Ten Things of Toxic and Terrific

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1. An activist who triggered a huge debate about everyday racism in Germany with the Twitter hashtag #MeTwo says the discussion was "long overdue".
2. Kali Uchis went from sleeping rough in the back of her car to working with Gorillaz and Snoop Dogg.
3. Katy Perry paid a visit to a sick fan in Australia after she had to miss the star's concert.
4. New York singer-songwriter Two Feet is alive and "under watch" at hospital, after posting a devastating suicide note on Twitter.
5. Pete Davidson, the Saturday Night Live comedian engaged to Ariana Grande, recently quit Instagram over trolling from Grande's hardcore fans.
6. The jacket worn by Harrison Ford when he played Han Solo in Star Wars' The Empire Strikes Back is expected to fetch up to £1m at auction next month.
7. A man accused of bombing a Düsseldorf train station in July 2000, targeting Jewish immigrants, has been acquitted, while English far-right activist Tommy Robinson has been bailed after partly winning an appeal against a finding of contempt of court, which he admitted.
8. Maria Makrogianni is known as Mamma Maria by refugees living on the Greek island of Samos. She used to feed them from her beach restaurant, but after receiving threatening phone calls, she closed up shop. With her husband, she now helps people from her home.
9. A passenger plane crashed in the capital of Mexico's Durango state just moments after take-off, and all 103 people on-board survived.
10. Police in Sweden have launched a manhunt after thieves swiped some of the country's crown jewels from a cathedral and escaped by speedboat.

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