by Lauren GarafanoBuzzFeedBuzzFeed Staff 1. Dolly Parton once LOST a Dolly Parton lookalike contest. In her book, Dream More, she wrote about entering the contest as a joke but losing to a drag queen dressed as her. She exaggerated her appearance, teasing her hair more and adding more makeup than usual. Jason Kempin / Getty Images "All of these other beautiful drag queens had worked for months and weeks getting their clothes and all that, and they were dressed like me," she said back in 2012. "So, I just got in the line and I just walked across [the stage] and they just thought I was some little, short gay guy. And I got the least applause, but I was just dying laughing inside. I say it's a good thing I was a girl or I'd be a drag queen." 2. Carson Daly is actually covered in tattoos on his arms, including one that's dedicated to his late mom. NBC / NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images 3. Chord Overstreet and Glen Powell were roommates. While Chord was starring on Glee, Glen would visit the set to hang out. At the time, Glee creator Ryan Murphy was casting his new show, Scream Queens. Then, Ryan finally met Glen and the rest is history! Donato Sardella / Getty Images for Saks Fifth Avenue Ryan's co-producer, Ian Brennan, said, "I know this guy Glen Powell, who's roommates with Chord Overstreet, and I've been out with him and I've seen him do sort of improv stuff. I think he would be great." 4. John Cena, John Oliver, and Jason Earles were all born in 1977. They turn 49 this year. Jason Koerner / Getty Images, Jamie Mccarthy / Getty Images, Michael Buckner John Cena and John Oliver share the same birthday and were born on April 23, 1977, and Jason was born on April 26, 1977. 5. Samuel L. Jackson has appeared in over 150 movies and has never shown full-frontal nudity in any of them. He said if he ever had to, he'd probably ask for a "dick double." Michael Rowe / Getty Images for IMDb 6. Eddie Murphy has 10 kids. David Livingston / Getty Images He shares his oldest with his ex-girlfriend, Paulette McNeely; he shares five with his ex-wife, Nicole Mitchell; he shares one with his ex-girlfriend, Tamara Hood; he shares another with Mel B, and he shares his two youngest with his wife Paige Butcher. (Here's Eddie with his wife Paige and eight of his 10 kids at the premiere of Mr. Church in 2016.) 7. Scarlett Johansson has a large rose vine and a lamb tattooed down her back. Ernesto Ruscio / Getty Images 8. Robin Williams really wanted to play Hagrid in the Harry Potter films and had even called director Chris Columbus to ask if he could take on the role. But there was an unofficial "Brits only" rule for the actors in those films and Chris rejected him. Ethan Miller / Getty Images 9. Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi is 4'8". Jamie McCarthy / Getty Images 10. Danny DeVito is 4'10". JC Olivera / Variety via Getty Images 11. Ben Affleck has a massive phoenix tattooed on his back. He initially lied to press saying it was for a movie, but eventually came clean and confirmed it was real. Backgrid 12. Milo Ventimiglia and Penn Badgley used to be roommates. Back when they were filming Bedford Diaries, they shared an apartment in NYC. Milo joked that because Penn was only 19 at the time, Milo would give Penn his ID when they went out with friends. Milo said he'd make sure Penn got into whatever club or bar they were going to, wait 15 minutes, and then try to enter using his passport. Rob Kim / Getty Images for Cantor Fitzgerald, Vivien Killilea / Getty Images for StyleWeek Orange County 13. Elon Musk has 13 kids. Win Mcnamee / Getty Images He shares six with his ex-wife, Kate Wilson. He shares three kids with Grimes. He shares three kids with Shivon Zilis. And he allegedly shares a child with Ashley St. Clair.(Here's Elon pictured with his son X.) 14. Back in 2010, Nicolas Cage bought a 9-foot-tall white pyramid tomb in New Orleans. The tomb is currently unnamed, but has the inscription "Omnia Ab Uno," which translates to "Everything From One." Eric Charbonneau / Roadside Attractions via Getty Images 15. Ariana Grande wanted to get a tattoo to commemorate her single "7 Rings" so she decided to get the song title written in Japanese on her hand. Fans pointed out that when used together, these characters ("七輪") actually translated to "shichirin," which is a small barbecue grill. She went back to the tattoo artist to restructure the tattoo and add a few more characters. @arianagrande / Instagram: @arianagrande If read vertically from top to bottom and horizontally from right to left, which is how Japanese is read, the tattoo translates roughly to say "ring seven fingers." However, if the tattoo is read horizontally from left to right and then vertically from top to bottom, as you'd read it in English, it translates to "Japanese BBQ finger." 16. In Golden Girls, Estelle Getty played Bea Arthur's mom, even though Bea was actually a year older than Estelle in real life. NBC 17. Colman Domingo met his husband, Raúl Aktanov, in a Wal
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