Little Known Celebrity Facts with Extras

Mar 14, 2014 1:50 PM

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1. Ke$ha (Kesha Rose Serbert) has an IQ of 140 and tested a 1500 on the SAT.

2. Oprah Winfrey's real name is Orpah, but after so many mispronunciations, "Oprah" stuck.

3. Marilyn Manson's real name is Brian Hugh Warner.

4. Leonardo DiCaprio kicked in his mother's belly while she was viewing a Leonardo da Vinci painting. Thus, he was named Leonardo.

5. Tim Allen was arrested in 1978 for possession of 1.4 pounds of cocaine and was jailed for two years.

6. Justin Timberlake’s mother was Ryan Gosling’s legal guardian while they filmed The Mickey Mouse Club.

7. Jerry Springer used to be mayor of Cincinnati.

8. Steve Buscemi spent his early days as a New York City firefighter.
9. When Madonna moved to NYC, she worked at Dunkin’ Donuts. She got fired because she squirted jelly on a customer.
10. Christopher Walken traveled with the circus when he was 15 as a lion tamer.
11. Sylvester Stallone’s first movie was a porn called "Party at Kitty and Stud’s."

12. Sean Connery wore a toupee in every James Bond movie he appeared in.

13. Chuck Norris' real name is Carlos Ray Norris. *Side note: He also created his own form of martial arts: Chun Kuk Do. His person creed is: "I will develop myself to the maximum of my potential in all ways.
I will forget the mistakes of the past and press on to greater achievements.
I will continually work at developing love, happiness and loyalty in my family.
I will look for the good in all people and make them feel worthwhile.
If I have nothing good to say about a person, I will say nothing.
I will always be as enthusiastic about the success of others as I am about my own.
I will maintain an attitude of open-mindedness.
I will maintain respect for those in authority and demonstrate this respect at all times.
I will always remain loyal to my God, my country, family and my friends.
I will remain highly goal-oriented throughout my life because that positive attitude helps my family, my country and myself."

14. Elvis Presley's real hair color is a dirty blond. He started to dye his hair black in high school.

15. John Christopher Depp II has a paralyzing fear of clowns (coulrophobia), collects bugs and fake moustaches, and owns a 9 foot tall rooster he calls his "Nine Foot Cock." He also lost his virginity at 13, doesn't want his two children to follow his lead and act for a living, and refer to himself as "Mr. Stench."

(Frankly, J. Depp is weird.)

16. Christopher Ashton Kutcher has a twin, named Michael, who has cerebral palsy.
17. Alanis Morissette has a twin brother named Wade.
18. Nicholas Coppola's (Nicholas Cage) middle name is Kim. (He can't catch a break, can he?)

19. Scarlett Johansson has a twin brother named Hunter Johansson. She is older than him by 3 minutes.
20. Martin Lawrence was born in Germany.
21. Justin Timberlake is the voice of the “I’m Lovin’ It” campaign.
22. Bruno Mars’ real name is Peter Gene Hernandez.

23. Miley Cyrus' real name is Destiny Hope.
24. Brandy killed someone in a car accident. She failed to brake immediately.
25. Laura Bush also killed someone in a car accident.
26. Michael J. Fox’s middle name is Andrew. (?!)
27. Anne Hathaway wanted to grow up to be a nun.
28. Dr. Ruth is a trained Israeli sniper.

29. Adele and Taylor Swift are basically the same age. Adele is 25. Taylor Swift is 24.
30. R. Kelly is illiterate.
31. Ryan Gosling was almost in the Backstreet Boys. He was offered a place in the band.
32. Mark Wahlberg went to jail for 45 days for beating a Vietnamese man in what was believed to be a racially motivated attack.
33. Martin Luther King Jr. was a huge Star Trek fan. Star Trek’s Nichelle Nichols actually was convinced to stay on the show after meeting MLK.

34. David Bowie’s eye is permanently dilated because of a fight he got in when he was 15.

35. Martha Helen Kostrya (Martha Stewart) used to be an editorial fashion model.
36. Steve Jobs used to relieve stress by soaking his feet in Apple’s company toilets.
37. When Bill Murray was 20, he was arrested at Chicago O’Hare for trying to smuggle 10 pounds of marijuana onto a plane.
38. Nicolas Cage once bought a pet octopus because he thought it would help with his acting.

