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15 Facts About Celebrities That Seem Fake, But They Are True

Famous writer Tolkien and his wife threw sugar at others, Schwarzenegger’s accent is too rural, and Emma Watson can give yoga classes. Although these facts sound a bit strange, every single one of them is true.

Today, CHEERY gives you a chance to find out stunning facts about stars that are really hard to believe.

Michael Jackson couldn’t read music

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All his life, Michael Jackson used to built his new songs using his voice and beat-boxing. He recorded every note of every chord, harmony, melody and bass with his voice to demonstrate them to musicians.

You can hear Val Kilmer’s voice only thanks to technology

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Hollywood actor Val Kilmer lost the ability to speak because of a throat disease. But in 2020, the actor decided to contact a company that created a model of his voice with AI, that the actor could use the way he wanted.

Queen Elizabeth’s shoes were broken in for her

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Queen Elizabeth had very little free time for herself, so she had a special person who broke in her new shoes for her.

some celebrities insure specific parts of their bodies for millions and billions of dollars

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For example, Julia Roberts’ smile is insured for $30 million, and Mariah Carey’s legs were insured for $1 billion.

Kate Winslet’s Oscar is in her bathroom

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Kate Winslet keeps her Oscar in the bathroom, so her guests can take it and give an acceptance speech in front of the mirror by themselves.

Billy Joel doesn’t sell first-row tickets to wealthy people.

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Instead, Billy Joel gives these tickets away for free to the fans who can’t afford them. He does that to help people and because he wants to see “real fans”, and not just wealthy people.

Tolkien and his wife loved throwing sugar at people

Edith and Ronald often visited a café with a balcony above the sidewalk and threw pieces of sugar into people’s hats. And they changed tables when they ran out of sugar.

Vin Diesel decided to destroy property and got a role.

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Vin Diesel with his brother and some friends decided to break into a New York theater. But instead of calling the police, the artistic director offered them roles in a show. It was the first acting experience for Diesel.

Emma Watson could give yoga classes

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If Emma Watson weren’t an actress, she could teach yoga. She’s a certified coach.

Schwarzenegger’s rural accent didn’t let him voice Terminator

Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn’t allowed to voice his character for the German theaters, even though he could speak German. His accent was too rural.

Katy Perry had her friends’ locks in her purse

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Katy Perry had the hair of Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus in her purse. She asked for the locks during one of the Grammy Awards ceremonies.

Jennifer Aniston didn’t like “the Rachel haircut”

After watching Friends, many girls had the same haircut as Rachel. But Aniston herself hated it and said, “I think it was the ugliest haircut I’ve ever seen”.

The famous Hawkeye used to dye other celebrities

Jeremy Renner, known from the Marvel universe, used to work as a makeup artist at the beginning of his career.

Lady Gaga bought a device to detect a poltergeist

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Lady Gaga spent more than $30,000 on an electromagnetic field meter to detect ghosts she fears of.

In her childhood, Shakira’s voice was compared to goats bleating

We think that millions of Shakira’s fans would be outraged with this, but her teacher used to compare her voice to goats bleating, when she was a child. She was even excluded from the choir because of her powerful vibrato.

Do you know any other interesting facts about stars?

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