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TIL Tom Morello’s mom, Mary Morello, founded an anti-censorship group, Parents for Rick and Rap in 1987. It was an opposition to the Parents Music Resource Center, which created the “Parental Advisory” stickers for explicit albums. Mary is also 101.

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