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TIL: Dexter Holland, the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and songwriter of The Offspring has an MS in molecular biology, and in 2013 co-authored a paper on microRNA in HIV genomes. He owns a hot sauce company, and is a licensed flight instructor who has flown around the world on his own, in ten days.

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