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TIL in 2009 an upset musician who had his $1200 Martin Guitar badly damaged by United Airlines and refused compensation, decided to write a song about it. In 10 days it gained 4 millions views and managed to knock 180 Million off United's Shares. The song was called "United Breaks Guitars".

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