39. Woody Harrelson's dad was a hitman.
40. Joaquin Phoenix was raised in a cult. His parents brought him and his siblings up in the Children of God cult until 1978.
41. Tom Cruise was the inspiration for Christian Bale’s mannerisms in American Psycho.
42. Leighton Meester was born in prison while her mom was serving time for smuggling drugs.

43. Leonardo DiCaprio has a 38-pound Sulcata tortoise. He got the tortoise after attending the North American Reptile Breeders conference and asking for the biggest one they had. The tortoise could live for 80 years. He paid only $400.

44. Tom Cruise's face is asymmetrical. He has three front teeth.
45. Jim Carey dropped out of school when he was 16 and worked as janitor.

46. Nicolas Cage once did mushrooms with his cat.
47. Nicolas Cage was also once stalked by a mime. “I was being stalked by a mime — silent, but maybe deadly. Somehow, this mime would appear on the set of Bringing Out the Dead and start doing strange things.”

48. Jennifer Lawrence and Justin Timberlake looked a lot alike in the 90's.
49. Tim Curry was the voice for Nigel Thornberry on the cartoon The Wild Thornberries.
50. Jackie Chan was in a porn film.
51. J.K. Rowling was fired from her job as a secretary for daydreaming too much. After that, she wrote the Harry Potter books.
52. Dennis Rodman has 28 siblings.
53. James Lipton was a pimp in France.
54. Natalie Portman has been published in TWO scientific journals.
55. Tom Hanks is related to Abraham Lincoln. He is the third cousin, four generations removed.

56. Emma Stone is not a natural redhead. She’s actually blonde.
57. Christina Hendricks is also not a natural redhead. She’s a blonde, too.
58. Christina Hendricks is Emma Stone's girl crush.

59. Ryan Reynolds and Alanis Morissette dated from 2002–2007.
60. Tom Hanks was once enrolled in seminary school to become a priest.
61. Samuel L. Jackson was part of a group of students that held a group of trustees at Morehouse College hostage, one of which was Martin Luther King Sr.
62. Kobe Bryant is fluent in Italian.

63. Matthew Perry is missing part of his middle finger because of a door-shutting accident (I wonder if he actually has a nubbin).
64. Rob Lowe is deaf in his right ear. It may be from a undiagnosed case of the mumps.
65. Matthew McConaughey is terrified of revolving doors.
66. Tyra Banks is terrified of dolphins.
67. Louis CK is a Mexican citizen.
68. Jeremy Renner was a successful makeup artist before he became an actor.
69. Al Roker and Lenny Kravitz are second cousins.
70. Rihanna's name is Ree-anna, not Ree-ona.

71. Jaleel White, aka Urkel, did the voice for Sonic the Hedgehog.
72. Jason Sudekis’ uncle is Norm from Cheers.
73. Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers did the voice of Donny on the Wild Thornberries.
74. Jaleel White, aka Urkel, did the voice for Sonic the Hedgehog.
75. Ed O’Neil, aka the dad on Married with Children, is a black belt in Brazilian jujitsu.

76. Dude. Look at this cute puppy.

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In the aftermath of 9/11, Steve Buscemi, being a former fighter turned up at a station and volunteered to help.

12 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Does Jackie Chan's porn have bloopers at the and? Can't have a Jackie chan movie without them.

12 years ago | Likes 32 Dislikes 0

This will get lost, but Jim Carrey dropped out of school to support his family. Not to full fill his 16 year dream of being a janitor...

12 years ago | Likes 28 Dislikes 0

I recognize this buzzfeed article from yesterday!

12 years ago | Likes 93 Dislikes 2

Yep! It's in the sauce, with a few added.

12 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 4

Martha Stewart was actually kinda hot

12 years ago | Likes 24 Dislikes 0

With a name like Martha Helen Kostrya I half-expect her to be carrying a gun and fighting Pierce Brosnan.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

was?!

12 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Reason: trucker and runway model are on her resumé.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

FYI just because you have an odd number of something doesn't mean they're asymmetrical! Symmetry does not work that way. Good night.

