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TIL when ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic asked Kurt Cobain for permission to parody Smells Like Teen Spirit, Cobain first reaction was to ask, “Is it going to be a song about food?”

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WAjX TIL that Queen, notorious for wild parties, hosted a release party for ‘Jazz’ that included a man biting heads off live chickens, naked models wrestling in a liver pit, and little-people walking about with trays of cocaine strapped to their heads.