jimi Hendrix played a song dedicated to MLK the night of his assassination that is described as one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs ever played. Nobody at the entire concert recorded it.
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Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team his sophomore year.
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Oprah Winfrey makes $10 per second.
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Kid Rock took a pay cut that cost him around $50,000 to $100,000 per night during his tour, just to keep ticket prices at $20 and a 12 oz beer at $4.
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Jimi Hendrix played for Englebert Humperdinck when his regular guitarist failed to show, Hendrix had to play behind a curtain and Humperdinck says it was like having 3 guitarists behind him.
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