12 years ago | Likes 27 Dislikes 3

Yes--the middle of his middle tooth is in the middle of his face. Pretty damn symmetrical, really.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

77. The chief exports of Mr. T are pity and pain.

12 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

Little known fact; Drake is the type of nigga to make sure his whole body is under the covers so the monsters can't get to him

12 years ago | Likes 25 Dislikes 2

i fucking love this. wheres that button?

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Leonardo kicked in his Mom's stomach?........what?....like a door?

12 years ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 0

LOL!!!

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Yeah, I had to reread that one before I got it.

12 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

should have been an action typecast maybe he would have an oscar...

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I imagined Leonardo DiCaprio actually kicking his pregnant mother in the stomach for some reason. I need sleep.

12 years ago | Likes 24 Dislikes 0

He should get an Oscar

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I thought that as well :)

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

SAG requires unique names to register and there was already a Michael Fox, so he chose the initial J as homage to actor Michael J. Pollard.

12 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

I heard it was because he didn't want people (aka teen mags) doing the whole, "Michael's A Fox!" thing... but +1!!!

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

¿Por qué no los dos?

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

"Miley Cyrus' real name is Destiny Hope." She was named that bc her parents said her destiny was to be hope for mankind. That didnt work out

12 years ago | Likes 58 Dislikes 5

It sure brings her current trajectory into focus a bit

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

They should have named her Destiny Twerk

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Oprah's name was supposed to be Orpah which is from the Bible. Due to poor education, it was misspelled on her birth reg. by her family.

12 years ago | Likes 98 Dislikes 0

To think, if she uses Orpah... the whole "O" thing that would be non-existent, y'know because you'd be saying "Or" and not "Oh" :/

12 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

yes, good for you, i was looking to see if anyone had this correct

12 years ago | Likes 22 Dislikes 0

Thanks. Oprah has told this story herself on her talk show.

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

With a name like Destiny Hope, no wondered she turned out the way she did.

12 years ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 2

It almost sounds like a porn star name to me.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Spectacularly rich? Or just a bit trashy when she gets on a stage?

12 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

What do you consider really trashy?

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 2

Thought Miley Cyrus real name was Hannah Montana.

12 years ago | Likes 53 Dislikes 0

Destiny Hope's real name is Clara Anthony.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I would believe Tom Hanks was an immortal Abraham Lincoln before I believed Kesha's IQ is 140

12 years ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 1

IQ means hardly anything anyway. One of my friends scored a 170 on a governmental test, yet he isn't particularly smart at all.

12 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 3

Pretty much. I have an IQ somewhere above 160 and I still have to study and work just like everyone else.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Kesha's official people (sorry I'm tired) force her to have the negative public image, she's actually not that bad.

12 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

I seriously doubt she's being forced

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

More like give her millions of dollars to have a negative public image. Seems fair to me.

12 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

She signed a contract.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

SHE signed a contract. Willingly. Thats literally the opposite of being forced.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yes, but she may not want to do it anymore/didn't understand what she was getting into. Just because it's not violent doesn't mean its not

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

*8) That picture was taken post-9/11 when Buscemi volunteered with the FDNY. No pay, no publicity, just being a damn good human being.

12 years ago | Likes 107 Dislikes 2

+1 for credit where credit is due.

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

As a Firefighter: I salute him. No media attention, just him trying to dig his brothers out of Ground Zero.

12 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

"She got fired because she "squirted jelly" on a customer"....yeah yeah...

12 years ago | Likes 297 Dislikes 3

Double entendre aside, we all know the customer fucking deserved it, too.

12 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

Yeah. "Jelly."

12 years ago | Likes 30 Dislikes 0

"Jelly"

12 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

I guess she wasn't ready for that jelly.

12 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 0

Her body was too bootylicious for them, babe.

12 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

what the fuck Mark.

12 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 0

"Jackie Chan was in a porn film." Now this I gotta see.

12 years ago | Likes 49 Dislikes 0

Mighty Golden Dragon Force.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Well, he DOES do all of his own stunts :)

12 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

they say porn but its a comedy with sex scenes.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Nicolas Cage once did mushrooms with his cat. - Somehow I'm not at all surprised if this one is true.

