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TIL Stephen Baldwin has a tattoo of the initials “HM”, for Hannah Montana. He got the tattoo after making a pact with Miley Cyrus to appear on her show if he had the initials tattooed on his body. He was never invited on the show and has since said that he regrets getting the tattoo.

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