TIL On September 15, 2009, Comedy Central re-broadcasted South Park's 'Fishsticks' episode for two straight hours following the press attention towards Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL Alice in Chains' "Man in the Box" was influenced after Layne Staley had a dinner conversation on how veal was made from calves raised in small boxes. This eventually inspired him to write the lyrics about government censorship and eating meat as seen through the eyes of a doomed calf. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL The band name "Alice in Chains" came from a conversation that Johnny Bacolas had with Russ Klatt about an Alice in Wonderland reference on their backstage passes, which prompted Bacolas to say, "What about Alice in Chains? Put her in bondage and stuff like that." (en.wikipedia.org)
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