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TIL: Sum41 named the album “Chuck” after the man who took control and got them out of a hotel in Congo near a warzone

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jNJNp TIL Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" was used to train medical professionals to provide the right number of chest compressions per minute while performing CPR, due to its bassline having a tempo close to that recommended by the British Heart Foundation.
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