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Matthew McConaughey is terrified of revolving doors!

Sylvester Stallone's first movie was a softcore PORNO called "Party at Kitty and Stud's".

Elvis was a natural blond. He began dying his hair black in high school.

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

Steve Jobs used to relieve stress by soaking his feet in Apple's company toilets.

Jaleel White, a.k.a. Steve Urkel, provided the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog.

Sex guru Dr. Ruth is a trained Israeli sniper.

Dennis Rodman "only" has 28 siblings . . . not 46, as has been rumored.

J.K. Rowling was fired from her job as a secretary for daydreaming too much. After that, she wrote the "Harry Potter" books.

Kesha has an IQ of 140, and scored 1500 on her SATs.

Leonardo DiCaprio was named after Leonardo DaVinci. Supposedly, his pregnant mother felt him kick for the first time while she was standing in front of a portrait of DaVinci at a gallery in Florence,

R. Kelly suffers from illiteracy. He has said, quote, "The only reason I graduated from grammar school is because I had a great jump shot."

When Madonna moved to New York City, she worked at Dunkin' Donuts. She got fired because she squirted jelly on a customer.

On his 20th birthday, Bill Murray was arrested at a Chicago airport for trying to smuggle 10 POUNDS of marijuana onto a plane. It was worth $20,000.

When Jim Carrey was just a teenager, he and his entire family took janitorial jobs and lived out of a Volkswagen camper.

"Boardwalk Empire" star Steve Buscemi worked as a New York City firefighter, from 1980 to 1984.

Nicolas Cage once bought a pet octopus, supposedly because he thought it would help with his acting. He also once did mushrooms with his cat.

Rob Lowe is deaf in his right ear. It may be from an undiagnosed case of the mumps when he was a baby.

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HOLLYWOOD, CA - MARCH 02: Actor Matthew McConaughey poses in the press room during the Oscars at Loews Hollywood Hotel on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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