12 years ago | Likes 872 Dislikes 4

Nicolas Cage didn't do mushrooms with his cat, mushrooms did Nicolas Cage.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The real question is: Did he do mushrooms with his octopus?

12 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

I feel like they might be responsible for the decision to get an octopus in the first place.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

What do they mean by "with his cat?" Did the cat partake or was he just in the room?

12 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

Nicolas Cage likes Superman so much he named his kid Kalel. He's weird.

12 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Nicholas Cage, the one true god.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Cage, I believe, is crazier than Depp.

12 years ago | Likes 24 Dislikes 0

He's been in a David Lynch movie. Definitely weirder.

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Depp is Rich Eccentric. Cage is Freaking Mental.

12 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

he also owns mummified cats.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

It's maybe the only true fact of all true facts on the interwebs!

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I once did mushrooms with my friend and his cat. guess we're not famous though.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Man that was one crazy night...

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

BTW, Mark Wahlberg was initially charged with attempted murder. He blinded the Vietnamese refugee with a metal hook.

12 years ago | Likes 154 Dislikes 2

dorchester is a fucked up place...

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

If only Mark Wahlberg had been there, it wouldn't have gone down like that.

12 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 0

That was the most self-indulgent thing I think I've ever heard. He really loves himself something awful.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

He plead for an assault charge and got sentenced to 2 years, serving 45 days. The attempted murder left the victim with permanent (1/?)

12 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

blindness in one eye. Less than 2 months for racial assault that left permanent damage. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Wahlberg

12 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Yikes.

12 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Hey you. I'm not trying to hurt you. I just want to be your friend, ok? Say hi to ya motha for me.

12 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

You know, for some reason I've never liked him. Now I have an actual reason

12 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 2

And now he hosts Kids Choice Awards

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

He also hasn't tried to recompense, apologize, or track down his victim, saying that "I have certainly paid for my mistakes."

12 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

i've heard lots of stories about him being a dick

12 years ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 0

Every time he was on the Graham Norton show he would get wasted and grabby with the guests, and was a total jackass drunk on TV

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The same day as the attempted murder, he beat another Vietnamese man with a wood stick while screaming racist remarks.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I don't see anything in this report about a metal hook: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/back-day-marky-marks-rap-sheet-0?page=6

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

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The report describes one attack in which he breaks a wooden staff on a man, and another in which he blinds a man by punching him in the eye.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I don't see anything about a metal hook either

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I also saw that when I Googled around, but that doesn't qualify as a reliable source to me - anyone could've written that on their blog.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You should write to Marky Mark and ask him.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I don't care that much about knowing, I just thought the use of a metal hook was very brutal, and ran a quick search to verify or debunk.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Makes me mad that Chris Brown gets a disproportionate amount of hate to Wahlberg. Not saying Brown is off the hook, but Marky USED a hook...

12 years ago | Likes 64 Dislikes 2

Wahlberg was 16 at the age of this particular crime and Chris Brown was 19 when he did his. And Chris' victim was a celebrity, not a refugee

12 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 5

i think the main reason why people hate CB so much is because he doesn't even seem sorry for what he did. He thinks he did nothing wrong.

12 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 1

not that Marks crime is better but he at least knows what he did was wrong and shameful. he's talked about how he's a changed person now.

12 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 2

Wahlberg did go to jail for it, and has done good things since then. He seems penitent about it.

12 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 2

From what I've read he never apologized to the man he attacked though. He has said he felt that he did enough good deeds to make up for it.

12 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

If you tried to balance those kinds of things as if they were on a scale, he definitely did, but I personally would want to apologize (1/2)

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Then again, I feel it's too much unnecessary effort to condemn someone who is doing good things to make up for it. Forgive and forget.

12 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 5

Yeah, I just thought it was a bit wrong to think it wasn't necessary to apologize for permanently blinding a man.

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Tim knows how to party.

12 years ago | Likes 176 Dislikes 4

Dat stache!

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

He was a dealer I believe, more than a user

12 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 2

lol no cerealkitten he was a user. Buying his cocaine in bulk. like at fucking Cosco or some shit.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

The only reason he isn't serving life in prison is because he grassed out his friends.

