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Today I learned that the lead singer of The Offspring is a doctor fighting to cure HIV

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KWM6 TIL that during Wagner’s lifetime, there was a widespread misconception that Wagner did not like applause at his operas. Frustrated by the lack of applause, Wagner himself cried “Bravo!” at the end of the second act of one of his operas, only to be hissed by other members of the audience.
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