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TIL that Joakim Brodén, co-founder of the Swedish power metal band Sabaton, once made a drunken bet with his bandmates to travel to his next gig at Trondheim, Norway on foot. Starting off at Falun, Sweden, this was a 350 mile journey and Joakim even had fans help him along the way.

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