12 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

You believe? He had a pound of cocaine!

12 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 1

Charlie Sheen would totally just have pounds of it lying around, don't even play, yo

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 3

As well as Bill Murray. 10 lbs is a lot!

12 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

BM is the man i would party with. Now I kinda hate Tim even more.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I live in Kalamazoo. The tool man is a hero, nay, a legend around these parts.

12 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

23. Miley Cyrus was born with a stripper name

12 years ago | Likes 413 Dislikes 1

my brother once said all strippers are ordained at birth with their name. Whatever the name, the opposite will be their life.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

It does explain a lot

12 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

2 stripper names.

12 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

im very suprised they didn't spell it "Destinee"

12 years ago | Likes 51 Dislikes 0

Kesha has an IQ of 140 | source: Kesha

12 years ago | Likes 127 Dislikes 6

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12 years ago (deleted Mar 26, 2014 2:51 AM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

im not even sure what this means.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

she gets butthurt when people make fun of her for being a party girl.she needs to http://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/gifs_201.gif

12 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 2

and call me crazy but isnt a 1500 SAT score pretty average??

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Thank you.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Isn't she a HS drop out

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

If she does have an IQ of 140 and got a 1500 on the SAT, then it doesn't seem to be much in core educational subjects.

12 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 6

What? The 1500 would have likely been out of 1600, not 2400...

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

My bad, then. I didn't know it was out of 1600 sometimes.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Yep, they switched to the exam with the writing portion in 2005. Before that, it was out of 1600 with just verbal and math sections.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I wonder if she really is super smart but realized pop stars make more money than scientists. How sad. :/

12 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

thats actually the exact reason. she wants to write good music, but the music industry is a bitch.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I saw an interview with her once where she claimed to have had sex with a ghost so I'm not sure how trustworthy she is.

12 years ago | Likes 72 Dislikes 4

the fuck??

12 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5e1CvQIFkA its at 2:50 but the rest is pretty entertaining too.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

36. Steve Jobs used to relieve stress by soaking his feet in Apple’s company toilets. << WAT

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Jackie Chan was in a porn?! WAT!

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

And he was a fruititarian.. Hence the name "Apple"... That's a bit much

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I’m sure it was his personal office toilet

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

plot twist: only when they were filled with waste

12 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

45. Jim Carey dropped out of school when he was 16 and worked as janitor.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'm not really surprised. This is the man who dressed up inferior products in shiney cases and sold them for more than the better products.

12 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 7

Oh yeah. Read that biography that he approved right before he died. He was a fuckin mess!

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

67. Louis CK is a Mexican citizen.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

71. Jaleel White, aka Urkel, did the voice for Sonic the Hedgehog.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

How are so many people ignoring this one???

12 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 0

SERIOUSLY. I NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS.

12 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Yea, and Johnny Depp is the weird one?

12 years ago | Likes 57 Dislikes 0

He did some strange things in his time.

12 years ago | Likes 30 Dislikes 0

Read his biography he had commissioned by Walter Isaacson. He was insane. A genius, but insane. Ha ha.

12 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I'm seriously considering it now lol

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I see another comment that said he commissioned it right before he died. Do you think he said some as a joke? Like a weird sense of humor?

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

2. legit author that wouldn't sugar coat it and tell it like it was. He wasn't the best person in the world. He screwed over a lot of

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

3. people that were responsible for Apple in the early days. He got forcefully pushed out of his own company at one point for years.

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

1. Actually in the forward Isaacson pretty much said he didn't like the guy and kept turning it down until Jobs told him he was the only

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

4. He admits to stealing from other companies though he sued everyone for the same thing and denied his only daughter for most of her life.

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

5. I think he was a slightly insane tortured soul. Definitely not a model citizen but insanely innovative and detail oriented and driven.

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Yeah I'm seriously gonna have to check this book out

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Walter Isaacson is an amazing writer too. He was a good choice.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

"R. Kelly is illiterate." No fucking shit.

12 years ago | Likes 1553 Dislikes 11

"Wanna piss on you woo woo woo, haters gonna hate lovers gonna love I dont want none of thee above I want to piss on youuuu."

