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TiL Jimi Hendrix's rendition of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" was partially inspired by a version done by an obscure band called The Alan Bown

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P1Ejg TIL The band 2 Live Crew has a cover of Pretty Woman and was sued by Roy Orbison for copyright infringement. 2 Live Crew sent the lyrics to Orbison's label asking permission, which was denied, but they recorded the song anyway. The case went to the supreme court where 2 Live Crew won.
XEWgk TIL the longest-running video game series is, by far: The Oregon Trail. First published in 1971 by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium, it beats out the next series (Pac-Man) by almost a decade.
8aYla TIL “Vermont Curry” is famous in Japan due to the diet craze of drinking apple cider vinegar and honey
5YDl9 TIL snoop dog has a full time blunt roller on staff.
5yrP TIL The US and New Zealand are the only two countries that allow pharmaceutical commercials on TV.