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TIL Singer Tom Waits successfully sued the LAPD. He was wrongfully arrested for disturbing the peace when, outside a coffee shop, he intervened a group of men who were bullying other patrons. The bullies were plainclothes officers.

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MeNZK TIL Hugh Hefner was fixated on having Britney Spears to appear in Playboy. He reportedly said, "I don't want anyone else. I want Britney or no one! Get her to do it. It would sell like crazy." Even though Spears' manager hinted she was interested, it never happened
jNRAM TIL that in 1989, Ole Bentzen, a Danish audiologist, who was observing a screening of the 1988 comedy film A Fish Called Wanda, laughed uncontrollably to the point that his heart rate rose to an estimated 250–500 beats per minute, leading to a fatal heart attack
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