Did you know that The Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. is the son of Albert Hammond Sr. the man who wrote Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson's To All The Girls I've Loved Before?

Remember Shampoo? Uh Oh, we're in trouble... Yeah, them. According to Popbitch, they used to play a drinking game involving their pet hamster. They would place their hamster on the head of everyone in the room, in turn, until it shat. The recipient would then have to down vodka.

Q: Guess who I bumped into at the opticians'?
A: Everyone

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