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TIL While on tour with Motley Crew in 1984, Ozzy Osbourne asked Nikki Sixx for a line of cocaine. After being told there was none, Ozzy grabbed a straw, and snorted ants. Nikki confessed: “From that moment on. We knew there was always someone who was sicker and more disgusting than we were.”

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AR4a TIL The White Stripes were sued by a reporter for using a clip from one of her interviews in a song without permission. The case was settled out of court and the reporter is now listed on Wikipedia as an additional artist that played “the world’s smallest violin” in the song.
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