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

but trapped in the closet is pure poetry

12 years ago | Likes 62 Dislikes 3

Haters wanna hate Lovers wanna love I don't even want None of the above I want to piss on you Yes I do, I'll piss on you I'll pee on you

12 years ago | Likes 41 Dislikes 4

Gonna turn yo face into a toilet seat

12 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

I love how news outlets reported it as "suffers from illiteracy". As if it were an incurable disease.

12 years ago | Likes 299 Dislikes 3

If only there was some way to cure him!

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I know! If only we had a way to teach people how to do things. A man can dream...

12 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

My best friend is mildly retarded, yet learned to read as an adult. No excuse. (She was naïve and ignored horribly growing up.)

12 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

Speaks volumes about Mr. Kelly

12 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I think he's just insufferable.

12 years ago | Likes 61 Dislikes 0

And a pedophile

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

No argument here.

12 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 1

I am also illiterate. I just hide it well.

12 years ago | Likes 29 Dislikes 0

Very, very well.

12 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 1

Could even say it was magical. I assume. I can't read.

12 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Nobody is surprised by that.

12 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 2

Pisssssssssssss............

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Of all the facts in this list, this one is the least likely to be false.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Still? I would have thought he would have fixed that by now.

12 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Seriously.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

He only knows the alphabet up to P.

12 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

"Fact" haha, no way

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Shhhh....keep it on the down low

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I am honestly upset I can only give you 1 upvote

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

So no worries about him reading this and suing OP.

12 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Spent too much time trapped in the closet

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

the solution:

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Is there a source for this?

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

And I opened the book and I realised I was illiterate, illiterate, illiterate.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

the only letter he knows is "P"

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Apparently there are no books in that closet.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'm pretty sure this is due to his brain processing words differently than most people, not because he's dumb or something.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

And a racist. My mom's firm worked with him once and he refused to conduct business with any white people on the floor. 2 hr lunch break.

12 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 3

Are people really putting racism over the really important thing about

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

Him? You know, the while pedophilia thing, going after poor black girls specifically bc their parents were less likely to go to court? No?

12 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 4

1) No-one is doing that; 2) It's already been addressed in this discussion; 3) Only elaborating on the "horrendous human being" front.

12 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Not when I was writing they weren't. There were pee jokes and racism, nothing about raping young girls.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Party pooper here: he's actually not. He wrote beautiful vows to wife Aaliyah. Sad.

12 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 7

Ahh yes, his 15-year-old child bride Aaliyah, marriage to whom was later cancelled and decided never to be talked about again. SO touching.

12 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

Doesn't make him illiterate. But yes, illegally touching.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

He's also a rapist.

12 years ago | Likes 29 Dislikes 3

Pedophile

12 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

*rappist

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

*raper

12 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

Tom Cruise does NOT have 3 central incisors. http://cdn.3news.co.nz/3news/AM/2012/9/27/270719/tom-cruise.jpg His teeth are off center.

12 years ago | Likes 81 Dislikes 1

Right, but looking at him face to face, it appears as if he does.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 7

yes. also everyone has an asymmetrical face.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Also I believe he has had this fixed in the last few years. My orthodontist told me. I figured she would have noticed haha

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You are technically correct etc

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Thank you! I'm glad someone else pointed that out!

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Plus, even if he did, that doesn't make his face asymmetrical.

12 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 0

No the fact that he's human makes his face asymmetrical. Everyone is like that.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I mean... the term is obviously relative. >__>

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Glad I'm not the only one who promptly googled this.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

THANK YOU. This one pissed me off. I'm a dentist. Who does Invisalign. His midline is off, but he has normal teeth!

12 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

Are there people who have three central incisors?

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

one of the more common supernumerary teeth is called a mesiodens, which pops up between the two centrals. Most kids have it removed.

12 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Oh, guys. BTW, Jaleel White, AKA Urkel, was the voice for Sonic the Hedgehog.

12 years ago | Likes 4718 Dislikes 31

Thanks buzzfeed.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

ok i think we got it.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

In case you sped through reading it the first time.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Wasn't he also the voice for Sonic the Hedgehog?

