35 Intriguing And Strange Facts About Celebrities That Aren't Widely Known

Celebrities often seem larger than life, but the strangest details about them are usually the ones people never notice at first. From odd childhood jobs to surprising family connections, these little facts can make even the most familiar stars feel brand new.

This list pulls together 35 lesser-known celebrity facts, along with a few photos that show just how unexpected some of these stories really are. Some are funny, some are bizarre, and some are just plain hard to believe.

Keep going, because a few of these celebrity facts are much stranger than the headlines ever made them sound.

1. Notice that part of Matthew Perry's middle finger is missing

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2. Meet Brad Pitt's brother, Doug Pitt

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3. Steve Buscemi was a firefighter

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Some of these celebrity facts are stranger than the photos themselves.

4. Daniel Radcliffe's weirdest thing to do was to...

5. Young Bob Ross during his days in the army

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6. Monica Lewinsky is known for making such jokes on Twitter

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7. Christopher Walken's birth name is Ronald, but his old friends called him Ronnie

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8. Rami Malek actually has a twin brother, Sami

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That is the kind of detail fans love to stumble across.

9. Hugh Jackman acted as Coco the Clown at children's birthday parties

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10. Elvis Presley was a blonde

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11. Katy Perry's cat's name is Kitty Purry

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13. Daniel Radcliffe used his wand as drumsticks and broke over 80 of them

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14. Leonardo DiCaprio got that name because his mom was looking at a Leonardo da Vinci painting in a museum in Italy when Leo first kicked

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Even the biggest stars have a few details that sound made up.

Speaking of weird identity rumors, a makeup artist claims they impersonated Jim Carrey at the César Awards.

15. This is Natalie Portman, and she has published papers in two scientific journals

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16. Woody Harrelson’s dad worked as a hitman

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17. This is Nicole Kidman's naturally curly hair

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18. This is Helen Mirren at 25 and at 70

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19. Some students started a "Stefani Germanotta, you will be famous" page on Facebook when Lady Gaga attended NYU

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20. When Bill Murray was 20 years old, he was arrested for trying to bring 10 pounds of marijuana onto a plane

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By this point, the list has already gone in some wild directions.

21. Taylor Swift has a framed picture in her living room titled "Life Is Full Of Little Interruptions," which refers to when Kanye West interrupted her at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards

22. They finished paying off their student loans in their 40s

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23. Before and after Ricky Gervais

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24. Britney Spears was in an all-female group called Innosense before going solo

25. Limp Bizkit was initially supposed to be called Blood Fart

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26. Robert Downey Jr. hid snacks everywhere during the Avengers

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Some celebrity trivia is funny, and some of it is just bizarre.

27. Morgan Freeman as a teenager

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28. Dennis Rodman has 28 siblings

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29. In order to always remember to drink water, Jennifer Lawrence tattooed H2O on her hand

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30. Chris Kirkpatrick founded NSYNC after he didn't make the cut for the Backstreet Boys

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31. Jason Momoa in his 20s

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32. Danny DeVito's first tweet

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33. Retired early with a lot of money

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34. Tom Cruise has a tooth directly in front of his face

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35. Lorde reviews onion rings on her secret onion rings page

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At this point, celebrity life looks a lot less polished than people expect.

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