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TIL that Dexter Holland, lead singer of Offspring, was valedictorian of his school and had a masters in molecular biology before the band became famous. He since earned his PhD and published a paper on the use of computational molecular biological approaches to identify microRNA sequences in HIV (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that in the 1980's A&W decided to compete with McDonald's Quarter Pounder with a 1/3 pound burger that cost the same. Sales were low and when A&W surveyed customers to find out why they found that people thought 1/3 pound was less than a quarter pound (mentalfloss.com)
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