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TIL Lemmy (Motörhead) appeared in a pornographic film starring John Wayne Bobbitt, whose penis was amputated by his wife, but surgically reattached. Ron Jeremy said Lemmy contributed the song "Under the Knife" to the film's soundtrack.

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