In 2007, Joshua Bell pretended to be a street violinist and went mostly ignored. Just two days earlier, he played in a sold out theater with each seat costing $100. The violin he used on the street was worth 3.5 million dollars.
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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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Lindsay Lohan was approached to star in The Hangover, but she declined because the screenplay "had no potential".
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Jackie Kennedy Onassis was secretly a chain smoker.
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Jimmy Hoffa's middle name is, appropriately, Riddle.
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Hugh Jackman walked around Comic Con wearing his full Wolverine costume and nobody noticed.
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President Bush and Saddam Hussein both had their shoes made by the same Italian shoemaker!
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