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TIL that the guy who played the psychopathic murderer in the movie "Panic Room" is a best-selling country music artist named Dwight Yoakam who holds the record for appearing the most times as a musical guest on The Tonight Show

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rNJaW TIL Western superstar Kevin Costner is from Compton.
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