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TIL that the great Stevie Ray Vaughan was lead guitarist for David Bowie’s best selling album Let’s Dance

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78bDM TIL Paul Verhoeven was the first person to accept Razzie award in ceremony. He gave speech about driven out of his country for being "sick and perverted and disgusting".
gEL4 TIL More Commodore 64s have been sold than any other model of computer.
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