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TIL about Pak Bean, a man from Pakistan that impersonates Mr Bean

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yQrjp TIL during filming of the 90s cop show "Homicide: Life on the Street," a shoplifting suspect surrendered to actors portraying detectives as they rehearsed a scene.
9w0RM TIL that in 1999 Kirsten Dunst starred as the magical princess Majokko in the Takashi Murakami and McG directed short Akihabara Majokko Princess singing a cover of The Vapors' 1980 song "Turning Japanese".
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7rgPP TIL Of Jack Tueller, a WWII soldier who was also a trumpet player and carried his instrument everywhere with him. He believes it saved his life from a German sniper in France. Figuring his enemy was just a scared kid like him, Jack played a love song before he set out. The sniper never fired.