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TIL Bob Seger's famous hit song "Against the Wind" was inspired by Bob's days as a high school cross country runner. He described it as "about trying to move ahead, keeping your sanity and integrity at the same time." It later appeared in Forrest Gump when Forrest was running across the country.

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