The Beatles wrote into their contracts for American concerts that they would not play in front of segregated audiences.
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Daft Punk named their band after a negative reviewer called their act "a bunch of daft punk."
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Freddie Mercury held parties with midgets carrying around trays of cocaine.
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Eminem repeated the 9th grade three times.
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Paul McCartney dreamed the melody of "Yesterday" one night and immediately wrote the music the next morning. He then looked around for a month to make sure that he didn't subconsciously plagiarize it from somebody else.
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Britney Spears’ music is used by the British Navy to scare off Somali pirates.
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Michael Jackson used a special shoe to perform his "Smooth Criminal" lean trick.
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