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TIL actors Peter Sellers and Britt Ekland got married only 10 days after first meeting. 6 weeks later on location filming ‘Kiss Me, Stupid,’ Sellers inhaled poppers before sex with Ekland in search of “the ultimate orgasm” and suffered 8 heart attacks in 3 hours, forcing withdrawal from the film.

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