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TIL Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Sean Bean, Dominic Monaghan, and Viggo Mortensen all have the Elvish number 9 tattooed on their shoulders to symbolize being members of The Fellowship of the Ring.

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