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TIL A backwards message was inserted into the B-52’s album “Bouncing Off the Satellites.” In the last 30 seconds of the track "Detour Thru Your Mind," Fred Schneider says, "I buried my parakeet in the backyard. Oh no, you're playing the record backwards. Watch out, you might ruin your needle."

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