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The deadliest war in history excluding World War II was a civil war in China in the 1850s in which the rebels were led by a man who thought he was the brother of Jesus Christ.
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| Glen Frey of the Eagles played rhythm guitar on Bob Seger's "Ramblin', Gamblin' Man. |
| EMI stands for Electrical & Musical Instruments. |
| Puff Daddy/P Diddy throws away his trainers after wearing them for just one day. |
| When John Lennon divorced Julian Lennon's mother Cynthia, Paul McCartney composed the song "Hey Jude," to cheer Julian up. |
| Over 400 musicians applied for a part in The Monkees, including Stephen Stills, John Sebastian and Harry Nilsson. |
| The Beatles song "Dear Prudence" was written about Mia Farrow's sister, Prudence, when she wouldn't come out and play with Mia and the Beatles at a religious retreat in India. |
| Sonny and Cher were initially known as Caesar and Cleo. |
| David Howell Evans, U2's 'The Edge' used to live in the Los Angeles house where Eric and Lyle Menendez killed their parents in 1989. |
| Deep Purple were the first ever rock band to play together with a symphonic orchestra. |
| As a boy, David Bowie was taught art by Peter Frampton's father, Owen Frampton, at Bromley Technical School where he was an art teacher and head of the Art department. Both Bowie and Frampton were pupils at this school. |
| Eric Clapton removed the JJ Cale song, Cocaine from his set list because he felt it gave people the wrong message about cocaine. He started playing it again after he had re-arranged the song so the backup singers repeated the line, "that dirty cocaine." through the chorus. |
| Paul Weller played guitar on "Champagne Supernova" by Oasis. |
| Composer, Tchaikovsky was financed by a wealthy widow for 13 years, and at her request, they never met. |
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