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TIL that the original lyric in the Rolling Stones’ Sympathy for the Devil was “I shouted out ‘Who killed Kennedy?’ This had to be changed to "I shouted out 'Who killed the Kennedys?’” after RFK was assassinated while the song was being recorded.

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