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

He was. AND the voice for Sonic the Hedgehog, too.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

mind = blown

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Wait, I feel like you are trying to tell me Jaleel White, aka Urkel, is the voice of sonic the hedgehog. Is this right?

12 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Yes, but remember that Jaleel White, aka Urkel, did the voice for Sonic the Hedgehog.

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

b-but I thought Jaleel White, aka Urkel, did the voice for Sonic the Hedgehog D:

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

He isn't anymore, but he's my favorite voice. He was perfect.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I swear I read that once or twice today already.

12 years ago | Likes 361 Dislikes 0

It was on Buzzfeed earlier....

12 years ago | Likes 33 Dislikes 5

Which Urkel? Steve or Stefan?

12 years ago | Likes 31 Dislikes 0

Nice save.

12 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Jaleel White, AKA Urkel, was the voice for Sonic the Hedgehog.

12 years ago | Likes 168 Dislikes 3

Jaleel White, AKA Urkel, was the voice for Sonic the Hedgehog?

12 years ago | Likes 62 Dislikes 1

Jaleel White, AKA Urkel, was the voice for Sonic the Hedgehog!

12 years ago | Likes 50 Dislikes 0

No. Jaleel White, AKA Urkel, was the voice for Sonic the Hedgehog.

12 years ago | Likes 32 Dislikes 0

But did you know that Jaleel White, AKA Urkel, was the voice for Sonic the Hedgehog?

12 years ago | Likes 28 Dislikes 1

Posting that twice makes sense; he was the voice of Sonic in both Sonic SatAM and Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog.

12 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 2

I'm glad I'm not the only person who knows this.

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

And the voice of Sonic's siblings, Sonia and Manic in Sonic Underground.

12 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

You should also add that Jaleel White, AKA Urkel, was the voice for Sonic the Hedgehog.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Thanks, Buzzfeed.

12 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 3

Thanks for that new info!

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

"Did I do that...?" Yes. Yes you did. Twice.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It's good to emphasize the most important things.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

That one blew my mind. Two separate parts of my childhood collided.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Nice recovery.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Oh, so Jaleel White who played Urkel voiced Sonic the Hedgehog?

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I just assumed you really like Sonic

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Jaleel White, aka Urkel, did the voice for Sonic the Hedgehog

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I met him. He and his family are extremely kind :)

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I love this post! +1

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Now, he is voiced by Roger Craig Smith, the voice of Ezio Auditore, Batman from Arkham Origins and Captain America from LEGO Marvel!

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

+1 for self-awarenes

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

No wonder Chuck Norris says nothing so often.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Awesome way of handling that!!

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

front page and top comment. way to go.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Jaleel White, aka Urkel, did the voice for Sonic the Hedgehog

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Jaleel White, AKA Urkel, was the voice for Sonic the Hedgehog.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Jaleel White, aka Urkel, did the voice for Sonic the Hedgehog.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

that's interdasting! I wonder who did the voice for Sonic though...

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Urkel, who plays Jaleel White, is the voice of Sonic the hedgehog.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Yeah but who played Urkel tho?

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Sonic the hedgehog.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

+1, I just noticed your name xD

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Think about so much steak, AdonisMcThinderCock.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I Fckin' love steak. Nothing wrong with me, is there?

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I was ready to rag on you for not citing sources.. But then you did. You sweet, sweet man.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

I'm a lady. :)

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

You sweet, sweet man-lady.

12 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

You stole mah thing. I was going to type that.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

;)

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I want more of these, plus Matthew Broderick killed someone as well

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Was he also not the voice of Urkel?

12 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

He too was the voice of Urkel.

12 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I think so.

12 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Jerry Springer also bounced a check to a hooker while he was on City Council...but surprisingly, he was still elected Mayor.

12 years ago | Likes 151 Dislikes 0

Even better Jerry Springer fact: He was born in Highgate underground station in London, England during the Blitz.

12 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Hooray Cincinnati!

12 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

As mayor of Cincinnati, I have great potential for one day becoming Jerry Springer

12 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

TIL John Cranley is an imgurian.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

+1 for Cincinnati history

12 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 1

Having been born in Cinci, please let me forget this fact once & for all. So much loathing for that man.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

We all like to forget Springer was Mayor.

12 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0