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TIL Chad Butler, aka the rapper Pimp C, studied classical music in school and received a Division I rating on a tenor solo at a UIL choir competition. His stepdad taught him to read music, influencing him to incorporate more musical instruments into his rap songs over the course of his career

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Y79gd TIL that the famous two-part, two-season episode of the Simpsons called Who Shot Mr. Burns is a parody of an episode of the soap opera Dallas called Who Shot J.R., which was also a two-part, two-season cliffhanger.
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NXXxN TIL in a study of “extreme relistening” researchers found that Bittersweet songs were listened to many more times than the other song types – on average 790 times, vs. 515 for Calm songs and 175 for Happy songs.