In an Associated Press report, Ledger’s uncle, Neil Bell, said the family was shocked: “He was in good spirits and having a wonderful time on this Terry Gilliam movie [The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus].”
Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, and Jude Law ended up stepping in for Ledger, playing “transformations” of his character as he travels through a dream world, in order…
WTF Facts That Broke My Brain Into A Billion Pieces
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I’m Still Picking Up The Pieces Of My Brain After Learning These WTF Facts
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“In my town, there is a road that has 13 potholes/bumps. The weird thing is, no matter how many times the road is paved over, the 13 bumps always come back. Local superstition says that it’s the ghosts of 13 witches who were hanged around there that are…
Weird Celebrity Last Wishes
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Tupac Shakur — Requested his ashes be…
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Back in 2003…
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Five Dark Facts I Learned This Week That Are So Disturbing, I Wish I Could Unknow Them
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“When I was in the second grade, we had a track outside the school, right up against a forest, and kids used to tell each other stories about the ‘Naked Man.’ Basically, he was rumored to be a serial killer who wore skin-colored latex clothes and lived in the…
