The Most WTF Facts About Your Favorite Pop Stars

#1 Miley Cyrus

Apparently we have stooped to a whole new low as far as the education of our children is concerned.

#2

The liberal arts college, located in Saratoga Springs, New York, is offering a special topics sociology course entitled "The Sociology of Miley Cyrus: Race, Class, Gender and Media," which will be "using Miley as a lens through which to explore sociological thinking about identity, entertainment, media and fame."

#3 Shakira

Her full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, and she is Lebanese and Spanish-Italian. She is a mother and performer and has many interests besides her music.

#4

Her favorite past-time is painting. But so far she has only perfected portraits of fried eggs. She has over 75 original paintings of fried eggs, which she occasionally auctions off for charity events.

#5 Justin Timberlake

The teen heartthrob and now adult superstar has conquered almost every aspect of the entertainment industry from singing to acting and more... much more.

#6

Yes, adorable JT one participated in beauty pageants as a child. The Grammy and Emmy award winner got his start performing his dancing and singing in pageants. However, there were not many pageants or shows that were for boys, so his mother entered him in the girls competitions. At age 11 he took all the trophies home in a local pageant where he was the only male and was on his way to his debut on the Mickey Mouse Club.

#7 Rihanna

The sexy bombshell has seen it all and done it all, and is still in her prime as an entertainer, but there are some things she refuses to do unless she has the number for Ghostbusters on speed dial.

#8

Rihanna is afraid of ghosts. Petrified. She is afraid to go anywhere near the Chateau Marmont because she thinks the place is haunted. The famous hotel is where John Belushi was found dead, and there are reports of ghostly sightings on the property. When asked to spend the night there during a tour stop she declined and spent the night alone on her bus.

#9

Besides ghosts, the sexy pop singer claims that as a child she witnessed two different exorcisms at her village church in Barbados. Being from a very religious family, she said it was common to see church members possessed by demons. So, if there's ever a question as to who she is gonna call, it's Ghostbusters!

#10 Beyonce & Lady Gaga

Two strong and independent women who are at the top of the musical charts, both Beyonce and Lady Gaga have at least one other thing in common besides their music. They both had a newly discovered species named after them in recent years.

#11

Scaptia beyonceae is a species of horse fly found in the Atherton Tablelands in north-east Queensland, Australia. Discovered in 1981 but not scientifically described until 2011, the fly is named after American recording artist and actress BeyoncÃ©. Buzzzz....

#12

The Gaga Lipfern is a genus of 19 species of ferns in the family Pteridaceae named after singer and songwriter Lady Gaga. One of the ferns is called Gaga germanotta, as Germanotta is actually her real last name, and another is called Gaga monstraparva, in honor of Gaga's fans, whom she calls "little monsters".

#13 Justin Bieber

Ahh.. the Biebs. You either love him or you absolutely hate him. If you hate him, don't worry, you are in pretty good company.

#14

In 2011, two students at Evanston Township High School needed a quick way to raise big money to save a struggling cafe and arts center down the street from the school. The talked the school into letting them play "Baby Baby" by Justin Bieber on repeat until the students pitched in some money to get the to STOP. The students got so tired of hearing the song and Bieber that they raised over $1,000 in just a few days. Way to go Biebs!

#15 Katy Perry

Katy Perry isn't actually her real name. Her full name is Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, but she later changed her name to avoid confusion with the actress Kate Hudson. Perry is her mother's maiden name, and she was raised a strict Christian. She's so popular that she has a Barbie doll named after her. But that's not the shocker...

#16

She's actually a blonde! She dyes it various colors and says she never uses her natural color because most people associate blondes with being cheap and stupid. Really?? Makes you wonder just how much more how cheap appearing she can possibly be.

#17 Kesha

The girl in the spotlight for 3 years with hits like "Tik Tok" and "We R Who We R" sang the hook on Flo Rida's smash hit "Right Round" and she wasn't paid or credited for her contribution. She then added the dollar sign to her name as a protest. She sported a fake gold tooth for 4 years and was associated with being trashy because of her appearance. Her best friend is Paris Hilton, and she actually appeared on an episode of "The Simple Life" where Paris and Nicole tried to matchmake her mother.

#18

She ditched her gold tooth, her dingy wardrobe, and the dollar sign, but her concerts are still about partying, and she spends over $1,000 a month on glitter, and close to that amount for confetti at her shows.

#19 Taylor Swift

Raised in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 14 to pursue a career in country music. Her mother named her Taylor so that when the name appeared on a card or marquee it would not be implied she was a girl. At 11-years-old, she won a local talent competition singing LeAnn Rimes' "Big Deal" and can play the guitar, banjo, ukulele, and piano.

#20

She was always musical and into the arts as a child, and began writing poetry as part of a school extra credit course. Her lyrics are so well known today by almost the entire world, but one they probably never heard before was a poem she wrote and won first place with for a National Poetry Contest called "There's A Monster In My Closet." If you're a 'Swiftie' you may want to Google some of her early poetry and lyrics to see how much of a prodigy she actually was.

#21 Kanye West

The 'superstar' and Kim Kardashian hubby refers to himself in the third person, calls himself Yeezus (as in Jesus) and thinks he was created to give the world entertainment. For real. His big success came in 2004 when two songs he produced hit number one: "Stand Up" by Ludacris and "You Don't Know My Name" by Alicia Keys. His solo record came out later and was a big success.

#22

Kanye was taught to believe he was important by his mother, even more important than most since he was raised with an education, "unlike most black kids in America." West taunts everyone who "didn't believe in him: teachers, record executives, police officers, even his former boss at the Gap." In school he developed a video game that featured vaginas as characters, prompting his expulsion and home schooling, where he spent most of his time learning music and the arts. Perhaps he could have studied modesty, social more's and humility.

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