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TIL actor Stephen Baldwin got ‘HM’ tattooed on his left shoulder for ‘Hannah Montana’. He had made a pact with then-teenage Miley Cyrus that he would be able to appear on the show if he got the tattoo. He did not go on to appear on the show and has since said he regrets getting it.

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