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"[W}e really went to great lengths to make sure possibly no one would ever hear our record!"

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"She was mad that her parents wouldn't get her a dog. So she appealed to a higher power."

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A demo tape from a long-lost bandmate unearthed a song the music icon had completely forgotten he'd ever written.

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"An honest conversation that doesn't require you being a monster."

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"Every day, once a day, give yourself a present," Special Agent Dale Cooper once said.

The results were a win-win for the country and its creators. So now it's permanent.

"These angles just don’t make it to the pages of the magazine."

Writing experts can tell which essays were written by a human versus a robot.

The Gibb brothers were heavily influenced by the Fab Four.

"[W}e really went to great lengths to make sure possibly no one would ever hear our record!"

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"She was mad that her parents wouldn't get her a dog. So she appealed to a higher power."

A demo tape from a long-lost bandmate unearthed a song the music icon had completely forgotten he'd ever written.

"He had an inkling of what it would be like—to be a drummer and to be involved in something so horrific."

"An honest conversation that doesn't require you being a monster."

“His sneakers traveled almost 500 miles before stopping at a bustling marketplace in… Bosnia?”

He was one of the most intelligent people alive and never afraid to admit when he was wrong.

Feel-good humor doesn’t have to come from mean-spirited takedowns.

It was on the back of a mirror.

When her boss banned her vibrant pink hair, she followed the rule to the letter—just not in the way he ever expected.

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