Questions about famous people, or people in the public eye.
Questions tagged [celebrities]
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Is this André the Giant's hand holding a can of beer?
Is this a genuine image of the hand of André René Roussimoff (André the Giant) holding an everyday 12-ounce (350 mL) can of beer?
Uproxx and reddit suggest it's real (and word is he once drank 119 beers in a single sitting), but I'm not so…
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Did Elvis consume 100,000 calories a day at the end of his life?
This ABC Science article by Dr Karl S. Kruszelnicki claims
Before he died, Elvis was eating about 100,000 calories per day!
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The basic element of Elvis' daily food intake was a 30-cm long bread
roll, stuffed with bacon, peanut butter and…
David says Reinstate Monica
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Did Jodie Foster say all men over 30 are full-blown rapists?
A December 23, 2017 YourNewsWire.com article claims:
Actress Jodie Foster says she believes “every single man over 30” is a
full-blown rapist whether they admit it or not.
Is this true?
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Was Pope Francis a Black Sabbath fan in his youth?
Recently I stumbled upon the image of the young Pope Francis wearing a Black Sabbath T-shirt.
Could this be real?
I'm guessing this is fake, but I am at work and can't do a complete research about it. The reason I find this may be fake is mostly due…
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What formal education did L Ron Hubbard have?
There are various claims that L. Ron Hubbard (the creator of Scientology) had degrees and doctorates.
What formal education and qualifications did he have?
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Does LSD provide a creativity boost?
The claim is of course widely known: LSD "broadens your thinking" and makes you "more creative".
The last incarnation was Steve Jobs' biography taking a swipe at Bill Gates:
“He’d be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an…
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Is there a higher divorce rate among celebrities?
Do celebrities have a higher divorce rate than the general population.
This is normally focused around Hollywood type celebrities, so for comparison sake:
Is the divorce rate amongst U.S celebrities in the past decade higher than in the general U.S…
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Was John Maynard Keynes a child molester?
I was reading Conservapedia's article on John Maynard Keynes and pederasty:
Keynes and his friends made numerous
trips to the resorts surrounding the
Mediterranean. At the resorts, little
boys were sold by their families to
bordellos which…
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Did Brian Blessed punch a polar bear in the face?
There's an oft-repeated claim that verteran British actor and explorer Brian Blessed punched a polar bear in the face while on an Arctic expedition. Apparently he himself has made this claim in interviews. Here's an example of the claim, from an…
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Did Elvis fake his own death?
He'd be quite old now so even if he did fake his death, he's probably dead anyway, but over the years, there's been many Elvis sightings. Have there been any actual credible ones?
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How did Bruce Lee die?
Bruce Lee was an iconic actor and martial arts instructor who died at a young age.
Wikipedia states:
The preliminary opinion of Peter Wu, the neurosurgeon who saved Lee's life during his first seizure, was that the cause of death should have been…
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Did Howard Hughes store his urine in Mason jars?
In the 2004 film The Aviator, a biography of Howard Hughes, it depicts the reclusive billionaire storing his own urine in mason jars in a screening room. Is this true? Note that the linked Wikipedia article also makes an (unsourced) statement about…
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Is Ruth Bader Ginsburg alive as of February 2019?
Right wing sources on social media have been abuzz with rumors that Ginsburg has died. The conspiracy theory is that Democrats are hiding her death to avoid another Trump pick on the Supreme Court. This conspiracy theory has been documented in…
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Is Stevie Wonder blind?
According to this lifehacker article, there is a group of "Stevie Wonder Truthers" who believe that Stevie Wonder is not actually blind.
Apparently, Boy George, in particular, said that Stevie Wonder was able to locate him in a room.
Is there any…
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Did NFL player Brian Bosworth sell anti-Boz t-shirts to Denver Broncos fans?
NFL player/loudmouth Brian Bosworth had a well-publicized feud with John Elway and the Denver Broncos upon joining the league in 1988:
The scene at Mile High Stadium for my first game against Elway was as wild as anything I'd ever been a part of.…
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