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TIL that Lumiere from Beauty and the Beast was voiced by Detective Lennie Briscoe from Law & Order

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OoMYR TIL that in 1995 an inmate tried to sue himself for $5 Million because he violated his own civil rights by getting arrested - then asked the state to pay because he has no income in jail
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