Social media has made it much easier for us to learn about our favorite celebrities and how they like to spend their time away from the spotlight. But no matter how many cookie recipes and photos from their vacations they share, their lives are often still shrouded in mystery. So if you’re interested in learning some fun facts about your favorite celebrities, we’ve got you covered!
We took a trip to the Today I Learned subreddit and gathered all of the juiciest facts we could find about famous people that you probably haven't heard before. So enjoy reading through your daily dose of celebrity gossip, and be sure to upvote the fun facts that make you love these stars even more!
#41
Nas listed his then 7-year-old daughter, Destiny Jones, as an executive producer on his fifth studio album Stillmatic to ensure she would always receive royalty checks from the album.
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133points
#42
Fred Rogers proposed to his wife Joanne via letter. When she received it, Joanne rushed to a payphone to respond. She was so nervous that when Fred answered the phone she was focused on the phone booth graffiti and greeted him by saying, "Sh*t." Fred laughed and she agreed to marry him.
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130points
#43
When former 'Tonight Show' host Johnny Carson died in 2005, 'Late Show' host David Letterman recited a comedic monologue at the beginning of the show, revealing later that every joke had been written by Carson, who had been sending in one or two jokes a week during his retirement.
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127points
#44
Angelina Jolie once tried to hire a hitman to k*ll her, because she felt that a murder would be easier on her family than her committing s*icide. The would-be-hitman talked her out of it by asking her to wait a month.
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118points
#45
Mike Judge moved to Texas and a storm blew off a part of his fence. After his new neighbors fixed it for him, no questions asked, it became the basis for King Of The Hill - "about neighbors who... ultimately, do the right thing and do right by people and are basically good people."
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116points
#46
William Shatner interviewed several of his fellow cast members, for his book Star Trek Memories. Shatner was taken aback to discover the negative memories some of them from working with him and James Doohan refused to meet Shatner at all.
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112points
#47
Steve Jobs never coded for Apple. According to Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, he didn't do any original design and one of Apple's earliest employees also stated that Woz was the inventor while Jobs was the marketing person.
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111points
#48
The Animal Planet reality series ‘River Monsters’ ended because star Jeremy Wade was able to catch essentially every exceptionally large freshwater fish species on earth, leaving no remaining content for the show.
104points
#49
Sir Ian McKellen came out accidentally, before he'd told his family, during a BBC radio debate on the anti-homosexuality Section 28 legislation.
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104points
#50
Dr. Phil lost his license to practise psychology in 2006. Therefore, all guests on his TV show must sign a contract stating they are only there to receive "advice" from an individual, not a psychologist.
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93points