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TIL Katy Perry, David Bowie, and Michael Keaton all use stage names in order to avoid confusion with Kate Hudson, Davy Jones, and Michael Douglas

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4kkkR TIL about wordnesia, when familiar words suddenly seem like the strangest things. It occurs when you can’t spell the simplest words or words look strange after you write them.
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